KeepinitrealCCRN replied to FJW&ADP's topic in PACU
Might as well have the family members inside the OR too while you're at it! PACU is no place for visitors and should be an open room for safety issues! Why would you want to risk the safety of pts...
KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Sophie Garcia's topic in Critical Care
For me I don't think it is safe. You have more medications running together, you might need to flush the IV site or if there's an emergency and you use that line to push meds through or hanging piggy...
KeepinitrealCCRN replied to trauma_lama's topic in Critical Care
Agree with everything above. MICU is hell on earth. ECMO is also boring and depending on where you work a perfusionist might run the machine so you really don't do anything with that. You need to...
KeepinitrealCCRN replied to M1ST3R3DW1N0_RN's topic in General Nursing
Well if you can read between the lines what I was trying to say was grades are not everything. I've seen many new graduates "top of their class" and they are not good nurses. It takes more than a...
KeepinitrealCCRN replied to M1ST3R3DW1N0_RN's topic in General Nursing
I don't want a 4.0 GPA nursing student working alongside me. I'd like someone with some common sense, critical thinking skills, hardworking and knows how to communicate with people. You can teach...
KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Critical Care
Everyone should come together and help out. Even if they are just transporting pts, putting IVs in or giving meds. The MICU nurses should not have to be the only ones working with the Covid pts in...
KeepinitrealCCRN replied to GilligansPlace's topic in General Nursing
A BP of 90s/60s is not a rapid response (maybe there was more to it). It seems like you did all the right things and I would not be worried at all. I wish certain family members would fire