megamaam

megamaam specializes in ER, MSICU.

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1. Quality ICUs to work at in the Bay Area

   megamaam replied to megamaam's topic in Critical

   I strongly advise against OHSU, they throw unsafe patient assignments and have unhelpful charges, had a horrible experience there. Providence St. Vincent is great, Portland Adventist, Kaiser Sunnyside and Legacy Good Sam are the other places I would ...

2. Quality ICUs to work at in the Bay Area

   megamaam posted a topic in Critical

   Hello, It is looking like I will be having to move to the bay area from Portland, OR in the next year or so to help take care of declining parents. I have a year of ED experience that I still work per diem in as well as 2 years in m/s ICU. I know tha...

3. Bullied by Charge Nurse? Or am I taking things to personally?

   megamaam replied to mouseynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Too bad you couldn't get that drip going. If that patient really started to tank and your charge was continuing to behave the way she did and/or another nurse couldn't help with it you could always call for a rapid response...as an ICU nurse I certai...

4. Preparing for Trauma ICU

   megamaam replied to megamaam's topic in Critical

   Thank you so much for your help. I will certainly take you up on your offer for more advice down the road. If you happen to know any tidbits of the trauma hospitals in Oregon that would help hehe! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my ...

5. Preparing for Trauma ICU

   megamaam replied to megamaam's topic in Critical

   Thank you for your advice...may I inquire some more? What kind of questions would you ask of your potential candidates? What books besides TNCC would you recommend reading in preparation? Sadly because I work in a small community hospital, CRRT, swan...

6. Preparing for Trauma ICU

   megamaam posted a topic in Critical

   I was wondering if anyone had some advice for preparing to enter the trauma ICU? I have been a trauma junkie since before nursing school volunteering in the ED. Throughout nursing school I got as much trauma ICU/step down time as I could and know tha...

7. ICU PBDS

   megamaam posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was wondering if anyone has had to take the ICU PBDS? I'm getting very nervous as I hear experienced RNs are failing and I see that a large percentage of people resent this exam when I search threads here. I have been an ER nurse for 2 years, and m...

8. i am sooo scared

   megamaam replied to andrea1930's topic in General Nursing

   It could mean one of two things...yes, you might not have passed, as this happened to one of my classmates. The other thing is that if your birthday conflicts with your state's renewing policy, you might not have it yet. Two of my classmates did not ...

9. i am sooo scared

   megamaam replied to andrea1930's topic in General Nursing

   You can also check your state board of nursing's website to see if you passed. I found out 19 hours after I took my NCLEX by going to Oregon State Board of Nursing's license verification system...saw my RN license right there :)