Swellz

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    Advice

    Swellz replied to sunshine120's topic in General Nursing

    If I could afford not to work, I would not work. I think in the future, no one is going to judge you for a gap in your resume around this
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    Nursing School and Career with Back Problems

    Swellz replied to person115's topic in General Nursing

    How many times have you shadowed for a full 12 hour shift? I think that's something you need to do to understand what you'd be getting into. Obviously there are areas of nursing that require less...
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    Black Lives Matter Protests and Medical Care

    Swellz replied to Chris___RN's topic in General Nursing

    This was what I was going to suggest. Thanks for doing what you're
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    Cardiac Surgery care

    Swellz posted a topic in Cardiac

    Can anyone point me to towards resources for nursing care following cardiac surgeries, I.e. CABG, TAVR, etc? I took a contract on a cardiac surgery floor and am so out of my depth! I don't do ICU, so...
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    ANY NURSES TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID

    Swellz replied to Guest973564's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Really interesting to read how it's handled elsewhere. At my hospital, if you have a known exposure without PPE, you are quarantined for 14 days from the event. They were not testing people who were...
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    Taking Care of Covid Patients While Pregnant

    Swellz replied to PDXOR's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Our pregnant nurses and techs do not go to the COVID floors. We have a couple hospitalists who recently came back from maternity leave, and they are not required to go to COVID either. I don't know...
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    What are your views on switching days with people?

    Swellz replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I'll switch if it won't make my schedule terrible. I'm flexible with the definition of terrible when I work dayshift, but not when I work nightshift, when I rarely agree to switches
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    Most nurses not heros

    Swellz replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I hear a lot of stuff in the media talking about the suffering of businesses and lost jobs. Maybe they aren't praising them for their sacrifices because they didn't make a choice - this misfortune...
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    Ocn certification

    Swellz replied to Hithere121's topic in Oncology

    Bump! I'm studying for the PCCN first, but I just finished my contract on an ONC floor, so now that I have my hours for the OCN again, I want to do that as well. I am assuming testing centers are...
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    ICU to Onc, how to get the hours?

    Swellz replied to keitamuso's topic in Oncology

    You are correct. You cannot get the OCN without the patient care hours, but you can get the "chemo card" aka ONS/ONCC chemo/immunotherapy certificate. If I remember correctly, they have an...
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    Saline Flushes - My Old As Dirt Question

    Swellz replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Same where I work. There is an order for flushes q12 that would require scanning, but it is rarely put
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    Pay in Tampa/St Pete/Clearwater?

    Swellz replied to Swellz's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yes they do. You will have to get your BSN in a certain timeframe, but I don't how long you have to get
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    Covid19 and nursing home placement

    Swellz replied to Daisy Joyce's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There is one rehab in my area that is taking COVID positive patients, and you can imagine the waitlist. If someone comes in from an ALF or NH, we have to keep them until they test negative twice, even...
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    Where to go as a nurse if you dont want to work with patients at ALL?

    Swellz replied to guest1074618's topic in General Nursing

    Infection control? Also, I don't know if this is a thing everywhere, but we have a couple blood bank nurses in our health system who evaluate our blood product usage, investigate transfusion...
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    PTO

    Swellz replied to snickers17's topic in General Nursing

    No, and I'm required to work a minor holiday. It's just the principle of the thing that bothers
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    PTO

    Swellz replied to snickers17's topic in General Nursing

    It is worth checking with them what are paid holidays. I was shocked when I discovered Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, and New Year's Day are the only holidays my current health system pays
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    ER experience - can I do med surg travel jobs?

    Swellz replied to rubyagnes's topic in Travel

    But you haven't done med-surg. It's very different than what you do in the ED and in psych, although obviously you will have a lot of skills that overlap. Travelers need to be independent the minute...
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    What do people really think of RRT right after change of shift?

    Swellz replied to Adrian007's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on both ends as well. In addition to what PPs mentioned, I also think there is something to be said about a new set of eyes on a situation. You have been working with someone for hours and...
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    Notifying the family when a patient arrives on your unit/transferred out?

    Swellz replied to Adrian007's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on how your health system is set up. Our CMs speak to families when someone is going to a facility, and I don't have to call unless there is a significant delay in transport that is...
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    Genuine question that I know is going to make me sound like a TERRIBLE nurse...

    Swellz replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, my discharge orders are constantly wrong. I find these errors are more frequently due to laziness than stupidity. I'm with you OP; I would spend a lot less time on the phone and more on patient...
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    Progressive Care Unit

    Swellz replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on your new job! It varies hospital to hospital, and in some hospitals, PCU to PCU. I worked in one hospital where the cardiac PCU took vents but the other PCUs didn't, and I worked in...
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    Home health nurse working as a maid?

    Swellz replied to mzsuccess's topic in Home Health

    ^This was the answer before you added more details and it is still very much the answer. Good
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    Incorrigible

    Swellz replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Be careful - Ronald McDonald seems
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    Have you ironically lost out on a donated perk because you were at work

    Swellz replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    My current health system is the king of poorly implemented perks. Free lunch for Nurses' Week, in the cafeteria, but only between 11am and 12:30pm, and only one line for the entire hospital's nurses....
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    Incorrigible

    Swellz replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I am very much looking forward to the next part of the Davey Do saga. Congratulations on your new