As a matter of fact. I have a great success story of a 29 year old male who survived a massive trauma. Due to this trauma, he suffered major damage to his lungs and had to be put on ECMO. He live with ECMO for over 3 weeks. Almost a world's recor...
Thanks for the information. Yes, I'm sure that the cases that we treat are nec fas. They usually come to us with the infection. We practice perfect isolation and handwashing techniques. Our burn unit is excelent at containing and stopping this pr...
Mystic~~~~~ Sounds like you think you are God's gift to nursing! What makes you think that you are a better nurse then those of us that have our ADN. I have just been hired on a ICU. They hired four new grads. Two ADN educated and two BSN educate...
Becca~~~~~ I'm also a new grad. Before I even graduated I got over half a dozen job offers. Most of them being in critical care areas. I say, dump the job and get a new one. Who needs all that aggrevation?
peck13---Thanks for the support! I'd work with you any day. I'd also let you take care of me or my family. I wouldn't let Erbn Girl anywhere near me. She obviously has no idea about REAL LIFE nursing. Nursing is not all Florence Nightengale. It...
Erbn Girl----How dare you question my professionalism? Me and my unit only support professional nurses and other staff. Yes, we enjoy having fun. We also enjoy the friendships we have made at work. No, we arn't always stone cold nurses like you. ...
Fireman- Hi, I am a new graduate RN. I work in a burn intensive care unit. On our night shift we have more male nurses then female. As one of the few females working with all males, I enjoy working with them. It's fun to joke with them, burp with...
Sometimes I think that nurses forget where their place is in the health care system. I have a ADN. I am not qualified or educated to do some things that BSN or MSN educated nurses are. I can't do adminstration or research because I am not educated...