Bobrn

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1. Non-ICU nurse pulled to your unit...

   Bobrn replied to askater's topic in MICU

   1) Tell your supervisor they're crazy as hell 2) You can refuse assignments. Depending on which state you work in, this can affect your employement status 3)Pulling a non ICU nurse to take care of ICU patients is dangerous. Not only is your license i...

2. Smokers

   Bobrn replied to momrn50's topic in General Nursing

   A few questions for smokers: 1)Why do you smoke? 2)Do you want to quit? If the answer to #2 is No, then.. 3)Why not? I smoked for ten years. Quit three times, hardest thing I ever did. Then I dipped! Met a patient in school who had a radical neck dis...

3. Medical jobs while going to school ... ?

   Bobrn replied to Zen Existence's topic in General Nursing

   Here's what I did: Got a job as a nursing assistant in a hospital. Didnt care for it too much, as it was mostly turn and wipe! I got a job that paid me the most while in school, which was in a research field doing Phase I clinical trials. This partic...

4. Nursing is pathetic...

   Bobrn replied to [email protected]'s topic in Career Support

   Just spent a few hours reading most of this thread. I applaud Nursedude and the thread title "Nursing is pathetic". It seems that the thread title isn't to demean those working in the field personally, but rather the conditions in which nursing as a ...

5. For experienced nurses, can you honestly encourage anyone to enter nursing?

   Bobrn replied to wildtime88's topic in General Nursing

   Although my experience is limited (3 years), I'm going to share my little story. Out of high school, I was a line cook, and then a restaurant manager. Talked to a friend who was going to nursing school, thought I'd give it a shot. I never had a calli...

6. Pain management in Post-CABG patients

   Bobrn replied to MeganWoods's topic in CCU

   Our facility also is using Precedex, although the drug is gaining considerably distrust from our surgeons, as extubation times seem to be prolonged (we shoot for 6 hours or less). Often times, when patients aren't quite recovering from anesthesia and...