RNFELICITY
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My name is Debbee. I am happily married with 2 teen-age daughters (and I still have my hair!) I currently work in an ICU but I have worked in many fields over the past 11 years.
RNFELICITY replied to TheDude77's topic in NP Students
I work full time and I am an FNP student. I will tell you that if you have a family, a life, a job...it can be very demanding. However, I have found that using a calendar and putting every detail of my life on it that it keeps me on track and I can...
RNFELICITY replied to mmcc26's topic in NP Students
I will be 47 going on 48 when I complete my NP. I don't think age is a factor in becoming whatever you want to be. If you hve the desire, GO FOR IT!!!!
BRAVO!!! You are so true. Different areas and sizes of hospitals see such a variety of cases. You really have to look at where you want to live, what you want to do, and look at each hospital and what they take care of. I know the ICU at my loca...
Thanks! I got my CCRN almost two years ago. Maybe I am just freaking out because I am anal...lol. I did not know if I needed to study more trauma stuff like an ER nurse from the ENA or not.
also, look at lab trends and vital signs trends and not just what happened today. Look at rhythm strips over the past few days. It is amazing hte subtle changes you can se that might be important.
Your alarms are your friends. Don't ever turn any of them off and set them to how you want them and whatever is specific to the patient. Too often, nurses will just keep the standards and not really use the alarm settings as a way to see changes in...
This is soooooo important. I do a fair amount of orientation and I always want every nurse to come to me with what they think they should do so we can work through the thought process. If you always just get fed an answer, then you take that answer...
Sounds to me like you are in a hospital that is way too small for what you want. Frankly, in a hospital that has less than 4 beds in their ICU, you are still not going to truly get a good ICU experince because most will get shipped out to a larger, ...
I have been a critical care nurse for about 5 years and a nurse for 13+ but I have never worked in anything but a MICU. Now, I am looking at moving into a Level I trauma hospital's SICU that takes care of all the traumas, all neuro cases if that hav...
My last ICU was 24 bed MICU that took everything except open hearts. The staffing was 3 patients to one nurse. They also got the brilliant idea to start sending overflow into the ICU not to mention that they wanted to improve patient scores so they...
Well, I guess my viewpoint is that ALL people deserve care no matter what their size without me trying to pass judgement or push my own agenda on them. Not only for our own safety, but the safety of the patient, you should always get help with prett...
The last ICU I worked in allowed visitors 24/7 in unlimited amounts. It was not unusual to spend the majority of your shift caring for the family instead of the patient in some situations.
RNFELICITY replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in MICU
We use F here in this area. I think that if we don't think in celsius, it is hard to understand where you are...lol. Pt with rectal temp of 107 something...died a few days later on CRRT and every gtt known to mankind.