FSU_NOLEGIRL_RN

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1. Inaccurate story on CNN?

   FSU_NOLEGIRL_RN replied to amyphee's topic in Burn

   Oh and I forgot.. it is the NURSES who do the debridements as well. The docs go look at them in ER, write debridement orders and floor or ICU order and don't even come to see them after the debridement, just the enxt day.

2. Inaccurate story on CNN?

   FSU_NOLEGIRL_RN replied to amyphee's topic in Burn

   It is true that Jackson Memorial is a teaching hospital but so is the hospital that I work at, in the Regional Burn Unit, and I don't care if it is a 75 percenter.... NURSES do the wound care. I highly doubt that there is one doctor let alone a "team...

3. You're On Stage

   FSU_NOLEGIRL_RN replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

   They do it where I work but it is called "Showtime" and when fellow employees think that you are not doing what you are suppose to do they go... "that's not very showtime of you." Very annoying.

4. Utmost respect for Burn Unit Nurses.

   FSU_NOLEGIRL_RN replied to tookalongtime's topic in Burn

   I am a burn nurse and honestly can not imagine doing anything else now. I love the one on one time that I get with my patients when I am doing their dressing changes. I think people think that it is harder than it is but if you are a compassionate p...

5. Hospital w/ advanced burn unit????

   FSU_NOLEGIRL_RN replied to SDNEWGIRL's topic in Burn

   Tampa General Hospital Regional burn center and icu

6. Advice on how to become a burn nurse

   FSU_NOLEGIRL_RN replied to thumper4224's topic in Burn

   I currently work on a burn unit and I was hired there as a brand new rn. I think that best advice I could give you is that I believe the reason why I was hired had everything to do with attitude. They can teach most people the skills but it takes a s...

7. Does Dobutamine fall into a category of Diuretics somehow?

   FSU_NOLEGIRL_RN replied to chitchat's topic in CCU

   I have seen doctors use it in the ICU for patients who do not respond to regular methods to increase BP and renal perfusion lik efluid bolus and diuretics, as well as in code situations.