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  1. Injured nurse returning to work

    Thanks for both of your advice and kind words. I met with my scheduling manager about my concerns, and unfortunately only doing 8 hour shifts won't be an option but they did say for my upcoming 4 shifts in a row (3 12's plus 1 8) maybe I could be on...
  2. Injured nurse returning to work

    Hello all! I am a new-ish (3 years experience) nurse in a CVICU. Long story short, I have been away from the bedside for six months due to an ankle injury/surgery/complicated rehab. I return to the bedside in a couple of weeks and I am honestly ter...
  3. self extubation

    Had that happen to me a while back and to make things worse I had a student with me...luckily the patient did fine and the docs joked "well, they must have known they were ready to have the tube out!"
  4. Critical Care Charge Nurses

    On our unit a full patient load is 2 patients. Charge nurse takes 1 patient, does daily chart audits and sometimes acts as the unit secretary in addition to the usual charge nurse stuff.
  5. Backstabbing in the ICU (maybe a little venting!)

    I have had a very bad experience this week (not sure if qualifies as bullying or just back-biting) and am hoping this is not common in the ICU, or nursing in general. I had a demanding, substance-abusing patient who made for a busy shift. I survived ...
  6. TICU Resource Suggestions

    I just started in trauma so I bought Nurse to Nurse Trauma Care: Expert Interventions by Donna Nayduch, and I highly recommend it. I already owned Critical Care Nursing: Demystified and the Little ICU Book by Paul Marino. For me, personally, I though...
  7. Able to finish all tasks in ICU?

    I think I am still adjusting from my previous PACU experience; there it seemed so easy to get all your charting done and everything wrapped up nicely. Unfortunately, the expectation is you will chart everything within an hour of it happening or you h...
  8. Able to finish all tasks in ICU?

    Thanks all! My current brain has boxes for UOP, temp, and BG; I might have to add some for neuro checks. My preceptor said I need practice getting everything done efficiently which I should get by the end of my orientation.
  9. Able to finish all tasks in ICU?

    Hi all! I have just started a new job in a TICU at a Level 1 trauma hospital. I am still in orientation but I feel like it's going to be a constant battle to get all the "tasks" done on my shift (labs, meds, assessments) on really critical patients. ...
  10. Learning to manage 2 patients?

    Thanks for your suggestions! In my facility they do walking report and at first I thought it was awkward but I guess at least you know they're alive and in no acute distress. I really appreciate all the help and encouragement I get here.
  11. Learning to manage 2 patients?

    Hey all! I am orienting to ICU with a few years of Med-Surg/PACU under my belt. This is going to sound silly, but so far I have only ever taken care of 1 patient at a time. Now, I will have to start taking care of 2 patients at a time in order to pro...
  12. Average recovery times?

    Ah, I was wondering about the "nausea and pain free" part. A few nurses that worked in other hospitals told me sometimes you have to send the patient home puking because they won't feel better until they sleep it off and get the anesthsesia out of th...
  13. Air Force Nurses- Car a hassle with COT/NTP?

    I don't know if you can ship your car because COT and NTP are considered "tdy" i.e. a short temporary training. If you are staying at the base where you are doing NTP, then you can probably ship your car. At COT, you are not allowed to touch your car...
  14. I wish I knew (blank) when I was a new CCU RN...

    Aaah scary when the MDs don't know what's going in; I guess there's new docs in ICU too. Thanks for the advice. Did you go in as a new grad?
  15. I wish I knew (blank) when I was a new CCU RN...

    Hello everyone! I will soon be training to become a CCU nurse coming from 2 years experience on a low-acuity Med-Surg and 6 months of PACU. I am wondering if anyone has any advice or if there' s anything you wish you would have known when you started...