ckh23

ckh23 BSN, RN

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  1. A job I love or pay the bills

    ckh23 replied to lilbeans's topic in Nursing Career

    I say get a per diem job and keep your job that you love. Eventually you will move up the ladder and when you find yourself in a better financial position, you can drop the per diem

  2. Our lady of Lourdes anesthesia program

    ckh23 replied to kenmartins's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Lourdes is associated with Drexel University in Philadelphia, so technically it is an out of state private university that you get your degree from and why it is so much more money. UMDNJ provides...

  3. Does anyone work as Rapid Response?

    ckh23 replied to nrsang97's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility we do not have a dedicated rapid response team. The ICU's rotate the rapid response and code pager. Quite frankly it sucks when you have an assignment and have to go to a rapid response...

  4. CRNA Autonomy

    ckh23 replied to Cardiomegaly's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You have been hanging out at student doctors way too

  5. ICU website needed

    ckh23 replied to RNin's topic in Critical Care

    Try this website, it is very helpful and recommended all the time.

  6. Documentation in ICU

    ckh23 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Critical Care

    I usually just write something along the lines of "Pt sleeping, easily arouses to verbal stimuli, no changes from previous assessment" At another facility I worked at we boxes for every hour and a...

  7. Worried about new schedule

    ckh23 replied to SwansonRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line is rotating sucks. Does your unit self schedule? We do in our unit and I find that if I group my days together and my nights together it's not so bad. It also helps to limit the amount of...

  8. Mandating to work on days off

    ckh23 replied to amk7223's topic in General Nursing

    Not wrong for feeling like that, but if you don't have a CBA there is not much you can do about it. It may be time to start looking for a new job because it doesn't sound like it is going to get...

  9. As we come to Independence Day

    ckh23 replied to jadelpn's topic in Government, Military

    And also to our fallen brothers and sisters in arms. God

  10. Military Nurses - Army Nurse Corps Reserve vs. Navy

    ckh23 replied to nursedaddy122's topic in Government, Military

    I think you really need to sit down and a long talk with your wife. Deployments are hard, but they can be harder on the family. It takes a very strong family support system to help make it through and...

  11. Recieving a patient from ER

    ckh23 replied to jkr2020788's topic in Emergency

    You can't unless you do everything for them. Unless they have worked in the ER it is hard for them to understand. When I was in the ER, the only orders we carried out where things on the admission...

  12. How to deal with overbearing doctors?

    ckh23 replied to whichone'spink's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree with others. I think you gave a pretty good answer for the position you are in. You will eventually find out, after some experience, to politely tell them to go pound

  13. ICU nurses: Do you check cornea reflex and gag reflex q4h ?

    ckh23 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Critical Care

    The PERRLA is a pet peeve of mine. I find it interesting working in the ICU where patients are comatose and barely respond to anything, somehow are able to follow commands to test

  14. CRNA Autonomy

    ckh23 replied to Cardiomegaly's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Nurses have been doing anesthesia way before anesthesiologists entered the picture. A CRNA is an independent provider and does not need to practice under the "supervision" of an anesthesiologist....

  15. What are your thoughts on patients who request no male nurses taking care of them?

    ckh23 replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    Doesn't bother me one

  16. NG tube help

    ckh23 replied to tsm007's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The one's we use in the hospital, the air vent is blue and the lumen is much smaller if you pull off the

  17. What do you want in a set up of a new room for an incoming patient?

    ckh23 replied to meghan91's topic in MICU, SICU

    Knowing the type of patient does help. For trauma patients it is helpful to have the bed covered in chucks for all of the blood. For me personally, I'm a kind of bare essentials to start off with and...

  18. No success in refusing admits inappropriate to the unit...

    ckh23 replied to NBMom1225's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What does your manager say? Do you have an infection control nurse or department that you can contact? I don't see how it would be the ED docs issue. Isn't there a doctor that writes admission orders?...

  19. LTC to CRNA

    ckh23 replied to steveo59's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Here is a link to the AANA and their info Become a

  20. smart move or unprofessional?

    ckh23 replied to Southgoing Zax's topic in Nursing Career

    I think you have a couple hurdles here. Was this a per diem job you applied for? The hospital may not want to invest in bringing you up to speed only to have you bail if med school starts consuming...

  21. No veterans preference for military vets who work as nurses at the VA hospitals.

    ckh23 replied to patrick1rn's topic in Government, Military

    Very hypocritical. I have already emailed my

  22. Should I Apply for Management??

    ckh23 replied to NurseAnnie123's topic in Nurse Management

    I vote

  23. Failing heart...I think...Dobutamine?! Good thinking question

    ckh23 replied to jkr2020788's topic in Critical Care

    I had a similar surgical patient like that before. He didn't have a swan, but after the 3rd pressor and no improvement we floated one and found SVR was through the roof and clamped down from all the...

  24. Work situation, upset, opinions needed

    ckh23 replied to beeble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't understand why you just can't approach him about it after everything has calmed down. Even now a day or two later. Things can get heated between people all of the time, especially in high...

  25. IV bolus to CHF patient. Need your opinions please

    ckh23 replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    What did her labs say that makes the MD think she needs fluid? How did her lungs