shotguns&syringes

shotguns&syringes has 5 years experience and specializes in Medical, ICU.

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1. Leaving Bedside in ICU for CDS- What should I expect?

   shotguns&syringes replied to shotguns&syringes's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, they will train me. Is it mostly online contact with physicians? Do you find you use a lot of your nursing experience in youe daily

2. Leaving Bedside in ICU for CDS- What should I expect?

   shotguns&syringes posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been a bedside RN for 6 years now, 5 of them in ICU. I've been anxious, emotional and exhausted for several years now and it just really hit me that I'm experiencing burnout. This being said, I...

3. Beginner's Blues?

   shotguns&syringes replied to jrsRN07's topic in MICU, SICU

   You are definitely being too hard on yourself - but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Working hard to succeed is a good one to have in ICU, you'll be just fine :-) Just remember, everybody has to...

4. Vent settings

   shotguns&syringes replied to andi.w's topic in MICU, SICU

   I found this article particularly helpful when I started in ICU: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cvicu/HCP_Respiratory-Pulmoanry_Tab_2/Care_of_A_Vented_Patient.pdf Hope this