I.C.UNurse

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1. The Elephant In The Room and Evidenced Based Practice

   I.C.UNurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly right, the elephant is in the room because nobody wants to do anything about it. Safety will increase with better and APPROPRIATE ratios (Ex. ICU RN's have 2 patients, but do not give me the two sickest patients, both on life support with pre...

2. Patient Complained About Me

   I.C.UNurse replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Students

   Do not worry about it, were all human and can't be perfect in every situation. You might find yourself in a situation later on in your professional setting that sometimes patients need you to be tough on them to push them to get better. Live and lear...

3. Failed CCRN again

   I.C.UNurse replied to Whitroth05's topic in Critical

   Here's what I did and I recommend. The Laura DVD's are a good study tool, but not necessary. Do not do the Kaplan CCRN study tool either. Get Pass CCRN book because not only is the book give you the in-depth details you need to answer questions, it h...

4. MSN to be more competitive?

   I.C.UNurse replied to kj954's topic in SRNA

   They can tell if you had to take the NCLEX or CCRN more than once in your interview. You will be grilled on critical thinking skills and no answers include "I would talk to the physician". CRNA is becoming SUPER competitive and the new DNAP programs ...

5. Negative Post on Facebook About New Nurses - I'm Fired Up!

   I.C.UNurse replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in Relations

   I am an ICU Charge Nurse and can be classified as a "new" nurse, I can take care of septic patients, balloon pumps patients, swan ganz patients, trauma patients, intraventricular drain and monitoring patients, be a rapid response team member, expert ...

6. Credentials

   I.C.UNurse replied to phiir's topic in Professionalism

   I do too not understand why nurses like to post every credential they have on nametags, writing letters and emails (like really your emailing me about a car and you have to put Jimmy John BSN, RN?!) I have multiple national certificates and a BSN, bu...

7. What license or certificate do I need to insert and give I.V. Drugs?

   I.C.UNurse replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

   I'm confused, you are a RN coming off orientation and you have not done any IV's? What about nursing school? And to give medications? You need an order to do that unless you become an advanced practice nurse (i.e. CRNA, DNP). You seem very puzzled ab...

8. STNA assessing lung sounds?

   I.C.UNurse replied to Denali_25's topic in General Nursing

   Why does it matter? She can't assess and shouldn't be but in the end it's you that makes the assessment and intervene when needed. I think there is bigger things us nurses have to worry about and fight for than stuff like this. If the STNA continues ...

9. "Experienced" Nurse... still feel like an idiot

   I.C.UNurse replied to acuriousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Going into a different job and field is a hard transition. Words of advice, keep your head down, work hard and ask questions. Do not be afraid to ask for help. I have to orient nurses to my critical care with 10+ years in different fields and I tell ...

10. Eating spaghetti raise blood pressure immediately?

    I.C.UNurse replied to DanaBrianMampel's topic in General Nursing

    This is just plain ridiculous. End of story.

11. merry christmas to me... 1st shift off orientation

    I.C.UNurse replied to RookieRoo's topic in Critical

    The antidote to anxiety is preparedness. Continue to soak up knowledge and work on other certs (ie TNCC and CCRN) while working there. If your level headed and handle stress well you will do okay. If you don't know please always ask your charge for h...

12. Med/Surg RN. Want ICU job. Get ACLS?

    I.C.UNurse replied to Spine_CRNA's topic in Critical

    As a leader in my critical care unit, you need your ACLS to work in my ICU as well as having some noticeable attributes. Such as being driven, independent, hard working, intelligent, willing to work overtime, etc. TNCC is also a good course to take i...

13. First Incident Report

    I.C.UNurse replied to gemmi999's topic in General Nursing

    As a critical care nurse K+ of 2.4 is something to worry about but the way you handled it was wrong. The patient had no adverse effect of not being on the monitor (i.e. No lethal arrhythmias) according to you, so you should have put the monitor on an...

14. Failed NCLEX

    I.C.UNurse replied to BlackBee's topic in NCLEX

    I hate to be the critic here but you went through your first three attempts and did one "winging" it and you think you still want to be a nurse? If you can't take a refresher course then take some time off and reevaluate what you want to do. If you c...

15. Nurse bullies

    I.C.UNurse replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Nursing

    I think it comes down to people need to just take a stand and don't tell with that bull crap. Telling someone they are acting like a jerk is not going to get you fired and if it does then you do not want to work there. Tired of people saying "did you...