Zee_RN

Zee_RN BSN, RN

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  1. CPR Opinion

    Zee_RN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the one minute of CPR was to allow the defibrillator to get to the scene. That CPR was a bridge until the defibrillator got there. If it was already there, USE it! That retired nurse sounds...

  2. Can't go with family on vacation. Is it worth it?!

    Zee_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm #42 out of 55 nurses to choose my vacation week. We rent a condo in the outer banks; we share it with my sister-in-law and her family. Reservations have to be in now and so they are made. But my...

  3. Would you become a nurse again

    Zee_RN replied to Human nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! I'm a 46-year-old RN-to-BSN student. 'Cept I run up and down the ICU hallways. Don't know what I wanna be when I grow up. I love the ICU and I love clinical work but ... do I want to do this...

  4. Can't go with family on vacation. Is it worth it?!

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My (our) solution: we cancelled our reservations. We're going to have to take our chances. Unfortunately, this involves my sister-in-law's family, too, and I hate to be the cause of messing up someone...

  5. Would you become a nurse again

    Zee_RN replied to Human nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Just a short time ago I would have said absolutely. I'm proud to be a nurse, don't get me wrong. But I'm getting really tired of being treated like a para-professional (punch in, don't you dare...

  6. Can't go with family on vacation. Is it worth it?!

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not as simple as "missing one vacation," at least to me. My daughters (triplets) are 16 years old. I've got maybe one more vacation with them, after this one? It's also a lot of money to spend...

  7. 2:1 (2 nurses to 1 patient) criteria

    Zee_RN replied to nursewratchet's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our balloon pumps aren't 1:1 either. Only our CVVH (Prisma, CRRT, whatever your place calls it) are 1:1. Our sister unit, the CVU, has 1:1 for open hearts. But we're fortunate that we rarely triple...

  8. occurence policy unfair

    Zee_RN replied to ruggerredhead's topic in General Nursing

    Legal in Pennsylvania, too. We are an "employment-at-will" state. You can let be go for any reason, or no reason, at all. I'm sorry that you were treated so poorly. Especially if this is the first...

  9. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Zee_RN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    ......that you'll spend time on your hands and knees at the bedside, trying to get the bedside table to slide under the bed or to the measure the drainage in a chest tube drainage set (Pleuravac)....

  10. Notes In Your Pocket

    Zee_RN replied to nesje30's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have a small Critical Care reference book that I carry in my pocket--and I have had it for 7 years! It's tattered & torn with ragged edges but I have so many notes scribbled in it that I would...

  11. 2:1 (2 nurses to 1 patient) criteria

    Zee_RN replied to nursewratchet's topic in MICU, SICU

    Heck, 2 nurses to 1 patient?! I've never seen it, let alone have a policy for it. The only thing that came close was a patient who was on CVVH and the nurse assigned to him had just learned the...

  12. CCU,ICU CTICU pay rates for certifications

    Zee_RN replied to ljgough's topic in MICU, SICU

    No extra money here either for "specialty area" or certification. We did, however, just institute a clinical ladder system where you apply for level 1, 2, or 3 based on requirements that you have to...

  13. Swan questions

    Zee_RN replied to kesmith2314's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our POLICY is every 2 hours in my med-surg/cardiac ICU. I really hate that. Esp. if the swan is three, four, five days old!! What's the point?! And with the increased risk! And the poor patient...our...

  14. Four Star ICU Visitors

    Zee_RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in MICU, SICU

    You know, all your stories beat mine. Although we did have one patient's daughter ask us for a "memento" of her mom who had just passed away but had already been bagged and tagged and sent to the...

  15. Has anyone taken the new AACN Cardiac Surgery Cert.

    Zee_RN replied to big sweet life's topic in MICU, SICU

    No, I haven't. I'm interested in the new Cardiac Medicine certification, though. I haven't seen any text available for it yet

  16. temporal themometers

    Zee_RN replied to clgmezzo's topic in General Nursing

    We trialed one but management opted not to use it. They said it wasn't accurate, although my understanding had been that the temporal thermometers were supposed to be the most accurate. We currently...

  17. The Farme and the Rooster go to the Movies...

    Zee_RN posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    An old farmer went to town to see a movie. The ticket agent asked, "Sir, what's that on your shoulder?" The old farmer said, "That's my pet rooster, Chucky. Wherever I go, Chuck goes." "I'm sorry...

  18. How many of your Pts have died in one shift

    Zee_RN replied to jonas42's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had more than one a shift but I did work with a guy (in ICU) who had both of his two assigned patients die, took an admission and that patient died later that night (not actually on his...

  19. amusing story that only Pittsburgh nurses of certain age will get

    Zee_RN replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I don't think I knew that Patty Burns died. That is so sad. I do remember hearing that she was ill but I was not aware of her

  20. amusing story that only Pittsburgh nurses of certain age will get

    Zee_RN replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    LOL! I remember Bill Burns! And Paul Long. Used to run into both of them occasionally downtown (dahntahn). Thanks for the

  21. Nurse recruiter

    Zee_RN replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I did hold the position of Nurse Recruiter for a short time. I started at my hospital as an RN on a med-surg floor, worked M/S for 3 years and then moved in Critical Care and worked there 3 years....

  22. Which port is used in a triple lumen central line?

    Zee_RN replied to Dawson's topic in General Nursing

    A coworker last night was telling me that at her last hospital, they never, ever used the distal port for anything but TPN. Even if the patient was NEVER going to get TPN, they did not use the distal...

  23. Post-Mortem Care

    Zee_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick question. Do you send the shrouded deceased in a hospital gown? I have always put a clean hospital gown on the body before wrapping the deceased in that heavy plastic shroud. Never occurred...

  24. Which port is used in a triple lumen central line?

    Zee_RN replied to Dawson's topic in General Nursing

    I was always taught distal for blood draws, medial for TPN and proximal for IV infusions. But I don't think that is a "hard and fast" nursing rule; the safest answer would be "CHECK COMPANY POLICY."...

  25. Post-Mortem Care

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your affirmations. I will continue to send the deceased in a gown. My father died just a few months before I started nursing school. I was very nervous about post-mortem care because I...