ICUBecky

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1. Is being a nurse really that bad?

   ICUBecky replied to Holly84's topic in General Nursing

   i double that

2. a little intimidated

   ICUBecky replied to MarisaLeigh03's topic in General Nursing

   keep your head up. try to stay as on course as possible, and try to make a lot of friends in the nursing program. i definitely found it much easier, with the support of people who really understood what i was going through! you will be in classes/...

3. Ever feel like..."STOP COMPLAINING"..

   ICUBecky replied to BuffaloLPN's topic in General Nursing

   I feel your pain Dr. Kate!! my mom (a RN) never let me stay home from school...except when i was diagnosed with mono or puking (and she actually had to see me puking AT HOME). anytime we would complain...she would just say "you think you're sick......

4. malignant hyperthermia

   ICUBecky replied to ICUBecky's topic in CRNA

   not anymore...he's dead.

5. malignant hyperthermia

   ICUBecky replied to ICUBecky's topic in CRNA

   yes tenesmus...he is fully mentating now. kinda sad. he knows how critical he is. at least ppl are telling him the truth though. don't worry...you don't sound horrible....i feel the same way. as far as labs. you are dead on. it's amazing how mu...

6. politics & job scarcity

   ICUBecky replied to Espresso girl!'s topic in CRNA

   right london88. i agree. people in the US think if we have universal health care, that everyone will get health care, no matter what their income. such a misconception. if you don't have any money to pay into it...you still may not get health care ...

7. NURSING SCHOOL: Your Biggest Challenge!

   ICUBecky replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

   my biggest challenge...resisting the temptation to go out every night with my non-nursing major friends. i definitely liked to go out!! also, getting up really early in the morning for clinicals. yuck. i'm definitely not a morning person. i didn'...

8. Nursing curriculum needs more respect!

   ICUBecky replied to MICU RN's topic in General Nursing

   just wondering...were you all ignorant to the salary and job descriptions of nursing before you went through a nursing program? did you all think you were going to start working...and WHAM everything would change. i dunno...i knew these things bef...

9. politics & job scarcity

   ICUBecky replied to Espresso girl!'s topic in CRNA

   i agree qwiigley. socialized medicine isn't all it is cracked up to be. when i spent a semester in the UK, my host mother had to wait over a year...in order to get a simple knee surgery. she was in so much pain when she walked...but according to t...

10. malignant hyperthermia

    ICUBecky replied to ICUBecky's topic in CRNA

    update on the patient. he is still alive, but continues to have a spiked temp, although down from 106 to 102. no muscle rigidity, ABGs normal. pt awake and following commands. cardiac funtion is shot...needs LVAD. hypokalemic, hypernatremic. ki...

11. malignant hyperthermia

    ICUBecky replied to ICUBecky's topic in CRNA

    very interesting. thankyou for your wonderful replies and website postings. guess i should use this pt. as a learning experience...since it looks like it happens in a small percentage of the pt. population. so, has anybody actually seen this and ha...

12. malignant hyperthermia

    ICUBecky posted a topic in CRNA

    just wondering if anybody here can give me an easy explanation of this phenomenon... my patient last night was diagnosed with this. he was emer. cabg X4, IABP, fentanyl, epi, levophed, dopamine, bicarb, insulin drips, pressure problems, very acidot...

13. Errors and do they cause you distress?

    ICUBecky replied to Youda's topic in General Nursing

    Wooo Hooo... KSU College of Nursing rocks!! I loved college...wish i was back there now!! seriously, what a great research project. very appropriate questions. what's sad is that i answered "yes" to practically all of them...and i can remember th...

14. Errors and do they cause you distress?

    ICUBecky replied to Youda's topic in General Nursing

    Wooo Hooo... KSU College of Nursing rocks!! I loved college...wish i was back there now!! seriously, what a great research project. very appropriate questions. what's sad is that i answered "yes" to practically all of them...and i can remember th...

15. Redbook Magazine article slams NPs - docs warn public to stay away from NPs

    ICUBecky replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    SmilingBlueEyes--- i think you should write a letter to the magazine....exactly the way you said it here. it really caught my attention, and i think it is a great statement. IMHO.