oregonnurse2007

oregonnurse2007 has 5 years experience and specializes in ED, Trauma/Surgical/Neuro ICU.

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1. Ltach quincy medical center or PCU morton hospital position. Please help!!!

   oregonnurse2007 replied to passionateRN2012's topic in LTAC

   I guess I would say take the PCU position. You will have your foot in the door, get some fresh step down pts, as well as know some faces for when you transfer. Pay your dues now and then try for ICU in a year or so. Good luck and congratulations!!

2. 3 Day Orientation to NICU??

   oregonnurse2007 replied to oregonnurse2007's topic in NICU

   Hi all, Thank you for your advice! I decided not to continue, I can appreciate how difficult it is to get a NICU position but putting both a baby's life and my license on the line is not worth it. I work in a level one adult trauma and ecmo ICU and g...

3. 3 Day Orientation to NICU??

   oregonnurse2007 posted a topic in NICU

   Hey guys, So the NICU manager at my hospital offered me a chance to orient to that unit so I could work on call. I was excited, until my third day orienting. She said that was all she could budget for. I'm an experienced adult ICU nurse, but I have n...

4. Nurses Who Took CCRN in 2010

   oregonnurse2007 replied to oregonnurse2007's topic in Critical

   Thank you all so much for your advice, it worked!! I passed with a 105!! Gasparis DVDs though dated were enough, along with the pass CCRN CD questions. Also took the Allegro Reviews CCRN review, it was super helpful! It was a 2 day conference that wa...

5. advice appreciated from nurses who work variable shifts

   oregonnurse2007 replied to carluvscats's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar experience when I was a new grad in ED...I could work 7-19, 9-21, 11-23, 14-02, 17-05 or 19-07 at any given time. My manager was really good about making sure my start times were progressively later, ie I would work 9-21, 14-02, then ...

6. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   oregonnurse2007 replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   I had an ED resident ask me to put a pt on 18% O2...how do you expect me to suck out that extra 3% from room air? Hahaha

7. severe hearing loss in one ear/working in CCU

   oregonnurse2007 replied to ferial's topic in Critical

   I currently work with someone who does have hearing loss, and sometimes it is dangerous. Sometimes he doesn't hear us calling him or talking to him, the patient's call lights, doesn't understand what we are saying to him, or more importantly, he does...

8. Should CVVHD be 1:1

   oregonnurse2007 replied to kristenallene40's topic in Critical

   CRRT at my hospital is a 1:1, on occasion if we are holding an overflow med/surg pt or a not-medically-cleared psych pt it will be paired up with that. IABP are 1:1, but not vents. I routinely have two vent patients, and it is very manageable. Also i...

9. Nurses Who Took CCRN in 2010

   oregonnurse2007 posted a topic in Critical

   Sooo, I have a question for you guys. I have been reading multiple forums here about CCRN. Many posts are several years old, and would like some current info. I have Laura Gasparis's 2004 review and the Pass CCRN DVD questions. To those who recently ...

10. CEN Practice Exams

    oregonnurse2007 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello all, I have a question about the CEN exam! I have just been given the two most recent CEN practice examination books from the ENA. I have found in the first book that I passed two of the tests and failed the other three. I'm getting ready to st...