tcvnurse BSN, RN

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    PCCN

    tcvnurse replied to NurseSue66's topic in Cardiac

    You have to have about a year of working with progressive care patients, have a license in good standing and pay up to take the test. Seriously, i think that's it. I just took the PCCN exam in August...
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    Why are ICU nurses so rude?

    tcvnurse replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For God's sake. Can't we just say some PEOPLE are rude and let that be the end? Every person is different. Every unit is different. When I was a brand new nurse working nights, taking care of 10-12...
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    written up

    tcvnurse replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Nerdtonurse, that is exactly how we give report at my hospital. Apparently, we really want to know everything!
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    PCU orientation..enough?

    tcvnurse replied to newexcitednurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My unit is essentially a PCU, though not officially, and we give our new grads 12-16 weeks of orientation. Once a week 8 hour classes for the Heart Center Core curriculum--stuff like Cardiac Surgery...
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    post-pyloric

    tcvnurse replied to Zombienursern's topic in General Nursing

    If they're not barfing they are
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    Home health scope of practice for RN's state of Texas

    tcvnurse replied to MFP RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Well, I work surgery. We fix there hearts, valves, aneurysm, remove the lung cancer. They get better. They go home. Home health...you see the truth of how people live. How they survive with no support...
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    Home health scope of practice for RN's state of Texas

    tcvnurse replied to MFP RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    LOL. I did home health for six years and I have seen this order a lot. To me, it means the doc is saying the patient clearly needs a home health nurse, but he's letting you decide if the patient needs...
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    I wish I could just shut up already

    tcvnurse replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Seek
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    A New Nurse's Dilemma...

    tcvnurse replied to nurse23jo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been working on a medical surgical floor for almost a year now and feel like the practice that is used is not the same as the kind I learned while in school. I feel like on a daily basis I am...
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    Hypothetical Ethical Issue

    tcvnurse replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    When I have to take care of prisoners I absolutely do not ask, nor do I try to find out what offenses he/she has committed to get locked up. Frankly, I don't want to know. I do my assessment, pass...
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    My Clinical Instructor does not trust me

    tcvnurse replied to konp's topic in General Students

    Sorry you are having a hard time. However, the HIPAA thing is a BIG deal. Nurses get fired over it everyday. It seems to me, if the clinical instructor is asking about anxiety--which you say you have,...
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    Learning by mistakes

    tcvnurse replied to nursemich's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Always double check the roller clamp on an IVPB before you leave the room. I was famous for getting to the doorway and having the pump alarm go off. :) Other stuff, like missing a med on a...
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    Is there a difference between a cordis and TLC?

    tcvnurse replied to patientadv's topic in General Nursing

    We get patients with a CORDIS all the time, and I love them! We call them MAC lines for some reason. The PA part is capped off when they come over. Usually they are put in the internal jugular vein....
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    Anyone from CSI NURSING -- CUNY College of Staten Island?

    tcvnurse replied to sjmagri's topic in New York Nursing

    I graduated from there in 02.
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    Needing some advice before I get fired

    tcvnurse replied to newstudentn09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I precept a lot on a cardiac surgery step-down floor. By week 6 my orientees should be able to handle a four MAYBE five patient load on days. By that I mean doing the head to toe assessment and...
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    IMCU Certification

    tcvnurse replied to Moraa's topic in General Nursing

    PCCN perhaps? That's what we use on my unit, which is step-down/ intermediate care. Many of the test questions are similar to corn but without the ventilator stuff or PA cath
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    Masters in Nursing- which specialty to choose?

    tcvnurse replied to jo1010's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Just so you know, job hopping--especially 5 jobs in 6 months, would get your resume round filed at my unit. It is absolutely a sign that one has problems at work, and frankly shows no respect for the...
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    My Patient Coded Yesterday

    tcvnurse replied to Temcam7409's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The first one is always hard. Probably did throw a clot before the MI. I hear what you're saying, that you're afraid something like this will happen again. It will. It doesn't get easier exactly,...
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    Tired of being labeled when I'm trying to save a life.

    tcvnurse replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh, yeah. Thing is, we're not there to be friends with patients. We're there to help them become able to manage their conditions and stay out of the hospital! Sometimes, you have to be very firm with...
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    PCCN Certification

    tcvnurse replied to Marquel MSN RN CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just passed this test today. :w00t: My unit got the review DVDs from the aacn website for PCCN, and I also used a new book Progressive Care Nursing Certification by Ahrens, Prentice, and...
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    How can nurses avoid burnout?

    tcvnurse replied to nolamor's topic in General Nursing

    Make time for yourself, because nobody else will do it for you. Be good to you-- you deserve it. When working make sure that you both eat and pee! This goes a long way to making an unbearable shift...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    tcvnurse replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was simply stating my opinion which has no effect on whether the OP gets hired or not. It's nice that it wouldn't bother YOU. However it would bug a good number of women. I have nothing against...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    tcvnurse replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's bad enough to have a male doctor poking around in places that he has no idea what it feels like, I absolutely would have refused a male nurse during my L and D. I actually feel it would be...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    tcvnurse replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Quit leaving pills at the bedside. It's not good practice, and I think you are lazy. if your life stinks, CHANGE IT. You are such a nice lady, but PLEASE wear deodorant. Can't you see the pca's are...
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    Former preceptor yelled and humiliated me in front of everyone. Do I keep quiet?

    tcvnurse replied to mnf4ever's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This would be unacceptable where I work. This person should absolutely not be orienting new grads. I had an orientation like that when I was a new nurse a long time ago, and it made me determined to...