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begalli

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  1. The Less-Than-Glamorous Duties

    begalli replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly, we have a legal duty to our

  2. Rookie RN - Serious Questions

    begalli replied to flashyrn2be's topic in General Nursing

    I will never forget my first code. To me as the new nurse, it was simply horrendous. It was a relatively young gentleman (early 60's) who had an emergent repair of a humongous ruptured abdominal...

  3. Need a good ICU book

    begalli replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Another good critical care book I'd like to mention is titled, Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Critical Care - A Thinking in Action Approach by Patricia Benner, Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis, and...

  4. Need a good ICU book

    begalli replied to erinnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Another good critical care book I'd like to mention is titled, Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Critical Care - A Thinking in Action Approach by Patricia Benner, Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis, and...

  5. Need a good ICU book

    begalli replied to erinnRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! I've just finished a book by the same author. It's titled, Handbook of Hemodynamic Monitoring, by Gloria Oblouk Darovic © 2004 ISBN 0721603130. It's not the same according to the ISBN of the...

  6. Need a good ICU book

    begalli replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    OMG! I've just finished a book by the same author. It's titled, Handbook of Hemodynamic Monitoring, by Gloria Oblouk Darovic © 2004 ISBN 0721603130. It's not the same according to the ISBN of the...

  7. Rookie RN - Serious Questions

    begalli replied to flashyrn2be's topic in General Nursing

    These are the EXACT questions you should be asking in your orientation program. I can tell you right now that the new who doesn't ask questions is the one who is worried about. Any half-way decent...

  8. The Less-Than-Glamorous Duties

    begalli replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    p.s. I wanted to say that I've been in nursing for about 7 years total and have not once had to dis-impact a patient. I have however seen pressure ulcers that make the best of 'em sick to their...

  9. The Less-Than-Glamorous Duties

    begalli replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Miya, I think the important thing to remember is that these things are not "tasks." These things are contributory to the well-being and healing of an individual, at times even life-saving. You will...

  10. Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

    begalli replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

    I think this should be criminal with punishment the maximum by law. Shut this unsafe place DOWN! Do these patients require placement of lines, starting and titration of drips, pulmonary care, how on...

  11. Working off the clock??

    begalli replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Kyriaka, What the OP is taking about, I strongy believe as do others posting in this thread, has absolutely nothing to do with ce's. I don't expect to be reimbursed or paid for the time it takes me...

  12. EJ venapuncture by an RN

    begalli replied to ageless's topic in General Nursing

    We will call our flight nurses if we have a hard time finding a peripheral line. If all else fails, they will start an ej. Also, the flight nurses will replace radial art lines for us (mostly on...

  13. Mechanical ventilation weaning to extubation protocols?

    begalli posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I have a question for the group. Patient's always come to us from the OR on 100% Fi02, a rate, a tidal volume tailored to them, ps 10, peep 5. When we wean patient's from the vent on our CT unit,...

  14. Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

    begalli replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I can provide you with my local newspaper's email address as well as govey Schwart's (arnold) address (so he can see that ratios DO make a difference). I'm just speechless, but sadly not...

  15. Magnet hospital

    begalli replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    You would think with all the RN committees and such that the magnet facilities would address the ratio problems that so obviously have such an impact on nurse satisfaction, not to mention patient...

  16. What are ambulatory nurses and what do they do?

    begalli replied to azzurra29's topic in General Nursing

    It's used to move a thread that may have sunk to the bottom of the message board so it can been seen by people who may have missed it the first time. "bump" to the

  17. Any ideas for debatable nursing issues for school paper?

    begalli replied to kahumai's topic in General Nursing

    How about cardiac surgery for the elderly (or any big surgery for that matter) ? Who decides what's too old? What about feeding tubes. The Shaivo case? What about pain management. Who decides who's...

  18. Working off the clock??

    begalli replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    ONCE AGAIN I count myself lucky. We are paid for these meetings and if they take place directly following the RN's regular work shift, the RN is paid double time for the duration of the meeting...

  19. Magnet hospital

    begalli replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    Do those who work at magnet facilities who do not find it all that attractive think that the thing that contributes the most to the unhappiness is the nurse/ patient ratios and the pay? For the most...

  20. Working off the clock??

    begalli replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    If this is mandated by your hospital I'm pretty sure they have to pay you for it. We have yearly competencies that are required by every person employed by the hospital. It includes fire and...

  21. What are ambulatory nurses and what do they do?

    begalli replied to azzurra29's topic in General Nursing

    Was this person you talked to maybe referring to critical care nurses who do ground transport. In my area of CA these nurses are employed by AMR, the ambulance company and they do critical care...

  22. Oregon strike

    begalli replied to vmburg's topic in General Nursing

    fallon, found this: https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1014730#post1014730 So when did your opinion change? NOW all

  23. Oregon strike

    begalli replied to vmburg's topic in General Nursing

    It's too bad you haven't had the experience that is good, yet. Really, it's too bad because like I mentioned in a post somewhere on these message boards, there is NOTHING like working in a place that...

  24. Oregon strike

    begalli replied to vmburg's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree and identify with this post. I am an incredible nurse. I do incredible things that are so incredibly profound that I sometimes cannot even explain or put into words what I do...

  25. Oregon strike

    begalli replied to vmburg's topic in General Nursing

    So fallon I wonder if it's alright with you if at you local airport, the airline mechanics union felt that their working conditions were unsafe and jeopordized passenger safety? And they haven't had...