icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    I thought we learned that in nursing school!

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

    Either this skill is not being taught correctly or the nursing student was absent that day. I received a nstemi patient who was on plavix and heparin and was hemmorhaging from a foley inflated in the...
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    should I call in or not?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Call out in order to protect your patients and coworkers. It would be a lot more damaging to your reputation if you went in there with an
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    Please help! Job decision!

    icuRNmaggie replied to snaps's topic in General Nursing

    It is very likely that these ICU managers know each other professionally. How you handle this will be discussed at some point so you must be absolutely truthful. I would, after receiving an offer...
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    Please help! Job decision!

    icuRNmaggie replied to snaps's topic in General Nursing

    Does either employer require you to sign a contract with a repayment
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    Please help! Job decision!

    icuRNmaggie replied to snaps's topic in General Nursing

    They also may have much higher standards of competency for all of their staff. I have worked at only one teaching hospital that required all of the staff to to take the PACEP which is the Pulmonary...
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    Please help! Job decision!

    icuRNmaggie replied to snaps's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you should approach this as you would choosing a Nursing program. It is in truth the fifth year of your nursing education. Only you know if you have the maturity to withstand a rigorous program...
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    Please help! Job decision!

    icuRNmaggie replied to snaps's topic in General Nursing

    Magnet status does not impress me at all. I would absolutely choose the hospital that is a teaching hospital, unionized and has a Defined Benefit (traditional pension) Plan in which you are vested...
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    Please help! Job decision!

    icuRNmaggie replied to snaps's topic in General Nursing

    The first year is incredibly stressful even in the best environment. The question to ask yourself is which management culture is most supportive of graduate nurses? Which hospital will invest the...
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    At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    icuRNmaggie replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We are all nurses. Some of us may be nursing assistants and some of us may be licensed professional nurses. The nursing assistant who takes responsibility for most, if not all, of a patients...
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    Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    icuRNmaggie replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree that withdrawing the Salem Sump an inch and replacing it to remove it from the gastric folds works very well. Sterile NSS is ordered per surgeon's preference for gastrectomy patients. We use...
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    Holding Hands at Work

    icuRNmaggie replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    A few months ago a fully alert and oriented "VIP" latched on to me so that I would listen to his stories, and he would not let go. The next day my arm was bruised. When it gets to the point...
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    Holding Hands at Work

    icuRNmaggie replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Former PACU nurse here. I would make up something about keeping the hands warm and keeping the Sp02 on. That is how much I hate someone grabbing at me. I don't think it is my job to soothe an...
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    Holding Hands at Work

    icuRNmaggie replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my perspective: I am tired of stuck up entitled rich people who latch on to me and refuse to let go. It's controlling, aggressive and degrading . They are alert oriented and behaving like...
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    A Response from the OP on the issue (poor choice of words) on the concept of a ADN Vs. BSN

    icuRNmaggie replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    OP, Your picture, initials, graduation month and year, city and state are on both the article and this thread. It is unwise to tell the world about your disability. Every employer screens their...
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    Holding Hands at Work

    icuRNmaggie replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Get a folded blanket or towel, have the pt hold that and cough and deep breathe. Unless the patient is dying or in extreme distress, I am not going to be manipulated into holding
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    Norfolk area Riverside Heath System or Sentara

    icuRNmaggie posted a topic in Travel

    I am considering working in the Norfolk - Virginia Beach area starting in the next month or so as a traveler and I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I am very hesitant to...
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    "Bless Your Heart"

    icuRNmaggie replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They had a card at work for a particulary snarky woman from Tennessee. A few people wrote: Congratulations! Bless your heart. It was her favorite saying
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    Workplace Bullying

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

    Jade makes some very good points about not engaging with a mentally unbalanced coworker, but sometimes you just don't have a choice. We all have a limit to what we can tolerate from an abusive...
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    Exhausted Med-Surg Nurse

    icuRNmaggie replied to Soliloquy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I thought about that but chronic dialysis is fast paced and the patients are notoriously non compliant. My friend left the hospital for in patient hospice and has found her
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    Which degree should I go for?

    icuRNmaggie replied to mispfister's topic in General Students

    10 years ago, it would have been more economical to get the ASN and fund the BSN with hospital tuition reimbursement. Now the BSN is strongly preferred for entry level hospital positions in many...
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    Exhausted Med-Surg Nurse

    icuRNmaggie replied to Soliloquy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Also consider the Cath Lab. They want teachable people with tele and cardiac
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    Exhausted Med-Surg Nurse

    icuRNmaggie replied to Soliloquy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It's time to branch out. How about PACU? Time limited encounters, 2 patients
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    My next move -seeking advice-

    icuRNmaggie replied to charky93's topic in Men in Nursing

    A post graduate degree as a Cardiac Perfusionist will lead to a highly respected career with very very high
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    What type of role do you take as a preceptor with non GN nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Codeblue1982's topic in MICU, SICU

    The indifferent attitude is a huge red flag that you may be dealing with a
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    Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    icuRNmaggie replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A suggestion: get in the habit of flushing the NGT with 30cc of tap water every four hours and sump the blue port with 30cc of air afterward. If the antireflux valve is wet replace it to prevent...