Meressa

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1. Do new grads belong in the ICU?

   Meressa replied to LadyBugLass's topic in MICU

   Congrats on the news of your hiring folks! I just had to share a bit here. I went right into SICU fresh out of nursing school too and have done basically nothing else but critical care ever since (18 years now). I could not imagine doing anything e...

2. Relationships with Docs

   Meressa replied to shirleyTX's topic in MICU

   I used to work in a 15-bed SICU where we also took all the CABG/valve/AAA surgeries. This was my very first job right out of nursing school, so I remember all too well how the CV surgeons in particular could make you feel. But, I caught on real qui...

3. Locked I.C.U

   Meressa replied to gizelda196's topic in MICU

   I agree totally with the HIPPA issues gang, among other things that poorly planned visitation times can cause. I am an RN on a 20-bed ICU. A large majority of our patients are respiratory (pneumonia, COPD, ARDS, MO failure) and on the vent with seda...

4. Cute things manager's say

   Meressa replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! Please bear with me. I have been a lurker for quite some time & have thoroughly enjoyed this site, but this is my very first post! I just had to say that I have also worked under the kind of managers ya'll have talked about here,...