ICUnurse990 BSN, RN

ICUnurse990 has 10 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Critical Care.

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1. Just Got Hired But Want to Go Per Diem in Order to Travel RN

   ICUnurse990 replied to EatCake2Day's topic in General Nursing

   I am an nurse manager. There is not a snowball’s chance in heck that I would offer a per diem position to a new ICU nurse who just finished orientation and now wants to travel.

2. Career Change

   ICUnurse990 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all, I am looking for suggestions. I’m a nurse manager in critical care. I’ve been in the same unit for quite a while, and I think it’s time to move on. My question is, what’s next? I have enough experience that I’d have no proble...

3. Socially distanced celebrations?

   ICUnurse990 posted a topic in COVID

   Hello all, I am an ICU nurse manager, and I’m hoping to get some ideas on how to celebrate my staff in a way that is safe and physically distanced. My hospital postponed our Nurses Week celebration for July because things were still pretty crazy in M...

4. How do you address co workers that are not adhering to social distancing - then coming to work?

   ICUnurse990 replied to foragreatergood's topic in COVID

   It doesn’t seem like the best idea. But are they any less socially distanced while hanging out than all of you are while at work? During a typical shift in my unit, there’s 18-20 nurses and 4 techs working, and there’s no way to stay six feet from ...

5. Night Nursing School

   ICUnurse990 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

   Evening, yes. Night (as in overnight), no. Not as much happens at night in many settings, so the clinical experience would be limited. And not a lot of faculty and staff would be interested in teaching classes or clinical overnight.

6. Non-compliance with Social Distancing

   ICUnurse990 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in COVID

   I know what you mean. My grandpa couldn’t stand just sitting around at home. Even with severe COPD, he managed to get to church and talk with his friends, drive to Starbucks for coffee, or go to the to local park to sit at a picnic table and read a...

7. Coronavirus and Pay

   ICUnurse990 replied to Marianna5's topic in COVID

   I wonder about this too. I’m a clinical nurse manager in an ICU. My staff will, at minimum, get overtime for any extra hours they work. No discussion of hazard pay/crisis pay yet, but my hospital system already has incentive pay that’s used if we’...

8. Manager ignoring me?

   ICUnurse990 replied to Kind-N-Caring's topic in General Nursing

   Do you ever see this manager in person? If so, the best approach might be to talk with her in person and say “Hey, I had a few questions about applying for a job after graduation- is there a time we could meet for a few minutes, or could I email you...

9. Reportable BRN incidents

   ICUnurse990 replied to Wrestler133's topic in General Nursing

   A med error like accidentally giving 80 mg instead of 75 mg probably wouldn't have been a huge issue. There would probably be a warning of some kind, especially since it was a controlled substance, but that would probably be about the end of it. Now...

10. Getting Sick as a Nurse

    ICUnurse990 replied to EdwardE's topic in General Nursing

    Anecdotally, I'd say that a large percentage of sick calls in my unit are actually sick kid, grad school project is due, hungover, decided to leave a day early for vacation, "mental health day"/want a day off, etc. I work night shifts in an ICU, so ...

11. withholding medications ethical dilemma

    ICUnurse990 replied to WILLTHEMURSE's topic in General Nursing

    Without hearing the RN's version of events, it's hard to tell what really happened. Was the nurse being rude to the patient? Yep, sounds like it. Was she medicated inappropriately or having meds withheld for inappropriate reasons? Not necessarily...

12. Is this a fair holiday schedule

    ICUnurse990 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    This probably isn't what you want to hear, but yes, that sounds like a fair schedule. At my hospital, the "holiday" for night shift is considered the shift going into the holiday, not the actual date. So the night before Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve...