Greenclip

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1. Relo to St. Louis

   Greenclip replied to crittleRN's topic in General Nursing

   Welcome ? Expect pay to be lower than you're used to, unless you're coming from the rural South. I think there isn't a bad place to work in the Lou unless you're looking at Kindred or Select, which...

2. In the ICU, do you get a tech?

   Greenclip replied to Blondekristi's topic in Critical Care

   We have a tech. Our larger (16 bed) ICUs will sometimes have two techs, which is really nice. Blood sugars and baths are their main tasks. Nurses get all vitals and manage Foley output. The techs also...

3. Taking a paycut for experience?

   Greenclip replied to dropdatslurpee's topic in Nursing Career

   Other parts of the US pay far less. Where I live, a nurse with 3 years of experience makes about what you

4. CCRN 2018

   Greenclip replied to RachelP_CRNA2B's topic in Critical Care

   Interesting. My experience was that the questions in Barron's were very close to what was on the test. Pass CCRN was helpful for having more practice questions, but as you said, many of questions were...

5. Tele strips in ICU

   Greenclip replied to Jaenic's topic in Critical Care

   Upon admission and once per shift. We are also supposed to do it if the patient has been off the unit for more than 2 hours (for example, coming back from

6. Best Hospitals in South Florida to work for?

   Greenclip replied to Lopez154's topic in Critical Care

   Sorry. I'm still stuck on the part where you are in Missouri and make $43.70 an hour. I was going to say where in the world, but where in the state can you do that? I haven't seen salaries like that...

7. Clinical nurse educators...

   Greenclip replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   No call. Our unit educators have taken patients maybe twice in two years (critical care areas). Both times have been for only a few hours, until more staff nurses could come

8. NCLEX a factor in the nursing shortage

   Greenclip replied to cathyfreeman's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I agree 100%. I found the NCLEX easy. It can't possibly assess the critical thinking capacity of a new graduate nurse. I don't even think it assesses knowledge very well. I passed with 75 questions; I...

9. Unit terminology

   Greenclip replied to SpidersWeb's topic in Critical Care

   The first one sounds like med-surg, maybe "complex med-surg" and the second one sounds like stepdown. At the big academic hospital where I work, several of the stepdown units are one big room with...

10. CCRN as a requirement?

    Greenclip replied to Steph41's topic in Critical Care

    In our ICU, many nurses go there intending to stay for no more than 2-3 years because their real goal is to become an NP. For this reason, there is no incentive to get CCRN. 75% of attrition in our...

11. Bed linens in the ICU

    Greenclip replied to Steph41's topic in MICU, SICU

    We use a fitted sheet and a large blue absorbent pad (cloth, not paper) as our standard. We use the blue pad as a draw sheet to turn patients. We have superb skin outcomes. Patients at high risk for...

12. Would this be a good way to increase my chances at an ICU job?

    Greenclip replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Critical Care

    I really don't think it would help your chances. If you get hired into an ICU, the unit will pay for you to take the ECCO program. The program isn't meaningful without the clinical experience to go...

13. Capped Salary?

    Greenclip replied to cicugirl's topic in Critical Care

    I have never heard of a hospital/health care system that did not cap nursing hourly rates. We are capped at a level FAR lower than yours. I couldn't dream of making money like that (I assume that in...

14. Sepsis, causes,vitamin c?????

    Greenclip replied to loriaz's topic in MICU, SICU

    In our older patients we see UTI and pneumonia as the most common factors behind sepsis. Other causes are much less common. Regardless of cause, older patients and immune compromised patients are much...

15. 12-Leads on CCRN Exam

    Greenclip replied to DNP2020's topic in Critical Care

    The test will NOT show you a 12-lead printout, although you may have a question which shows a simple strip. But you will have questions which expect you to know the significance of elevations in...