PMFB-RN RN

PMFB-RN has 16 years experience as a RN and specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

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   Paths To Critical Care (true story)

   PMFB-RN posted a topic in Critical

   Two high school friends, both want to be nurses. Kelly (names have been changed) works hard in school to get accepted to a good college. Doing so ment she missed out on some fun. She got a 4.0 and accepted to Marquette University BSN program. ...
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   New Grad in ICU

   PMFB-RN replied to wmarty8008's topic in Critical

   What they mostly care about is a solid track record to showing up to work when you are supposed to. Emphasize your reliability in your past work experience
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   Have a BA how can I get a fast BSN?

   PMFB-RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   WGU will get you a BSN faster than any other school.
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   UPS Drivers make HOW much????

   PMFB-RN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

   As a full time senior staff RN who only works occasional OT (less than one shift/month) I made $161k in 2022. My base pay in in the $130K range, the rest of the pay being made up of NOC & weekend differential, holiday pay and that occasi...
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   Pandemic Deathbed Confessions

   PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Critical

   Sounds like you and I went down very similar roads.
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   Pandemic Deathbed Confessions

   PMFB-RN posted a topic in Critical

   A few weeks into the first wave of COVID (my definition of a covid wave is when my hospital opens a covid ICU) I realized something. I was the last person most of these people would ever speak to. We were on a treadmill of keeping covid patients on ...
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   Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2023

   PMFB-RN replied to ThatRedheadNurse's topic in Residency

   Several times in my career my fellow nurses have warned me about certain hospitals being awful places to work and I've appreciated that warning. Vanderbilt has a solid history of being a terrible place to work as a nurse. I'd suggest you an...
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   VA Clinical Ladder

   PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Government

   I'm not an NP and can't answer your question about what they are looking for to promote to nurse 4 for NPs. But I can tell you for sure nurse 4 is not a permeant pay grade. You can only be a nurse 4 while in a nurse 4 position. If you leave a nurse 4...
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   Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2023

   PMFB-RN replied to ThatRedheadNurse's topic in Residency

   I'm not frustrated and nothing I said would indicate I am. Your dishonesty is noted.
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    Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2023

    PMFB-RN replied to ThatRedheadNurse's topic in Residency

    I'm appalled that any nurse would consider working for Vanderbilt after what they have done to nurses.
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    Went from PCU to ICU. Is it normal to feel like a new nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to JJinTheBay's topic in Critical

    Your feelings are 100% normal and appropriate. Ide be worried if you didn't feel like that. In my unit we don't really start to considering a nurse a "can handle anything" critical care RN until about their 3rd year. Longer for some.
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    VA Clinical Ladder

    PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Government

    They all do.
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    ICU Nurses Dealing with COVID Patients

    PMFB-RN replied to MareBear112's topic in COVID

    In my unit we had two fully vaccinated people die of COVID. One had advanced leukemia and a trashed immune system. The other was a healthy young (31) man who came in to our ED with SOB and was dead less than four days later. Had our docs stumped and ...
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    I'm Done

    PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in COVID

    Nothing I said suggested or implied hatred towards the unvaxxed or anyone else and it's dishonest of you to falsely accuse me of hating. You have been consistently dishonest in this discussions, completely fabricating lies several times. ...
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    Peripheral Vasopressor Administration - Considering Catheter Gauge

    PMFB-RN replied to 0.9%NormalSarah's topic in Critical

    There were two studies presented at a Wisconsin AACN conference I attended back in (I think) 2012 that supported smaller is better. Unfortunately I took the information I needed and have no memory of what the studies were called. I do remember that o...