just_peachy83

just_peachy83 specializes in MICU.

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1. Drove home in tears...

   just_peachy83 replied to Mudhoney's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I think you are absolutely normal! I'm a new grad, too, working in the medical ICU. I have 2 weeks left in my orientation, and I was talking to my preceptor today about how I feel bad whenever I don't...

2. vents and sedation?

   just_peachy83 replied to emmycRN's topic in MICU, SICU

   I work in a medical ICU and we have the same approach that the majority of others have already mentioned. Most of our patients are sedated on Fentanyl/Ativan or Fentanyl/Versed gtts, but that's only...

3. New Grad in ICU...Looking for advice

   just_peachy83 replied to Newfoundland Nurse's topic in MICU, SICU

   Hi! I am a new grad, too (I graduated back in June) and am working in a medical ICU at a large university medical center. It's a really exciting unit full of challenging, complex patients. I have...

4. OSU nurse internship/Columbus jobs

   just_peachy83 replied to mommy2BCD's topic in Ohio Nursing

   Hi! I'm a recent grad who actually graduated from the OSU critical care nursing internship back in November, so I understand what you are going through with the application process. The OSU internship...

5. Advice needed - withdrawing life support & how to deal

   just_peachy83 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   Hey everyone! I am a new grad RN and I'm working in a 25-bed MICU at a university hospital system. I LOVE my job and am done with orientation next month - WOOHOO! :) I am nervous but excited at the...

6. how does your icu perform shift to shift reports??

   just_peachy83 replied to christen13's topic in MICU, SICU

   I work in a 25-bed MICU at a university hospital system, and I think our RN to RN report system is very effective, and thorough, which is a problem I think on many floors. Basically the report on each...