CardiacDork

CardiacDork MSN, RN

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  1. Calling report to the floor.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Emergent opening of the chest and emergent opening of the abdomen Yep they were too unstable to

  2. Calling report to the floor.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    We have anesthesia residents/chiefs and surgical residents and chiefs in my SICU and in my MICU we have pulomary

  3. Calling report to the floor.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Maybe it depends on the type of ICU. I guess some ICUs are not as equipped in carrying for patients recovering from anesthesia. I work at a level one. We do it all, heck we do bedside

  4. Calling report to the floor.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Why does the PACU keep ICU patients? We get them straight from

  5. Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

    CardiacDork replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

    Hellz to the no. That's why I'm gonna find a stay at home husband. While I make that CRNA

  6. "I work in the medical field"

    CardiacDork posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay so this is just sort of a vent and probably a little irrational pet peeve of mine. But I always can't help but wonder what exactly someone actually does when they say ... "I work in the medical...

  7. Husband became a RN

    CardiacDork replied to NurseLady1210's topic in General Nursing

    Well who wouldn't feel a little bit of resentment? Good news is that you're NOT pigeonholed in home health. Just assess yourself and ask yourself if you want something different because you truly...

  8. What's Rude?

    CardiacDork replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Non-nursing I live in gated apartments where the gate opens with a clicker. What's rude is when I click open the gate to enter and an a-hole decides to exit through the my entrance instead of...

  9. Travel Nursing in Texas in the ICU

    CardiacDork posted a topic in Travel

    What are conditions like for RN travelers in Texas that are in the ICU? Compensation? Work conditions? What area of Texas? Can you compare Texas to other states? I am am currently in the ICU in...

  10. CRNA school in 4 years: Realistic goal?

    CardiacDork replied to acerbia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    First priority is to land an ICU job. Don't even bother studying for the CCRN exam until you are at least on orientation for an ICU position. Work on this first, as zero ICU experience is a definite...

  11. "NETY" and Other Fallacies

    CardiacDork replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Some nurses eat their young Some nurses don't eat anyone Some nurses eat the senior nurses Some nurses eat physicians Some eat techs Some don't even get to eat

  12. "I work in the medical field"

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Esme, first of all... Welcome back because I don't think I've seen you in about a year here on AN...?! You bring a very real and personal perspective to the table. The thread was meant to be light...

  13. "I work in the medical field"

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    When an alarm just begins to sound and I'm walking down the hallway and see the daughter silencing it (within seconds) of going off - that's not okay. I've never let an alarm ring for 20 minutes....

  14. "I work in the medical field"

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Some of these are hilarious. So many times I've encountered girls on Facebook I went to high school with who claim to be starting "medical school" --- and it turns out they are in an MA program....

  15. One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

    CardiacDork replied to BellaCat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where do you work that you have time to chat at the nurses

  16. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Tell me about it and it tends to be nursing students or visitors that say this--- although it seems like nursing students eventually become well informed and warned that if they say quiet around me .....

  17. Nursing Jobs in Utah

    CardiacDork replied to browe27's topic in General Nursing

    Lmao ...

  18. Nursing Jobs in Utah

    CardiacDork replied to browe27's topic in General Nursing

    There is an Allnurses member from Utah. Maybe they'll respond to you, or someone else from Utah. The user from Utah used to send me pics of Utah, looks gorgeous but he did say the pay wasn't the...

  19. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    DIC otherwise known as ..... death is

  20. New here. Ltc or CCU? Help!

    CardiacDork replied to Lillysrpretty4u's topic in General Nursing

    Coming from the floor to the ICU I can tell you that managing 6 patients on the floor doesn't make you a better ICU nurse and being able to manage two critically ill ICU patients doesn't make you a...

  21. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    When you have to travel with a newly graduated MD to MRI with your unstable patient (because policy says an MD has to come even though it always ends up being the new doc anyway so it makes little...

  22. Looking for some advice before making a mistake.

    CardiacDork replied to italianlifter's topic in General Nursing

    I got my ASN for 8K. My hospital will pay for my BSN 100%. Local community colleges are key. Of course, if your prerequisites have horrid marks then you'll have to go to an expensive for profit...

  23. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    That is true. When I have a patient that I know is not going to make it .... that we know is circling the drain ... Family will either withdraw or they'll die shortly. The good thing is that it takes...

  24. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Totally know what this feels like. Bedside abnormal surgery as I'm walking in and the surgeons operating are the residents I knew as baby first years and second years now as 3rd and 4th years hoping...

  25. Crushing meds

    CardiacDork posted a topic in General Nursing

    So while looking at other threads about med administration it made me wonder something. When I was on the floor I rarely crushed meds but now I always crush medications. I alway make sure it can be...