michlynn BSN, RN

For anyone who has done crisis/strike travel, which agencies do you use? Do you like it? What are the working conditions like? I've recently become interested in doing something like this in between assignments. Thanks for the info!

TEDS for sure. Transporting immobile patients down to CT/Xray/MRI in the middle of the nights with multiple lines. And filling out the white board, I don't know why it annoys me so much! Probably because it's so menial and you get written up if it's ...

If you google "handoff reports" or "nursing assessment sheets" you can usually find a good one to go off of. I always include a brief h&p, current vitals/lab work and then I go through every system - neuro, heent, cardio/vascular, respiratory, GI...

I almost never have to do any math, most electronic med administering programs will do it for you when you scan the med (always good to double check the dose of course!). I've never had to figure out a drip rate EVER, even if you don't have a pump fo...

Causing harm and causing some pain are 2 totally different things. There could've been trauma during the insertion of the foley which can cause a painful removal and possibly some blood. Just wait until you rip all of the tele leads off of a hairy ma...

Oh, gotcha. Read it wrong.

HH patients have already been evaluated and are already in a "system" per say. I don't think there's much of a screening process for the mobile infusions. And I wasn't aware the infusion centers were by appointment, thought you could just walk in! Gu...

They have stuff like this in Cali, not mobile, but infusion centers for people wanting a little extra hydration or vitamins or whatever. I don't really think I'd ever pay $650 for a bag of fluids no matter how hungover I was And I don't think I woul...

Has anyone ever transitioned to peds from caring for adults while traveling? Is this even possible? My recruiter asked me about doing peds the other day and I never really thought about it because I didn't think you could. Any thoughts?

I agree, I think it was kind of an odd suggestion.

I hate it and I feel very strongly that it's a violation of HIPAA when pt's share a room. It's not appropriate to be going over one pt's entire medical history/current admission when the neighbor can hear everything. I do however think it's appropria...

Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever taken care of POTS patients (postural othorstatic tachycardia syndrome) and notice a trend in psych issues as well? All POTS pts have been young, female, new moms and have multiple psych problems. Just curious i...

I like Estee Lauder double wear foundation for 12 hour shifts with bare minerals bronzer to finish. I used to use Smashbox mattifying BB cream but it barely lasted me 6 hours. I don't wear mascara to work, sometimes it can irritate my eyes so I just ...

OMG! That's terrifying!

I should have worded it better... I blame it on asking this at the end of a 12 hour night shift. "psych diagnoses" is what I was going for, I realize how ignorant it sounded. Thanks for your response.

Thank you for sharing! I was really just curious because there seemed to be a correlation but I haven't seen enough of it to know enough about it. I didn't mean for this post to be offensive in any way. I've done a little research on it but have neve...

My favorite are the clueless ER residents that show up to codes or rrt's and have no clue how to run through ACLS. Ex. Pt is in vtach (awake and alert), we've already hung amio bolus and started a gtt. Resident walks in... "how about we start a cardi...

There isn't one And yes, competency was the word I was searching for. I think I was laughing too hard to focus.

I guess those yearly mandatory blood born pathogen quizzes are good for something Does OP think bipap will be required post needle stick??

I'm a little confused as to why the Bipap was brought up? Is there something we should know about needle sticks and a breathing machine? Not trying to be rude but this post is throwing me for a loop... Even if you sliced your hand open with the scal...

Thanks for your input as always, Ned! I think I probably would feel a little guilty hurting union nurses because it would be nice if all states were union.

I work with AMN and have no complaints thus far. I think it depends on your recruiter and your relationship with them. There's going to be positives and negatives about every company.

Yes, most hospitals stock 0.5mg vials as well.

Like other posters have mentioned, you're not going to fix this patient during your 12 hour shift. If this person is actually a "drug seeker" then they are going to need more long term treatment and that isn't going to be up to you either. Yes, it is...

I'm looking into Mass Gen for my next assignment and my recruiter kind of warned me that the taxable hourly was going to be low... Low as in $16/hr. Is this normal for Boston? I know Mass Gen is an extremely desirable hospital to work at but Boston i...