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  1. Thinking of Transitioning to Psych

    I've been a RN for almost 11 years (1 year floor, 10 years surgical-trauma ICU). I was playing around with the idea of transitioning to psych. The only psych experience I have was back in 2005-2006 when I worked in a locked-down sub-acute facility ...
  2. A Headache is not an emergency

    Well, it really depends. Sometimes those headaches turn into a ruptured aneurysm.
  3. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    Well, depending on where you came from...as for me, nursing has been a great accomplishment from working low-paying dead-end jobs. I can't complain. I work a week on and get a week off. I get two weeks off a month and the pay isn't bad once you put y...
  4. Baby RN's running ICU?!!

    There seems to just be a high turnover rate no matter where you end up. Lately, I've seen a very high turn over rate that I have never seen in the past 7 years in our ICUs, and like you, there are a good share of new grads taking up those places. H...
  5. How to be a good preceptor

    I've been a preceptor for new grads or even new employees with ICU experience for a good amount of years, but I was wondering if anyone had anything they can share for me to read or just some past experiences as a preceptor and/or the as the precepte...
  6. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    My answer is still the same as it was a year ago when I responded to this post...nursing still sucks, and it's just gonna suck even more.
  7. Fluid bolus by gravity or pump?

    I think it just depends on the access you have.
  8. ICU Charge Nurse with Patient Assignment

    why would anyone in their right mind say that a charge nurse should have any patients, unless you are part of the administration??!!
  9. How to deal with negative nurses.

    Usually the longer that you have done the job, the more negative your attitude becomes. Healthcare in general is a hard industry to work in. There is little to none recognition, and a lot of back stabbing that goes along with it. You get a lot of ...
  10. Wage Increases

    So, I want to know, how many wage increase have you had in the last 6 years as an RN? I've had 2...and the last 1 i had I didn't even see a difference on my paycheck because it got wiped out by the social security tax increase a few years back. Nur...
  11. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    Yes it does. I'm sorry that you have to hear it like that, but yes it sucks bad.
  12. Opinion of nurses

    Well I hope to God that some heroic friend of mine doesn't try to extend my life when it's pass overdue. It's the nurse's and the doctor's role to give a realistic picture on the quality of life, and the reality of the situation. There are worst th...
  13. Need advice about ICU job switch!

    Email the manager. That's how I got my interview set up when I was working a floor unit and wanted to transfer to the ICU. I didn't get a response back until 3 months later when a position opened up. I applied, was interviewed, and that's all there...
  14. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Guidelines

    I just run the machine, the renal doc gets the big bucks to decide what I run through it.
  15. Seizure activity during re-warming phase of hypothermia

    If it becomes uncontrollable, you can try propofol, and if that doesn't work you put them on a pentobarbital coma, but you would definitely need an EEG...problem with pentobarbital coma, is that it takes forever to clear the system. There's other dru...