Christie RN2006

Christie RN2006

SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing

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  1. VENT: You mean I still have to work when I'm on the clock?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    Holy cow, Becky has a twin!?! There is a certain nurse where I work that is exactly like what you are describing. It doesn't seem to matter how often I complain about things, nothing is ever done...

  2. Night Shift Neglect.

    Christie RN2006 replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that there is no excuse for leaving your patients in that horrible of condition, but be careful how you word it. It is not just a "night shift" problem, I have come in many times in the...

  3. Precepting...

    Christie RN2006 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    i am having trouble with that right now... i am trying to learn to sit on my hands and keep my mouth shut unless it is something i need to step in on. also, i never realized how picky i was until i...

  4. Precepting...

    Christie RN2006 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    whoops... yes it is supposed to be 2 years. thats what happens when i try to write a post when i am really tired and i don't go back and proof

  5. Precepting...

    Christie RN2006 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    The state of Ohio requires a nurse to have a minimum of 2 hours of experience before being allowed to become a preceptor for a student. I think that should also be the minimum for new grads/hires...

  6. MRSA in sputum with trach?

    Christie RN2006 replied to kc1985's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, if the pt is diagnosed with MRSA of the sputum, they are automatically placed in droplet isolation which means gown, gloves and mask. It does not matter if they are on the vent or not,...

  7. "What would you do" continued....

    Christie RN2006 replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Usually our docs will write if they want us to give a dose now, for example they would write... norvasc first dose now and then Q AM Based on the orders, I would only give the metoprolol, but I would...

  8. Customer Service ratings ....

    Christie RN2006 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that the unit I work in has scores that rapidly change every month. Take for example our most recent scores... For one month we got a 100%, now our most recent result was well...

  9. Anyone work at Morrow county hospital?

    Christie RN2006 replied to luvmyguys's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I don't work at Morrow County, but I live in that area of Ohio... I looked at Morrow County when I graduated back in '06 and I remember the pay rate being a few dollars less than some of the other...

  10. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    Christie RN2006 replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    I also am a RN/EMT and I can totally relate to some of these situations. One of the situations I have experienced that stands out in my mind was when I was eating in a cafeteria and the only medical...

  11. My son called me lazy for being sleepy during the daytime!

    Christie RN2006 replied to momofdandm's topic in General Nursing

    One time a guy I was kinda dating kept complaining about how tired he was, so I bet him that he couldn't live my schedule. Haha within a few days he gave up! People that don't work nights, just don't...

  12. The Economy and your job as a nurse

    Christie RN2006 replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    Last year things were looking pretty rough at my hospital... the census was down, they closed our STC unit at night and all semi-private rooms were converted to private and lots of nurses had to be...

  13. Paramedics and nurses in the ER?

    Christie RN2006 replied to C. Howe's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at has several paramedics that work in our ED. They never take an assignment, but they can help the nurses with a lot of things. They can help in triage, obtain vitals, complete...

  14. Lowest Blood pH

    Christie RN2006 replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in MICU, SICU

    The lowest I have seen was I think 6.7 and all of the other numbers were way off too. The pt ended up maxed on a bicarb drip, vasopressin, and epi. We coded the pt 3 times before the family decided to...

  15. Opinions on change of specialty: Critical care to Home care. Tell me what you know.

    Christie RN2006 replied to mmaphreak72's topic in General Nursing

    One of the ladies I worked with made the switch from ICU to hospice and she loves it! There is a huge difference in type of stress, etc. With home care, you get to know your patients on a more one on...

  16. Would you consider that an 'exposure'?

    Christie RN2006 replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be too concerned about it either. They test and retest the blood for transfusions, so the risk of getting anything from a transfusion is very very slim, so I would think that the risk of...

  17. What color should a nurse wear?

    Christie RN2006 replied to PE-RN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Where I work, we have a color code for each department. RN's are ceil blue, LPN's are purple, etc. We are allowed to use white as an accent color. I personally wouldn't want to wear all white... white...

  18. Do you have a unit-based pharmacist?

    Christie RN2006 replied to labcat01's topic in MICU, SICU

    Where I work, they have a unit based pharmacist during day shift, but at night we do not. We have to fax all of our orders down to pharmacy and then they tube us the meds. Sometimes we do have an...

  19. Precepting In SICU

    Christie RN2006 replied to Psyched Out RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in a SICU and we have had 2 students recently that had issues and almost passed out!! We were all joking that if we keep breaking the students, they are going to quit sending them to us......

  20. Orientation-Staffing

    Christie RN2006 replied to mjscan_07's topic in MICU, SICU

    That is not safe at all! Where I work, we are required to have 2 RNs in the ICU at all times. On a rare occasion they will bring in an RN from our step-down unit to take care of step-down patients...

  21. To suction the ETT, or not?

    Christie RN2006 replied to CactusFlower's topic in MICU, SICU

    All of our vented patients have in-line suctioning, so it remains a closed circuit. Our vent protocol states that the patients HOB is to be at 30 degrees or higher if at all possible, oral care every...

  22. Do all of your vented pt's get restrained?

    Christie RN2006 replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Most of our vented patients are restrained. We used to be able to restrain patients under our intubation protocol, but when JCAHO came around this last time, they told us that we were no longer...

  23. CRRT question

    Christie RN2006 replied to TLCinCICU's topic in MICU, SICU

    We rarely use M60s where I work. The only time they use them is on the little tiny people that weigh around 90-100 lbs. Generally we use M100 or HF1000s. The bigger the filter, the longer they usually...

  24. 18-gauge vs. 20-gauge

    Christie RN2006 replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an ICU, so generally we try to stick with the bigger gauge IVs. We do have some 14 gauge IVs, but rarely do we use them. Generally we try to stick with either 18 or 20. The only time we will...

  25. Age for Certications

    Christie RN2006 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    I know that here in ohio you have to be 18 to become certified as an EMT, etc. You also have to be 18 to work at the hospital. The hospital I work at does have a program for high school students to...