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Hey All, I'm beginning to think that I need to go back to school and get my masters. My current employer will pay for 6 hours of grad school credit a semester which sounds pretty good. I'm a little discouraged in my current job and am looking for a...

There is some new technology out there at about 5 hospitals...Duke, Stanford and three others I can't think of right now. They are researching a liver dialysis type machine to prolong the life of those who need a transplant when a whole organ isn't ...

If the patient is a fresh post op or unstable (even the hearts), we do a full set of vitals, swan numbers with wedges q1 (for at least 12-24 hours). We get hemodynamic numbers q2 or q4 depending on stablity. We only use saline in our flush bags due...

Our cooling blanket protocol was for anyone over 104F. Most of the time these people had a swan ganz to get a temp from or a temp sensing foley. When their temp reached 104 we paralyzed them (dr's order needed), put the blanket under them with a sh...

We use SCD's on our patiens without TED hose. They stay on the patient until they become ambulatory. There is some controversy about how much protection you get from just the lower leg SCD's vs the ones that go up to the thigh. Our patients all ge...

Since there seems to be a shortage of nurses in all different areas, most hospitals have training programs for new grads. I went through ICU training and OR training. It was 4 months for ICU and 6 months for OR. I think with this training you gain...

Recently our brilliant hospital decided that we needed to spend 4 million dollars on hiring a consulting firm to help us out with a few problems. I am relatively new to the OR (1 1/2 years) and don't understand all the in's and out's. SO...now w...

I work for a hospital that has magnet status. When we first acheived it, I didn't think much of it and a lot of other nurses complained about it. I thought I would find something better so I went traveling. I went across the country to a hospital...

To bad we didn't come through today. I hope we make a good appearance in the NCAA though.

Hey all, Just looking for some information about working for the department of the army as a civilian nurse. I have always wanted to travel overseas and really "see" europe and thought this would be a good way to do so. I have filled out a resume o...

A good nurse know's when to trust her gut and when to ask questions about anything. There is nothing more dangerous than a cavalier nurse (or doc).

I'm from Kentucky, did a traveling assignment on the west coast....were it seemed people thought I was stupid cause I had an accent....and OMG I WEAR SHOES....Just cause I talk slow doesn't mean I"m stupid!! I have a BS in another health related fiel...

First was Cardiothoracic ICU, then Surgical ICU, traveled in a MICU, now in the OR.

I have been on both sides of this issue. I started out as a nurse tech/aide on a telemetry floor, then went to the ICU. I saw several people code, some survived, some didn't. At the time, I got an adrenaline rush from it - helping the nurses, savi...

I have gotten such a laugh out of this thread!!!! So, I thought I would add a little to the pot. I had a patient once, older lady, who called her genitalia her "kitty kat". I was helping her bathe and she said "Can't forget to wash the kitty kat"...

When I was in college, doing a program other than nursing, we had a sort of similar beef with a professor. You can go to the ombudsman for the school and discuss this situation with him or her, that way it isn't with the dean of the college if you a...

Just curious, don't you have sick time at your hospital?? p.s. I agree with who ever said to shake her hand. I would give her whatever it was I had and see if she called in sick!!! Geez, don't they know that its better for you to stay home and ge...

Please note that we are NOT and out patient surgery center. We are doing NASTY BLOODY TRAUMA!!! We are doing very large orthopedic cases, large burns etc etc. I don't mean to be impolite, but comparing a outpatient surgery center to a trauma cente...

I have been so upset lately about our turnover times and the possibility that they are going to make the RN's mop the floors between cases I did a little research yesterday. We were told in our weekly staff meeting that our AVERAGE turnover time was...

Our turnover times are 38 minutes average..shorter for the smaller cases (15 to 20)...because we are doing the same thing, having everything thats possible to be ready - ready for the next case. If I didn't have to hunt things down, or call a millio...

I work at UK. Love it. I traveled for a while to see what other places were like..realized that we get treated pretty well here. Lots of people leave and come back thinking they will find it better. I have also worked in a few different areas at ...

I'm a northwest transplant too...been in KY for 15 years though, always will think of WA as my home.

Same for us too..

we use it all, betadine scrub and paint....alcohol and hibiclens....sureclens for eyes...duraprep, just depends on surgeon preference.

Sure..its like putting in any other type of foley..just a little more work involved after its in. For your patients sake, please make sure if you are putting in, you are getting it back out. I picked up a patient one morning from another nurse and ...