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We use propofol pretty regularly on my unit and (as far as I know) haven't had a case of propofol infusion syndrome. My question is, why do patients develop blue/green urine? I'm going to hop on...

Hi Amy! I work at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge (it's a teaching hospital for Harvard U) and I love it there! It's really homey and the morale there is excellent. I work step-down icu/micu...

Hi ladies! I graduated from the UMass RN-BSN program this past May, although I did the program through UMass Amherst, not Boston. It went really well and really quickly! Feel free to PM me if you...

*waves* Hi! I'm in an online program right now actually through UMass Amherst. It's the best deal I could find, being a resident of Mass, it costs me roughly 10k total, and it's three semesters. I...

Hi fellow nurses! I'm Ruthie, live currently in the burbs of Boston, very nice and comfy at my lil community hospital in Milford MA (I actually LOVE it there). So for multiple reasons I want to...

Hi guys! Wow, I feel like I found this thread just in time, lol! I have an application to American mobile that I've been filling out over the past couple of days, but all these comments are giving...

Hi all! I currently have an ADN, and my long term goal is to go to cRNA school. I've been told by several people that it doesn't matter where I get my BSN from, just so long as my grades are really...

I currently live in good ole massachusetts, but I've been recently considering to the Keene NH area (so damn cute up there). What does anybody hear about the Cheshire Medical Center that's in Keene?...

Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I'm a 21 year old new grad and I started work over at Milford Regional about two weeks ago and I'm having a great time. I was wondering however, if...

Hi all - I have a friend here in Boston who is hoping to do a travel stint as an ICU RN in Australia. Any suggestions as to which hospitals she should ask for? Here the usual ICU assignment is one or...

Couple of studies I've seen reported, one from Israel, all with significant improvements on the HAM-D thing. I was impressed enough to try it, and I was surprised that it seemed to actually work. One...

Hello sister nurses. Let me recommend the "psychopharmacology tips" website to y'all. Once there, take a look at the Psycho-Babble bulletin board. Here's a link: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/ - just...

I wouldn't even consider it - we give our RN orientees three months, sometimes extended to four. In the meantime, may I respectfully suggest: www.icufaqs.org? Entirely free. And worth the price!

Hello all. A new file: "Labs", is up on the micu faq site at www.icufaqs.org. Let us know what you think. All the best.

Hello all. A new file: "Labs", is up on the micu faq website at www.icufaqs.org - let us know what you think. All the best.

Hello all - "Labs" is up at www.icufaqs.org - let us know what you think.

Hello all. We've been receiving some interest in having the FAQs (www.icufaqs.org) put together in book form, and after some looking around we've learned a bit about "print-on-demand". This seems...

Hello all. We've been receiving some interest in having the FAQs (www.icufaqs.org) put together in book form, and after some looking around we've learned a bit about "print-on-demand". This seems...

Hello all. We've been receiving some interest in having the FAQs (www.icufaqs.org) put together in book form, and after some looking around we've learned a bit about "print-on-demand". This seems...

Hi all - "Bedside Emergencies" is up at www.icufaqs.org - initial reviews are pretty positive. Enjoy.

Hi all. "Bedside Emergencies" is up at www.icufaqs.org - initial reviews are pretty good. Enjoy.

Hi all. "Bedside Emergencies" is up at www.icufaqs.org - initial reviews are pretty good. Enjoy.

It would only be fair.

Okay, somebody tell me why we don't give patients alcohol when they come in developing DTs? Why are ER patients forced through the benzo thing when (it seems) a bit of ETOH would stabilize them right...

Hello all. A new article (blessedly short) on "Current Questions" is up on the MICU FAQ website at www.icufaqs.org - hopefully to be updated regularly.