SILRN

SILRN has 3 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, ER, ICU.

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1. CNA in Nsg school attracted to ER

   SILRN replied to CNA2day's topic in Emergency

   I worked Med/Surg and LTC as a CNA while going through nursing school. After nursing school I worked on the Med/Surg floor for a few months then got bumped to ER. My hospital was very small in a town of only 3200. ER is ER up to some aspect. All ...

2. Do you keep in shape just to keep up at work?

   SILRN replied to simvee's topic in Men

   I think it's funny that you say you needed to lose weight to stay in shape for nursing. I've noticed that since i've been working in the ICU it seems that I am now the only name that any of the the female nurses remember when they need a patient lif...

3. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   SILRN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

   Worked on a Med/Surg unit that, quite often, had dementia patients. I once had to answer a light because a woman had to tell me that there were two little kids running around in her room stealing her candy from her bedside table and would not give i...

4. 12 Hour Shifts--A bad idea?

   SILRN replied to ObstreperousYoungLad's topic in General Nursing

   I work in an ICU. I alternate weeks. 1st week i'll do 3x12, next week is 4x12, then 3, then 4...etc. When I was first starting 12 hour shifts a few years ago I hated it and was so tired that i felt like I couldn't function by the end of the shift. ...

5. What are you using for sedation?

   SILRN replied to kgriffiRN's topic in MICU

   hey everyone, new to the forum. We use diprivan as a mainstay and depending on the difficulty of sedation we will add in fentanyl/versed or something similar. 9/10 pts on sedation are on diprivan and I hate it because it seems to be so much more di...