rach_nc_03

rach_nc_03

PICU, Nurse Educator, Clinical Research

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  1. Why SHOULDN'T one smoke in Amsterdam?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Busy20yo's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: This has ALWAYS been my beef with the attitude towards pot in the US. But that's beside the point. I have two points to make. 1. Participating in an activity that's legal in one area but...

  2. How much autonomy do nurses have??

    rach_nc_03 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    epona, I would suggest you look into areas of nursing outside of bedside hospital care. You implied that you're not fresh out of high school- a good number of us came into nursing from other careers,...

  3. RN with huge medical debt, looking for high paying work

    rach_nc_03 replied to neophyte's topic in General Nursing

    ok, these jobs are probably harder to come by, but you might want to look into clinical research. i work for a CRO where they do both generic bioequivalence studies and new entity studies (drugs...

  4. Rescue 911---Staff Member Down!!

    rach_nc_03 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Grr, celebrex!! Had a doc try the same thing with me....luckily, he went and double-checked online before he sent me home, saw the sulfa warning, and nixed that idea. I had spinal surgery in april-...

  5. Rescue 911---Staff Member Down!!

    rach_nc_03 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have an occupational health nurse/department? He had the reaction at work, and worker's compensation should cover the ER visit, labs to determine what caused the reaction, AND an epi-pen....

  6. career change anyone?

    rach_nc_03 replied to slp2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Best aspect? There are countless specialties to explore. If you don't like hospital nursing (I didn't), there's education, clinic nursing, research, pharma companies.... Worst aspect? If you end up...

  7. Abandoning babies at Hospitals LEGAL?!?!

    rach_nc_03 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I support these laws 1000%. I've seen a four-day-old infant on a ventilator with catastrophic brain damage because one of his parents shook him nearly to death. Social workers were desperately...

  8. phase I trials- subject monitoring?

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in Research

    Right- I asked my direct supervisor, who didn't know why the change was made, but I have not worked the same shift as the study coordinator since that night. This particular class of drugs generally...

  9. That ain't my resident! I am dumbfounded...

    rach_nc_03 replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    wow! I thought wages in my area for LTC CNA's were low....$5.55 an hour??? That's a disgrace. My last job was as a nurse educator in a LTC facility, and I also did all of the interviewing and...

  10. addicted patients

    rach_nc_03 replied to nurscee's topic in General Nursing

    you left out the third possibility- are they in pain?? if a patient says they're in pain, we have to believe them. if they have orders for pain meds, give them. it's not the job of the nurse to decide...

  11. In conscious sedation, does the patient lose touch with reality?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I've had it for both oral surgeries and for a colonoscopy last year (yikes!). In that one, they lowballed the versed so much that i remember every moment, and I was in a LOT of pain (but couldn't...

  12. I dont want to do this anymore!!!

    rach_nc_03 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    I SO empathise with you! I think we all get a little bit brainwashed during school to think EVERYONE has to do some time as a hospital bedside nurse. I think there are SO many nurses out there who...

  13. Does it have to be such a hostile environment?

    rach_nc_03 replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    Props to you for considering a career change- I worked in the booming tech industry until the stock market tanked after 9/11, when I was laid off and forced to seriously consider my career options. I...

  14. Has anyone had successful spinal surgery?

    rach_nc_03 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Lori, Well, I had my surgery on tuesday, and did really well- ended up leaving the hospital in 12 hours instead of staying overnight! I can't tell how things went, as I'm on a fair amount of...

  15. Has anyone had successful spinal surgery?

    rach_nc_03 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lori, Not to sound alarmist, but check the worker's compensation laws in your state- one of the responsibilities I have in my job is handling all worker's comp claims, and i attended a seminar about...

  16. Has anyone had successful spinal surgery?

    rach_nc_03 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to second (or third) the opinion that a neurosurgeon needs to be involved. And please, don't put this off any longer- yes, you're far too young to have all this bad stuff happening to you and...

  17. Too many injuries on job, need another job,? leaving nursing

    rach_nc_03 replied to applesRN's topic in General Nursing

    My situation is similar to yours, but it took place over a much shorter time period. I graduated in 2005, and started working in a PICU. I was having hip pain about a month or so before i started my...

  18. Nurses and our Healthcare Needs?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Nurserose's topic in General Nursing

    I've had two major medical issues in the last two years, and i've dealt with many, many doctors- about 75% of them treated me like I can't possibly know what I'm talking about, since i'm not an MD,...

  19. How Do You Keep Them From Breaking Your Heart?

    rach_nc_03 replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    I worked peds (PICU) from the time I got my license until a recent hip surgery took me away from bedside nursing. Over just a few months, several of my patients died. The worst was a 13 year old...

  20. Ohhhhh your a Nurse!?!?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just the lack of respect; it's the assumption that anyone in a 'low-skilled' job must have the intelligence of a sock! I have a friend who is a waiter with a philosophy degree, and he's...

  21. Any nurses working in doctor's offices?... is this the norm?

    rach_nc_03 replied to hhrhrn41's topic in General Nursing

    I always worry about things happening like these terrible missed diagnoses so many people have posted in this thread. I've had 3 surgeries in the last 18 months for 2 different problems, and I was...

  22. Florida woman goes into hospital to have baby, leaves as a double amputee

    rach_nc_03 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I first saw this story on CNN, I immediately thought about DIC from septic shock. I've seen patients in septic shock, and if I recall, they have compromised circulation to the extremities. Could...

  23. What is the complaint with nursing salaries?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    In my last career, my salary topped out at $127K a year. I didn't live extravagantly; i socked a lot of money away (was paying all the bills and supporting my husband at the time). I used all my...

  24. Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    I had a hip arthroscopy yesterday- outpatient surgery, but i had some interesting moments... 1. anesthesiologist came in to explain intubation in very simplistic terms. she started talking about using...

  25. How do you feel about paying for parking?

    rach_nc_03 replied to ICUUCME's topic in General Nursing

    i wonder if i work at the hospital to which you're referring. Three other things about parking at this hospital get to me: 1- permits sold to employees are either ludicrously expensive (over $100 a...