IckuRN

IckuRN RN

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About IckuRN

IckuRN has 9 years experience as a RN and specializes in Critical Care.


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  1. RN Bloggers!

    Do you use your real name? What made you decide to or not to? Thank you! IckU
  2. i think i hate being a nurse?

    Wow, I'm sorry! I can't say my introduction to nursing was rosy either and I won't lie and tell you how rewarding it is now. Many things you mention are common, more so in certain hospitals/regions. ER will never ever ever stop giving you the 630 adm...
  3. O....M....G. Reminds me so much of a few places (GA and CA)! Yes, I believe the grass has to be greener. In the meantime, perhaps you can change your wording when you page the MD's. I usually start with (if I know I'm calling a turd) "I am notifying...
  4. I'm glad you asked, because I have been wondering the same thing, but I think it's engulfing nursing as a whole. It didn't use to be run in circles, chart, more running, chart...and by the end of the shift 1 patient got 1/2 of the attention they need...
  5. I hate nursing!!!

    Do you have any links to these studies?! Thank you!!
  6. Can some one develop an allergy to PPD?

    THANK YOU!!!
  7. D5 water and Cerebral Edema

    I have never heard of D5W /c CHI. I guess I have never given water boluses OG while the ICP was still an issue either. And I am a bit shocked anyone but NeuroSx is allowed to come near the chart, much less change IVF's! I orient this week into a new ...
  8. I hate nursing!!!

    I am sorry to hear of your misery. It sounds like you would be a great candidate for a float pool position. It will not let you escape the baby boomers, but it does free you from the hell of middle management...and from unit politics, for that matter...
  9. Can some one develop an allergy to PPD?

    I have been allergic to one of the preservatives (dunno which) for some time, and I have dealt with them because I don't know if getting an annual CXR is better for my health than a SC injection of a substance my body clearly recognizes as toxic? Phe...
  10. i think i hate being a nurse?

    So what have you decided to do?
  11. Who pays the highest? I'm not sure I can swing cutting my income in half! I know, I know...the cost of living is lower...but unless heat and groceries are free....!
  12. how much Indiana nurses make

    Anyone with more promising quotes? This sounds worse than Alabama! How about for agency RN's? Thank you!
  13. Nursing student moving from California to NY

    I was quoted terrible rates (even with the stipend) and had little luck in finding a PRN position near where the bf moved...so I bailed and stayed home. Wish I could be more help! GL!!
  14. Nursing student moving from California to NY

    My boyfriend has his OB/Peds rotations there for medicine, I'm just along for the ride! I nosed around valuemd.com this week, you can look there to see if anyone has posted in the area you need, but it's a little time consuming. I asked because I ha...
  15. Nursing student moving from California to NY

    Sweet, we can suffer this together! I have a friend that starts his Brooklyn medicine rotations before we do, and I'm waiting to hear about his 2BR apartment/details. Since we will only be there 5 months, I looked about sublet.com, and there was qui...