IckuRN

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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...

  16. Nursing student moving from California to NY

    IckuRN replied to Mjrarmada's topic in New York Nursing

    How is NY going? I plan to move there in

  17. Johns Hopkins or University of Maryland??

    IckuRN replied to misssrblake's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I saw several "if you work there, then they pay..." posts, other hospitals have to pay more to get you in and some of them also pay 100% tuition. JHU and UMMC are the lowest paying facilities in the...

  18. If you ever considered PA school...

    IckuRN replied to Spartan16's topic in General Students

    If tuition is your only concern, then you probably don't know enough about the programs you're considering. Talk to MSN's and PA's, mainly those who considered or were the other first. Consider that...

  19. CNS-Critical Care, online programs? (APN/CNS/NP confusion!)

    IckuRN replied to Walden-Puddle, RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I've been pondering my future education as well.... The CCRN is just proof that you know what you're doing. I don't think much matters if your GPA smokes everyone else's, but having the CCRN is...

  20. Does this follow ACLS guidelines?

    IckuRN replied to aCRNAhopeful's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Anyone know the changes that have been issued? I can't find them

  21. nurse strikes

    IckuRN replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

  22. Where is the best hospital in Atlanta Ga

    IckuRN replied to RN Sera's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I didn't live close enough to work in ATL myself. I also hear that Northside is good, but if they don't want to hire you they won't talk t you after they make their decision. All About Staffing and...

  23. Atlanta Medical Center

    IckuRN replied to sheronep's topic in Georgia Nursing

    AMC is an awesome place to learn and their residency programs are great. They are the diversion of choice, rumor has it, when Grady has too much trauma. Piedmont is also awesome, and their nurse...

  24. Where is the best hospital in Atlanta Ga

    IckuRN replied to RN Sera's topic in Georgia Nursing

    According to friends, Piedmont has what you said are looking for. Atlanta is not East GA though, and if you're living on the coast, then you want St Mary's in Athens, or St Joe's in Savannah.

  25. Starting RN Salary

    IckuRN replied to lilredishere82's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Starting pay at two local hospitals in NW GA is around $20.50/hr for new grads with a shift differential. The closer you are to ATL, the more you should make. Coming from OK, you may want to stay on...