EllaBella1

EllaBella1 BSN

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  1. What is your Nursing Super Power?

    EllaBella1 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the ICU high-strung family decompressor. Whenever there is a family that is really going through a tough time and is taking it out on staff I'm the go-to person to talk them down and get things...

  2. Navy Corpsmen Caught

    EllaBella1 replied to guest52816's topic in Nursing News

    I've commented on like 10 posts about this on facebook tonight arguing the fact that these people are not nurses. It's such a shame that you can post a direct quote from the hospital itself in...

  3. Experience with female external catheters

    EllaBella1 replied to Mmededov's topic in General Nursing

    They are essentially non-existent in clinical practice, at least at the hospitals I've worked at. Our hospital recently demoed the Pure Wick and it was ok. Worked better than having to change...

  4. Graduating soon, when to apply for jobs?

    EllaBella1 replied to Elizabeth1414's topic in General Nursing

    I started applying 4 months before I graduated and started getting calls back for interviews probably 2 months before I graduated. I was able to graduate with a job offer lined up prior to even...

  5. Hurricane Irma

    EllaBella1 replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully with the westward storm shift my southeast FL coworkers are off the hook for having to work. I, on the other hand, will be reporting to work at 5 pm tonight for a 72 hour shift ready for a...

  6. Hurricane Irma: Are per diem nurses USUALLY required to work during a hurricane/disaster?

    EllaBella1 replied to justSara's topic in General Nursing

    I'm per diem and am still assigned to a hurricane team at my hospital. My hospital requires all employees to be on a team, but I would think it would vary by hospital what the exact protocol is with...

  7. RN wanting to higher degree

    EllaBella1 replied to karli.butler's topic in General Nursing

    What do you want to do career wise? Choose a program based on

  8. Nurses! Let's stand up and help the victims of Hurricane Harvey!

    EllaBella1 replied to guest042302019's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Got this email from Fastaff today if anyone was thinking about going down to help: Fastaff nurses are known as the first to serve in urgent and crucial situations. If you are available immediately to...

  9. Why do We eat our young?

    EllaBella1 replied to nellie272003's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Because they taste so

  10. Bedside ECMO training

    EllaBella1 replied to mandee6959's topic in General Nursing

    Are you talking VA or VV ECMO? Our VV ECMO training is a lot less involved than our

  11. Tele

    EllaBella1 replied to Denell's topic in General Nursing

    So as the nurse with a tele patient you are responsible for watching the tele? Or does your hospital have a centralized tele system or someone remotely watching the monitors? If not then it seems like...

  12. Leaving nursing

    EllaBella1 replied to missnurse92x's topic in General Nursing

    What do you plan on doing with your biomedical engineering degree? I would suggest looking for a job in whatever area that will bring you

  13. How much should I charge for this?

    EllaBella1 replied to lellomere's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a large company? Is it to be used solely in your unit/hospital, or will it be info that they distribute widely? Will they own the rights to the material once you create it? Or will you be...

  14. Colleague reported to board

    EllaBella1 replied to mnurse0021's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so then I fail to see the problem here. The patient had no wounds, developed them after you last saw him. The next nurse failed to adequately treat the wounds per treatment plan. Nothing to do...

  15. Remove Foley catheter and IV when resident dies?

    EllaBella1 replied to Ash0315's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. Once the ME signs off we pull everything

  16. Patient is a sex offender with a tracker on his ankle

    EllaBella1 replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that keeping people safe is our job, but it's not our job to police the community. You best bet that if I witnessed this patient acting inappropriately (unlikely since OP stated he was...

  17. Pregnant and new job

    EllaBella1 replied to R5RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would tell them at the start of orientation for your own safety. There are plenty of assignments that pregnant women should not take, and we see them a lot in ICU. You're gonna wanna refuse droplet...

  18. new grad having extreme difficulty

    EllaBella1 replied to momo42's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm also originally from the NYC area, moved to the south after nursing school so that I could get a job in the specialty unit of my choice rather than having to scramble for anything I could find....

  19. Patient is a sex offender with a tracker on his ankle

    EllaBella1 replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I completely disagree with you. Sure, you can pass on that he has an ankle bracelet on, but it's absolutely not appropriate to pass on what his crime was, especially when the nurse only found out...

  20. Patient is a sex offender with a tracker on his ankle

    EllaBella1 replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not. It's not relevant to the care that you are providing, and you shouldn't be searching for info on patients online in the first

  21. Paper Charting venting

    EllaBella1 replied to raindrops1234's topic in General Nursing

    FOUR SHIFTS??? As a new grad??? Run away from that place. They do not have your best interests in mind by any means and are setting you up to fail. Absolutely no way are you ready to practice...

  22. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    EllaBella1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has recently started implementing some changes, and one of the things that they did was take away having free charge nurses on each unit (i.e. a charge with no patient assignment), and...

  23. No manager on the ward today - who is in charge?

    EllaBella1 replied to Guest717512's topic in General Nursing

    I would think this question would be more appropriate for your manager or a hospital administrator. There isn't really a standard answer for this

  24. IVDU pt kept asking for pain meds. Managment kept saying to just give it to her.

    EllaBella1 replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    I do think you were wrong in this situation, but I also do understand your concerns and point of view. In this case you spoke with the provider, he explained that he was not concerned by the dosing...

  25. Psychologist thinking of late in life career change....advice?

    EllaBella1 replied to live4ward's topic in General Nursing

    I would also suggest looking into accelerated BSN programs rather than ADN programs. Associates degree nurses are finding it harder to gain employment in hospitals, and most hospitals who hire them...