tsgarman RN

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1. Can anyone help me?

   tsgarman replied to tsgarman's topic in General Nursing

   Actually I have thought of Joplin the only problem is I would be driving the same amount of time that I am now. Do you happen to knowthe name of the agencies that are around there and what pay they are offering?

2. Can anyone help me?

   tsgarman posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am thinking about making a switch from fulltime to PRN at my hospital. Reason is I live 1 1/2 hours away and that is one way and the drive is starting to get to me. I love what I do and don't want to completely give it up either. Anyway to supplem...

3. Would you drive 100 miles for a great job?

   tsgarman replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Well I am in the minority here. I drive 1 1/2 one way to work three times a week. I know you probably think I am crazy , but I live in a area where there is no major hospital only a small rural hospital. For the experience in critical care i am wanti...

4. Question about discontinuing life support

   tsgarman replied to CarrieRN2006's topic in General Nursing

   I have been involved with several end of life issues and I have to say that I have never witnessed what you went through. I think as a nurse I would have been concerned seeing that same reaction from your grandfather. I do know that each pt reacts di...

5. Nursing neglect... Tornados

   tsgarman replied to almccormick's topic in General Nursing

   I work in ICU and we had sirens go off 2 days in a row at our facility. The only thing we could do was move our pt's the best we could close to the doors and cover them with blankets and pull down the blinds and put pillows up against the windows. Wh...

6. What Would you Have Done?

   tsgarman replied to tsgarman's topic in General Nursing

   It was my 3rd day on orientation, if that is what you want to call it. I was pretty much just thrown out there to fend for myself. You are all right I should have called the doc, it is my license on the line here. When I think about it I did not even...

7. What Would you Have Done?

   tsgarman posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am putting this out there for anyone to answer. I had started a new PRN job in small ICU and it was my 3rd day of orientation when things in my opinion had gone wrong. On this particular night I had one very stable pt. who q now and then would tak...

8. Considering ICU-Not sure of jump

   tsgarman replied to alwayslearnin's topic in MICU

   Why did I choose ICU? I choose it at first because I wanted to pursue a career in flight nursing, which I am still thinking about doing. But I also choose it because I did not wnat to do floor nursing. I can't handle having 10-15 pt's at one time. I ...

9. Advice for a new RN.

   tsgarman replied to Cadeyl's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with everybody study study study and yes do take a review course. I have to admit that I did do all of those things and still failed my first time through. I beleive my problem was I became to nervous while taking the test and frustrated that...

10. ABG's

    tsgarman replied to tsgarman's topic in General Nursing

    THANKS EVERYONE!!!! I now have some reading to do. Just skimming through those sites they look like they will be very helpful.

11. ABG's

    tsgarman posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK all of you experienced RN's out there. I need help I have been in ICU for about 18 months and I still have a tough time trying to figure out ABG's. I know how to tell when it is acidosis and when it is alkalosis. The trouble I am having is knowin...

12. Locked I.C.U

    tsgarman replied to gizelda196's topic in MICU

    We are also an unlocked unit. I absolutley hate it!!! I have only been a RN for about a year and wanted to work in critical care for the one on one pt care and experience. I find it very hard to do that when I have to take care of the family more th...

13. just hired in ICU

    tsgarman replied to Yellow Rose RN's topic in MICU

    I am also a recent grad and started working in an ICU in May. I love it! The staff has been very accepting of new grads. They hired 5 of us and we are all still there. I have to agree with what the others are saying. If this unit is not accepting of ...

14. CNA's in ICU?

    tsgarman replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in MICU

    At the ICU I work in we do not have CNA's, but nurse techs. They help do the usual give baths, fingersticks, turning ect. But they also help with procedures examples ( setting up for CVC's, swans, chest tubes, and other procedures you do in an ICU)....

15. malpractice insurance

    tsgarman posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok guys, I have been hearing two sides to this issue. To have malpractice insurance or not. I know that the hospitals will not protect you if named in a lawsuit or that's what I hear. I have also heard that if you have malpractice insurance you are m...