We don't give report at bedside. We give report outside pts room. We then do a bedside handoff which is much like what you explained although we dont go over history and all that, just our assessments...
Im sure. maybe you misunderstood, he was on meds over and above what he was on at home...quite a bit more, ...Im all about treating pain, however there is a point where you cannont give any...
I understand the frustration of some posters that are angry with the system, they feel it is $$ out of their pockets. I get it. I support medicaid, I think it helps many people...But, was does make...
GrnHonu99 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing
LOL. I still want to be a travel nurse. I graduated and now i'm working in the neuro ICU in PHX, AZ for over a year now...lol...def. don't want peds anymore...stiill may do NP in the future:) How is...
GrnHonu99 replied to harley_fan's topic in Ohio Nursing
I have a couple of friends that went into the NICU as new grads at GSH. They seem to like it as far as I know. St. E is a magnet...did clinicals there, very nice facility...Mercy Hosp West is offering...
The more you do it, the more routine it becomes. In five seconds of seeing/interacting with the pt. you know so many things (w/o even touching them)...The very first thing I want to know is- is my pt....
Ok, there def. is quite a bit of foley emptying, suctioning and def. oral care...however, don't discount the ICU so quickly. I work in neuro ICU and I love it! We get traumas as direct admits...
Clarification: Work in the ICU so 99% of the time the pt. always has MIVF going. I just PB into that with each ABX having their own secondary tubing. When i'm done with my vanc, i d/c from MIVF, caap...
I know some that have and have admitted it to me. Whether or not these individs. had something else going on under the table..who knows. I have been on both sides of the track. Yes, I get angry when...
GrnHonu99 replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing
yep. if one of our travelers gets cancelled they are still paid whether they work or not...however...my facility will send home the registries (diff from travelers)...or float the travelers to accom....
All new IVPB meds need their own PB tubing..I will spike a vanco bag and that bag has tubing all its own. If I hang cefapime, the cef gets its own line...if i go to hang another bag of vanco, i will...
Wow...her O2 sats were 65% on 100%??? The intensivist should have been at your bedside!! Does your hosp. use RTs? Our RTs manage our vents not that we dont work with them and understand the vent...
The first time I saw a doc drill a hole through a pts skull for an EVD...it was worse when blood and puss started spewing out. Im used to it now..but I know how you
Its been slow at my facility as well. we have a lot of registry and travelers so they go first, then anyone on call or OT...then we take volunteers. Someone always volunteers. Its been tough this...
GrnHonu99 replied to megan0321's topic in Nursing Career
Wow congrats! I hope there will be someone else besides you on the floor with the 46 pts? Anyway, I'm thinking you are referring to report sheets or "brains?". When I get report I have a sheet and I...
i have 2 pts days/nights...sometimes i feel like i have so many things to do on top of critical thinking and forseeing problems...chart checking, reviewing..med passing, assessments...etc...its...
I love my job. Finishing up my first year in the neuro ICU. It sure has been challenging to say the least but I couldn't have asked for a better first experience. My preceptor was awesome, my floor is...
GrnHonu99 replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Travel
I am just finishing up one year in the neruoiCU. I dont feel ready yet. we have tons of travelers and I know they have a ton of experience before become travelers and I see them struggle in our unit....
OMG I would love to travel to Hawaii. The fiance and I went to Maui this year and it was wonderful. Pure paradise. My only questions is...I heard its hard to take your dog, that they have to be...