Cardiolyte

Cardiolyte

Interventional Cardiology, MICU

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  1. No worse end to a night shift!

    Cardiolyte replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Happened one time when I still worked on the floor. In this unit we use an omnicell=no

  2. ICU Gtt Cheat Sheet Wanted!

    Cardiolyte replied to shannonFNP's topic in MICU, SICU

    your charge should have this information foe you, just ask, even hospital policy for titration of meds with MAX doses,

  3. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    Cardiolyte replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was asked to take a travel position CCU 4:1, I laughed out loud, wasn't expecting that, said noooo to that, would not EVEN think about

  4. trach care with No inner canula

    Cardiolyte replied to trulynurseatheart's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was taught sterile technique, that's our hospital

  5. Lowest H/H I ever saw...

    Cardiolyte replied to my2sons's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    a waking and talking young adult Hbg 1.5 admit to ICU with no bleeds. going for bone

  6. Using Ampules w/o filter needles

    Cardiolyte replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    always use a

  7. Are my classmates delusional??

    Cardiolyte replied to Lola89's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an ICU, total pt care.

  8. Merry Christmas from...

    Cardiolyte replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    Merry Christmas from Springfield, MO....18 degrees &

  9. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    Cardiolyte replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    I work 7p-7a in an ICU, no breaks. We eat at our station monitoring our pt's. Sometimes we don't get a chance to have lunch...depends on our pt's acuity, families, et. lunch

  10. Banner Hospitals to go to Uniforms

    Cardiolyte replied to WoosahRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mercy Hospital's, here in MO are also going colored coded, not many people are happy about it here in

  11. Clean vs Sterile Technique

    Cardiolyte replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm orienting to a new facility. When doing a w-d drsg change, I was taught it was a sterile procedure...yet, I observed a w-d drsg change using clean technique....this on a 2 day post-op...I'm still...

  12. Disfunctional RN's

    Cardiolyte replied to Rnandsoccermom's topic in General Nursing

    There seems to be one of these on each floor...............EVERYONE is

  13. Nurse Math Resources?

    Cardiolyte replied to Trixie-Nurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    This got me through nursing school and I still use it, "Clinical Calculations Using Dimensional Analysis"; Craig. Good

  14. What brand/type of shoe should I get?

    Cardiolyte replied to opal6779's topic in General Nursing

    Have to wear

  15. St. Johns Mercy

    Cardiolyte replied to christmasjmt's topic in General Nursing

    St. John's Mercy at Springfield the RN base is $16.50 per hour. ALL the hospitals in Southwest MO are ununionized. They do have student loan reimbursement. RN/pt ratios........1/8...depending on...

  16. Has this happened to you?

    Cardiolyte posted a topic in Travel

    This is my first travel assignment....cardiac tele SSIU. I had my interview and was hired with a start date 2/12. My recruiter emails my salary, which is lower than what I had accepted. Deductions for...

  17. Has this happened to you?

    Cardiolyte replied to Cardiolyte's topic in Travel

    This is the RN Network, which I didn't think was part of the evil empire........ I thought I had done my homework checking them out,

  18. Nurses in Partnership

    Cardiolyte replied to maritimegirl's topic in Travel

    I found them to be VERY pushy, wanting me to accept a position I interviewed for that I DID NOT WANT...somewhat condesending in attitude. Would not send me any written material, I find that odd. I...

  19. Aching legs and feet... Advice?

    Cardiolyte replied to StudentC's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    DANSKO's

  20. performance appraisals by peers

    Cardiolyte replied to bford's topic in General Nursing

    I had two peer review/self evaluation/performance eval's for RN's in my mailbox yesterday, due 12/05...........................I have been a nurse for 18mo....This affects our annual raise, based on...

  21. Staffing a telemetry unit

    Cardiolyte replied to ShayRN's topic in Cardiac

    The telemetry floor that I work on in Southwest MO 8-7 patients per nurse...on days & evenings...more at night.....patients admitted directly from ED, MD office, or a unit