agcaruso

agcaruso has 4 years experience.

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1. Baby RN's running ICU?!!

   agcaruso replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

   I agree that novice and experience are better adjectives. Working around many novice RN's I've found that they often have qualities that experienced RN often loose. They often have a strong desire to...

2. Fired after 3 weeks!!!

   agcaruso replied to leelee85's topic in Critical Care

   That is mean and stupid what they did to you. I'm sorry you had to go through it. I also agree that they probably did you a favor. You don't want to work at a place that treats their new hires like...

3. RNs in the ICU?

   agcaruso replied to Nkn86's topic in Critical Care

   It sounds like CCRN means something different where you are it. Here you can't test for the CCRN without ICU experience. Our CCRN is just an exam through the American Association of Critical-Care...

4. What to Do When the Doctor Throws the Nurse Under the Bus by Lying

   agcaruso replied to blackdiamond407's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   He really looks unprofessional documenting that nonsense in a patients chart. Hopefully he'll be reprimanded by the higher ups for that as well. The other problem with this situation is that you have...

5. So disappointed in hospital RNs and MDs

   agcaruso replied to carachel2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I have two thoughts. One I think this discussion is good. Far to often in nursing we have situations where everyone knows something is wrong but no one wants to talk about it because they don't want...

6. In case you need a reminder

   agcaruso replied to Glycerine82's topic in Nurses Rock

   That was really nice. I often forget the power of saying thank you. It is this powerful as a third party observer I can imagine it is much more so as the recipient of such an event. It reminds me that...

7. Update - Need 86 to Pass

   agcaruso replied to gReeNTwin1's topic in General Students

   Awesome. Keep learning. Focus on what you love about your

8. Lessons on why not to "Assume" things.

   agcaruso replied to TigerxLiLy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I don't see the problem on looking up a patient of yours that is transfered to another unit (as in the previous posters example). We can't learn without feedback about how our actions effect the...

9. MD-RN Relations -- There is Hope

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

   Good post. I hope we all hear more things like this. Working at a teaching hospital I've seen both sides with the residents. The ones who know their stuff work well with the nursing staff. The ones...

10. Certification : I Did it For the Money.

    agcaruso replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Nursing Career

    In most cases the degree means more than the certification but the certification is far easier to achieve. A PhD takes years even if you are doing it full time. You may be able to get certified in an...

11. Having a hard time saying 'no' to working overtime

    agcaruso replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Many nurses I know have gotten into the habit of working overtime and have gotten used to a lifestyle that can only be supported by working overtime (buying a more expensive house being the biggest...

12. Why I Am Grateful To Be Working On Thanksgiving Day

    agcaruso replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the article. This is going to sound selfish in response to the article but I also like working on Thanksgiving. It is a nice, usually a little slow, day at work. Everyone at work seems...

13. Rapid Response

    agcaruso replied to PMFB-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Bluebolt, I am just joining a rapid response team and I am looking to implement standing orders for the RRN's. I was wondering if you could send me the standing orders your hospital uses for the CAT...

14. Does anyone work as Rapid Response?

    agcaruso replied to nrsang97's topic in General Nursing

    This is a wonderful and detailed description of your job. I just took a rapid response job a month ago and we currently do not have any standing orders. I was wondering if you would share those...