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Month: September 2012
First Day
After spending a good part of a week sitting down in front of a computer in nursing orientation ….. I had my first day on the nursing floor. Well, it was actually a half a day from 8-2:30. I mostly shadowed another nurse and went over some policy and procedure and stuff. I still don’t …
World Sepsis day
September 13, 2012 is world sepsis day. Sepsis is often misunderstood by the public as blood poisoning, is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Sepsis is when infection causes injury to the body tissues and organs and can cause shock and death of not caught early. Click to access Sepsis_Factsheet.pdf Wear …
It’s all coming together.
I received word yesterday about my transition from RT to RN at my facility. I signed my new job description yesterday and received my marching instructions. I will attend hospital orientation Tuesday through Thursday from 0800 to probably 1630 or 1700. Friday I will report to my nursing floor at 0645 for what I’m guessing …
Top Five Things I WILL miss about RT
The downtime. Our busiest hours for patient care are 0700,0900, 1300, 1500 and 1700. (unless you are working ICU’s or ER.) Besides that we have some downtime, unless we get calls. (this is not to say that we don’t have to do anything else but we generally get to eat breakfast and a little break …
Top Five Things I WON’T Miss about RT
As my time as an RT comes to a close (one more shift) I wanted to share some things I won’t miss about being an RT. In no particular order. Inaccurate procedure Counts. In the RT world its all about numbers. According tonnage meant we should be able to do a minimum of 35 procedures …