IckuRN RN

IckuRN has 9 years experience as a RN and specializes in Critical Care.

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1. RN Bloggers!

   IckuRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do you use your real name? What made you decide to or not to? Thank you!

2. i think i hate being a nurse?

   IckuRN replied to amms's topic in Nursing Career

   Wow, I'm sorry! I can't say my introduction to nursing was rosy either and I won't lie and tell you how rewarding it is now. Many things you mention are common, more so in certain hospitals/regions....

3. calling all veteran nurses!!! advice needed on career path

   IckuRN replied to kennedy8353's topic in Nursing Career

   O....M....G. Reminds me so much of a few places (GA and CA)! Yes, I believe the grass has to be greener. In the meantime, perhaps you can change your wording when you page the MD's. I usually start...

4. calling all veteran nurses!!! advice needed on career path

   IckuRN replied to kennedy8353's topic in Nursing Career

   I'm glad you asked, because I have been wondering the same thing, but I think it's engulfing nursing as a whole. It didn't use to be run in circles, chart, more running, chart...and by the end of the...

5. I hate nursing!!!

   IckuRN replied to OverlyStressedRN's topic in Nursing Career

   Do you have any links to these studies?! Thank

6. Can some one develop an allergy to PPD?

   IckuRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   THANK

7. D5 water and Cerebral Edema

   IckuRN replied to hodgieRN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   I have never heard of D5W /c CHI. I guess I have never given water boluses OG while the ICP was still an issue either. And I am a bit shocked anyone but NeuroSx is allowed to come near the chart, much...

8. I hate nursing!!!

   IckuRN replied to OverlyStressedRN's topic in Nursing Career

   I am sorry to hear of your misery. It sounds like you would be a great candidate for a float pool position. It will not let you escape the baby boomers, but it does free you from the hell of middle...

9. Can some one develop an allergy to PPD?

   IckuRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   I have been allergic to one of the preservatives (dunno which) for some time, and I have dealt with them because I don't know if getting an annual CXR is better for my health than a SC injection of a...

10. i think i hate being a nurse?

    IckuRN replied to amms's topic in Nursing Career

    So what have you decided to

11. Do RN's in Indiana think they are adequately compensated?

    IckuRN replied to inmale's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Who pays the highest? I'm not sure I can swing cutting my income in half! I know, I know...the cost of living is lower...but unless heat and groceries are

12. how much Indiana nurses make

    IckuRN replied to nurseluv9's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Anyone with more promising quotes? This sounds worse than Alabama! How about for agency RN's? Thank

13. Nursing student moving from California to NY

    IckuRN replied to Mjrarmada's topic in New York Nursing

    I was quoted terrible rates (even with the stipend) and had little luck in finding a PRN position near where the bf moved...so I bailed and stayed home. Wish I could be more help!

14. Nursing student moving from California to NY

    IckuRN replied to Mjrarmada's topic in New York Nursing

    My boyfriend has his OB/Peds rotations there for medicine, I'm just along for the ride! I nosed around valuemd.com this week, you can look there to see if anyone has posted in the area you need, but...

15. Nursing student moving from California to NY

    IckuRN replied to Mjrarmada's topic in New York Nursing

    Sweet, we can suffer this together! I have a friend that starts his Brooklyn medicine rotations before we do, and I'm waiting to hear about his 2BR apartment/details. Since we will only be there 5...