suetje

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1. CCRN with tele experience?

   suetje replied to jennysong81's topic in MICU, SICU

   Good for you! you should always take on a challenge! Can you get a job in an ICU so that you have some of the necessary knowledge to pass the CCRN? that would be

2. Denying Death As A Society

   suetje replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

   I teach and make jokes of this to the RNs I teach.." It's OK Mom! You are a fighter! You are only 102!" We are a terrible death-defying society. Even trying to discuss this topic is almost...

3. I'm a new nurse and I feel like quitting :'(

   suetje replied to NurseGee2016's topic in First Year After Licensure

   There are marvelous institutions out there (I work in one!!!) and you should move either to another unit or hospital! There are great people out there, great teachers and mentors. You deserve to...

4. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

   suetje replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

   Unfortunately, I think it is. We have to be so much more skilled, have so much more critical skills...and no more pay. It is equivalent to paying a company vice president the same as the office...

5. The future of hemodialysis?

   suetje replied to Chisca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I believe the only clinical trial of the "wearable kidney" were in Europe. And yes, this is a working prototype but nanotechnology could make this much smaller. Not sure what you'd do with the...

6. Is CNS masters program a bad idea for regular RN on hospital floor?

   suetje replied to Natalie513's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   You really owe it to yourself to just practice for a while as a nurse. You may find a CNS program to be quite a handful without any background experience in the real world of nursing. You surely can...

7. New Grad Neuro ICU Position

   suetje replied to Viking12's topic in Critical Care

   The fact that you have done 2 semesters in a neuro unit is fabulous and probably you have learned a lot more than you thought you did! So you already are ahead of the game! If you want to learn...

8. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

   suetje replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   I agree with Julie A. The "standards" to raise nursing practice are all great, but what really IS the value of a DNP? It should reflect skills with clinical practice yet I hear the students I work...

9. Denying Death As A Society

   suetje replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely positively to the point! I see it in my ICU too. And the Attendings are often the problem. We all know it is going to happen, but the comment from them is 'Well, good news! The white...

10. Running PRBC concurrently with NS?!

    suetje replied to nurseap's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with iluvivit. Saline is the only thing to run "with" blood, and clearly, the MD did not want the pt to get fluid overload the pt, so she slowed the rate of the infusion while blood was...

11. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    suetje replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    @traumaRus- yes I am called an educator. Fine. The 'pseudo CNS' means I do that job as well as educator because we have no CNS and it dovetals into the whole mentor educator role. I suggesated to...

12. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    suetje replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I agree that the DNP ius a worthy goal, but for us bedside expert clinicians, it is a title for....WHAT? Any of us that read academic journal articles can understand research, I think. So shouldn't...

13. MICU vs SICU

    suetje replied to NCRNMDM's topic in MICU, SICU

    Trust me, in our large teaching hospital, a lot of the patients in MICU are frequent flyers like quads that come in for repeated pneumonias, CF patients with issues, and those chronic medical patients...

14. minimum UFpossible?

    suetje posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Anyone have an answer for why the so-called standard for setting the minimum UF on a dialysis machine seems to always be taught as 300? this would be when you are not taking any fluid off. There...

15. Can't believe they do CRRT this way...

    suetje replied to jbp0529's topic in MICU, SICU

    O!M!G! You are doing a GREAT job of quality assurance and your institution does not appreciate it? Geez! I would suggest to your Manager 1st you initiate a QA program for CRRT. Note the errors you...