erezebet

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1. Cvvhd

   erezebet replied to dv8rn's topic in MICU

   In response to the question do we have regular classes on CVVHD, no we don't. I have worked there 3 years, and never once a class about this complex machine. We have the Baxter machine but not really....part of it is "rigged" so to speak.

2. Should I leave the ICU?

   erezebet replied to ladydi94956's topic in MICU

   I have done some stupid things and I have been in ICU for 3 years now. Once I switched my IV's over to a triple pump and accidently ran my propofol at 100 an hour and my ML at 20 mcg/kg/min. It was like that til my art line showed a pressure drop and...

3. Cvvhd

   erezebet replied to dv8rn's topic in MICU

   On my unit, CVVHD is strictly 1:1 care. And I would like to add that I feel it is very unsafe for nurses who have not been oriented to the machine to be taking those patients. I have worked three years on my unit and so I am considered a seasoned nig...

4. NP education - a rant

   erezebet replied to CatskillNP's topic in NP

   I am a nurse practitioner student and there are "gemini" students I go to school with who have a Bachelors in something or another who are getting their masters in nursing in just 2 years.....HOW CAN THAT BE????? I can't understand how this happens. ...

5. lowering standards R/T shortage

   erezebet posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been hearing many stories lately about how nursing instructors/nursing programs are being asked to lower the "scales" to pass more students directly due to the nursing shortage. Has anyone else heard of this? If so, what is your take on th...

6. Attn Icu & Er Nurses:what's You Opinion Of Med-surg Nurses?

   erezebet replied to welnet66's topic in General Nursing

   I was a med-surg RN not long ago and I recently transferred hospitals to get into an ICU. The reason I did this was because the supervisor discouraged me from applying for an ICU job. Unfortunately, the ICU's at my hospital were taking new grads and ...

7. Attn Icu & Er Nurses:what's You Opinion Of Med-surg Nurses?

   erezebet replied to welnet66's topic in General Nursing

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8. ICU visiting hours

   erezebet replied to txnurse2's topic in General Nursing

   we used to have strict visiting hours but now it is open to the discretion of the RN caring for the patient. Personally, I will let family come back anytime they want if they have some common sense. What I mean is... 1 don't come into my other patie...

9. How many of you married doctors?

   erezebet replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Ironically enough, i came across a "Spouses of MDs" message board today. The majority of these women were exchanging attorney info related to separations and divorce. If you would like to date a doctor, thats your choice. But first you have to attrac...

10. nimodipine

    erezebet replied to rails's topic in Neuro

    In our unit, giving nimotop is usually by way of mouth or NG because as you know, mot aneurysm patients are very very lethargic and rarely alert at first. If they can't swallow it and don't have an NG, I squirt the contents of the soft capsule into a...

11. Questions about ICU staffing

    erezebet replied to PRFICURN's topic in MICU

    I work in a MICU/Neuro ICU and it is a strict 1:2 except for IABP and CVVHD which are 1:1. Our sister unit, the SICU gets sand in their panties if they are ever asked to pick up a second patient.

12. What is the freakiest thing you have ever seen at work?????

    erezebet replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    we once had a young woman patient who was from the hills of kentucky. she kept a spitoon at the bedside and peed standing up

13. Pot Smoking and Nursing

    erezebet replied to MrsNurseCA's topic in General Nursing

    What is to keep an RN who uses illegal drugs from seeking an even greater high by taking them from the pixis. An RN who uses pot should be FIRED, and for good reason. I would not want a "JUNKIE" (and YES....you ARE JUNKIES) caring for me or any of m...

14. New grad in ICU getting some resistance

    erezebet replied to jessiepilot's topic in MICU

    I am also new to MICU but I had 2 years experience on a step-down unit after graduation. I sometimes feel like my basic nursing skills are being picked apart by my ICU preceptor. I am completely competent with basic skills, I just don't do it her way...

15. How do I get the most out of MICU orientation?

    erezebet replied to sleepyhead's topic in MICU

    I feel like we are in the same boat!! I begin orientaion in MICU on Feb 11th in a Medical college hospital!!! I am very nervous because I only have 2 years of experience on a 40 bed neuro step-down unit. I have taken this week off to reviw my Art...