CamillusRN BSN

CVOR, CVICU/CTICU, CCRN-CMC-CSC

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    Night shift RN's :Do you eat in the morning after your shift?

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

    Yeah, nightshift makes weight loss very difficult. I used to think I'd never go to day shift, but my body's begging me to switch - I must be getting old. :) I know this may generate some heat from the...
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    Gutless Colleagues

    CamillusRN replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Substandard self-defense policies are why I don't do psych. My MMA locks and pins (even the "nice" ones) would be frowned upon in a clinical setting
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    How many is too many? Medication errors

    CamillusRN replied to fangirl's topic in Patient Medications

    Agreed. This sounds like an issue for the OP's DON/Risk Manager. I'm
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    Why are nurses so backbiting?

    CamillusRN replied to RNBSN1591's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Ummmm - I don't remember ordering anchovies ...
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    Why are nurses so backbiting?

    CamillusRN replied to RNBSN1591's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's a good word. Fun to say, too
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    Why are nurses so backbiting?

    CamillusRN replied to RNBSN1591's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Same here - I work with some pretty awesome
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    Eating spaghetti raise blood pressure immediately?

    CamillusRN replied to DanaBrianMampel's topic in General Nursing

    Huh. That really went nowhere ... although the crazy family reference makes me want to watch Christmas with the Kranks
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    Patient Nurse Ratio

    CamillusRN replied to ambobam's topic in General Nursing

    Blessed to be working in a physician-owned specialty hospital where the highest ratio in telemetry is 1:4 by strict policy, and for me in the ICU 1:2 is the rule (1:1 for CRRT/swan/IABP/fresh heart,...
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    People who don't look before flushing (#2)

    CamillusRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse that would snap chat her poop to another nurse. Not sure what that was about
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    Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    CamillusRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    My very last clinical rotation in the OR, same-day surgery center. Went to help the circulator and CRNA transfer the patient from the table to the cot but didn't notice that the IV tubing on my side...
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    Fork in the Road: Cath Lab/CVICU/CRNA

    CamillusRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I wasn't sure how to categorize this question; I'm sure the mods will move it if need be. For the cath lab RN's out there: Very soon after being hired onto my CVICU, the cath lab within my...
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    CNA/Patient Ratios in ICUs

    CamillusRN replied to French Roast's topic in Critical Care

    My CVICU follows the model that elkpark has experienced - no techs, just total care by
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    nursing care for chest tube of cabg patient

    CamillusRN replied to Altin's topic in Critical Care

    All of the CT surgeons I work with in my CVICU strongly encourage stripping mediastinal tubes on a fairly frequent basis. One of them enjoys educating the rest of the staff - he pulled up several...
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    Plan B!

    CamillusRN replied to Determined2017's topic in General Nursing

    Medical school - yes, that career would have been my second
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    EMT-B and RN: Scope of practice limitations

    CamillusRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Greetings, AN friends! I have the feeling that this topic has already been discussed, but I couldn't find it in the older threads. I'm an RN in a critical access hospital, middle-of-no-where-ville...
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    You are NOT allergic to...

    CamillusRN replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    Allergic to oxygen: "It makes my nose
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    This week, I learned..... (6/6/15)

    CamillusRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, have learned to be careful explaining monitor readings to patient's family members. They start to sound like a very impatient, nagging physician I used to know. Minus the med school knowledge....
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    Would you file a complaint?

    CamillusRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Unacceptable on the part of the staff. But with your 20+ years of experience in emergency care, you're the best judge of when to make out a complaint. Either way, I'm sorry you had such a poor...
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    whats for lunch

    CamillusRN replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    It's that 5 minutes of freedom that you get every 8th shift, provided it's not during a full moon and the alignment of Jupiter and Venus are complete. According to my lunar calendar, I should be able...
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    whats for lunch

    CamillusRN replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    LOL - and yes they are! We'd love to have you join
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    8 hr Night Shifts

    CamillusRN replied to NICUnurse21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Pretty much this. I like working 12's because it's what suites my lifestyle, but the three back-to-back twelves don't leave a lot of time for life to happen. Sure, I have more time during the week,...
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    whats for lunch

    CamillusRN replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    When I'm not dipping new grads in hot wing sauce or ranch, I'll bring in an almost-cooked stir fry and let it finish cooking in the microwave just before eating it. One of my past jobs was working as...
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    Your opinion please

    CamillusRN replied to AngelKissed857's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't worked a trauma resus in a while, but in a trauma of unknown origin/suspected foul play, a coroner was always involved and the body remained "as is" until cleared by the
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    Is it worth it to apply to a hospital that has poor patient reviews?

    CamillusRN replied to smooshcrickets's topic in General Nursing

    indeed.com and glassdoor.com are my go-to sites for employee ratings of hospitals - I pretty much ignore any place that hasn't got a 4-5/5 rating. I also agree with the PP who mentioned interviewing...
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    CNA requirement after 1st quarter completion?

    CamillusRN replied to katidid114's topic in General Students

    We need more of this, and less of tender-footed HCAHPS-conscious pamperers. We lost some really, really good nurses to complaints of "negativity" when they called BS on patients, coworkers, and...