SubSippi

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  1. ICU pay differential?

    SubSippi replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical Care

    Way too many people want to work in critical care for hospitals to provide financial incentives for working there. Physicians who specialize get more money because they're harder to find, but since...

  2. How has Obamacare affected you and your employer?

    SubSippi replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How do we even know that the A.C.A. is actually what had caused some of these undesirable situations? As we learned in statistics, correlation does not equal causation. At my hospital, there were a...

  3. Nina Pham and/or Amber Vinson

    SubSippi replied to logank622's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I take my temperature every morning in order to pinpoint ovulation (for those of you who are unfamiliar, hormone fluctuations during ovulation cause a sustained temp increase during the luteal phase...

  4. Clinical instructor

    SubSippi replied to Em356's topic in General Students

    My suggestion: after your assessment, make getting your meds ready your top priority. The charting can wait a bit. Then you'll be first in line. Maybe the problem isn't so much that you're late giving...

  5. Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

    SubSippi replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Everyone should take their turn. However, hospitals are not helping the issue by not offering attractive compensation when working undesirable shifts. I know my hospital used to offer time and a half...

  6. 2nd health care worker gets Ebola at TX Hosp

    SubSippi replied to RN2B123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So...people are putting themselves at risk by caring for these patients with Ebola. Additionally, they are required to self monitor, and will not be allowed to use public transport...which could be a...

  7. Have you been nurtured by an instructor?

    SubSippi replied to Brian's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Definitely yes. A lot of clinicals are about building confidence in yourself at the bedside, and learning how to interact with people once they become a patient. There's almost nothing that can do...

  8. Admin nurse returns to bedside and.....

    SubSippi replied to duskyjewel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe a better word would be vindicated. But yeah, I totally get

  9. BSN Only? Give me a break!!

    SubSippi replied to michaelvgrigsby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Esme is right, I've seen job postings lately in some bit cities that say BSN required, MSN preferred. I don't know how long it will take, but eventually a Master's will be required to work bedside....

  10. CABG --why is IV albumin given?

    SubSippi replied to SBURNSTEVEN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    H/h wasn't low enough to warrant blood. You can tell if a person is "dry" by their hemodynamics...CVP and PCWP. If those are low, it's likely the person is dry. Blood pressure isn't as good of an...

  11. Is my school the only one like this?!!!

    SubSippi replied to JLB1215's topic in General Students

    The reason your school won't push back at the hospital, is because the hospital can, at any time, decide that they don't want nursing students. They don't have to let you do clinicals there. If...

  12. How long for a rhythm to be considered 'sustained'?

    SubSippi replied to nurs1ng's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It depends on the rhythm. I wouldn't consider 20 seconds of asymptomatic sinus tach to be alarming or sustained, especially if the patient is upset or moving around. Five full seconds of V-tach? Yes,...

  13. A poll, regarding nurses' opinions on Magnet status

    SubSippi replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Also, at my hospital, they're required to give nurse satisfaction surveys to maintain magnet status. Which sounded great in orientation...but the surveys literally do not give you a chance to express...

  14. Doctor or Dockworker?

    SubSippi replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not swearing at each other...swearing with each

  15. Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

    SubSippi replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you were gainfully employed then you clearly weren't one of the people I was talking about. I was talking about people like me, who went to college, graduated during the recession, never got a...

  16. Will the Texas ED RN become a scapegoat in the Ebola patient discharge?

    SubSippi replied to preddish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's clear that this oversight was due to mistakes made by several different people. The RN may be included in this group, but is certainly not the only one. Hospitals have people who handle their...

  17. Doctor or Dockworker?

    SubSippi replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am one of those who tends to use more...colorful...language when expressing my feelings. I've worked in an area where the staff was more reserved, and I held myself back, but people have pretty foul...

  18. Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

    SubSippi replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol, it seems like the percentage of people who became nurses after a failed attempt in another career is higher than that of most other professions. I know I number among those who already had...

  19. A poll, regarding nurses' opinions on Magnet status

    SubSippi replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I guess I should have taken the time to to google it, seeing as how I work at one. So klone, you seem to be pro magnet. Have you seen instances in which a hospital achieving magnet status has...

  20. Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

    SubSippi replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good nurses are smart, efficient, and proactive. It doesn't matter either way if you feel like your purpose in life is to be a nurse, because if you're not a nurse then you have no idea what it...

  21. A poll, regarding nurses' opinions on Magnet status

    SubSippi replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Are activities like this required at all magnet institutions? I'm sure there are others, but the only magnet requirement I'm aware if is that a certain percentage of nurses must have a BSN. At my...

  22. Questions for a paper on alarm fatigue

    SubSippi replied to JustAdmitToObs's topic in Critical Care

    How could there be a "pro" to alarm fatigue? I always hear vent alarms, but my brain loves to tune out tele and IV pump alarms. In CVICU, where the RN monitors each patient's telemetry, we adjust...

  23. A poll, regarding nurses' opinions on Magnet status

    SubSippi replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a magnet hospital, and it has no impact on my opinion of the facility (I have a pretty poor opinion of my facility). If I change jobs, magnet status will have no influence on which...

  24. Voluntary Euthanasia

    SubSippi replied to GARY_FL_NURSE's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's definitely possible. Morphine depresses the respiratory reflex. How much would kill them depends on the

  25. Nauseous vs Nauseated (another grammar lesson)

    SubSippi replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no...there is clearly something I'm not getting about the English