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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...

  16. Best books for pacu beginners

    Greenclip replied to Joy4RN's topic in PACU

    A new grad going into PACU? Wow. That would be a very steep learning curve. Read through past threads for the last several years (that actually won't take too long, many threads are short or repeat...

  17. Best books for pacu beginners

    Greenclip replied to Joy4RN's topic in PACU

    Drain's is fantastic. Both of these books are available in current or previous editions on many sites. Check Ebay, Amazon used listings,

  18. Extreme brady with strange rhythm

    Greenclip replied to kataraang's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    That looks like coorifice flutter to me. Yes, I've had at least two patients who had rates in the 30s and were completely asymptomatic. Both men. Good for you for being curious and asking

  19. Should we change the needleless hub after drawing blood from a central catheter?

    Greenclip replied to Probably's topic in MICU, SICU

    We change the needleless connector/clave every 7 days. I have never heard of changing it after a blood draw. Our policy for blood cultures, though, if we're drawing off a central line, is to either...

  20. lunch break handoffs

    Greenclip replied to bookel's topic in Critical Care

    The PACU nurses have a signed handoff report that is completed electronically when a nurse hands over a patient within the PACU, whether it's a permanent handoff (the first nurse doesn't expect to...

  21. lunch break handoffs

    Greenclip replied to bookel's topic in Critical Care

    We have that in our PACU but not in our

  22. HELP!?! New in a SICU... already cried... totally terrified

    Greenclip replied to jlv613's topic in Critical Care

    Two shifts in is way too soon to judge. Give yourself a little time. You won't have every shift with her, and if your orientation is anything like ours, you'll have some time doing critical care...

  23. PACU visitation & policies

    Greenclip replied to FJW&ADP's topic in PACU

    My PACU bays have three walls. Only the isolation bays have doors that can close. The bays are really not big enough, however, for visitors. I agree with Rose_Queen, above. Patients are really out of...

  24. Want to swap to ICU but I cry during codes

    Greenclip replied to Aliareza's topic in MICU, SICU

  25. CCRN Study tips

    Greenclip replied to Chelle2013RN's topic in Critical Care

    There are lots of threads on this topic, if you scroll through. I and many others would agree that Pass CCRN is a great resource, but perhaps not the best test prep. The questions did not accurately...