RocktheBoat

RocktheBoat

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About RocktheBoat

RocktheBoat has 3 years experience and specializes in ICU.


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  1. ACLS in Chicago or WI??

    CPR Associates in Chicago. They provide the materials and class. If this is your first time the cost is $199. I use this place for ACLS and have had positive experiences.
  2. I agree, I work in ICU and push Versed all the time. I don't know of any ICU where the nurses are not trained in conscious sedation...
  3. Ahh the many reasons that after a mere 3 years at bedside I have begun to loathe almost everything about working bedside, and cant wait until I'm done with grad school to get the hell away. I'm sorry, but I dont get paid enough to do my job and make...
  4. Moving Too Slowly in Emergent Situations

    It sounds like you did everything you could for your patients. I would have refused to go to CT--the patient sounded far too unstable (if I was only able to get a BP by manual doppler that patient is probably not going anywhere but the morgue). Eve...
  5. staffing

    I work in a mixed ICU (medical, surgical and hearts). Our hearts are usually 1:1 for at least 24 hours (more if needed). I have been tripled more times than I can keep track of. We have had a nurse with an IABP that was made to take on a second pa...
  6. Are some people just not cut out for ICU?

    I think that some people are definitely not cut out for ICU. I think that ICU takes a person with a certain personality--I have also been told this by some of the nurses I know on the floor. If she is on her 14th week and still has no clue about va...
  7. Am I waisting my time with associates degree?

    I wouldn't necessarily say that it is a waste of time (education is one of the best investments), but with the current economy employers can be more picky. All but two nurses on my unit have a BSN. The two nurses with their ADN were hired years ago...
  8. I am required to have current BLS and ACLS for my job--both of which the hospital pays for. When I was a new grad, the hospital also wanted the nurses new to the ICU to take the ECCO program, which they also paid for. However, my hospital now is pu...
  9. What area of nursing did you work in before becoming a NP?

    It's not too bad right now, I work 3 12s and take about 2 classes a semester. Once I start clinicals I will have to start working every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to make time for class and clinical (so I will basically be busy everyday of the wee...
  10. What area of nursing did you work in before becoming a NP?

    I'm still an NP student, but I'll answer anyway. I have worked in the ICU since I finished nursing school (3 yrs ago) and continue to work full-time in the ICU during grad school. I think ICU and ER experience is not a bad thing to have, but not ne...
  11. Why doesn't the nursing profession support LPNs?

    I agree--a lot of LPNs don't know what they don't know until they get their RN. I'm sure you are a perfectly capable LPN, but to put down your RN co-workers saying that you are smarter than them is nothing but disrespectful. Once you get your RN yo...
  12. Probably, but only because being an RN is a stepping stone to becoming a NP (I'm half-way done with NP school. There are days when I love my job, but there seems to be more days that I don't like my job. I work in an ICU and love it when I have ver...
  13. Working and NP program?

    I work full-time (3 12s a week), go to a brick-and-mortar school taking 2 classes a semester, and just had a baby. I have not started clinical yet (I'm getting all the other classes out of the way first), so I'll have to wait and see what I'll be ab...
  14. New grad who wants to be ICU, pls help!

    I was hired as a new grad in the ICU a few years ago, but the way the current job market is I think it might be best to take a job where you can get it. I know that sucks (I knew I was not a med-surg girl--I knew I wanted ICU) but these days employe...
  15. WOW! The public really doesn't like us, huh?

    You can't fix stupid...