Glad2behere

Glad2behere

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About Glad2behere

Married 25 years, then dv, 3 kids, of which one was adopted from Russia. Worked in sales for 25 years, rejoining nursing and will be very good at it soon. I love Burn ICU.

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  1. How many of you married doctors?

    What is really icky to me is to see all the divorcees trying to score a doc on our unit. I work at a teaching facility so it is similar to the original poster's. Faces change often. Docs, male or female, have made a huge investment in time, money...
  2. How much should nurses be paid?

    Txsugarlvn is on the right track. Nurses will be recruited and trained "to fill gaps in the line" with specific duties assigned to each heirarchy. Another flavor of team nursing, the good news though I think, is something has to eventually cut loos...
  3. $25-$30 bucks an hour is peanuts!!

    Hi Folks, Haven't been on the BB for awhile but this thread caught my mind in the mud. Yea, I agree that nursing is relatively low pay, but it also has some very bright spots. I am one of those $20 an hour RN's. And I will also gross about a hundr...
  4. Renal dose Dopamine question.

    We use dopamine a lot in CCU, and almost never is a renal perfusion dose an issue. All our renal attendants will look you in the eye and say there is no such thing as a renal dose of dopamine, it just doesn't exist. For doseages under 5 mcg, it's ...
  5. Morphine and respirations

    I work in CCU, and we are seeing more and more of these type patients. We titrate for comfort using ABGs as the yardstick. Seems we never run MSO4 by itself, but with a combination of Ativan. Usually 2 to 1, and the scopolamine patch. The patient...
  6. IV Push Lopressor on a Med-Surg Unit??

    Our policy is not a strict NPO policy. All meds given PO remain PO with a sip of H2O preop. I work CCU, and rarely have I given Metoprolol IV. I gave it twice last week PO as the anesthesiologist was doing his preop assessment as we were moving th...
  7. Options

    A lot of us guys like the critical care stuff. Take delerium's advice, though try to separate what you like from the people you like that made that clinical a good experience. Good coworkers or instructors can make something you don't really care f...
  8. getting whites brighter

    This works great! Dissolves the blood in about 20 seconds.
  9. How do I get my caring back?

    Hi Folks, Tom makes a good point about beating the shyt out those little white balls...it is good therapy. I think too that we as nurses we are all on a heirarchy of emotional need and drain. As we witness and participate in events of increasing int...
  10. Clairol advertisement disrespects RNs?

    Amen Brother! Lest we forget...we must POLEEZ everyone all the time!
  11. forget about Iraq, for a minute, read this joke

    I needed that about right now:chuckle
  12. Adult septic work up precursors.

    I have to laugh! We still do it! Hospital protocol for any temp greater than 101.5 of unknown source. Sometimes, and usually sputum cultures too! If they're on a Foley the c&s is a given.
  13. Does your hospital have a lift team

    We don't have lift teams. We do have turn teams though. The nurse externs have to make rounds and do bed after bed of patient turning, one floor at a time. They're great.
  14. 29 year old husband has brain tumor

    I hope and pray for him, you, your children.
  15. Code Training?????

    Our hospital has a CCU response team. 2 CCU RN's ACLS, an internist, and a resident on rotation, and an RT must wear the beeper. One of the RN's must be a male as they are better suited to prolonged CPR. The floor nurse is only responsible initiat...