GrnHonu99

GrnHonu99 RN

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  1. Nursing Rounds

    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...
  2. Patients on Medicaid

    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...
  3. Patients on Medicaid

    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...
  4. 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...
  5. Help!!!! Rn Schools???

    cincinnati state univ cincinnati xavier miami hamilton NKU Apollo Brown Mackie There is one in NKY a
  6. Cincinnati Hospitals

    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...
  7. 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....
  8. My brain says no but my heart says yes

    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...
  9. Patients on Medicaid

    Wow..shocked...I have never heard of
  10. Piggyback IV question

    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...
  11. Patients on Medicaid

    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...
  12. Being Cancelled

    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....
  13. Piggyback IV question

    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...
  14. rough night

    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...
  15. Anybody feeling faint??

    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
  16. Maryvale?

    Yes, we get many pts. trans from there and when we find out they are coming from MV you always hear a collective groan..the pts are always in awful
  17. Anyone ever try working 60 hours a week?

    know quite a few that do it every week...you get used to it...i did 4 12's in a row last week..i was
  18. Back-to-back 12 hour shifts

    I do three in a row and sometimes 4! I commute 30 mins each way! 6pm leave my house 815-830 get back home! Get up and do it over
  19. Low cencus

    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...
  20. help with "brains"

    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...
  21. Anyone still feel insecure after 1 year??

    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...
  22. Love your job?

    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...
  23. Oops! I showed up on my day off!

    once this year..although, the msitake wasn't on my part...if you are going to make a change to my sched. plse call
  24. how much time before I can 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....
  25. Questions about traveling nurse in Kona Hawaii

    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...