TheGerb MSN

Hi! My mind is really blown by something that I'm sure has a simple answer that another RN would know right away. Looking for some answers. Last night I had a patient on a 5-lead tele monitor and I kept getting an error that the LL (left leg/red...

Oh that's good to know. Always love learning new little tidbits. I was using disposable leads. At tried fresh leads on: dry skin not cleaned, skin rubbed lightly with gotten, and then skin cleaned with alcohol wipes. No reading on any of them.

That's definitely true. I tried two sets of wires and two different boxes though (and interchanged them) and they were a nicer 1yo Phillips model. I joked with the patient that my next step was going to be to change the patient so the machine would w...

Such great suggestions on this thread. One thing I used to do while precepting was also to ask them to say something if they saw me deviating from their known standard of care and at the end of the day to both highlight 3 opportunities for improvemen...

My current employer only posts on LinkedIn, indeed and the hospital site. I've had some really great recruiters message me on LinkedIn as well

Hi! We've been seeing people coming in with more severe community onset sepsis throughout covid because they were waiting. Of course, because of this we're also seeing higher sepsis mortality rates.

Hi, We started a new position for an RRT RN in our hospital which we're very excited about, in theory, but we don't have anything set up about how to orient someone specifically to this new position. Doors anyone else have this position at your ...

Totally agree with this. I work in quality. Mistakes happen and most of them have root causes that are not one person. I'll also tell you what a conscious patient I dropped once said to me, "I need you to stop feeling sorry for yourself and get...

I know the agency that staffs our hospital, and just checked. The current posted agency positions are making less hourly than I make staff. Ecarts is an early warning system using AI to predict % chance of patient deterioration. It's really great...f...

Agree. Patients tank so quickly and wobble back and forth. We use ecarts as an early warning monitoring system where I'm at, and the majority of my patients the past few months have had higher ecarts than we normally will keep on the floor. Re: pay,...

At ours, when your unit transitioned to COVID, you transitioned, too. We had a number of staff who bumped their retirements up a few months when this happened and a few who medically were cleared to transfer to other floors or be furloughed, but for ...

Hi! I work on a COVID floor and rotate to a COVID step-down. We use a system with the primary nurse being the only person to enter a room (no EVS, no PCTs, no ancillary staff) with a team member from another furloughed area of the hospital serving as...

I normally carry a load of 5-6 on telemetry "successfully," (in quotes because I meet all their immediate needs but rarely have time to do additional education or ambulation for high fall risk patients, more time intensive things that no one will cal...

It sounds like it isn't necessarily the patient type or tasks of the ICU that appeal to the original poster but rather appropriate staffing levels. There are med surg units that staff appropriately (no more than 4 patients during days/evenings). Appl...

My mother has a number of drug allergies/intolerance unfortunately including all of the NSAIDs. This didn't use to be a problem for her to get prescription pain meds in small doses to keep around the house for her to use for headaches, etc., but in r...

I wish this had some replies! This is a big problem for me, too. With Cerner, it's so hard for me to find the patient education that has been done by other staff so I can coordinate efforts. With charting by exception, I feel like there is no log of ...

You don't need a car which is actually pretty awesome. :)

I'm so sorry this is even something you have to worry about. I would say that as long as it is neat and pulled back and up appropriately for infection prevention, it should be ok.

"It's 3 o' clock somewhere..."

"Maybe we should just use a dashboard?"

Saiger3, My NursingCAS average GPA is not even 3.0, but my grad school GPA is 3.7. I have volunteer experience in urban community health clinics and work experience in both domestic and international public health and clinical quality control.

PD31, I am wait listed, but I was guaranteed a spot for Spring 2015. This actually works out so much better, because I was going to have to miss a friend's wedding in India if I got in for the Fall. Who knew I'd actually be excited to be wait listed.

I usually interview very well, but the interviewer was straight to the point about all the things that make me a bad applicant. I definitely didn't leave feeling very well about it. We'll see what tomorrow brings though. Either way, I'm in at Depaul ...