icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    icuRNmaggie replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's all very nice, but it does nothing to help bedside nurses except to force them to go back to school for a
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    An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    icuRNmaggie replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/provide-federal-legislation-nurse-patient-ratios Or just make some noise about
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    DIC .Patient who does not have a clotting factor

    icuRNmaggie replied to tlaki's topic in Patient Medications

    In D.I.C. the intravascular space is full of cottage cheese like lumps of fibrin. These clots can affect every vital organ. The clotting factors are used up and the patient has oozing from...
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    Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    icuRNmaggie replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    He swallowed hooks and even a spring from a metal cot. He wanted to avoid court date and go to a psych facility but it didn't
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    Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    icuRNmaggie replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    A friend told me she had to send an inmate to the ED because he tried to eat his bed. There were pieces of metal on his xray that required an open
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    Having trouble interpreting this ECG

    icuRNmaggie replied to JuliusSeizure's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    Atrial Fibrillation with
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    10 months of experience

    icuRNmaggie replied to Susie2015's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely stay for a year or longer. Consider applying to
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    An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    icuRNmaggie replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/provide-federal-legislation-nurse-patient-ratios 82,000 signatures are needed by 10/17/2015 to garner a video response from the President. Please sign the...
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    Physical assessment on sedated pts

    icuRNmaggie replied to Allend's topic in General Nursing

    This is an excellent question. First of all, any patient on a paralytic must be deeply sedated. Imagine being awake and paralyzed; that is patient abuse. An ARDS patient on APRV must be paralyzed...
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    Did I say something wrong?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Pkin1477's topic in General Nursing

    The CNA was rude, disrespectful and refused a reasonable request. She is harassing the nurse, not vice versa. These types always run to management right away to complain and play the victim. It...
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    Am I overreacting?

    icuRNmaggie replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If I heard ethnic slurs about immigrants in a public area of any place of business, I would write a letter to the CEO. I would describe the incident and state that not only was it offensive but...
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    A Push for the Return of Team Nursing in Medical-Surgical and Telemetry/Step-down Units

    icuRNmaggie replied to Lev's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It sounds like a primary nursing model, not team
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    No Longer a Fan

    icuRNmaggie replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    My picks for the "face" of Nursing: Linda Boly https://allnurses.com/nursing-activism-healthcare/jury-awards-3m-1011928.html Barbara MacClean Kelly Johnson LindaRN in the
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    No Longer a Fan

    icuRNmaggie replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Katie Duke posted a very articulate answer to the whole stethoscope thing last week on youtube. I listened to several videos and had to shut it off when she told a story about a bad shift, going...
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    Thank you, Joy Behar!

    icuRNmaggie replied to ixchel's topic in Nursing Humor

    We the people: your voice in our government WE THE PEOPLE: YOUR VOICE IN OUR WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Provide Federal legislation for nurse to patient ratios. Nurses are essential...
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    Nursing Workforce Development

    icuRNmaggie posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In 2015, 213.8 million dollars was allocated for nursing workforce development and 244 million is budgeted for 2016. My question is, where does this money go? I have not been able to find...
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    Not getting it as nurses- the view

    icuRNmaggie replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/provide-federal-legislation-nurse-patient-ratios There is a safety issue in our profession that can not be ignored any longer. There is one factor that...
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    National Nurses United Day

    icuRNmaggie replied to mondragon's topic in General Nursing

    I am a 47 year old troglodyte and I do not use Facebook Twitter or LinkedIn. Really I have no clue. Please do it for me tonight. Show me how to do social media and make it go viral. There are...
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    Not getting it as nurses- the view

    icuRNmaggie replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    She is a 2015 graduate and was Valedictorian of her class and works in an ICU. It is not very nice, or very fair, to conjecture that the basis of her monologue was a
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    National Nurses United Day

    icuRNmaggie replied to mondragon's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Corporate health care is a failure. People are dying, and have died, due to the total lack of oversight and accountability in U.S.
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    National Nurses United Day

    icuRNmaggie replied to mondragon's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have 700,000 followers? If so, can you tweet this link petitioning President Obama to provide legislation for nurse patient ratios in all fifty states? We need 87,337 signatures by...
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    #NursesUnited: Can we continue the momentum for necessary change?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Rose_Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Are you opposed to Nurses standing in unity to ensure patient safety? If you had a social media venue in which to contact your Senator and Congressman and the President to request safe staffing and...
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    Not getting it as nurses- the view

    icuRNmaggie replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    Do we really need five threads on Joy Behar, Ravens r.b.f., and this trashy show? Can we focus our energy now on using social media to effect change within
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    #NursesUnited: Can we continue the momentum for necessary change?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Rose_Queen's topic in General Nursing

    I have news for the public. Every night that I have three patients, those patients are at risk and I am rationing patient care. If two become unstable, I have to choose which one to take care of...
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    What nurse life-hacks do you have to offer?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Purple_roses's topic in Nurses Rock

    Some hacks for treating or pretreating stains on your scrubs include hairspray for ballpoint pen ink, shaving cream for grease stains - or lipids like propofol - and peroxide for