icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    Strategic Healthcare Staffing?

    icuRNmaggie replied to mskate's topic in Travel

    There is a blog site with posts and reviews of agencies and hospitals called travelnursingcentral.com. Strategic HCS, Flexcare, Nightingale, Trustaff etc. are listed and the reviews aren't...
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    Help, question about a patient

    icuRNmaggie replied to david0188's topic in Psychiatric

    Was her Sp02 83 with exertion or at rest? If she is a very old woman as you described her this could be something very serious. She needs a chest xray EKG and labwork. If your facility can not do...
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    CPAP on the unit

    icuRNmaggie replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Hypoxia, CO2 narcosis and cardiac strain from doing nothing are an even greater liability. The issue of the mask has been covered ad nauseum. Are you suggesting that respiratory care should assess...
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    New grad and struggling with it.

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

    A hospital I worked for had scholarship students who had a one year obligation. No positions were available supposedly when they graduated so they had to work in the float
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    CPAP on the unit

    icuRNmaggie replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    to GrannyRRT So respiratory care services doesn't "own that machine" but Nursing services does. If someone in respiratory care told me to: 1) contact the DME provider for a copy of the original...
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    Should Nurses Bill Separately from Hospitals and Physicians?

    icuRNmaggie replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I think the contract for specialty areas would go to the best qualified people, like it does in travel
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    CPAP on the unit

    icuRNmaggie replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    to GrannyRRT, Why should the nurse be responsible for obtaining parts for respiratory equipment such as ordering a new home CPAP mask? Shouldn't the RT be the one to troubleshoot the problem?...
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    Contact

    icuRNmaggie replied to Parannor's topic in Addictions

    Exactly. When they leave the hospital they move on to other support systems. What you are doing is detrimental to their
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    What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    icuRNmaggie replied to bekahinpink's topic in General Nursing

    INTP. Critical
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    CPAP on the unit

    icuRNmaggie replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    to GrannyRRT, This has been a very informative discussion and I will be looking for those policies. Excellent point about how if you do a procedure without a policy in place and bill Medicare or...
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    Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    icuRNmaggie replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    I occasionally have hemolysis drawing from a 20g, but never or hardly ever with a new 18g. Anyone else notice
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    Difference between apical pulse and pulse monitored on display

    icuRNmaggie replied to redeyelpn's topic in Cardiac

    It might help to look at the pleth (Sp02 waveform) which measures the pulse in the finger. Also the arterial line waveform is the actual pulse in the radial or femoral artery. These numbers should...
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    CPAP on the unit

    icuRNmaggie replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    to GrannyRRT, Thank you for listing all of those references. Just to be clear, if we have an order for CPAP, and we use the hospital equipment instead of the patient's home CPAP machine, and the...
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    CPAP on the unit

    icuRNmaggie replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    to GrannyRRT, I had a patient die from complications of Legionella pneumonia. The Health Department identified the source of the infection was his home CPAP machine. It sounds like if the pt is sick...
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    The DEU Model of Nursing Education

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

    I was approached to precept a BSN student who wanted to do a Critical Care clinical. She had to find her own preceptor. I was expected to do "online training" precept the student and write extensive...
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    ethics

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

    Homework
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    Too low??!

    icuRNmaggie replied to irissage's topic in Travel

    AYA is #1 on the HH top 10 list. ??? Their reputation for treating nurses poorly was so bad that they had to change their name from Access to AYA. There are many other sources online for healthcare...
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    Too low??!

    icuRNmaggie replied to irissage's topic in Travel

    Half of the agencies on the top ten list have bad
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    Strange interview... Input requested

    icuRNmaggie replied to ddl77's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Usually you at the end of the interview you know if you are hired or not. If they look you in the eye and say we'll be in touch. If they ask when can you start and say your schedule will be this and...
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    contract question

    icuRNmaggie replied to HikingNinja's topic in Travel

    Understood but not my problem when I have traveled 500 to a 1000 miles at great expense and inconvenience to help this hospital out. I will float to another area within my experience or go home...
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    Too low??!

    icuRNmaggie replied to irissage's topic in Travel

    highways hypodermics is supported by travel nursing agencies and anyone can vote on that site. The information is not reliable
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    Remaining cordial with coworkers you dislike

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

    I know I know. The situation is what it is. She has no integrity. Keep your opinion to yourself. The person I mentioned has no idea just how disgusted I am about what he did. They have a paper...
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    eICU

    icuRNmaggie replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

    Even Level one facilities have E icu. For times when the resident is in over his head, the E icu staff will ensure that your patient receives appropriate care by entering orders. All you have to do...
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    contract question

    icuRNmaggie replied to HikingNinja's topic in Travel

    I have never had a contract cancelled. I would never agree to a contract unless it states guaranteed hours. Three shifts per contract is a significant amount of lost income over a year's
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    Too low??!

    icuRNmaggie replied to irissage's topic in Travel

    For what it's worth, Aya has a very very bad reputation. Their offer to you confirms