traumalover RN

traumalover is a RN and specializes in ICU/ER.

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1. New nurse and critical patients

   traumalover replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

   everytime I've received an order for a gtt it states start levo gtt and titrate for sbp>90 or map>60. They've also said occasionally start at a certain rate but never titrate by so much, only titrate for desired effect. Could you possibly sha...

2. Holy cow! Now i'm confused!

   traumalover replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a new grad with LPN experience I was hired into ICU and given 3 months orientation. have never looked back. Great reviews, prn'd in the ER after six months, did open hearts, balloon pumps and CRRT in my first year. Three months is a long time. ...

3. Bad experience - is this typical?

   traumalover replied to keikei's topic in Emergency

   Had a patient's daughter complain to director nurse "ignored her mother's cries of pain all night while she sat on the Internet all night and only checked on her twice." Thankfully we wear Big Brother tags that you can run a report on....SHOCKINGLY ...

4. Bad experience - is this typical?

   traumalover replied to keikei's topic in Emergency

   everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have seen a lot and been around the block a few times. Perception is reality. What's real to you as a person in one room in pain and afraid may not be the same perception of the people involved. I have wit...

5. Bad experience - is this typical?

   traumalover replied to keikei's topic in Emergency

   Your circulating blood volume consists of components. Hemoglobin and hematocrit are only indicative of the part of the rbc count that binds to oxygen, and not reflective of total blood volume. After a traumatic injury or blood loss, you produce new...

6. Bad experience - is this typical?

   traumalover replied to keikei's topic in Emergency

   Mmmmm....something about this is just not adding up. don't want to fight or debate but as a ER/ICU vet in three major hospitals, remember, perception is not always reality.

7. confused.

   traumalover replied to learning&yearning's topic in General Nursing

   had four interviews before I got hired, two panel. never knew there would be another until they called to set up the next one. First with a recruiter, second with a panel, third with the hiring manager, follow up/fourth with her again.

8. What HAVE you said to patients???

   traumalover replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

   To the frequent flier OD drugseeker repeatedly pushing their call light while we are emergently intubating and putting lines in/starting pressors on my two day post partum septic patient (very sick) to tell me over and over again she can't sleep and ...

9. range order rationale

   traumalover replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

   Click if you're lucky. If he's still on the phone after that you better hold that baby away from your ear about a foot.

10. Cardiac Stepdown unit 5:1 patient ratio...is this normal???

    traumalover replied to jaznia15's topic in CCU

    Can you ask to shadow a day to see exactly how the patients are assigned? Acuity in our hospital depends a lot on whether drips are titrated or not...stable amio/cardizem gtts and low dose Dopmaine/Dobutamine are on our stepdown units. All our open...

11. Many New Grads......

    traumalover replied to Weebee's topic in General Nursing

    Don't agree. It's the same everywhere. I started as a new grad in a competitve ICU and had a great experience there before I moved and started a new ICU job. I don't even remember seeing instances of bullying and "eating the young" and if they hap...

12. So angry and annoyed!

    traumalover replied to SweettartRN's topic in Relations

    no flipping idea which patients have insurance or not. Doesn't affect my care one whit. From a ICU nurse viewpoint. Not saying it doesn't affect others.

13. You shouldn't be visiting this ICU patient if . . .

    traumalover replied to Rabid Response's topic in MICU

    if you plan on having them insert an appendage in you or vice versa. Or show up when ur hubby's had a massive MI is on a IABP and scream "where are the god!@# drugs?"

14. Help! New Nurse

    traumalover replied to Chelsea K's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad, you need to learn many skills. You shouldn't worrying about being competitive. Learn from experienced nurses. Ask questions. Read up on things you don't know. Never do something without knowing why. Watch procedures. If you simp...

15. A question about college and RNs who got their GED.

    traumalover replied to LeeyuhRae's topic in General Nursing

    Got my GED in 1998. Got into the first nursing program I applied to after taking comuterized test and have been an ICU RN for seven years. Good luck.