dukeRN

dukeRN specializes in Burn ICU, CTICU.

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1. Pls. Help Meeeeee!!!!!!

   dukeRN replied to Gift.Fr.Virgo12's topic in SRNA

   I would suggest getting some experience as a RN (and by experience, I do mean more than 1 year) doing something that interests you, and then see which direction you are pulled in. The worst nurse to work with is one who comes out of the gate talking...

2. Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

   dukeRN replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

   But, as a side note, I will say that I am personally excited at all of the men joining our field, b/c I believe that it will raise our salaries, and maybe even have our COOs start treating us as more than second class citizens, i.e., they don't need ...

3. Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

   dukeRN replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have only worked ICUs, and have always worked with a good mix of males and females, but by far, my current CTICU has more males than my previous units. We are about 50/50, and they blend in fine. I typically think they get a bit more respect right ...

4. NCSBN review

   dukeRN replied to bbgirl's topic in NCLEX

   mosby's pocket cards baby. I put those in my pocket and studied them all of the time, in elevators, in line at the grocery store, sometimes at stop lights. They were easy to carry, so I'd just grab a stack and stick em in my pocket or my purse and...

5. Really getting nervous now! Did I make a big mistake?

   dukeRN replied to HillNPStudent's topic in CCU

   lovern, Don't sweat it. Everyone has their own opinion, and some people feel strongly on this issue one way or another. The important thing is that you want to learn, and that you are willing to make your experience what you want it to be, reading p...

6. CCRN Certification

   dukeRN posted a topic in MICU

   I am getting ready to sit for my CCRN, and I am wondering if your hospitals offer incentives for taking it, such as reimbursement for the exam and a shift premium, etc. I need some general ideas to propose when I go for my semi-annual evaluation at w...

7. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

   dukeRN replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

   Just remembered something my grandmother asked when my aunt, who had severe endometriosis and was also infertile, was in the hospital recovering from a hysterectomy. We were visiting with her in the room, grandparents, my uncle, and my mom and I, an...

8. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

   dukeRN replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

   Most recently I heard a middle aged woman refer to her vagina as her "flower"; Hoohah and cooter apparantly are very popular terms at my hospital, even among nurses! One of our HUCs circulated an email with hundreds of things to call it, the most mem...

9. Nurse Humor

   dukeRN replied to CEN35's topic in Humor

   Just heard this joke this week at a CCRN Review, but it's best told in a first person-like story: So, I have this pt in the ICU, r/o MI, and the unit is slammed, just finished a code, all of the beds are full, the night was ruined before it even star...

10. What do patients say that irks you?

    dukeRN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, the idealistic "career" of the nursing student. Wait until you're a "real" nurse. Then come talk to us about it. :roll

11. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    dukeRN replied to ArkyCCRN's topic in SRNA

    Wow. This was the most informative hour I have ever spent reading. You guys are great. I actually feel like CRNA just became a more attainable goal, rather than a distant dream. Thanks a million, and good luck to you all!!!

12. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    dukeRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

    My first few months in a burn center we had a twenty something man admitted with TENS (nasty condition where the epidermis sloughs off and the mucous membranes, including the mouth, inner eye lids,and lungs slough off, and bleed and bleed and bleed) ...

13. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    dukeRN replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe one might consider more psychosocial diagnoses and the utilization of "therapeutic touch" if the powers that be would allow us more time at the bedside and less time spent doing random and repetitive paperwork. I feel like everytime JCAHO come...

14. Norton to pay fired nurse

    dukeRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism

    Baby steps...small victories win the war. She deserved more, I agree. I believe that being a nurse is more than a profession, it becomes part of who we are, embedded in how we feel about ourselves and and, more importantly, how we identify ourselve...

15. Graduating in May...

    dukeRN replied to Erica1019's topic in New Nurse

    I started looking for jobs and calling organizations, turning in applications and setting up interviews in January, then I finished all of my interviews by the middle of March and made a decision by the end of the month. By planning early, you can e...