CCU BSN RN

CCU BSN RN

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  1. Brave or just stupid?

    CCU BSN RN replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Your school is a business. They are interested in getting as much money as possible from you and maybe to have you pass your boards at the end to pad their statistics. They will tell you anything to...

  2. Irony regarding cellphone use at work

    CCU BSN RN replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Things I have used my personal phone for at work this month: 1. Lending a charger to patients 2. Lending my phone to a patient. The ones in patient rooms only make local calls. If a patient is...

  3. Tips for delirium behavior management

    CCU BSN RN replied to CCU BSN RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions! I get so used to everyone being intubated/sedated sometimes that my skills in this area have taken a nosedive. I also definitely needed to hear that it's...

  4. Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    CCU BSN RN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    Abdominal pain started 2h after eating mcdonalds. Admitted to tele for a full cardiac workup. Arrived with 4 more burgers in a mcdonalds bag and was irate when told he was NPO for stress test or cath...

  5. Focused assessment

    CCU BSN RN replied to favourukaegbu's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. Please consider posting homework questions in the students forum. 2. Google what a focused assessment is 3. Think about what you think the answer is and then post it and ask for feedback. We don't...

  6. How do I get into a hospital as an lna?

    CCU BSN RN replied to FutureNursecrna's topic in General Students

    So, you obtained your first health care job. You worked there for 4 months, and you quit because you weren't learning enough. This makes you sound like a flake who will also want to leave this...

  7. My inner snowflake

    CCU BSN RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    ...but I do spend my down time in

  8. Feeling Bad Looking for Another Job

    CCU BSN RN replied to motor_mouth's topic in General Nursing

    I felt really guilty about quitting my old job because our staffing was so abysmal, and I got along so well with all my co-workers, and about 5 of us left all at once. I didn't feel bad for the...

  9. Issues with residents

    CCU BSN RN replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Rocknurse- I'm sure it does, I just think it's ridic that someone would be allowed to say that out loud in a professional environment, in 2017. Oh, how tolerant and evolved our fine country

  10. Issues with residents

    CCU BSN RN replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Are you kidding me? This resident sounds like one of God's EXTRA special children. Where, pray tell, does this resident plan to work when he grows up, where there are no women? Is he under the...

  11. My Mom passed away. Did I do the right thing?

    CCU BSN RN replied to LovingMom1's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I'm very sorry for your loss. I'm glad you're seeing a counselor/therapist/whoever. It's amazing that you were able to stop working and to stay home and care for your mother when she...

  12. A stye in your eye *semi-vent*

    CCU BSN RN replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one who wants to know what the error is that you're essentially seeking advice about? Like, did you not double check heparin and it was infusing at the wrong rate for a long time? Did...

  13. Do you ever NOT give out ice packs?

    CCU BSN RN replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    When I was growing up, the camp nurse would buy cheap sponges in bulk. Take a wet sponge, wet it, stick it in a ziploc baggie, and freeze it. They stay cold for about 10 minutes, they're cheap, and...

  14. Tips for delirium behavior management

    CCU BSN RN replied to CCU BSN RN's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, thank you to every one of you! Even those who weren't answering the question itself, you provided valid suggestions and food for thought. To clarify some of the questions: This guy is...

  15. Sleeping on job?

    CCU BSN RN replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked nights on telemetry floor I used to nap for 2-3 hours sometimes if I really needed it, but I was the only one napping at the time, a co-worker was covering my phone with explicit...

  16. Question about Cardiac Caths

    CCU BSN RN replied to Tneo8385's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    If someone is shaking THAT badly, which as stated above, would have to be pretty darn badly, couldn't you just intubate and paralyze them for the procedure? Again, without the details I'm not saying...

  17. What's your favorite thing about working in CVICU?

    CCU BSN RN replied to shan_elle's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    to add to above: 1. Plastics patients when a postop heart gets osteo in their sternum and ends up getting their sternum removed and a muscle flap. Again, rare, and typically still not attended by...

  18. Would you hold digoxin for a low BP?

    CCU BSN RN replied to fatrabbit's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The point of heart rate control with Digoxin as opposed to other medications is that it has very little effect on blood pressure. So, hypotension would not be an absolute contraindication to...

  19. Allnurses needs nurses

    CCU BSN RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    To Calivianya - Could not agree more! I'll come up with a decent post and/or article this week about...whatever comes up at work tonight. There's always material. I like the idea of a 'what I learned...

  20. April is Autism Awareness Month

    CCU BSN RN replied to JanineKelbach's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse on the spectrum People don't believe I could possibly be autistic because the diagnostic criteria are predominately based on male symptoms. So very few know the differences, or even that...

  21. Thoughts on this blog article

    CCU BSN RN replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've seen this floating around, and I get where this writer is coming from, I really do, but since she's sharing it PUBLICLY and without ANONYMITY, that are DEFINITELY parts that needed more...

  22. What is a reasonable starting salary to expect?

    CCU BSN RN replied to dinobiceps's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Upstate NY was offering crap in the areas I was looking 6-7 years ago. $22/h, poor nurse protection, poor ratios. Look up the legal mess at Cayuga's ICU. Couldn't pay me enough to work somewhere...

  23. How much do you make?

    CCU BSN RN replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm assuming you're not going to get a whole ton of response to your question for a variety of reasons: 1. Has been asked and answered and picked to death pretty frequently over the months/years....

  24. Math requirement for RNs?

    CCU BSN RN replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    I got tested every semester at nursing school on basic conversions and what I deemed '5th grade math'. Needed an 80% I think, maybe a 90%. Simple function calculators were allowed if I recall....

  25. Is nursing REALLY that difficult?

    CCU BSN RN replied to lilythorburn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'd like to add that if these comments/responses really make you think that you shouldn't be a nurse...GREAT I'm really happy we helped you to realize it now while you're still in high school and...