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  1. ICU post op setbacks--please advise....

    CCU NRS replied to McMudda's topic in MICU, SICU

    Any new news? Let me

  2. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    I guess because I wasn't there to pray when my father died. He was never a religious man but he was for the most part a good man. He was honest and hard working and never really talked about religion...

  3. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    (pik-er-rsk,) adj. Of or involving clever rogues or adventurers. Of or relating to a genre of usually satiric prose fiction originating in Spain and depicting in realistic, often humorous detail...

  4. 3 months of nursing and feeling burned out

    CCU NRS replied to djsrn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I did do all this on a med-surg floor our ratio was 6-8 on day shift and I did it for years. I work CCU now but this was my med-surg schedule, I think I put that at the

  5. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    apologies all around, I seem to have terminal foot in mouth

  6. Nurses leaving in droves...

    CCU NRS replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I seem to be angering a certain few people which for some reason also feel I have an obsessive need for the last word. I will make these

  7. Nurses leaving in droves...

    CCU NRS replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I truly do not know how this got to be about me. It seems that any attempt I make to offer suggestions or support gets turned into some sort of offense to you. I am really not trying to disregard...

  8. Nurses leaving in droves...

    CCU NRS replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think on another thread someone said that nurses that don't take care of their own needs were refered to as Angels which got much disagreement. I do take my breaks, I do work in a busy CCU and I...

  9. Nurses leaving in droves...

    CCU NRS replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Again as I read these posts I feel truly blessed to be in my current position and lucky to have the staff I work with. To not taking BR breaks I say you gotta go you gotta go. The 2 minutes(max) will...

  10. Nurses leaving in droves...

    CCU NRS replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do not understand many of the terms you are using. ECU? N nurse? I don't understand the setting you describe a 50:1 ratio is this an

  11. Nurses leaving in droves...

    CCU NRS replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey I am just telling you how I did it. I did it for years and yes I get paid to eat BF an 8 hour shift gets 2 15/min breaks and a 30/min lunch and I take them all. And yes I time manage welll enough...

  12. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    I recently saw this little tidbit in an email I would rather live like there is a God and find out there isn't than live like there isn't a God and find out there

  13. ICU post op setbacks--please advise....

    CCU NRS replied to McMudda's topic in MICU, SICU

    Glad to hear it. I hope everything smoothes out. I guess you are providing long distance information and care? Good Luck and God

  14. Nurses leaving in droves...

    CCU NRS replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I posted this on another board for a nurse experiencing burnout, perhaps it will help with question at hand. When I worked med-surg this was my routine. Immediately after report go and assess each Pt...

  15. 3 months of nursing and feeling burned out

    CCU NRS replied to djsrn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you this is why I went to CCU the interventions and care are more demanding and require possibly a slightly higher degree of confidence but are made up for by the reduction in nurse/pt

  16. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    CCU NRS steps down from soap box and has left the

  17. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    Well I will be honset and NO I am not asking God, I am asking the Universe, but it is and will always continue to be based on my beleif system regarding the continuation that the soul does survive...

  18. A word of encouragement

    CCU NRS posted a topic in General Students

    I often see many of the students on this site reading the boards of some of us veteren nurses and hearing what we have to say about the profession and becoming somewhat discouraged. Keep a few things...

  19. A word of encouragement

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Students

    You are welcome keep pluggin

  20. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    I like Voltaire's response

  21. 3 months of nursing and feeling burned out

    CCU NRS replied to djsrn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am not sure how to help. I wouldlike to tell you that things eventually slow down but that is probably not the case. You will get better at time managment and set a routine. When I worked med-surg...

  22. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    Here it is I have re-written and renamed that which I will recite over anyone that expires in my presence. It is not a prayer, I am calling it a "parting wish" I offer this parting wish, In...

  23. Offended by Prayer

    CCU NRS replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    very funny.... and remember when you least expect

  24. ICU post op setbacks--please advise....

    CCU NRS replied to McMudda's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well the COPD is most likely the reason for the re-intubation sometimes diminished lung capacity has this effect and makes weaning more difficult, she may have a slight pnuemonia which could account...

  25. AJN Article Opinions.. "I'm No Angel"

    CCU NRS replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct...bet you never thought I would say that LOL I was the first to conced to agree to disagree about Angels perpetuating a sterotype. However after that I was mentioned by name and...