87RN

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1. New ICU position, little orientation?

   87RN replied to RNexplorer's topic in Critical

   You have no ICU experience and your orientation is one day? Seriously, try not to kill somebody. You need to know your vasoactive drips, sedation and paralysis meds, insulin drips, ACLS, how to prepare for and manage art lines, central lines, PA cath...

2. Yearly Bonus Ripped Off?

   87RN replied to cd365c's topic in General Nursing

   I had no idea it was racist either, I've never seen it written and had assumed it was spelled *******, lol.

3. Men in the (nursing) field

   87RN replied to futuremurse21's topic in Men

   My ICU is about a third male staff. It isn't weird at all. It is nice to have help from the guys especially turning heavy patients. Sometimes we take turns doing each others baths if the pt is more comfortable with a man or a woman. There are als...

4. sedation

   87RN replied to jacsbein's topic in MICU

   We use a lot of propofol, sometimes versed. I've only used precedex once and my pt brady'd down to 30's, our docs don't seem to like it much, although our pharmacists are always talking about it. I work for a small 12 bed community ICU.

5. Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

   87RN replied to SubSippi's topic in Relations

   I went through a whole cart of dirty linen bags to find my patients dentures because he wrapped it in a pillowcase (why???) then had a huge lactulose induced explosion all over the bed and it was my fault because i didn't check with him before I clea...

6. Best advice on switching specialties?

   87RN replied to nurse.j.'s topic in General Nursing

   I would just go meet the managers and let them know you are interested. If they need the staff, they may be willing to train you.

7. Nursing & Family Life?

   87RN replied to loverofall's topic in Career Support

   My advice would be to wait to have kids until you have at least one year experience working as a nurse. It would be hard finding your first job as a new grad as it is but a nurse with no experience that long out of school would have a much harder ti...

8. New nurse and critical patients

   87RN replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

   If someone from pharmacy would even answer the phone!

9. Bloods draws

   87RN replied to layneorion's topic in General Nursing

   Close your eyes and feel for veins in your arms or your friends and families. The vein will feel bouncy. Some veins are deep and some are close to the surface. Watch your angle at insertion. Look on YouTube or Google iv insertion/ phlebotomy tips....

10. L&d or critical care to get in NICU

    87RN replied to hilary717's topic in NICU

    I also don't have NICU experience but I think getting a position in L&D at the hospital that has the NICU would be good to get your foot in the door. You will develop a relationship with the NICU staff, pediatricians and get some experience with...

11. New nurse and critical patients

    87RN replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    You should look up your hospitals P&P for drips, if the ED doesn't have a copy, try going to ICU and see if they have one. My ICU has a reference binder with info on all the gtts with starting rate, max rate, etc. I have a little card laminated ...

12. new RN on orientation

    87RN replied to AngelofSeduction's topic in New Nurse

    6 patients total care is a lot, are you sure there are no aides?

13. Some days I feel like a Grimm reaper, most days I feel like a bad-*** super nurse!

    87RN posted a topic in Critical

    So lately I've been feeling a little blah/ bored/ depressed because all my patients were either terminal extubations or unsuccessful codes. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy helping patients and their families cope with end of life issues and I am honor...

14. What to do: ED physician brought dog to work

    87RN replied to skinzvictory's topic in Safety

    This is a little off topic but involves a dog in my old ER. In the middle of the night, a woman came into our ER frantically crying because her dog was choking, it was a big lab mix and she was caring it in her arms like a baby. It happened to be a s...

15. Will I ever be able to be a nurse again?

    87RN replied to proudsahm's topic in Retired

    I don't think 2 years away is that bad. If I were you, I would reapply for your license. Take a refresher course/ take acls/pals/NRP and apply for a job. I think it would be easier to get back into L&D since you have experience vs applying in oth...