icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    Nursing report ED to Floor

    icuRNmaggie replied to TRAUMARN05's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/admissions-1004945.html August 2015 thread on report from ED. One suggestion was to build a nursing transfer summary into the EMR that would import...
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    Nursing report ED to Floor

    icuRNmaggie replied to TRAUMARN05's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/why-dont-you-996960.html July 2015 thread on ED
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    Anyone See Blosson Brown on the I am Cait show?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    It is entirely possible that an admissions counselor in the deep South would reject a six foot three trans
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    The Ship Is Sinking

    icuRNmaggie replied to beachtomountainsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Last night your original post had over two hundred views within minutes. Those were search engines and possibly the bots that corporations have to scan the web looking for negative comments on social...
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    The Ship Is Sinking

    icuRNmaggie replied to beachtomountainsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Never discuss anything related to organized labor or job actions at your place of employment on any website of any
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    The Ship Is Sinking

    icuRNmaggie replied to beachtomountainsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with removing your location from your profile and asking the admin desk to remove the name of your employer. It is very hard when you really care about your place of employment and you see a...
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    Anyone See Blosson Brown on the I am Cait show?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    https://www.newday.com/film/trinidad-theatrical-version Excellent documentary on Showtime about sexual realignment surgery. Showtime : L Word Mississippi: Hate The Sin Another very good documentary on...
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    Have you literally prayed over your workplace?

    icuRNmaggie replied to gibsongirl's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    This is a ridiculously inaccurate description of the practice of the Roman Catholic faith and highly
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    Anyone See Blosson Brown on the I am Cait show?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Riawahine's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in major West Coast city, I worked with several people who were transgendered. They were accepted by all. It was considered there private personal business. The West coast really is...
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    Interview for Transitional ICU Position

    icuRNmaggie replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Critical Care

    PBDS Help If they require PBDS read
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    Interview for Transitional ICU Position

    icuRNmaggie replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Critical Care

    Find out if LVNs are trained/permitted by your nurse practice act to pull arterial and venous sheaths. Probably not, but ask who covers your patients during that
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    Interview for Transitional ICU Position

    icuRNmaggie replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Critical Care

    Rescue ninja summed it up very well. I would add that you could review care of patients post CABG, sternal precautions, care of patients post heart Cath and groin precautions. Good
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    Am I On Camera? No Paparazzi Please!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. Not only is it disruptive, there is no medical reason for anyone to need a picture of any health care worker. If asked, I might ask "what do you intend to do with these pictures?" I...
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    Did I do the right thing?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you did the right
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    Fingerprinting patients?

    icuRNmaggie replied to sharkbacon's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    SafeChx | CrossChx Touchette Regional Hospital Becomes First Illinois Hospital to Install SafeChx Identity Theft Protection System It scans the index finger only and links that numerically encrypted...
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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    icuRNmaggie replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    Her student was problematic and she told me she was glad when it was
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    Medical Assistants in the office

    icuRNmaggie replied to SHELLYBELLYRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    So glad you understand the distinction. Nursing is a profession that requires extensive education and legal qualification. Medical office assisting is a vocation that may or may not require any...
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    Prioritising Patients

    icuRNmaggie replied to Curiouss's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This thread is
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    Supervisior causing problems, what should I do?

    icuRNmaggie replied to sunshiny1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So you were terminated
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    Discovery of Falsified Documentation

    icuRNmaggie replied to travelingrn2001's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I would not be drawn into the level of distrust and paranoia described in the original post. Unless the physician is in the OR or a procedure, I call and say " Mr. Smith's son has some questions...
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    TNCC Advice Needed!

    icuRNmaggie replied to gagirl08's topic in General Nursing

    The only people who fail TNCC are those who never even opened the book. It very easy to identify who they are during the
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    Have you literally prayed over your workplace?

    icuRNmaggie replied to gibsongirl's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    To the OP and midlifern . There is a religion section in the break room for promoting or sharing one's personal beliefs. There you will find like minded
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    Prioritising Patients

    icuRNmaggie replied to Curiouss's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Homework help is available in the nursing student assistance
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    Nurses behavior towards CNA's?

    icuRNmaggie replied to x0xerika's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hemodynamics, or ensuring that the patient is stable , trumps doing a BS, ordering meals, skin assessments, customer service or moving beds. If you can not accept direction from the nurse in...
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    Fentanyl Drip

    icuRNmaggie replied to FirstLadyRN's topic in Critical Care

    Symptomatic or asymptomatic bradycardia ? Both propofol and precedex cause bradycardia. Fentanyl rarely causes a drop in heart rate or blood pressure, especially not at such a low dose of 15 mcg per...