Ele_123

Ele_123 has 10 years experience.

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1. Oxygen requirements & level of care

   Ele_123 replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Thanks for the info. Our unit originally started out as COVID overflow.... Typically patients who were being admitted for other issues, but tested positive. It's been the past 2-3 weeks we've been...

2. Oxygen requirements & level of care

   Ele_123 replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

   How did this become religious & political? I was simply wanting resources on switching between oxygen

3. Oxygen requirements & level of care

   Ele_123 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   Part of our floor is COVID med-surg. When we first opened we were told patients had to be stable on 6L or less per nasal cannula for at least 2 hours before they could come. Last week it changed to...

4. Bedside career with hand tremors?

   Ele_123 replied to poweringthrough's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Your tremors are probably worse than mine., but I've learned to rest my hands/arms on the counter or wall with injections/ivs. The pandemic was a key for me to land a job. Previously at interviews...

5. Doctors not assessing COVID patients?

   Ele_123 replied to orchidflower's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Hospitalist where I work still see patients daily most of the time. I've seen a couple exceptions, but its usually patients waiting for placement or a specialist to clear them. Consults/Specialists...

6. Preventative Care for Nurses During Pandemic

   Ele_123 replied to City-Girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I've been to a few different types of appointments since the pandemic. The main issue I think is the screeners are not thoroughly educated. Some are just from the valet service or people from other...

7. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

   Ele_123 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Part of our unit recently became COVID overflow. No hourly/shift bonus for working on that side. Our "bonus" is that we have better

8. COVID in the Break Room?

   Ele_123 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Our manager reminded us to social distance while on lunch. Due to our staffing or lack of in order to maintain minimum floor coverage we have few enough people on break if we sit at opposite ends of...

9. face shields

   Ele_123 replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

   My hospital had staff wear face shields for all patient interaction until a couple months ago when the state started opening up and we had "adequate" PPE & it was changed to droplet/airborne...

10. Employee treatment after exposure

    Ele_123 replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I live in a different "right to work" state. They sent me home and once they determined I didn't qualify for COVID leave/pay like they thought they tried to insist I use what little PTO I have to help...

11. Employee treatment after exposure

    Ele_123 replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I pretty much already know this & that no matter how much better one healthcare Corp looks than the rest they always have their own "quirks". I can see it getting to the point where nurses who...

12. Employee treatment after exposure

    Ele_123 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Do you think that the way employees- nurses, techs, etc. are treated after exposure by the company/hospital will effect self-reporting during employee risk management? I work on a COVID negative unit...

13. New Job during COVID-19

    Ele_123 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Blindly accepting job offer? I have a med-surg job offer at a large hospital in the metropolitan area. I am an LPN and acute care is extremely tough to get- I've been looking for a full-time for over...

14. online PALS

    Ele_123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work with a staffing agency on the weekends & am wanting to get PALS certification so I can go to have more opportunities- mixed med/surg & ED. The locations close to me- within an hour or...

15. Ambulating post op day zero

    Ele_123 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked ortho/neuro/bariatric with some general surgery mixed in. The only time we definetly didn't ambulate a patient POD 0 was if they had a suspected or at high risk for a CSF leak or if they...