Kiwi82 BSN, RN

Hi! What education do you provide or have received as a new to Radiology nurse? Has anyone had luck with ARIN and getting responses from them?

For those of you have have worked in both union and non-union hospitals - what are the pros and cons? Have any of you worked for a hospital that became unionized while you were there? Pros and Cons? Need honest feedback!

Hi everyone. Do the Rad Techs report through nursing in your department?

Hi everyone, Burnout is more obvious now than it ever was. What is your hospital doing to help? Are you taking breaks? Are you being offered any sort of incentive? Do you have a wellness room - are you able to use it? I’m not talking ab...

Hi everyone, What is your post procedure/recovery process look like? Based on PAR or specific times for specific procedures? Looking to make flow more efficient. Thanks!

I agree 100%. Healthcare workers have been suffering long enough. I’m looking for some creative ideas staff nurse to staff nurse. I know we need breaks, use the bathroom, drink water… breathe! like making a team of people that can round on floo...

Hello fellow nurses, What are you using to store your N95 mask for reuse? The hospital where I work gave us paper bags. There are a few videos on FB and Youtube circulating around with someone demonstrating the usage of a plastic container. I feel li...

Right, that’s where I need some insight. This is a crappy situation all around. Just wondering what others are doing, trying to make the best out of this nightmare! Throwing the mask in a paper bag just seems like you’re going to contaminate the insi...

I just took mine this week and passed. I used the Fast facts book and the Stroke Certification Study Guide. Do you receive a certificate in the mail or a pin?

Hey everyone, As part of our performance improvement project we are attempting to increase compliance of printing and interpreting EKG rhythm strips for each patient with an active cardiac monitoring order. We are currently (very) non compliant. We h...

What is your nurse to patient ratio?

What kind of disciplinary action?

Interesting. Ours is Q4h ... and we are in the single digits for compliance.

Basically not having time. There's so much going on. Plus, nurses are not necessarily formally trained to interpret so many do not feel comfortble. We don't interpret EKG's so why interpret a strip? I personally never made it much of a priority unles...

No one misunderstood anything. This is a PIP because obviously there was a fall out at some point. I didn't get into much detail in my first post... All I'm asking is if other ED's do this and if so how is it working for your department? Just trying...

Same here. All patients get an EKG right when they walk in the door if they meet the criteria. But we are supposed to print the strips and then scan in the EMR. Apparently is a TJC thing... interpret and scan... I guess because otherwise it would jus...

The cardiac monitor

Does anyone use a white board in their trauma rooms? If so, what information is on them? Who fills out the board? Thanks!

Hi everyone, I was wondering what everyone's visitor policy is in their department. Also how does everyone go about giving out visitor passes? What kind of software if any do you use to issue these passes? Do you require the presence of a photo ID ?...

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My only thing is safety. The more you let in, the more crowded it gets and people get on each others nerves ... it's a snowball effect. I mean if a patient it dying then yes have all the family there but other than that no, it should be limited. They...

Hi everyone! I have a friend that would like to come to the US to work as a RN. She does not have a visa. Can anyone help and give some advice on to what she should do? Do hospitals still offer work visas? She's looking into Ohio as she has family t...

So she can't apply for a visa for citizenship first?

Hello everyone, First off I apologize if this topic has already been discussed in this forum. I did see some topics related to this but were very outdated. I took my BSN abroad and have 11+ years total RN experience abroad and in US. Currently employ...

Yes I already had that done... Twice actually. What about the GPA? Was yours a 4.0 scale or something different?