WindwardOahuRN

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  1. Unit to start out in (step down or icu)?? r/o

    WindwardOahuRN replied to ghost's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If I hear one more time that the ICU is a FABULOUS place for a new grad because your nurse:patient ratio is so wonderful, I think I will scream. This is one thing we experienced ICU nurses hear over...

  2. Does anyone know how negotiations are going for Hawaiin hospitals

    WindwardOahuRN replied to klgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Your rather pompous, chest-thumping posts are more amusing than frightening, Randall. The mention of Waianae doesn't exactly send shivers through my spine. You think it should? Hawaii has...

  3. Does anyone know how negotiations are going for Hawaiin hospitals

    WindwardOahuRN replied to klgirl's topic in General Nursing

    "Chili's" and "Outback"? Then you're hopelessly a mainland boy, despite your claim to be "on the fast track to being a local" (quoted from your letter to one of our newspapers during the nursing...

  4. Queen's ICU..

    WindwardOahuRN replied to blee1's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you

  5. Anyone else frustrated with being a new nurse?

    WindwardOahuRN replied to asilmk's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Prepare for a lifetime of frustration, if you plan on staying in this field for any length of time. Just the way it is,

  6. How to prepare for ACLS?

    WindwardOahuRN replied to QuilterLPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL---ain't that the truth! ACLS is now pretty much a guaranteed kill. Even if you fail the final exam, they hand it back to you for review, and let you see what you messed up. Then they give you...

  7. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    WindwardOahuRN replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh. Thanks for the

  8. Do I want to do this career?

    WindwardOahuRN replied to LizB's topic in First Year After Licensure

  9. Letter of Resignation or just Two Weeks Notice

    WindwardOahuRN replied to grinnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes to the letter, the expressions of thanks and gratitude. Smile warmly, hugs all around, bring in a cake on your last day. A definite NO to expressing your opinions about the working conditions...

  10. chest tube question-please help

    WindwardOahuRN replied to sashann's topic in General Nursing

    Yet you can still find conflicting info, especially on the internet. BTW, be careful with those internet sources. I came upon one where a bunch of "experts" (whose expertise could only be summed up,...

  11. chest tube question-please help

    WindwardOahuRN replied to sashann's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have time to search for an online source, but I can tell you what I have been instructed to do for at least the last nine years or so. Yes, years ago, we DID routinely clamp chest tubes,...

  12. chest tube question-please help

    WindwardOahuRN replied to sashann's topic in General Nursing

    You would NOT clamp it. Doing so might cause a pneumothorax. Putting the end in sterile water, to form a water seal, would be appropriate. Get a CXR, notify the doc, and let him take it from

  13. The title "NURSE"

    WindwardOahuRN replied to omega17632's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, there is no uniform "Nurse Practice Act." Did those references specifically exclude LPN/LVN's, or just fail to mention them? Definitions of "scope of practice" are different as...

  14. I need suggestions for my sons dressings

    WindwardOahuRN replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    go to a surgical supply store and get some surgilast tubular elastic bandage retainer. it is a stretchy net product in tubular form that can be pulled up around the chest. i've used it in sicu and the...

  15. Which has a highest pay and Free housing FASTAFF, OA or TRUSTAFF

    WindwardOahuRN replied to ORnurse97's topic in Travel

    Fastaff has the justified reputation as being the "cover agency" for the union-busting, scab-providing company U.S. Nursing. The nurses working at union facilities recognize Fastaff for exactly what...

  16. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    WindwardOahuRN replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay, as a nurse with over 30 years experience (LPN and RN), I am going to give you guys a bit of advice here. ASK---if you don't know, don't fake it. The old-timers absolutely do NOT expect you to...

  17. Live Chat Schedule - feedback needed

    WindwardOahuRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    You left out Hawaii Standard Time...;-D. We don't do daylight savings time. We are anywhere between two hours to six hours earlier than the mainland, depending on mainland location and time of year....

  18. Live Chat Schedule - feedback needed

    WindwardOahuRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Almost every time I've gone in there the rooms have been empty. I like live chats, but the AllNurse ones have been a big disappointment. Maybe a BIG link button at the top of the home page might...

  19. Painful Feet, Please Help!

    WindwardOahuRN replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I really don't know how braces on your teeth would help your feet. I think maybe you meant "orthotics," not "orthodontics"? LOL---just teasing a bit. I can certainly sympathize with your foot pain...

  20. Does anyone know how negotiations are going for Hawaiin hospitals

    WindwardOahuRN replied to klgirl's topic in General Nursing

    St. Francis Liliha nurses just ratified a one-year contract with a 12% pay raise---base rate will be $38.15/hr. Nice, but nobody I know is trusting what lies in the future. The prevailing belief,...

  21. Does anyone know how negotiations are going for Hawaiin hospitals

    WindwardOahuRN replied to klgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Really? I find it quite wonderful. But it's not for everyone. Curious----what don't you like about

  22. Does anyone know how negotiations are going for Hawaiin hospitals

    WindwardOahuRN replied to klgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Good Lord. St. Francis hospitals (the one at Liliha and St. Francis West) are the lowest paying hospitals on the island of Oahu. I worked at St. Francis Liliha for three years and left after the...

  23. Does anyone know how negotiations are going for Hawaiin hospitals

    WindwardOahuRN replied to klgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious---which

  24. Does anyone know how negotiations are going for Hawaiin hospitals

    WindwardOahuRN replied to klgirl's topic in General Nursing

    You can get a weekly update of negotiation progress by calling the HNA hotline for a recorded message at this number---(808) 537-2833. It's too early to tell whether or not we're going to

  25. Advice needed for the following companies

    WindwardOahuRN replied to positivethinker's topic in Travel

    just be aware that if you do decide to work with fastaff, you won't be welcomed with open arms if you work in a unionized hospital. the nurses there know the type of nurses who work for fastaff and...