hikergurl24

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1. How high have you titrated levophed?

   hikergurl24 replied to racing-mom4's topic in MICU

   I would ask what your CVP was, I'm assuming you had a central line for pressors...?? Vasopressin or Neo would have been my next bet for sure, and I would have demanded the the MD to come to the bedside...its so hard when you are playing phone tag wit...

2. What do you like about being an ICU RN?

   hikergurl24 replied to jspacegirl's topic in MICU

   If we are talking about what we love about the ICU...I love new traumas. Don't get me wrong, I do not want people to get hurt!...There is something about getting a new admission and having to be the person who needs to REALLY assess that person. The ...

3. The same question everybody keeps asking...

   hikergurl24 replied to jspacegirl's topic in MICU

   I went directly into SICU from graduation. Its been about two years now, and I couldn't be happier that I made that decision.

4. am i getting burnt out?? long one!

   hikergurl24 replied to sweetsmiles2007's topic in MICU

   You are an ICU nurse. This means you must do things that seem inhumane and not even kind sometimes. And although you may have your demons, there are times that these things you are doing brings a loved one back to life, and back to their family. It i...

5. Would I enjoy working in the ICU?

   hikergurl24 replied to RachelRN25's topic in MICU

   Also remember that "patient contact" in the ICU also means contact with an entire family. Even if your patient is ventilated, your patient contact will extend throughout an entire family, and you can often learn more about your patient through the ey...

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

   hikergurl24 replied to jbp0529's topic in MICU

   Hey everyone! At our hospital CRRT is always one to one and we always use 3 liter bags! I think we would go crazy, especially if you are taking two patients. I am also surprised that you don't stock effluent bags...do you reuse old ones?

7. does anyone use swans anymore?

   hikergurl24 replied to squirlkeeperCCRN's topic in MICU

   We only see PA catheters for our postop ruptured AAA's, otherwise we never see them anymore.