ICUBSNRN7

ICUBSNRN7 has 4 years experience and specializes in Intensive Care Unit.

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1. Horror Odor - Removing

   ICUBSNRN7 posted a topic in Critical

   Hi y'all I've been an ICU nurse for 3 years now and there are still several things I cannot get past due to my issues with smells. I'm able to tolerate it but I gag the whole time and it makes me want to throw up. Not so much bowel movements but main...

2. Access while Proning

   ICUBSNRN7 posted a topic in MICU

   So I have a question for some more experienced ICU nurses, I hadn't seen this before but I have only been an ICU nurse for 2 years. I had a patient who was very fluid overloaded, but not requiring pressors. He had been in our ICU and vented...

3. Vented Trach and PO Intake

   ICUBSNRN7 posted a topic in Critical

   There's a frequent flyer in my ICU who is a chronic trach on the ventilator. I understand why trached patients who are on the Trach collar have an actual diet, but it just seems so unsafe to me to be giving a trach and vent patient water and sips ...

4. Taking ADHD meds

   ICUBSNRN7 replied to ICUBSNRN7's topic in Disabilities

   The whole time my residency educator was bullying me and holding my ADHD over my head, I remember thinking to myself: has this woman not been educated? Has my educator truly not be educated on disability rights under the ADA? While I understand that ...

5. Taking ADHD meds

   ICUBSNRN7 replied to ICUBSNRN7's topic in Disabilities

   Almost 2 years later, I will say that I deeply regret sharing that info with my nurse manager and residency educator. my residency educator held my ADHD over my head on numerous occasions. She would constantly use it against me and use it as her r...

6. Taking ADHD meds

   ICUBSNRN7 posted a topic in Disabilities

   I feel inclined to notify my hospital that I take and am prescribed Adderall. I have given vyvanse on the floor before (granted it was med surg) but I don’t want there to be any question about me taking my medication or where it came from. example...

7. ATL Summer 2022 Residency

   ICUBSNRN7 replied to toriexoxo1's topic in Residency

   They bumped their base pay to $29! Once you are offered the position after the interview, you’ll receive a contract that discusses the base pay, shift differential, and your pay difference once you go from residency and staff!

8. SHOE RECOMMENDATIONS

   ICUBSNRN7 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Comfiest shoes that are worth the price? I used brooks during clinicals as recommended by my PT since they had to be all white and leather. But my hospital has no uniform policy besides matching scrubs LOL what are your fav/go to work shoes a...

9. ATL Summer 2022 Residency

   ICUBSNRN7 replied to toriexoxo1's topic in Residency

   I made a Reddit for atl nurses!! Feel free to join ? r/ATLnurses I’m also doing a residency at Northside in their ICU starting January! I’ll let you know how it goes

10. Hi help sos

    ICUBSNRN7 replied to ICUBSNRN7's topic in NCLEX

    I passed according to the trick!! I also passed because the GA board put my license up less than 24 hours after my exam! Wooo hooo ?

11. Hi help sos

    ICUBSNRN7 replied to ICUBSNRN7's topic in NCLEX

    I passed according to the trick!!

12. Hi help sos

    ICUBSNRN7 posted a topic in NCLEX

    Just finished my first attempt. It cut me off and showed the screen for the research portion. I started it but then I wanted to stop the research portion so I did. But it didn’t come up til question 137. I’m horrified. I need to know if I passed. How...