ICURN87

ICURN87 has 3 years experience and specializes in ICU.

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1. ACLS Experienced Provider Course

   ICURN87 replied to detroitdano's topic in MICU

   I am having a hard time finding an ACLS-EP course, could you help me with this? How did you find your course? Are you having trouble maintaining this?

2. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

   ICURN87 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

   It's quiet mostly during the holidays at work. Lots of the patients get discharged, transferred out of the ICU, etc. It's not so bad, especially since you get holiday pay. My hospital also gives you a free turkey meal! We also have a holiday party an...

3. Meditech and ICU Assessments

   ICURN87 replied to KymmD77's topic in MICU

   We have MT6. I was taught to chart on everything at least once on my shift, with the exception of the vital signs, vent checks, CVP (these must be done every 4 hours) on the computer. We still have to chart the vitals every 1-2 hours on the flow shee...

4. Meditech and ICU Assessments

   ICURN87 replied to KymmD77's topic in MICU

   Wow, you chart your IV site and skin assessments every 2 hours? Why's that?

5. How would you respond to this doctor?

   ICURN87 replied to Parsifal's topic in MICU

   Wow, I would think that bicarb is the answer here. Then probably put her on a bicarb drip. You know, I've heard some things at my hospital about avoiding bicarb IV push unless it's a code blue situation. It doesn't make sense to me. For this patient,...

6. Pulled to other floors?

   ICURN87 replied to DroogieRN's topic in MICU

   At my hospital, the critical care nurses are also cross trained to work on the telemetry floor. A tele nurse typically gets about 5-6 patients. An ICU nurse who floats on tele can never have more than 4 patients. This is usually a piece of cake for m...