Dani_Mila BSN, RN

Dani_Mila has 7 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Progressive Care, Med-Surg, Geriatrics.

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   PCCN or Med-Surg?

   Dani_Mila posted a topic in General Nursing

   I want to obtain a certification hopefully by the end of this year. I just left stepdown a month ago due to management and now work at a surgical unit. I worked at a cardiac stepdown for 3 years....
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   Should I stay or should I go?

   Dani_Mila replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly 💯 This is why I got so mad. She literally only has 5 experience nurses who can do the job, yet she chose the ones who works hard and barely calls out. How is that fair? The other two...
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   Should I stay or should I go?

   Dani_Mila posted a topic in General Nursing

   Seeking Advice 🤔 I work at a 23 beds cardiac/ stroke step down unit. We recently have a high turnover of nightshift staffing with 4 nurses leaving, 3 of them were charge nurses. There are 5 of...
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   I don't want to be Charge!

   Dani_Mila replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

   Are you me? LOL I'm in the same position. We lost 4 nurses in 2 weeks and 3 of them are charge nurse. Now my manager is forcing the remaining experience nurses to be charge. We don't want to do it. I...
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   Patient Death After Shift

   Dani_Mila replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Specialties

   Just found out that the PT was stabilized in my unit, then was sent to cardiac cath in the afternoon. He had cardiac cath and post cath that's when he coded. This happened at a different sister...
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   Patient Death After Shift

   Dani_Mila replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Specialties

   The dose was metoprolol 25 mg and when the medication was given his HR was in low 100s. Throughout his stay, pt did not have bradycardia. Also, I even asked the ICU PA if they will take him as we...
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   Taking a job

   Dani_Mila replied to WannabaNurse's topic in General Specialties

   That is a red flag, I worked at a stepdown unit and our max is 5 pts. I would try to wait it out until you get another job. Management always lies just so that they can hire you, so it is not...
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   Patient Death After Shift

   Dani_Mila posted a topic in General Specialties

   Background story: Received a pt who came up to the unit (progressive care unit/ telemetry) an hour before start of shift. He came in with NSTEMI, was on hep gtt, Venturi mask (non compliant with home...
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   My First Code Blue! Still Trying To Process It

   Dani_Mila replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

   Respiratory were on top with him, they were giving him medications, breathing treatments, suctioning him, but the mucus is inside the chest, he just could not cough it up. He has been given...
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    Maternity Leave?

    Dani_Mila posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just had a baby 3 days ago, did you guys use paid parental leave and short term disability concurrently?? My hospital policy offers up to 12 weeks paid parental leave. I've been approved for 6 weeks,...
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    My First Code Blue! Still Trying To Process It

    Dani_Mila posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for almost 5 years and this was my first Code Blue on my patients. Quick hx on my pt who coded, he is a dialysis pt, anuric. He came in for GI bleed. MD r/o that it's possibly...
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    Venting after a very busy shift

    Dani_Mila replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    I found out that the reason why they did not take this patient was because they were short staffed in the ICU and since he was "sort of stabilized" that they did not want to keep him yet
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    Venting after a very busy shift

    Dani_Mila posted a topic in General Nursing

    My little background: I work in a progressive care unit/telemetry. I've been working at my hospital for about 5 months. I have been a nurse for about 5 years mostly working in subacute rehab then have...
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    Should I have done more? Worried about a patient...

    Dani_Mila posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started working in a telemetry/step-down ICU unit. It has been 2 weeks post orientation I'm not a new nurse but it is my first time working at a hospital setting. I had a pt who was admitted...
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    LTC to PCU? Freaking out!

    Dani_Mila replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    Hey how are you? Just checking up, have you started your hospital job