Rainagrey

Rainagrey has 8 years experience and specializes in MICU.

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1. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

   Rainagrey replied to Scrubz's topic in MICU

   We use propofol pretty regularly on my unit and (as far as I know) haven't had a case of propofol infusion syndrome. My question is, why do patients develop blue/green urine? I'm going to hop on uptodate and see what I can find out . . .

2. UMASS Boston RN-BSN Online update

   Rainagrey replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts

   Hi ladies! I graduated from the UMass RN-BSN program this past May, although I did the program through UMass Amherst, not Boston. It went really well and really quickly! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions I could maybe help you with! -Ru

3. On-line RN-BSN or MSN programs

   Rainagrey replied to KIttyRN712's topic in General Nursing

   *waves* Hi! I'm in an online program right now actually through UMass Amherst. It's the best deal I could find, being a resident of Mass, it costs me roughly 10k total, and it's three semesters. I started this past June and I'm done this May (woot...

4. Heard of American Mobile Healthcare

   Rainagrey replied to jaycrue's topic in Travel

   Hi guys! Wow, I feel like I found this thread just in time, lol! I have an application to American mobile that I've been filling out over the past couple of days, but all these comments are giving me serious pause. I'm a newbie nurse too (I've bee...

5. cRNA programs and BSN?

   Rainagrey posted a topic in CRNA

   Hi all! I currently have an ADN, and my long term goal is to go to cRNA school. I've been told by several people that it doesn't matter where I get my BSN from, just so long as my grades are really good. I'm looking into a program at UMass Amherst...

6. NH & MA Forums

   Rainagrey replied to melgrek's topic in New Hampshire

   I currently live in good ole massachusetts, but I've been recently considering to the Keene NH area (so damn cute up there). What does anybody hear about the Cheshire Medical Center that's in Keene? I know that they're affiliated with Dartmouth-Hit...

7. Welcome nurses from Massachusetts!

   Rainagrey replied to Ted's topic in Massachusetts

   Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I'm a 21 year old new grad and I started work over at Milford Regional about two weeks ago and I'm having a great time. I was wondering however, if anybody has heard of Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N...

8. Where to work in Sydney?

   Rainagrey posted a topic in International

   Hi all - I have a friend here in Boston who is hoping to do a travel stint as an ICU RN in Australia. Any suggestions as to which hospitals she should ask for? Here the usual ICU assignment is one or two - is it the same down there? Thanks in advance...

9. Nursing & Depression

   Rainagrey replied to carpe_de_em's topic in Stress 101

   Couple of studies I've seen reported, one from Israel, all with significant improvements on the HAM-D thing. I was impressed enough to try it, and I was surprised that it seemed to actually work. One guy at Harvard named Andrew Stoll has gone commerc...

10. Nursing & Depression

    Rainagrey replied to carpe_de_em's topic in Stress 101

    Hello sister nurses. Let me recommend the "psychopharmacology tips" website to y'all. Once there, take a look at the Psycho-Babble bulletin board. Here's a link: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/ - just scroll down to find the discussion. Lots of intere...

11. Self Study to learn ICU nursing???!?!

    Rainagrey replied to 502Nurse's topic in MICU

    I wouldn't even consider it - we give our RN orientees three months, sometimes extended to four. In the meantime, may I respectfully suggest: http://www.icufaqs.org? Entirely free. And worth the price!

12. "Labs" is up at www.icufaqs.org ...

    Rainagrey posted a topic in MICU

    Hello all. A new file: "Labs", is up on the micu faq site at http://www.icufaqs.org. Let us know what you think. All the best.

13. A question about publishing from the ICU FAQ authors...

    Rainagrey posted a topic in CCU

    Hello all. We've been receiving some interest in having the FAQs (http://www.icufaqs.org) put together in book form, and after some looking around we've learned a bit about "print-on-demand". This seems pretty simple - a person would click on a websi...

14. A question about publishing from the ICU FAQ authors...

    Rainagrey posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all. We've been receiving some interest in having the FAQs (http://www.icufaqs.org) put together in book form, and after some looking around we've learned a bit about "print-on-demand". This seems pretty simple - a person would click on a websi...

15. "Bedside Emergencies" is up at www.icufaqs.org ...

    Rainagrey posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all - "Bedside Emergencies" is up at http://www.icufaqs.org - initial reviews are pretty positive. Enjoy.