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  1. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    Worked in an inner city level one trauma center and while frequent, the times when we were 'keeping people alive' was the minority of the time. The majority of the time we spent treating routine...

  2. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    The RN's use the consent for the operative time out and if there is a wrong site surgery, ie, they take out the wrong fallopian tube, the RN is on the hook

  3. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    Weird...getting a toxic vibe...anyway, just for starters, as pain is one of the symptoms of this problem, if pain develops on the contralateral side of the ectopic, that could be a relevant exam...

  4. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    No dog in the ICU v. ER nurse fight, but why is asking which side the ectopic on a

  5. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    yeah...obnoxious nurses are the

  6. CCU vs ER

    offlabel replied to gratefultobeanurse16's topic in General Nursing

    Pick the one with better hours, pay and time off. All things being equal, then pick the unit with less drama and more mature and well adjusted

  7. Being Video Taped by pt/family

    offlabel replied to Irving's topic in General Nursing

    It does if it's in a public

  8. Being Video Taped by pt/family

    offlabel replied to Irving's topic in General Nursing

    Usually, no constitutional right to record on private property. You can certainly use some BS reason like a HIPPA violation. Or do what I do. When the recording stops, I'll continue working. When...

  9. Feeling BORED at a NYC ER...

    offlabel replied to AllNursesAcct's topic in Emergency

    For starters, making major decisions with someone you're not married to is cray-cray...secondly, ER culture varies with hospitals. The ER I cut my teeth on was an academic ER and they encouraged the...

  10. Interview advice

    offlabel replied to Paul Stanton's topic in Emergency

    If you won't take the interviewers advice to 'get more experience' why would you take someone's advice on this forum? Sounds like you need more experience and ignoring what you're being told while...

  11. Dunkin Donuts Nurses Week | 2025

    offlabel replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Sheesh, maybe there should be some gym discounts with all of these Nurse Week give

  12. How to finish BSN

    offlabel replied to samuel.gorelik's topic in General Students

    Good reason or not, you're suspended. By that I presume not expelled. Go to the governing board, or whomever, hat in hand, no excuses and ask what you can do to make it right. Way easier than trying...

  13. Radiation Exposure

    offlabel replied to Helen_'s topic in General Nursing

    don't worry about it and be more careful next

  14. Should handshaking be obliterated from our culture?

    offlabel replied to Alnitak7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Fist bumping is a thing now so there's that, but I'm gonna guess door handles and stair hand rails in hospitals make shaking hands look like a sterile ortho

  15. TN Nurse: First DUI

    offlabel replied to Britt12345's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    First Google 'first offense dui (your state)' then consult an attorney. Some states are harder on this than others. Odds are you'll be fine in then end, but it will cost you around 10K and maybe a...

  16. OR to ER Trauma Level 1

    offlabel replied to SweetSouthernLove's topic in Emergency

    That's a very busy unit to be starting completely cold in emergency nursing, and on just a part time basis. Seems as though more than just 'brushing up' will be required. You may have 10 or more...

  17. Non medical person observing in OR

    offlabel replied to Norfin's topic in Operating Room

    'Don't touch anything blue. If you even think you're feeling light headed, leave. No one will catch you when you

  18. Problems in the OR

    offlabel replied to Norfin's topic in Operating Room

    Situationally unaware personnel. Hyper focus on instruments and sponges and sterility and complete blindness to specific anesthesia and surgical issues. The scrubs consistently get it....RN's not so...

  19. PACU nurse taking ICU pts

    offlabel replied to Zoe Wilk's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Lot's of pacu's receive patients that will be admitted to the ICU. Where I am, any ICU bound patient that is extubated in the OR comes to PACU first. The reason is so that post op issues can be seen...

  20. Patient compliments and feedback

    offlabel replied to Success89's topic in General Nursing

    Beats the hell out of getting petty BS complaints...be

  21. What makes a good PICU nurse

    offlabel replied to HayBug's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    The difference between a good ICU nurse and everyone else is that a good ICU nurse reads...a lot. And they read the medical literature the vast majority of the time, not the nursing liturature. So,...

  22. Deciphering Arterial Line Waves

    offlabel replied to offlabel's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Nice, Chare....maybe some SRNA's could learn something from you! So, you've identified that positive pressure ventilation must change the filling because the peaks and valleys of the tracing have...

  23. Deciphering Arterial Line Waves

    offlabel posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Above is the arterial wave form of an awake, non intubated patient. Below represents the arterial wave form of that patient intubated. Explain. (The actual pressures are

  24. Deciphering Arterial Line Waves

    offlabel replied to offlabel's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Mods, can you move this to Student Nurse

  25. Double standards b/w nurses and police officers

    offlabel replied to raindrop's topic in General Specialties

    bunch of nurses were fighting with a patient on a gurney in the hallway, losing, when a guy RN comes out of the code room, puts the guy in a head lock and says "stop fighting or I'll break your...