Fox_RuN BSN

CVICU, TSBICU, PACU

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About Fox_RuN

Fox_RuN has 14 years experience as a BSN and specializes in CVICU, TSBICU, PACU.


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    Air Force/Dogs/Single/Housing/Flight/ICU

    OUxPhys, even as a new officer I can live off base with a housing allowance?
  2. Looking for experiences and advice, particularly those with dogs. I have 2 greyhounds and I'm unmarried with no children. The information I'm seeing is that I would have to live on base? Would I be permitted to live off base at my own expense? Also, ...
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    Alaska Travel Nursing

    I'm currently getting ready for my first travel assignment through the University of Colorado. I'm already looking towards next steps though. Does anyone have experience with the Alaska Native in-house travel program? Not a lot of info on the website...
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    Crisis/strike travel

    We are nurses. What's a weekend and holiday, much less a "day"? Because I, and many of us, don't get them. P.S. coming from a union hospital here.
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    OHSU CVICU RNs out there?

    Hey all, I'm a current, experienced CVICU RN from the University of Michigan am looking to relocate to Portland and OHSU's CVICU. I'm planning a trip back out there in March and have been trying to get a hold of the nurse manager via e-mail to set-u...
  6. I'm not seeking full-time employement, so camp nursing is perfect in that aspect...one of the reasons I graitated to it.
  7. Thanks for your thoughtful response. You are right, definitely not what I want to hear :) I will have to get pediatric experience somewhere else...I refuse to work in another hospital again. My hospital was not bad as hospitals went, but the environm...
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    Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    Has anyone had experience with the website greatcampjobs.com? Are they legit? The description of the camps in their system sound promising... I'm just always skeptical of things that seem too pretty on-line or things that seem too good to be true. Th...
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    Going to CVICU!

    ACLS is a great place to start! +Do you know what types of patients you'll be receiving? In my CVICU, we see: -CABGs, pre and post-op -Valve replacements/repairs -Myomectomies -Congenital repairs in adults -Surgically/medically managed aortic aneury...
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    Looking for some insight from seasoned CCU nurses :]

    I second Dodongo without further information.... Are you floating to other ICUs, with your home base being in CCU? Yes, get a good orientation!!! You need to learn about vasopressor medications, medications that reduce afterload (i.e. nitroglycerin, ...
  11. I've been stuck with a (clean, thank goodness) needle before, after a patient got combative with me. Always keep a step ahead of your patient, get help holding down limbs if necessary, especially if you have to do IVs or butterfly blood draws where ...
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    Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    Which camps have you seen them at if you don't mind me asking? I will bring it up for any interview I have, but it's nice to know before hand what expectations are.
  13. Also, are there any winter camps out there? I remember going a camp in winter with my 5th grade class, but that was a special session...
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    Too much time on my hands

    To Campnurse1....Maybe this really is EXACTLY what I need. I need a nursing job with autonomy that lets me be my quiet, introspective self. Just playing my guitar, reading, fishing. A job that keeps my nursing skills sharp, but lets me enjoy the wood...
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    Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    Which camps will let you bring pets? Dogs? I'm having a tough time doing some google searches on it