KeepinitrealCCRN

KeepinitrealCCRN

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  1. PACU visitation & policies

    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...

  2. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would do an incident report for unsafe staffing every time Im tripled. It is unsafe and you shouldn't put up with

  3. Do you work with PA lines often? Are they really a thing of the past?

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in Critical Care

    Never only in

  4. Y Site

    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...

  5. Y Site

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Sophie Garcia's topic in Critical Care

    Any high risk medications I run alone if possible no matter

  6. Y Site

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Sophie Garcia's topic in Critical Care

    Maybe not the question you asked but I would never Y site anything to a heparin drip. I always run heparin alone even if it is compatible with other

  7. IV gtts and arterial line

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Kate96's topic in Critical Care

    Nope. The IV drips have nothing to do with your arterial line blood

  8. Should I mention this in an interview?

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to AnaBanana.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would only bring it up if they ask you what your plans are for the

  9. ICU Nurses

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to HappilyME's topic in Critical Care

    Please take everyone else's job off my plate so I can do my own job, that would be great.

  10. ER to CV surgical ICU or MICU?

    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...

  11. Future Nurses are Brighter Than Ever

    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...

  12. Future Nurses are Brighter Than Ever

    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...

  13. PACU nurses being floated to ICU?

    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...

  14. Sick of nurses "referring" to our specialty

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in School

    School nursing is a specialty just like any other. I cannot imagine doing that ever! To me it is hard and has a specific set of

  15. Patient’s family threatening to report me to BNE

    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

  16. Tips on Getting an ICU Job as a New Grad

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to CSTtoFutureNP's topic in Critical Care

    As Hoosier said just apply to all of them and see what happens but I highly discourage you from doing this. If you do get accepted get into a good orientation program (at least 4 months) otherwise...

  17. Thoughts on a new grad RN going straight to ICU?

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Jace_b7's topic in Critical Care

    Nope, it is a bad idea. There are very few situations where I think it would be ok. 1. You already work on that unit as a PCA. 2. You have a 6 month orientation. Outside of these 2 options I...

  18. Why is BSN required for CRNA?

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to MM1989's topic in General Nursing

    is this really even a

  19. Need Advice on Accused Medication Error

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Shannon Dull Dunlevy's topic in General Students

    I wonder if there were cameras? I would tell them to roll the footage! and then we can see who took it off in the first place. Also, in this case it is the instructor's problem as they are supposed...

  20. Effect of 12 Hour Shifts on Patient Care and the Nurse: A Need for Change.

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

    I would resign if I had to work 8s and Id leave the profession all-together if that was the norm in all hospitals. There is no need for change! We shouldn't even put this out there in the

  21. New Onset Afib

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to donotenter's topic in General Nursing

    new onset fib + CHF history = Telemetry

  22. Next Day Off

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to Imustbedreaming's topic in General Nursing

    zombie

  23. PERRLA in the ICU

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to lilacskies13's topic in Critical Care

    So a few things to note here prop/fent for vent purposes should not affect a patients pupils. Unless there is a neuro aspect or some kind of anatomy/defect all pupils will be reactive. The most...

  24. First 8 months in ICU-2 jobs over- Question

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to baleen's topic in Critical Care

    Just a few things that stuck out to me. psych per diem? Thats a whole different game and with no experience not a very good idea. Also, it will not help you at all in terms of ICU/CRNA in the...

  25. Why is it "legal" for patient to decline male nurses?

    KeepinitrealCCRN replied to carti's topic in General Students

    In the past 5 years I've had it happen to me maybe 3 times where they want a female nurse all together and then maybe another 3 times when they want a female to provide personal hygiene but everything...