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  1. I'm Lazy

    I'm female, but I highly recommend adderal or ritalin. that's what got me through. Also, sitting in the front row & having my textbooks open to the lecture material while the instructors were...
  2. RNs in Vermont

    I am an ICU RN in Northern California considering moving back to Vermont to be closer to family in New England. I am an ADN prepared RN with a liberal arts bachelor's. I have worked in a small...
  3. How to get stool smell off of your hands?

    Scrub up to your elbows! I've had it happen where I washed my hands 3 or four times, but could still smell it. Found a tiny smear on my
  4. LVN California HELP Job at risk!

    If you wanted to, would they support you while you bridged to RN? I realize it's probably hard to contemplate at this point in your career, but it seems to be the way CA hospitals are going. I'm sorry...
  5. peripheral IVs

    If I have a hep lock that flushes easily & there is no pain or sign of infiltration I use
  6. ICU or ED -trying to decide

    Hmmm, well, I spend most of the time in ICU. I like the continuity & seeing what happens with my patients. I've just learned CRRT & want to do more of it--fun! I like being able to focus on 1...
  7. ICU or ED -trying to decide

    I started in ICU a few years ago as a kind of stepping stone to ED, and I sometimes float there. After I had a baby last year a couple things changed: I realized that I was going to have a really hard...
  8. Jobs with the most germs we rank 4th

    I'm glad they put that bit in about Purell, et al. In the ICU where I work, we all share phones, computers, clipboards & plenty of other fomites without having outbreaks. We practice universal...
  9. I'll try to make a long story short. Our med-surg unit is the 2nd home to a chronically, congenitally ill woman in her early twenties. She has a complicated medical history and multiple problems...
  10. "but doctors are better than nurses"

    I work in a teaching hospital where the residents and experienced MDs depend on my ongoing assessments of our patients. We're a team. I do see my self as a medical professional. As nurses are...
  11. Telemetry nightmare

    ADVICE & A BIT OF VENTING Hey, I'm a New Grad (well 6 months out--RN II next pay period, God help us!) on a mixed Med-Surg/Tele Unit. On my unit we can't take tele patients unless we are ACLS...