CMSrn2009 ASN, BSN, MSN

CMSrn2009 has 16 years experience as a ASN, BSN, MSN and specializes in Critical Care, Public Health, Addiction.

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1. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   CMSrn2009 replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Working in 140ish bed hospital in a PA city (but not in center city, more suburban-y).. One 10 bed ICU - but now they just opened up a second ICU for the overflow. PCU is packed, ED is packed....

2. Doctors not assessing COVID patients?

   CMSrn2009 replied to orchidflower's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I think docs not going into rooms has regularly been a trend prior to this but is more prevalent now that its literally hazardous for anyone to go in due to the current environment (lack of PPE...

3. Columbia University MDE/DNP vs UPenn BSN/MSN

   CMSrn2009 replied to hummingbirdheartbeat's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I go to a school in the same city and some of my professors work there, I heard they ARE going to be offering one "soon", not sure

4. Weekend Program: Pros and Cons, new grad

   CMSrn2009 replied to Scuba_NurseBSN's topic in Nursing Career

   Hello, where I work there were a few instances (two I can think of) of new grads getting jobs in the ICU right away, which was rare and shocking to me.. So you're not hopeless. Also, I currently am...

5. Who is working while completing NP?

   CMSrn2009 replied to roman1006's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I work 2 12 hour night shifts, Friday & Saturday as a weekend staff nurse. I also have a per diem night shift position at a second location but I rarely work there anymore, maybe one night a...

6. Please help! Job decision!

   CMSrn2009 replied to snaps's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked at a few different hospitals, one Magnet and a level 1 trauma, one in the process of getting Magnet (also union and level 2 trauma), one small community hospital .. And now I work at two...

7. Weaning off one drip and starting another

   CMSrn2009 replied to CMSrn2009's topic in Critical Care

   Thanks for the tip. I guess next time I should ask for help- but it seems as though I'm a little too aggressive with turning the first drops off! Should have just gone

8. Weaning off one drip and starting another

   CMSrn2009 posted a topic in Critical Care

   Two different situation that I have encountered in the past few weeks have left me questioning my clinical skills.. The first was a patient (seizures, found down, etc.) who was on dopamine and I...

9. What are the little things you do to help the next shift?

   CMSrn2009 replied to kristandrews's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I work 7p-7a, ICU.. - if patient has peripheral IVs that expire, I try to replace at least one site if not both - order new bags of drips that the patient is on - hang new bag of fluids (or just keep...

10. Online FNP Programs vs B&M

    CMSrn2009 replied to ISLANDER RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I know this is probably totally different, but I completed my RN to BSN degree on-line and found it hard to motivate myself. I am currently attending a FNP that has the option to complete a few core...

11. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    CMSrn2009 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Geographic location: Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Pay rate: About $32/hr (this includes shift differential and float pay) In which area / specialty do you work? Critical Care Float (float to...

12. Nurse Researcher Interview or Job Shadow

    CMSrn2009 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Hello, I'm in my last year of an RN-BSN program and for this last semester we are required to explore advanced practice roles. I really want to go to grad school to become a nurse researcher. For this...