Spiderella

Spiderella

Trauma ICU, MICU,Tele. PCU, IMC

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About Spiderella

Spiderella has 9 years experience and specializes in Trauma ICU, MICU,Tele. PCU, IMC.


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  1. New to ICU? What have you learn so far?

    When you are preparing your admit bed, get a bag of 1L LR and 1L NS ready. You never know which you will need, but if your patient has a low BP, it's great to have your bolus on hand and ready to go. Also when preparing the admit room, write your la...
  2. New to ICU? What have you learn so far?

    My biggest issue is delegation. It's okay to ask for help from other nurses, they aren't going to think that you are a slacker...
  3. Trauma ICU vs Med-surg

    This thread is just the opposite of what I think. I actually left MSICU for Trauma because I got bored silly taking care of the same ol' ventilated corpses with myriad health problems that you can never get off the vent. And those dressing changes......
  4. Trauma Nursing

    Every trauma hospital has a different system. The one I work at now, there are regular ER nurses that support trauma admits but do not have primary responsibility in the trauma bay. The trauma bay is 3 rooms and is manned by 2 CRNs, which are resourc...
  5. Senior RN Student w/ Jealous Husband!!!

    FYI you might run into some more financial issues when you file for divorce. A friend of mine was in the same situation, and the husband sued her for spousal support and won, because he had 'supported' her financially through nursing school, therefor...
  6. VENT - Sickle Cell Crisis patients

    A couple of nurses have already approached this from the nursing point of view, so I'm going to try a different angle. As a nurse with sickle cell anemia, I have the unique position of understanding the realities of both scenarios. Sickle cell pr...
  7. VENT - Sickle Cell Crisis patients

    FYI: There is no blood test that can tell if someone is having a sickle cell crises. The lab work that is checked, is their H&H levels to see if we need a blood transfusion since we are usually anemic. Their Coags are checked to make sure they ar...
  8. Found this quite insightful. 25 Things You May Not Know About What Nurses Know They just forgot to add Superman strength for pulling and moving patients around, and an iron stomach for all the gross things we see and smell.
  9. Verbal Contract Cancelation Fee with American Mobile?

    She better not pay a dime! American Mobile always has these ridiculous rules tryna rip people off. I once worked with a traveler that was with AM who had her contract terminated by the hospital because they were not 'fully utilizing her'. AM charged ...
  10. Getting a new job- HELP

    I was in the same situation last year. I applied to several ICU positions and kept getting rejected because of my small community hospital experience. I finally stopped applying for jobs that required experience, and just applied for new grad ICU pos...
  11. VENT - Sickle Cell Crisis patients

    A couple of nurses have already approached this from the nursing point of view, so I'm going to try a different angle. As a nurse with sickle cell anemia, I have the unique position of understanding the realities of both scenarios. Sickle cell prima...
  12. Will you add your patient in facebook?

    I cosign what StudentGrace just said. I took care of a patient for a couple of weeks. The next month, I left a comment on my friend's FB page wishing her congratulations on her pregnancy. It just so happened that my patient's daughter went to high sc...
  13. CRNAs and bathroom breaks...

    Whoa...that totally freaked me out too! Thanks for keeping it real foraneman!
  14. feel unwanted

    I cosign on what the previous poster said. I don't know how the OR works, but at all the hospitals I have traveled to, I usually get 1-2 days of orientation and then I hit the floor running and am expected to function optimally. Try to get a circulat...
  15. Oakland CA

    I worked at the Oakland Kaiser. It was really shabby and dingy, but since then they have moved across the street to their new building which is much better. Most of the nurses do 8 hour shifts, so for your 12 hour shift, you will have 2 assignments,...