tangerinetea

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1. Why I don't tell my family...

   tangerinetea replied to umcRN's topic in PICU

   We were more worried about the neurological outcome in this case after a 15 minute down time of CPR during transportation to our hospital, the awful DIC, the terribly low sats for 3 hours, they had given her 10% chance of survival..... However, we we...

2. Why I don't tell my family...

   tangerinetea replied to umcRN's topic in PICU

   I understand where you come from and can totally relate. Where I work it is usually in the case of our long-term patients where we do everything and anything in a sort of Concorde fallacy way because we're all so attached and have done this much, so ...

3. Why I don't tell my family...

   tangerinetea replied to umcRN's topic in PICU

   I see your perspective, but my family don't ask because it makes them TOO sad when I tell them about a child, even one that is going to be just fine. People will NEVER understand what we do, how we have to think about every little detail and the repe...

4. Need RN's opinion- BIG clinical mistake

   tangerinetea replied to CrazyheadSN's topic in General Nursing

   Don't worry about it. I honestly commend you for being so onto it about knowing your anti hypertensives, reviewing PRN medicines, making a conscientious decision to treat the problem - that to me all shows critical thinking which can take some people...

5. Dream job...no longer my dream job??

   tangerinetea replied to HopefulRN2010's topic in General Nursing

   Hahah... Try a slow night in PICU, in a side room with a sedated & tubed patient. PICU has lazy-boys and magazines = Your dream job! (Me last night!!)

6. Dream job...no longer my dream job??

   tangerinetea replied to HopefulRN2010's topic in General Nursing

   I am a PICU nurse who started out there from the very beginning so I may have a biased view, but bear with me because I think I went through something similar that a few people have mentioned here. Once you're orientated and the unit loses it's new a...

7. Training in NZ, new graduate programmes overseas?

   tangerinetea posted a topic in International

   i'm training to become an rn in new zealand, but really want to work overseas when i graduate. has anyone here that has trained in nz or australia done their new graduate programme overseas?