AICU RN

AICU RN

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About AICU RN

AICU RN specializes in ICU.


Happily married mother of two. I work in the Adult ICU of a busy Level I Trauma Center.

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  1. You mean it ends? I'm kidding... I have been off orientation a year next month and somewhere about 6 months ago it started to get a lot easier. I am a new grad in the ICU and I think it depends, at least somewhat, on what unit you start on. ICU and E...
  2. New Grad RN - ICU

    I started as a new grad in a Level I Trauma ICU last November. My 20 weeks on orientation flew by and I can't believe it's almost a year since I started. Things that I studied: 1. Vent Settings (including oscillator, bivent, etc) 2. Common "ICU" dru...
  3. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

    I had a pt over the weekend who was nasally intubated after a radical neck surgery. ENT wanted him pretty snowed but that was easier said than done. First night I had him we were up to 150mcg of Fent per hour and 50 of Propofol/hr. He was still sitti...
  4. How to promote tolerance and support teamwork,

    We had a conversation about this the other day at work. One of the nurses I personally look up to reccomended When Nurses Hurt Nurses: Overcoming the Cycle of Nurse Bullying by Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, RN, CRNP. It's supposed to be helpful when dealing...
  5. How to say no when someone asks for your stethoscope?

    I had a preceptor who had a stethescope with earpieces so worn down and uncomfortable I could barely stand using it the one time she loaned it to me. I told her they sell replacements and she said, "I know. I leave them like that so no one will borro...
  6. Patients that made you go "How are you even alive?!"

    I had two patients like that two nights in a row... The first was a 500lb+ COPD patient who had severe undiagnosed sleep apnea. He would doze off and his SAT would drop to 27%. I would wake him up and it would come right back to the nineties and all ...
  7. Stupid things that nurses say

    The other night it was the end of my shift (6 AM) and it seemed like the shift would never end. I grabbed an NA to help me turn my patient who was requesting to be repositioned. He also happened to be a prisoner. We turn him and I notice that the pil...
  8. The Mockery of Nursing

    I would like to expand the drinking game to include the word "fomite" or any derivative thereof, in addition to the aforementioned "mean." We seem to be saying fomite more now. BTW, u r all a bunch of mean fomites .
  9. The Mockery of Nursing

    Of course! Fomite fashion does not discriminate. Whether your overweight or underweight, over tall or undertall - we cover it ALL in fomites. Speaking of which, two patients last night: one with MRSA and one with VRE. I was feeling rather fomitilicio...
  10. The Mockery of Nursing

    On an unrelated note, I want to petition to change the posters encouraging visitors to wash their hands from the ones with the creepy little happy germs to ones that say things like: "Please, mind your fomites." and "Fear the fomite." With a picture ...
  11. The Mockery of Nursing

    Which, ironically, ties right back in to the drinking in your scrubs off shoot. Just sayin....
  12. The Mockery of Nursing

    I think it's time to learn. This is a gold mine! You should pitch it on that show with the investors. Could you imagine their faces when you tell them the color with the most promise is liver failure yellow ?
  13. The Mockery of Nursing

    I want Fomite Factory scrubs WITH built in suspenders! I want one pair in tube feed tan, one in isolation gown blue, one in suctioned trach green and one in coffee ground brown. I think that should cover all my bases. Where can I preorder them???
  14. The Mockery of Nursing

    Shots cuz wooh is mean!
  15. The Mockery of Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: that is all.