CamillusRN BSN

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    How to prepare for new grad ICU position

    CamillusRN replied to nursepeaches's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm in a similar position, so I'm going to mooch onto your thread, OP! I did ask during my interviews for Cardiac ICU and Level 1 Trauma ER positions what certifications the nurse managers would...
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    Patient Safety Question/Nurses Conduct

    CamillusRN replied to ChrisMonty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yep, that pretty much says it all right
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    Patient Safety Question/Nurses Conduct

    CamillusRN replied to ChrisMonty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm sure you must be right. The only positive on her blood tox screen was for THC, so the physician dx'd it as marijuana toxicity. Come to think of it, our lab most likely does not have the capability...
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    Patient Safety Question/Nurses Conduct

    CamillusRN replied to ChrisMonty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In a previous thread I mentioned a couple of patients with Marijuana toxicity - one of them was so combative and out of her gourd that it took 5 staff members to hold her down in order apply...
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    Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    CamillusRN replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I agree with the overwhelming majority of the previous posters - challenge the decision and appeal. Take it straight to the dean, if need be! I had a handful of moms say they didn't want a male...
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    Patient Safety Question/Nurses Conduct

    CamillusRN replied to ChrisMonty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Bahahaha! I think you summed it up quite nicely! Hmmmmm, was it HCAHPS over limb, or was it life over limb; I keep getting the rule mixed
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    CamillusRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ooooh, I would have been SO pissed! Nothing short of dereliction of duty. I have my cell with me at work, but only because some of the ER bays haven't been rigged with phone lines yet. It never comes...
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    Nursing care of ADN vs BSN

    CamillusRN replied to AKarpi's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yeah, no. Not all acute care hospitals are requiring the switch. ADN-level here working ER/Trauma/ICU. Granted, your scenario may very well be the case in the relatively distant future, but not
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    If you were to move from ER...

    CamillusRN replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    If (big "if") I left the ER it would be for retirement from bedside nursing altogether - maybe into
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    I Love Night Shift

    CamillusRN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    Besides the differential there's the added benefit of chilling out on Monday morning with a margarita - no
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    Asking for prayers: multiple nursing students died in car accident

    CamillusRN replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in General Students

    My prayers are with them - hugs to you
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    Bruises

    CamillusRN replied to mugs's topic in General Nursing

    Haha! One of my coworkers came in with a nice shiner - eye completely black and blue. She and her husband both went to pick up the TV remote, and apparently he has a mirror image of her injury. The...
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    CamillusRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Or sequestering themselves in the med room to hash out the latest small town gossip. Irks the outta
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    Would you send this patient to the unit?

    CamillusRN replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We've had patients in our little bitty CAH that should have been shipped to an ICU, but d/t the physician's overestimation of our capabilities (over the nursing staff's objections), we're required to...
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    Patient Safety Question/Nurses Conduct

    CamillusRN replied to ChrisMonty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I completely agree with team elkpark, as I have been in similar situations ("hey, if you try to hit Nurse X again we will need to restrain/sedate you, regardless of how bad your tummy hurts"). From...
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    CamillusRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    There's your difference, spacecheetah. Not bashing all new grads who come straight out of high school into nursing school (Lord knows I've worked with some real troopers who did this), but most of the...
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    I made poor judgments during my university days and need some real advice.

    CamillusRN replied to jyoo1017's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OP, you've gotten a lot of great advice regarding academics. You'll also do yourself a favor if you volunteer/work in a healthcare setting. Some (maybe most?) programs operate on a point system, with...
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    Forgetting to prime peripheral IV line...

    CamillusRN replied to lpnmommy86's topic in Emergency

    We have the same policy in our backwoods CAH as well. Would have thought it was a pretty universal standard to avoid putting kids at risk like that
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    Head to toe assessment, New grad ED

    CamillusRN replied to summerforever's topic in Emergency

    Check your CAB's, and if all is well, move on to a focused assessment of the primary complaint. Have you taken TNCC? ENPC? ACLS? PALS? STABLE? These are great ways to learn rapid assessment of life...
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    I Love Night Shift

    CamillusRN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    #4 - especially when you're working with a bunch of twisted freaks as bad as myself! We have a nurse who is tallying the "That's what she said" moments. I'm currently in second place . .
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    I Love Night Shift

    CamillusRN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feed the troll - he
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    Will green skin hurt my career?

    CamillusRN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm sure it would be acceptable, especially in a psych unit. "Why, yes, Mr. Doe, I do​ see the green
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    CamillusRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hmmm ... where's
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    CamillusRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes!!! I've actually had to compete with one of our new hires with answering call lights / getting meds done / providing patient care (yes, even wiping butts *gasp*) - and I had thought I was on top...
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    CamillusRN replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Oh, that bugs the crap out of me. When I do my chart audits on nights, I make sure the chief complaint / primary diagnosis is at the top of the screen and chronic conditions are labeled with "hx of"....