SHURN

SHURN specializes in ICU, CVICU.

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1. Low census. . .no work. . .

   SHURN replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

   same problems here. Actually, the entire health system is now "restructuring." Yeah, you all know what that really means.

2. sweating on the job?

   SHURN replied to supersonic7667's topic in General Nursing

   As far as the botox, yes, I went to a derm. He also had prescribed robinul first. It worked ok, but man, I had some serious dry mouth and eyes! Remember, it's an anticholinergic med, so you get all the good things that go along with that. As far as t...

3. sweating on the job?

   SHURN replied to supersonic7667's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know how much research you have done, but there are other procedures that help with hyperhidrosis. I myself get botox for underarm hyperhidrosis and it really changed my life! There is also Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS)for more seve...

4. Pt refusals

   SHURN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

   Still wondering what that meant too. I am guessing I can assume after the other post...

5. Pt refusals

   SHURN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

   Excuse me?

6. When specializing, does that limit where you can go in the future?

   SHURN replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in General Nursing

   No, I don't think you should worry. All areas of nursing involve skills that are important NO MATTER what area you work in: critical thinking, multi-tasking, patient education, etc. Sure, would you need orientation to a different specialized area? Ye...

7. Failed Med/Surg by 3/10 point

   SHURN replied to Ciale's topic in General Students

   Looking at your example question, I will give some advice that many students in my program needed: stop reading into the questions so much!! Choose the most obvious answer. Sometimes you think, "wow, this question has such an OBVIOUS answer that they...

8. Whoever invented the lunch and learn

   SHURN replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. I would rather buy my own lunch than have to spend my break thinking about work. Like you said, it's my time.

9. New timeclock system at work - "API Laborworkx" - VENT!

   SHURN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   agreed with what others said. A few of your complaints are really facility related. It's not hard to use at all, in my opinion. In time, I'm sure you will be comfortable with it.

10. Interruptions while giving report

    SHURN replied to MsSocalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with amarilla - we give report in our ICU like she described. Very detailed. Still, being that detailed I can give report on both of my patients in 10-12 minutes. Considering we can't clock out until 23 min after, that's fine. We are also req...

11. What? Really?

    SHURN replied to motivated2nurse's topic in Emergency

    I learned very quickly that I just could not let the complainers bother me and I had to quit taking it personally. You learn a lot about your co workers in a short period of time. The fact of the matter is that there are great charge nurses just as o...

12. RN jobs in Austin

    SHURN replied to tferdaise's topic in Texas

    bump....me too

13. Why does ICU want to refuse the patient all the time?

    SHURN replied to mikeworksRN's topic in General Nursing

    well, the admit I got tonight is a good example. I get in report that the pt is on a NRB, HGB 7, ? GI bleed. Was med surg, but pulmonary wanted ICU. No prob, It sounds warranted. So I get the pt. He is on 6 L NC, sats 100%, BP 120/60, HR NSR. A/O. I ...

14. No burn out....enough is enough!

    SHURN replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny because I was just saying this the other day. People need to stop picking up! When management sees we have NO ONE to fill in the holes, they will hire more nurses. Of course I got my head bit off for saying it - Gee aren't YOU so lucky th...

15. Need a little help here if you have gone from nights to days....

    SHURN replied to crb613's topic in Emergency

    well, I went from nights to days 2 yrs ago. I was on nights for 3 yrs. I felt the same way as you about, well, everything. I finally decided that my health and family life was more important. I think one misconception about day RNs (in my unit at lea...