icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    ICU Charge nurse Vs. ICU floor nurse to become CRNA

    icuRNmaggie replied to ICUCharger's topic in Critical Care

    The idea of hiring someone who has been a nurse for less than 2 years, has 15 months of hospital experience, and "a little ICU" as an ICU charge nurse should not even be entertained by you or...
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    Closed Nursing Unit

    icuRNmaggie replied to kgudecza's topic in General Nursing

    A Closed unit means taking ownership for ensuring 24 hour safe staffing and working extra if someone is out sick. The nursing staff who are inflexible and refuse to help when staffing is thin,...
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    "My Tech" or "My Aide"

    icuRNmaggie replied to dreamer30's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    A CNA is not autonomous employee though I am sure the OP sees herself that way, and that she gives off the your not in charge of me vibe and is generally difficult to deal with. She has issues of...
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    Major Dilemma

    icuRNmaggie replied to armygirl2013's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Absolutely apply and interview for the School Nurse position on 6/12. School doesn't start until August and at that time you can change to per diem status at the hospital and work there during breaks...
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    Threatened by patient

    icuRNmaggie replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In January of 2012, Douglas Kennedy assaulted two nurses at Mt Kisco Hospital after he removed the infants security bracelet and took the newborn outside. The nurses followed hospital policy and...
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    Help!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Jalopy37's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Many community colleges have a direct transfer agreement with the State University system and usually with the local private colleges as
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    Breaking contract?

    icuRNmaggie replied to MissHavokk's topic in Nursing Career

    Will the Cath lab staff do the ACT and the sheath pull? If not, that is unsafe and it is time to find other employment. It is worth the penalty to extricate yourself from that situation and put...
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    Breaking contract?

    icuRNmaggie replied to MissHavokk's topic in Nursing Career

    Before you go speak to your manager, submit a vacation request equal to whatever you have in your PTO bank. That way the hospital can not take your PTO. Once that is approved, the following week...
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    Breaking contract?

    icuRNmaggie replied to MissHavokk's topic in Nursing Career

    How long were you on orientation? How long have you been employed there? What is the length of the contract in years? Is there a penalty for not completing the contract? Will the $6000 be pro-rated...
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    Breaking contract?

    icuRNmaggie replied to MissHavokk's topic in Nursing Career

    What exactly were you promised in the contract and did they deliver what was
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    Death of a Dream

    icuRNmaggie replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Per diem work at a hospital would open a lot of opportunities and the need is greatest when the college students go back to school. There are flu shot clinics, pt safety aide needs, registrar,...
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    Death of a Dream

    icuRNmaggie replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    to the OP: I am sorry that you have been so harshly criticized by internet strangers. What business is it of theirs anyway? I think that you are very blessed to have a healthy child, a good man...
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    No friends at work

    icuRNmaggie replied to rn5730's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is eerie how much your description of this ER matches the ER at my former place of employment, especially the mind games, false accusations and having one nurse take all of the patients while the...
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    dealing with critical personalities

    icuRNmaggie replied to DnCali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Obviously you dislike this woman, which is understandable, but you can not let it show. We all have to work with some not so great personalities. She has shown you that she is cliquey, gossips,...
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    red and raw bottom

    icuRNmaggie replied to bellcollector's topic in Pediatric

    For incontinence dermatitis, the manufacturer of calmoseptine ointment recommends cleansing with a gentle wound cleanser, pat dry, applying karaya powder to the denuded areas to help the...
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    Which was more stressful: nursing school or actually working as a RN?

    icuRNmaggie replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    Another student wanting nurses to write her
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    Nursing in North Carolina

    icuRNmaggie replied to AndreaDevery's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it so hard for students to post their questions in the correct
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    Vent: Why so many local threads started in General Nursing

    icuRNmaggie replied to dream'n's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Forums for clinical issues should not be cluttered with school, NCLEX and job inquiries. If the post is in the wrong forum, use the yellow triangle and write " wrong forum. " Some...
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    No friends at work

    icuRNmaggie replied to rn5730's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I briefly worked with a crew like yours and I regret that I stayed as long as I did. I am embarrassed to admit that I ever worked in that place and with those people. It is time to part ways with...
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    Breaking the Ice with Patients

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pumpkinn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a unit which had an official concierge or hostess. The patients absolutely loved this amenity of books, newspapers, magazines, TV guide, cookies and juice twice a day. She was...
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    Sentinel event effects on involved nurses

    icuRNmaggie replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    We had an agency nurse who fit that description. I and another nurse asked the manager to assign her to telemetry. Her negligence and lack of knowledge along with incompetent medical management...
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    Nurses: What Helps You The Most?

    icuRNmaggie replied to 1life2love's topic in General Nursing

    I was almost speechless on a very busy night when a CNA told me "His fingerstick was 55. I gave him skim milk and peanut butter and graham crackers and I'll recheck it in a half hour. Is that okay?"...
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    Nurses Diverting Narcotics.

    icuRNmaggie replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    You won't. You won't suspect a thing until the level of addiction is so great that they stop caring about anything else. We both know how easy it would be to divert. It is always the last person...
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    To email or not to email the NM, that is the question.

    icuRNmaggie replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I had left tnat position four years ago, and was working on the other coast, but I had my former manager's email address in a folder. It is a really good idea to have a system of saving your...
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    To email or not to email the NM, that is the question.

    icuRNmaggie replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I emailed a former manager to give a friend a recomendation for employment. She emailed me back and said she would have HR pull his profile. He had an interview and offer of employment before the...