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  1. Anyone work at St. Charles Medical Center, Bend?

    tutored posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hi everyone, I am an inner-city trauma nurse back in the northeast, and am thinking about relocating to the Bend area....(anyone see "Mercy" on TV :heartbeatlast night? Everything the doc said about...

  2. Tips for getting into ICU as a new grad?

    tutored replied to harborview's topic in MICU, SICU

    not at all true...I, and two other nurses I work with, went straight into ICU with ADNs...BSNs, with their extra management courses under their belt, offer no particular advantage to an ICU manager...

  3. Need IV Access/Phelobotomy Classes

    tutored posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hi Everyone! I am a newly-registered nurse, and can't get my first job to save my life (horrible hospital closings - I'm sure you all know about it:uhoh3:)...Rather than sit at home and sulk, I'm...

  4. Need IV Access/Phelobotomy Classes

    tutored replied to tutored's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I may be wrong, but I remember back in school my final-semeseter instructor explaining to us that we, as students, could never practice starting IVs because in NJ only RNs, or Paramedics, can start...

  5. Need IV Access/Phelobotomy Classes

    tutored replied to tutored's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hi Steve RN: Are you still at NYP? I'd love to work there. I'm in MICU/SICU in NJ. only 1-1/2 years experience, though. Offhand, hard to get into your MICU with this level of

  6. Need IV Access/Phelobotomy Classes

    tutored replied to tutored's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I work in NJ. Call, first, hospitals in your area to see if they will open their internal IV access course to outsiders for a fee. (I'm assuming you have your RN license. Only RNs can start IVs...

  7. Giving ProSource to renal failure patients

    tutored replied to detroitdano's topic in MICU, SICU

    What about a simple albumin infusion for a short time, even if just to suspend medication in the bloodstream and maintain osmolarity? Did this patient need the calories from the

  8. Tips for getting into ICU as a new grad?

    tutored replied to harborview's topic in MICU, SICU

    I went into the ICU for my first nursing job out of school - it took me a half a year to get it, but I didn't want any other specialty....I learned how to make myself more marketable while I was...

  9. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    tutored replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I looked up the cost of Xigris through Henry Schein last year - $880.00 per

  10. What happened to Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio?

    tutored posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi fellow ICU RNs! ....I'm a fairly new nurse (2 years) trying to study for the CCRN. I have the AACN book (dry, dry, dry,...), but I keep hearing about these famous DVDs from Ms Gasparis. They are...

  11. CCRN Test

    tutored replied to luvmylab's topic in MICU, SICU

    Me, too....I have to say the sound quality if "ha-a-a-arible", and can get a little annoying, but the material is excellent. I work with an older RN on my unit who worked with Ms Gasparis, said she...

  12. New Grad...No job and have no clue what to do

    tutored replied to nurse901's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hi Nurse 901! I should say from the start but I live now in NJ ....but it's not my fault! (lol)...I come from several generations of Colorado families - I'm looking to relocate to Colorado again,...

  13. What happened to Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio?

    tutored replied to tutored's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you to you both!

  14. CCRN Test

    tutored replied to luvmylab's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi everyone! I can't believe how difficult it is to get these famous gasparis DVDs for passing the CCRN....I can't find them anywhere. There's no material out there from her except for a ten year-old...

  15. Burnout Rx

    tutored replied to ACRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Do you work the day shift, burnout RN, and if so are you on twelve-hour shifts? quote=ACRN06;3532057]I'm tired... I'm so tired. I'm worn out. I've found myself thinking more and more of different...

  16. 28 year old male thinking about Nursing as a profession

    tutored replied to alabamacrimson's topic in Nursing Career

    So why are you here? Why continue to talk to us, and why contribute to this forum? Or is it because you want to dissuade, discourage, and make sure as many nurses as possible are unhappy as you? To...

  17. 28 year old male thinking about Nursing as a profession

    tutored replied to alabamacrimson's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh, STOP!!!!:wink2::hgu:with the "I'm Ignorant!" You're not ignorant, and that's not at all an ignorant question - I should know, because I asked that one myself before. The PCT positon is a lay...

  18. Alcohol Intoxication.

    tutored replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    In my unit (ICU) it's the librium-only Q4, then Q6, just to start, with a PRN benzo Q2 if the patient is a huge drinker, OR if there's a neuro-thing going on like a cranial bleed, where they want to...

  19. 28 year old male thinking about Nursing as a profession

    tutored replied to alabamacrimson's topic in Nursing Career

    good

  20. Rough night as a new RN in ICU please HELP!

    tutored replied to Jessielee22's topic in MICU, SICU

    Where do you feel that you "failed", in treating this patient, with all the illnesses you detailed - any one of which (eTOH withdrawal, DKA, Pancreatitis) can be fatal on it's own, let alone...

  21. Please help, orientation problems

    tutored replied to pupnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    I forgot to add that there wasn't a multi-unit rotation in my orientation - just the

  22. Please help, orientation problems

    tutored replied to pupnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    My question for all of you new ICU nurses is how long is your orientation program? At the hospital where I hopefully will be working upon graduation, the ICU residency program is 6 months rotating...

  23. Scary Story

    tutored replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Oh......(duh)..our version is Rapid Response Team. I"ll go have that second cup of coffee

  24. should I just bypass HR completely?

    tutored replied to doglvr's topic in Nursing Career

    I dressed in an impeccable suit (to look like a drug rep), carried a leather folio, and walked into each unit directly, and asked the unit secretary for the nurse-manager's office. Usually I just got...

  25. Scary Story

    tutored replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    What's "RAT"