icunrse

icunrse has 13 years experience and specializes in Cardiac/ICU/Med-Surg/Geriatrics.

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1. electrophysiology RNs?

   icunrse replied to wish2bRN's topic in Cardiac

   I have been working in the EP Lab for almost 2 yrs now. The EP Lab was established at the same time I started, so we all were "newbie nurses". Our manager had prior EP experience, which has helped us. We try to learn what all the "squiggly" lines ...

2. 1yr new RN and feeling increasingly insecure.

   icunrse replied to Nenners's topic in Cardiac

   I can understand your feeling of still being insecure. When I graduated a intensive 2 yr program (we were thrown on the floor week 2 of school), I didn't feel comfortable for about 2 yrs, when all of a sudden...it clicked. You don't think you know ...

3. Bad incident while giving Rocephin shot; need advice

   icunrse replied to NurseCard's topic in Pediatric

   Hi, I am 41 yrs old, a nurse for the past 13 yrs (med-surg/ICU/cardiac). I just an hour ago, received my first Rocephin injection. It hurt like H-E-double hockey sticks!!!!! Ohhhh. It still hurts right now. I just found out I have tonsillitis; an...