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I just found out my hospital will be beginning the journey toward trying to gain Magnet status. My question is for nurses that work at Magnet hospitals, is it better or worse for employees? How so? How about for patients?

They are just that good! [emoji23] I too love Grey's but watching it with me is bound to be accompanied by a slew of expletives and explanations as to what would really happen and why what they did would never happen ever. Same with House and Nurse J...

I used to work at a primary care clinic many years ago. We couldn't keep supplies in the room because patients took everything. Including the jars on the counter with cotton balls, tongue depressors, curettes, band aids. Everything!

This sounds horrific.

Thanks for the responses guys. It's pretty much as I expected. We have pretty excellent education for parents/families and pretty good preceptor program that they just changed to a 1 year nurse residency after I completed my preceptorship. I definit...

I would get with your unit's PTs about them. I know ours are so strict on how things are used with the babies. Freddy froggies are really heavy compared to the babies so they absolutely can't be on top of them. That's like rule #1. We basically use t...

We must work at the same facility [emoji19][emoji19]

That certainly is "mission impossible" *snort* [emoji19]

My SIL just left a floor that could be described exactly that way after a year and a half. Good luck to you. Get to know anti rejection meds, lactulose (!), s/sx of encephalopathy, rejection. That's all I can think of since I am not from that world.

In my ICU we do a bed bath with actual washcloths and then do the CHG wipes daily. And obviously pre-op.

Usually it's medical assistants working in these types of roles in doctors offices. And if they are chaperoning the provider (Doctor, NP, PA) then they are 1. Providing assistance with supplies and 2. Being a second set of professional eyes in case t...

My peds CVICU/PICU/NICU is 1:1 or 1:2. Step down and heme/onc is 1:3. The floor is 1:4

Please PLEASE tell me the "I fell off my bike Saturday afternoon and my mom thinks my arm is broken" is an exaggeration [emoji52]

Today I learned I'm glad I live in the desert! Yowza!

We strip chest tubes on my floor. You hold the top of it firmly then squeeze whatever is in the proximal tube down to the first junction. It increases the pressure in the chest causing more fluid/clots to come. I guess we are also doing a study to d...

Emptying an over distended bladder too quickly can cause bladder spasms.

It's like a step up from HFNC/step down from intubation. As the educator on my floor likes to explain it, it is like "breathe with me". It delivers a set rate, VT, and PEEP. HFNC doesn't offer those settings.

I took it prior to my NCLEX. I think doing it as early in nursing school as you are, it won't quite be helpful yet. You won't know a lot of the things discussed so it will be hard to follow along. I would agree that maybe toward the end of 3rd semest...

Oh my that is scary! I'm so glad none of our intensivists are that stupid. Residents? Yes. I learned that my job is causing my anxiety and depression to escalate rapidly. I shake when I walk into my hospital.

This week I learned that my unit is not doing a good job of explaining to parents that what we do to their kids is all palliative, not curative. And they can die at any moment even if they look fine. Peds CVICU is a beast, I want to love it but it's...

Not at my teaching hospital. At least not on my unit.

So I just accepted a position at a children's hospital in their CVICU. I was wondering if we have any experienced CVICU nurses here that could give me any pointers as far as common meds and cardiac abnormalities/admitting diagnosis for me to research...

I know they don't expect me to walk onto the floor knowing it all, or maybe anything. However, this unit has had difficulties with hiring new grads and them being too "deer in the headlights" and not grasping the knowledge. I'm hoping to walk in with...

Thanks for the replies! We do have neonate, unsure about pre-op however. I definitely have my work cut out for me but I am so excited.

Just took the NCLEX-RN. 75 questions. 20 SATA. 1 dosage calculation. I have no idea what to think. Help!!