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    Paths To Critical Care (true story)

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in Critical Care

    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...
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    New Grad in ICU

    PMFB-RN replied to wmarty8008's topic in Critical Care

    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
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    Have a BA how can I get a fast BSN?

    PMFB-RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    WGU will get you a BSN faster than any other
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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 &...
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    Pandemic Deathbed Confessions

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

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

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in Critical Care

    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...
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    Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2023

    PMFB-RN replied to ThatRedheadNurse's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

    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...
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    VA Clinical Ladder

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in Government, Military

    After years working in military and private hospitals ICU, ER & transport I have recently been hired as the Rapid Response nurse for a large VA hospital (well large by VA standards, it's actually...
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    VA Clinical Ladder

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

    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...
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    Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2023

    PMFB-RN replied to ThatRedheadNurse's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

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

    PMFB-RN replied to ThatRedheadNurse's topic in Nurse Residency Programs

    I'm appalled that any nurse would consider working for Vanderbilt after what they have done to
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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 Care

    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...
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    VA Clinical Ladder

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

    They all
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    Docs & Nurses = Murderers

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Scott Quiner Update: Criminal Investigation Into Doctors, How They’re KILLING, Payoffs for
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    ICU Nurses Dealing with COVID Patients

    PMFB-RN replied to MareBear112's topic in Disaster Preparation

    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...
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    I'm Done

    PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    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,...
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    I'm Done

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    The medium-sized hospital (275 beds) where I work only has one ICU. But thanks to the unvaxxed we have had to open another ICU for COVID patients again. We first did this last Winter and it was...
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    Peripheral Vasopressor Administration - Considering Catheter Gauge

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

    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...
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    Peripheral Vasopressor Administration - Considering Catheter Gauge

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

    Even though smaller is better when administering vasoactive drips in a PIV, I naturally assumed that the small bore IV would not be a critical patients only access. Two 18ga in place until a central...
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    Infuriating Code Status Changes

    PMFB-RN replied to JBMmom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Did you consider calling the cops and trying to get staff charged with battery? Something I would have definitely
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    Infuriating Code Status Changes

    PMFB-RN replied to JBMmom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nearly every advanced directive I've ever encountered was totally useless. Containing useless terms like "persistent vegetative state", or "brain dead". As if your body can't rot away in the ICU in...
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    Clinical Rotation In COVID Unit

    PMFB-RN replied to Elice's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Traditional nursing students don't do clinical on our covid wards. But some, like those assigned to a primary preceptor in accelerated BSN programs, take whatever patient their preceptor takes. They...
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    Does the federal Covid mandates apply to homecare nurses?

    PMFB-RN replied to guest1171208's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Babylon Bee is fake
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    Peripheral Vasopressor Administration - Considering Catheter Gauge

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

    Nodays with small portable bedside ultrasound machines I can pretty much put and IV wherever I prefer
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    Docs & Nurses = Murderers

    PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    revolting