nursenotamaid replied to Codeman906's topic in Travel
AMN has an exclusive contract with Stanford. Because Stanford is a really popular assignment, they can get away with paying super low pay rates. The flipside of that is that Stanford (mostly ICUs, ORs, ERs and Pediatrics) is a really kickass place t...
nursenotamaid replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students
I went to nursing school about 12 years ago (wow...that long?!) and we were taught soap and water baths with wash cloths and we also had to make our beds with flat sheets, not fitted ones. Now, the hospital I work in does not *allow* soap and water ...
nursenotamaid replied to silt's topic in Relations
I don't give massages, generally speaking. However, for patients who are incontinent or immobile, I do rub protective lotion on their backs, bums, elbows and heels, but I wouldn't call that a massage -- its preventative care.
nursenotamaid replied to R!XTER's topic in Relations
I always love it when someone comes in asking for "my cousin", who they think is named Joe, but they don't know their last name, or why they are in the hospital. --... you're not really the cousin. go away.
nursenotamaid replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Stress 101
Friendly: Our nurse educators come to the unit and stay until 11pm to get night shifters signed off on inservices. Unfriendly: I've worked there for 2 years, never ONCE met the unit director - not even for hiring. she let the assistant manager meet ...
Hey all! I'm an ICU nurse -- been working adult ICU (on the medical side) for the past 10 years and have reached the point of serious burn out. I wish I could go BACK to nursing school to do clinicals again because it's been so long, I have no idea ...
nursenotamaid replied to thesundowner's topic in ADN/BSN
I'm going through the motions to get my BSN now just to open up more doors for MSN/DNP programs so I don't have to try to find bridge programs. It has been a massive waste of money and time and is really just an expensive formality.
nursenotamaid replied to Zookeeper3's topic in Relations
Yep. One of everyone's favorite guys in the cafeteria coded right in the middle of the day in the cafeteria. He had been there forever, really, really great guy. But also, one of those people that when you met him, you knew he was one bite away from ...
Most people face burn out at least once in the course of their career and it's killing me now! I've been working ICU for about a decade now and I am turning into a crispy critter. I travel nursed for a while, I changed ICU specialties and have now d...
Generally 1:2. 1:1 for sick patients. We also go 1:1 for patients who are particularly needy, "VIP", patients who have a lot of road trips that day, very restless or too tasky. We 1:1 *all* patients who need isolation - contact or otherwise, all pos...
I've only seen levo boluses used here and there, but we push sticks of neo all the time for acute hypotension in patients who are either maxed on their vasoactives or while we are getting the bags mixed. Works really well in a pinch!
nursenotamaid replied to laderalis's topic in Geriatric
I was so confused until I read the age of your resident! I was reading the post trying to think of why in the world would I buy gifts for the residents (doctors) and wondering who came up with the idea to start gifting them! haha
