CamillusRN BSN

CVOR, CVICU/CTICU, CCRN-CMC-CSC

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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to go somewhere with this, but last time we tried that the thread went away and was never seen
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    ((((Jensmom)))) I'm so sorry for your
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done that - in some respects still am. Your brain is gonna keep processing and reprocessing everything you've been through - trying it's best to make sense of everything you learned, saw,...
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    Self defense and protection in a hospital.

    CamillusRN replied to Ruger8mm's topic in General Nursing

    What sorcery is this?!? Seriously, tho, that's something I've never heard of; the administrator actively taking the side of the caregiver, and a CNA at
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    They don't want to pay for the experience you bring to the table. New grads are
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    2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the only male nurse on my unit, but most of my coworkers are in their 50's. It just wouldn't feel right
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    Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

    CamillusRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I don't know if it's just me, but I'll get a mini-anxiety attack on the way to work, which goes away as soon as I walk onto the unit.
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    Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

    CamillusRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thanks for the reality check, Viva! I knew a few months back that I was heading towards burnout, and am preparing to switch to a different unit within the hospital. I'm fortunate to be surrounded by...
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    Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Depends on my ICU patient assignment. 1:1 intubated and hemodynamically unstable - hardly budge from the bedside except to grab more gtt's/supplies. 1:2 walkie-talkie/needy/psych-issue patients,...
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    Self defense and protection in a hospital.

    CamillusRN replied to Ruger8mm's topic in General Nursing

    I've had my share of aggressive patients (nothing that would top calivianya, though) and I can't say I have a good answer. "Do no harm" sometimes comes into direct opposition with personal and staff...
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious - do they lose the ABC priorities mentality after they graduate nursing school and attain the pinnacle of all nursing wisdom by passing the NCLEX? I think I'm starting to have an anxiety...
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Eeek.
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mean that I didn't secretly enjoy it
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, not good! "Only" 12 mics?!? I'd be calling for a secondary pressor! And a side of celery to go with the ranch dipping sauce
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Not school nurse related, but when I worked ER there was this one nurse who insisted on examining all her coworkers' ears during whatever downtime we had and cleaning them thoroughly. She also loved...
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on the biopsy result, ixchel! 1. I learned that a very fit, otherwise healthy person can have a massive MI at 2. I learned that Stage IV CRF and cardiogenic shock do not mix well. At all. 3....
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    The sloppy image of nurses today

    CamillusRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Great. Now that song's stuck in my head. Oh well, it's better than the previous occupant. I was starting to get sick of
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    How many days do you work in a row?

    CamillusRN replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    I typically do the three 12's in a row, but I pick up quite a few extra shifts. Most 12's I've done in a row at my current job is 5 (by choice). Nowadays, I feel like I'm working a 1/2 day if I work...
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    How many days do you work in a row?

    CamillusRN replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    Dang - you must be working at my old hospital! I was stuck on 10 in a row (12 hour shifts) by the time I had the sense to get out of
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    Late admissions/close to shift change

    CamillusRN replied to Enmc412's topic in Critical Care

    Not sure making the next shift happy should be the priority. You mentioned obviously making sure the patient is stable - stick with that. Once (if) that's done, use your ABC's to prioritize your...
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    ICU Nurses - IV Carrier Rate for Infusing Pressors

    CamillusRN replied to rebrrn's topic in Critical Care

    Same here, except on night shift. We mix our own gtt's with 2-RN verification. Everything else stays the same though. All our pressor orders come with parameters and are infused through a central...
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    ICU Nurses - IV Carrier Rate for Infusing Pressors

    CamillusRN replied to rebrrn's topic in Critical Care

    I'm guessing your open hearts come back with an IJ or other central line? Ours come back with IVF through a manifold to a central line at 60mL/hr and orders to keep total infusion volume (including...
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    I want to quit nursing.

    CamillusRN replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure she was being rude - I didn't get that vibe. I think she was being authentically grateful for the tough love. But that's just
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    I want to quit nursing.

    CamillusRN replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you've been going through this valley. From my experience, the "newbies" get the weird hours and put on the night shift to start off with at nearly all hospital jobs (exceptions exist, of...