weirdscience

weirdscience

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About weirdscience

weirdscience has 4 years experience and specializes in Critical Care.


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  1. Transferring fron Med-Surg/Tele to ICU advice please

    Your tele experience will be an asset to you. The biggest transition I experienced (and have witnessed other med/surg to critical care RN's undergo) is the shift of priorities from a task orientation to an acuity and systems orientation. You really h...
  2. We use a 10 ml per hour backer at minimum, unless the gtt is running at 10 or greater.
  3. Does your ICU use CHG wipes for bathing patients?

    We use the CHG wipes, and are also starting to move away from calling them a "bath."
  4. Univ of Texas Arlington RN_BSN Online experience, anything?

    OP, I work full time nights and have gotten straight A's taking 1-2 courses at a time. I have 4 classes left, including Capstone. I have taken two of the "dreaded" ones (Assessment and Management) already, and am in the process of taking the third (R...
  5. Univ of Texas Arlington RN_BSN Online experience, anything?

    Time-consuming but easy.
  6. How much compassion is necessary to be a Great RN ??

    I think you'll be fine. This is normal. At least for some of us girls. ;-)
  7. A sobering story-------

    I got the impression that the statement came from her self-report to the hospital's event reporting system, which does not go into the chart. Not sure how the press got ahold of it, though.
  8. Is being a CNA imperative?

    I worked a better paying job throughout NS. I learned the CNA stuff hands-on my first year as a RN (we went over some of it, very generally, in a prerequisite for NS but there was very little hands-on training, so it didn't really stick.) In retrosp...
  9. Is It Possible To Work During Nursing School?

    I worked about 30 hours a week. Expect to get poorer grades and to miss any "social" aspects of NS like study groups, but it's doable.
  10. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    Michelle Collins is no peach, either. She's the one who initially brought up the monologue in a derogatory way, but Behar is getting most of the heat.
  11. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    Also, if you click on "Visitor Posts" on the View's Facebook page, there are many more scathing comments.
  12. Thank you, Joy Behar!

    They're not going to live this one down quietly. Their Facebook page is exploding. I thought it was refreshing to see her monologue about her talent. Not everyone plays an instrument or does ballet. I was really proud of Miss Colorado.
  13. Why is everyone hating on ED?

    Totally agree. I'm an ICU nurse also, and I can't imagine expecting the ED nurse to have done a 1900 glucose check at 1850 whilst transporting said patient. That's pretty ridiculous.
  14. What do nurses bring during duty?

    Not a dumb question, not everyone uses different colored pens. Some do it to organize their brain sheet (seen a lot in ICU, different tasks get different colors or things get checked off with another color) and some who are still using paper charting...
  15. I hate Frozen! Lego Movie for the win!