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  1. Charge Rn's. How many beds on your units?

    cardiacfreak replied to oldiebutgoodieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Progressive Care Unit, 20 beds, 10 staff on day shift, 7 staff on night shift. Day shift charge does not take patients, but night shift charge takes 2 patients. Duties include...making assignments...

  2. I Like It

    cardiacfreak replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, I was a CNA for 14 years prior to nursing school so I added that into my years of experience. Right or wrong? I have been a nurse for 9 years. All 9 years on the same unit. Either way I...

  3. The world is minus a great physician

    cardiacfreak replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what a legacy! I am from Indiana and we had a pediatrician by the name of Scully, who has also passed away, that everyone was fond of, I wonder if they were related. His name was William Scully...

  4. Bullying like I am back in middle school

    cardiacfreak replied to maxxilla's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can see this going one of three ways if you confront your co-workers... 1. They will back down. 2. They will become worse and try to sabotage your work. 3. They will go to your manager and say...

  5. When Chronic Condition Becomes a Priorty Acute Problem

    cardiacfreak replied to souleater11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    COPD, CHF, A-Fib, PVD, etc. There are lots of chronic conditions that can be

  6. Stupid, I know, but more bad representations of NURSES on tv!

    cardiacfreak replied to uRNmyway's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What about all the horror movies? There is never anybody around, the hallways are always

  7. IV Amiodarone extravasation

    cardiacfreak replied to WAheartnurse's topic in Cardiac

    I have done research on IV amiodarone since posting prior, it seems we are not using evidence based practice at my facility so I plan to bring it to the attention of our Shared Governance Committee to...

  8. PICC line blood draw

    cardiacfreak replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy is to flush with 10mL, waste 10mL, draw blood, flush with 10mL, and we don't change the caps. Love your avatar by the way. The cap is the lock on the end of the

  9. What's the nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    cardiacfreak replied to Niki_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a telemetry/stroke/ICU step-down. We take all CVA patients that are not TPA'd for the first 24hours (usually longer), post-op CABG, cardiac gtts but we can't titrate, all glucostabilizers,...

  10. Your Experience with Your Hospitals Cath Lab Personnel?

    cardiacfreak replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't believe Esme was talking about ER to CCL, nobody in their right mind would take time to fully bathe a pt and delay intervention, however, that being said, if you have to wait for the team to...

  11. "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    cardiacfreak replied to taydian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been told more than once by new nurses that they found me intimidating when they first started, but once we have gotten to know each other, they realize I am just direct, and not stand-offish....

  12. Nursing & Workplace Conflict: Resolution !

    cardiacfreak replied to The_Optimist's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am aggressive also, since moving into management I have had to take a good long look at myself, some days are easier than others, but I have learned to stop, take a deep cleansing breath, count to...

  13. Another vent about nurse vs aide

    cardiacfreak replied to RNstudent13renee's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I've been on both sides. Before becoming an RN I worked as a PCA on the same unit I work now, I also thought the nurses were being "lazy", here I am running my fanny off and they are sitting at the...

  14. Lawsuit Claims Nurse Was 'Worked to Death'

    cardiacfreak replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. On more than one occasion I have seen the dialysis nurse at my hospital stay until midnight, then before I leave at 0730 the same nurse is back. I don't think I could be this

  15. My clinical instructor...

    cardiacfreak replied to Orizza's topic in General Students

    Great nursing instructors do make a difference in great

  16. Lawsuit Claims Nurse Was 'Worked to Death'

    cardiacfreak replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Amen

  17. How do you get your patients to do what they have to do?

    cardiacfreak replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I work on a Progressive Care Unit and we get a lot of post-op CABG patients, sometimes they don't like to use the incentive spirometer, I can't make them but I do educate them on the reason for using...

  18. Generic name for vitals machine?

    cardiacfreak replied to WalterWho's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a stroke unit, COW = Circle of Willis :) We also call it a

  19. Lost 1st job because "there are things they don't teach in Nursing School"

    cardiacfreak replied to studentjoy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ALWAYS trust your instincts. If you have a little voice inside your head saying, " This isn't right." or " Something is wrong here." listen to it, don't ignore it, because it will come back to bite...

  20. new nurse

    cardiacfreak replied to Enurse03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It depends on your facilities policy. I work in a hospital and applying o2 is standard policy, however, I once worked at a LTC facility and a nurse applied o2 and was written up for not obtaining an...

  21. Good Practice

    cardiacfreak replied to krisiepoo's topic in General Students

    I commend you for staying and helping the nurse. It would have been easy for you to just leave and let someone else deal with it. I believe you are on your way to being a very good nurse. Just like...

  22. Reporting Critical Value..

    cardiacfreak replied to BlizzAngel's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    All lab values are called to the charge nurse at our hospital, also a panic lab value sticker is placed on the chart with the value, time it was called from lab and time we informed the MD. The...

  23. Explain: Preload vs Afterload

    cardiacfreak replied to outside_child's topic in Cardiac

    Me too. I love your analogy with the toilet, I am going to borrow this for my new hires on my Progressive Care

  24. Patient clearly not ready to be discharged. . .is discharged. Vent.

    cardiacfreak replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, ZERO pay, and betcha the pt needed another thoracentesis done too. That was one costly

  25. Happy Veterans Day!!

    cardiacfreak replied to Lunah's topic in Government, Military

    I also want to take the opportunity to thank all of the men and women that have served our great country, and also to those who are currently serving. May God bless you and keep you