ninja-nurse

ninja-nurse BSN

3 years MS/Tele, 10 years total ICU, 5 travel

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  1. Cath lab vs IR travel

    ninja-nurse posted a topic in Travel

    Hello all! I have about 10 years in ICU, 5 of them traveling, and while I won't go into why, I'm about ready to get out (of ICU, still love travel). I know that I will have to stop traveling for at...

  2. Northeast Alabama RMC

    ninja-nurse replied to Buckaroo93's topic in Travel

    As I said, never worked at the main campus, but I heard it was better. Not to be insulting, but as I'm sure you know, anywhere down south is going to be low pay and high ratios. (I say this as an...

  3. Northeast Alabama RMC

    ninja-nurse replied to Buckaroo93's topic in Travel

    Which unit? And is it actually RMC, or the sister hospital Stringfellow? Never worked in RMC, but did a contract in Stringfellow about 2-3 years ago. ICU was great, though I wasn't there often....

  4. That nagging feeling...

    ninja-nurse replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was working med/surg on nights. Had the same patient for 2 nights in a row - young male with crohn's, post resection. He was doing GREAT! Was off the PCA, up walking, one of 2 JP drains out. They...

  5. O2 sat monitor question

    ninja-nurse replied to createun's topic in General Nursing

    Pulse ox machines are notoriously unreliable. SO many things can interfere with the reading - nail polish, callused fingers, cool fingers, diaphoresis, gripping something tightly, the list goes on and...

  6. Only African American Nurse on Staff

    ninja-nurse replied to nette1022's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, good luck! I hope you find a place where they'll treat you right, you seem like a wonderful

  7. ICU Acuity - Advise?

    ninja-nurse posted a topic in Travel

    Ok, all, please forgive the long post, but I want to lay the situation out properly. I managed to get into a Neuro/Cardiac ICU. Yay, me! Loved the area, so I got a little house. Figured I'd get a few...

  8. ICU Acuity - Advise?

    ninja-nurse replied to ninja-nurse's topic in Travel

    Thank you, everyone! I had thought that I was about ready, but then I started reading those skills checksheets. Halo's, IABP's, open heart recovery, PA caths, trauma.. I read all of that on the...

  9. Only African American Nurse on Staff

    ninja-nurse replied to nette1022's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, I may not have the right to respond to this, as I am not African American (or any other minority). But coming from a Caucasian point of view: some of your coworkers might not be trying to be...

  10. Pet health cert.

    ninja-nurse posted a topic in Travel

    Good day, all. I am considering starting to travel come spring and therefore doing some research. My question today is this: I have read that in order to move/vacation with pets, one is supposed to...

  11. Pet health cert.

    ninja-nurse replied to ninja-nurse's topic in Travel

    Ok, thank you everyone! That's very good to

  12. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    ninja-nurse replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Loved

  13. No failure to communicate

    ninja-nurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Depending on the night, either vent alarms or call bells. I could SWEAR some days that there are alarms in my

  14. Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    ninja-nurse replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Drug wise, hydralizine (on a neuro/cardiac ICU - that was fun) and protonix. Linens during the night. And frequently - in a crummy little rural place I will never, EVER return to - formula for the...

  15. Anatomy of a Code

    ninja-nurse replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well written. In my facility, respiratory does the intubation, and nurses give the meds (no pharmacy for us - at least on nights. Don't know about days) but otherwise this is spot

  16. Occular Oddity

    ninja-nurse posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I just recently had a GI bleeding patient come in, but he was admitted to us because his ammonia level was sky-high and he was showing neuro symptoms. Totally unresponsive to stimulus, but a bit of an...

  17. Occular Oddity

    ninja-nurse replied to ninja-nurse's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Thank you! None of us nurses were sure what to call

  18. Neuro ICU patient population?

    ninja-nurse replied to Chaserr's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    My facility mostly sees SDH's, SAH's, CVA's and the occasional tumor. Of course, we ARE in Florida, so the majority of our patients are "grandma/grandpa fell and hit their head". In the 2 years I've...

  19. Transfer advice please

    ninja-nurse replied to ninja-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am definitely looking for a higher acuity, and am located between and fairly close to two major metro areas. I don't know about ECMO, but NICU is absolutely out of the question. They are entirely...

  20. Transfer advice please

    ninja-nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey, everyone. I need to get out of med/surg (am desperately sick of it) but I'm not sure where I might fit, so I wanted to ask some opinions. My only other experience is back in school, and here's...

  21. Transfer advice please

    ninja-nurse replied to ninja-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Right. I feel like I'm running around doing 'busy work'. There's no challenge, nothing

  22. Funniest thing you've ever seen happen to a doctor

    ninja-nurse replied to Guttercat's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a neurosurgeon who was consistently a jerk. Think I've only ever heard him speak civilly to the nurses one time. So, there he was, out in the hallway, yelling at this poor little GN, when the...

  23. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    ninja-nurse replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    No joke, I had a patient who was looking to move into an area. He called me in at the busiest time of night to show me real estate ads in the paper and ask what I thought about each

  24. Transfer advice please

    ninja-nurse replied to ninja-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I'm trying to talk to people and find out what different areas are like, so I might find where I can fit best, but since I've never been there... Good luck to us all. I, at least, am going to...

  25. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    ninja-nurse replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    When a brand new nurse, still on orientation. It was about 1 am, and my preceptor has gone to get a snack from the vending machine. So I'm sitting alone at the nurses station, and in walks this...