AceOfHearts<3

AceOfHearts<3

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  1. Tele

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Denell's topic in General Nursing

    My old hospital didn't have a monitor room or monitor techs- the nurses did all the monitoring. We all kept an ear out and checked for any alarms in addition to carrying pagers. We had screens...

  2. I want to work in a level 1 trauma! Maybe in Virginia?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to indorfpf's topic in General Students

    UVA has a set residency program. I don't know the specifics, but I think it might be twice a year. I applied several years ago, but I had already obtained a position elsewhere when they contacted me...

  3. Making time during a BS to BSN Accelerated Program

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to JazzBSNstudent's topic in General Students

    I did an accelerated program- it was even faster than the one you are doing. I don't have a family, but one of my close friends in the program did. It's important for everyone to have balance or else...

  4. Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't think that ICU nurses think they are better. I'm an ICU nurse and I think all nurses are important. The most recent threads have not been started by critical care nurses. My job really...

  5. HCA Staffing incentives

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Flo.'s topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Here.I.Stand. My old job wasn't HCA, but they did initiate a staffing incentive that was for anything over your scheduled FTE and it was on-top of time-and-a-half if you worked over 40...

  6. Pregnant and new job

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to R5RN's topic in General Nursing

    FMLA applies only after a year with the employer:

  7. Detroit LPNs...relocating

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to nursebey's topic in General Nursing

    Detroit gets a bad rap. I was born outside Detroit and I haven't lived there in many many years, but I still have an entire side of my family there. I've been contemplating maybe moving back in a...

  8. All Hail ICU Nurses

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to purplegal's topic in Critical Care

    I think every type of nursing requires it's own special kind of nurse. Every nurse has their kryptonite. I honestly couldn't take how things were on my tele unit any longer. Now instead of 5 really...

  9. Patient is a sex offender with a tracker on his ankle

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just throwing it out there that some people end up labeled as sex offenders for urinating in public. His charge is very vauge and it's not up to us to

  10. ALS and ATLS, both needed for CCU nurse?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to jake5497's topic in Critical Care

    The system my hospital is in has actually developed their own approved trauma course for nurses. I went through it on

  11. is being a nurse dangerous?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to patty1919's topic in General Nursing

    You follow the necessary precautions- gown or face mask if indicated. Hand hygiene is extremely important and the biggest thing to prevent spread of infection. You need to break the chain and hand...

  12. is being a nurse dangerous?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to patty1919's topic in General Nursing

    There are risks with this job, just like there are risks with any jobs that deals with the public. The big risks of nursing in my opinion are: 1) risk of exposure to bodily fluids- meaning splashes,...

  13. Vision Test for Nursing School

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Joellenr's topic in General Students

    That's ridiculous! One of my nursing managers was color blind and she was very successful managing multiple

  14. How important is it to get a BSN?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to matcha-cat's topic in General Students

    Depends on your market. In some places nurses can get acute care jobs without a BSN with no problem and in other areas it's near

  15. Urine dipstick, urinalysis, culture?!

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to amysnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the ICU as well and we don't do urine dipsticks- the emergency room does those. You dip a specialized stick in the urine and the color changes- you then match the color to the color coded key....

  16. Dirty bed sheets/RN/CNA/UAP/CP

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to STUNUR321's topic in General Students

    That's when education should take place. "Let's wash our hands before heading back to the chair/bed. It'll help us from getting sick." Or "Here's some hand sanitizer Mrs. Jones (said while squirting...

  17. Legs very swollen. What are the signs of vascular blood clots in legs? Abdomen very swol

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Donna S's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very sorry you are going through this, however per the Terms of Service you agreed to not ask for medical advice. This is really something that you need to address with your health care provider....

  18. What is 'Free water's effect?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to SUIN's topic in General Nursing

    In my ICU most of our patients getting tube feeds also get an hourly free water flush (FWF). If the patient is in renal failure or fluid restricted due to CHF they don't get the

  19. Recognition of illness/condition by smell?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Misstika's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget yeast. I can smell when a patient is developing yeast before I can see the impact on the skin most of the

  20. Alternative to compression stockings

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to LouLou22's topic in General Nursing

    If the issue is with your feet getting too hot and not your legs they make compression sleeves for the calves that end at the ankle. Just type in compression sleeve on Amazon and you'll get a bunch of...

  21. New manager needs help

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I second citing specific instances and not being generalized. It meant a lot to me when my manager recognized how great I am at getting my patients discharged in a timely manner- a lot times...

  22. Charge Nurse dividing Assignments

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    My old tele unit used to take isolation precautions into account when making assignments (normally). If one nurse has the majority of iso patients the additional time iso precautions take can really...

  23. CALL OUT & MAKE UP DAYS in NJ...? IS IT MANDATORY OVERTIME?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to GRAB1's topic in General Nursing

    I actually don't have a problem with making up a weekend day. My old unit would schedule the nurse to fill a weekend hole during the next schedule period if they called out on a Saturday or Sunday...

  24. Nursing school Q: 1 min/1 question?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    Any online test or quiz I took was like that- you can't change once you submit. 1-1.5 minutes per question is also very common in nursing school. On written tests we were strongly discouraged from...

  25. Nurses Notes - A Thing of the Past?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Smb411's topic in General Nursing

    Nailed it. You bet I am charting that "Dr. ABC was notified of XYZ. No new orders at this time." I am covering my