Rebecca Edwards

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1. ICU position immediately after graduating with BSN

   Rebecca Edwards replied to Kelly Fineman's topic in Critical

   New grads should not go directly into the ICU. Suggestion: work on the step down unit for one year then transfer to the ICU. The floor is not a waste...Twenty years ago after six months on the floor I was thrown into the TICU(Trauma Intensive Care Un...

2. Dear preceptor

   Rebecca Edwards replied to Ivanna_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Years Exp: 20 Nursing Specialty: TICU/SICU/MICU/CVICU/ER Your story broke my heart!!! When I precept a new person to our units I only ask one thing of them, to teach me something about the Lycox, Vent, prisma, IV drips...etc. And you know over these ...

3. Propofol and drug overdose

   Rebecca Edwards replied to ICUenthusiast's topic in MICU

   Age: 39 Years Exp:19 Nursing Specialty: TICU/SICU/MICU/CVICU/ER In our facility we use Propofol frequently...the only time I have ever seen it used on the floor is during a code situation and the ICU RN is pushing it. Versed is a great medicatio...