icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    icuRNmaggie replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    He liked me. I was kind of cute back then in my blue nursing student uniform with the white apron and my school of coffee
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    Nurse Staffing Costs

    icuRNmaggie replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Frankly your question is insulting and inappropriate. You listed your occupation as being a health care consultant. What exactly is it that you do? If you want to increase your 2 % operating margin,...
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    Goodbye...

    icuRNmaggie replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The moderators should have shut that down when it turned into nasty personal attacks and conjecture. It should have been an informative discussion of how to make nursing clinicals worthwhile....
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    Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    icuRNmaggie replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    to seattlejess and soldiernurse : thanks for your well written posts. to the others who made snarky remarks and attacked the OP: your comments to the OP were truly unprofessional and you have...
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    Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    icuRNmaggie replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look you don't have all day to wait between rapid sequence intubation, placing an OGT and getting a PCXR to confirm placement. Placing an OGT during an ER nursing clinical sounds entirely...
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    Coworkers that act like spoiled brats...discuss

    icuRNmaggie replied to Mikey31079's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The fingerpointing is a symbolic weapon and implied threat. No different than drawing back your fist in anger to intimidate; it's assault. Write it up. Why? Because if she's doing it openly to...
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    Coworkers that act like spoiled brats...discuss

    icuRNmaggie replied to Mikey31079's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    to the OP really if it bothers you that much, put on gloves, throw out the mess, put her papers in a safe place and clean the counter with bleach spray. I would be singing adios contaminos to...
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    Coworkers that act like spoiled brats...discuss

    icuRNmaggie replied to Mikey31079's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The CNAs or techs can make or break your unit. Even if you are young you have to set an example. A simple "wow you're so negative" shuts most people up. Asking "what did you say" and making them...
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    Permanent Placement?

    icuRNmaggie replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    I am sorry, I must have you confused with someone else. I agree with lastyeargirl. Try a contract first, take a FT position on your own
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    Sharing a Preceptor???

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

    I just want to add that this was a situation where we were in almost third world conditions. Monique and Shenella. You guys were the one bright spot in a really difficult
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    New to Travel Nursing....Need Help!!

    icuRNmaggie replied to 1SassyRN's topic in Travel

    There are 52 reviews of Supplemental on travelnursingcentral.com for your reading enjoyment. I have signed up with them but I will never use them for all of the reasons previously stated. They do...
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    Serious about critical care, RN

    icuRNmaggie replied to pinkflamingo72's topic in Critical Care

    What kind of patients do you have on a typical day? What IV drips are allowed on your unit? Do you have a tech, monitor tech or secretary? Are they helpful or not. How frequently are you doing...
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    Sharing a Preceptor???

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

    At one ICU travel assignment I was given two nursing students for six weeks. We had some really interesting patients. Under my direct supervision they learned to use their common sense. They...
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    Please Start!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I second all of the above. Especially clearing the
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    Please Start!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please start: passing the dinner trays, collecting them and recording what was consumed on the
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    Please Start!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please start: Educating the visitors. Two at a time. One designated family contact. An intensive care unit is not a place to hold a family reunion. Please stop: Telling them they can stay all...
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    Please Start!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please start: Paying attention and make sure that the precedex or propofol is not low and sucking air at shift
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    Please Start!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please start: Sending your labs when they are due. Don't hand me labels when I come in for serial cardiac enzymes aPTTs blood cultures and hemograms that were due hours ago. Don't...
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    Please Start!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please start: If the PICC is sluggish or has no blood return, instill the Cathflo, label it and pass it on in
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    Please Start!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please start: Giving TPN through a dedicated labeled
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    Please Start!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Also, please restart your blown IV's before you give me your patient. What makes you think I have time to "get that IV" any more then you do? Rude. Exactly. This happens every day and it is getting...
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    Difficult people

    icuRNmaggie replied to target98765's topic in Operating Room

    This is probably your best course of action. She has a mental disorder. The problem is way too big for you to take on by yourself. These people will go to any lengths to exact revenge on others....
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    Difficult people

    icuRNmaggie replied to target98765's topic in Operating Room

    I worked in PACU with a nurse like this. The directors loved her. She was charming and evil. She did the schedule, never had on call, came in late and left early almost every day. Sound...
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    Sharing a Preceptor???

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

    If this nurse is very experienced, this could be an excellent opportunity for teamwork and mutual support. It might just be okay. It depends on the abilities of your preceptor and the abilities...
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    Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    icuRNmaggie replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The topic is little things that are a bad practice. A cuff on the wrist of the arm with the non functioning shunt will not be accurate due to the arterial diversion. If this person is critically ill...