NickICU-RN ADN, BSN

NickICU-RN has 23 years experience as a ADN, BSN and specializes in ICU.

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1. Massive Shortage of ICU Trained Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Need for Cross Training

   NickICU-RN replied to simba and mufasa's topic in COVID

   Important and great article to share, Thank you... whether or not hospitals will take it seriously and do train additional staff correctly is the next question???

2. It's Pneumonia & Flu Season... Are you HAP & VAP Battle Ready?

   NickICU-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) is a severe and sometimes fatal infection. HAP is dangerous because patients already hospitalized have weakened immune systems. Research shows that the suctioning of oral & subglottic secretions in intubated and ...

3. RESEARCH HELP!

   NickICU-RN replied to bev<3's topic in Student Assist

   I would suggest doing the research at a local nurse association conference. Talk to the organizer about setting up a table. I'm sure they would give you a discount. Basically stand there all day and poll people that you can back up their credentials....

4. RESEARCH HELP!

   NickICU-RN replied to bev<3's topic in Student Assist

   Kitiger, RN is correct in terms of a journal worthy valid study, but in terms of polling people for something that will not be published or used in a valid study allnurses.com is just fine. For lack of better words, "for Fun"

5. Does the BSN in 10 apply to all nurses or just RN's and why?

   NickICU-RN replied to LPNTORN704's topic in General Nursing

   I've heard of BSN in 5 years mandatory, but not sure anybody cares enough to enforce it.

6. Research Results are in: To Suction or Not To Suction, End of Life & Hospice Patients

   NickICU-RN replied to NickICU-RN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree, deep tracheal suction is contraindicated, but pharyngeal suctioning is not, especially if you can suction gently with a No-Bite Suction, just to clear out the back of the throat. If you are telling nurses they should not gently suction a dyi...

7. Research Results are in: To Suction or Not To Suction, End of Life & Hospice Patients

   NickICU-RN replied to NickICU-RN's topic in General Nursing

   The research was done in Japan at 95 different palliative care facilities. My apologies, I could not find anything like it done in the US. But just as once cannot assume that Japanese perceptions of compassionate dying is the same as Americans, one c...

8. Research Results are in: To Suction or Not To Suction, End of Life & Hospice Patients

   NickICU-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   "To Suction or Not To Suction, End-of-Life & Hospice Patients" is an article I recently published in allnurses.com and the responses were very conflicting. As of today Sept. 13, 2018, there are over 16,000 views of the article and 3 pages of clin...

9. To Suction or Not To Suction, End of Life & Hospice Patients

   NickICU-RN replied to NickICU-RN's topic in General Nursing

   "Always and never.....the enemy of good Medicine!!!" From what I've gathered here the grand consensus is to do assessment based suctioning and then "Suction with Dignity", PRN. Although, some clinicians here are insisting that they NEVER EVER Sucti...

10. To Suction or Not To Suction, End of Life & Hospice Patients

    NickICU-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been an ICU RN for 15yrs, so I have dealt with End of Life Care plenty. I was always taught to either oral suction or deep suction with a suction catheter if your patient sounds like he or she needs suctioning. But of recent, I have run into som...

11. To suction or not to suction?

    NickICU-RN replied to texasheat's topic in Geriatric

    I've been an ICU RN for 15 years and worked all ICU specialties. I have seen patients actually broken Yankauers and green swabs, etc.. At our facility we use the No-Bite V Suction to help stop patients from biting down and then insert a suction cathe...