JenSICU_CCRN

JenSICU_CCRN specializes in Trauma/SICU.

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1. Nursing and tattoos

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to MelRN13's topic in General Nursing

   I have 5 tats...all covered when in scrubs. large sun on my lower back 2 big Chinese Symbols on my spine in between my shoulder blades Shamrock with Celtic KNots on my hip on the right down by my belt line Huge firedancer with reds, oranges, yellows ...

2. Take my survey, its for class!!!

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to luvmyguys's topic in Student Assist

   1.) what is your highest level of education? BSN plus 18 hours of graduate classes toward MSN 2.) What type of facility do you work in? (Hospital, homehealth, office, etc)? Community Trauma Hospital 3.) Is your current facility hiring? Does it offer...

3. What is the best way to win the battle for unit differentials?

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to NeedyourhelpRN's topic in General Nursing

   What I want to know also...is how did your hospital achieve magnet status if you are so understaffed? We have a magnet hospital in WV (Ruby Memorial) and people would cut of their arms to work there. Jenny

4. Am I crazy!?

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to NeedyourhelpRN's topic in MICU

   Well, this is a touchy subject. I am a SICU nurse, and in our hospital our patients tend to be the sickest of the sick. Our unit is known for having tons of nursing hours as we frequently have 1:1 patients. I do not think that our nurses should ge...

5. Who's going to Anesthesia school?

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to jrec's topic in SRNA

   Congrats James....The called me in September and told me that I was accepted for this January, but I am going to decline at this time. Good luck to you and all you do. They also told me the letters were in the mail and I have yet to receive one-LOL...

6. Counrtry doses

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU

   I don't think that anyone here has denied that it happens....nurses doing things without orders and so on and so forth. What we are saying is that it is illegal and giving extra medication is practicing medicine without a license. You did elude to ...

7. How much ancillary help do you get?

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to wonderbee's topic in Neuro

   Heck no....thank God for our unit. I work in a very busy Trauma/SICU in a tri-state area as well. We have a PCA (unit secretary/CNA) 24 hours a day unless there are 3 or 5 patients. At 5 patients we have 3 nurses and no PCA and at 3...2 nurses and...

8. Counrtry doses

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU

   This is a common term in the south and nobody was stereotyping nurses from underdeveloped areas. Please don't make it out to be something it never was. Really, this isn't the main issue of the OP....the main issue is that giving more drugs than are o...

9. Counrtry doses

   JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU

   I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I can't get this posting out of my mind. I just re-read the original post, and I'm appalled that you all joke about this with physicians. It isn't funny to me that you give meds without an order....it is illeg...

10. Neurogenic shock

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to monkeyman1000's topic in Neuro

    Some residents were saying pressors were contraindicated in neurogenic shock, but my literature states otherwise. Nurses argued back and forth with docs about pressors and finally when they let us start some neo we had acceptable bp. I am really inte...

11. Neurogenic shock

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to monkeyman1000's topic in Neuro

    We usually don't treat an acute SCI with bradycardia unless it is symptomatic (low BP). Usually these tragic accidents are young adults (probably with low HR's anyway) so is a HR in the 40's really as bradycardic as we think. As long as the pressur...

12. Counrtry doses

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU

    Oh, and as an afterthought after hitting submit....think about it like this. If you are giving extra insulin and extra ativan...the physicians think those doses are working and will be hesitant to write orders for more when you really need them. Bl...

13. Counrtry doses

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU

    While, I know that nurses give "extra" of a drug that is something that I would not do. #1 I'm not a physician (even though as RN's we know more about the pt. than they do usually) and #2 I worked too hard to get my license to lose it. If your medi...

14. can fever influence O2 saturation?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to buddiage's topic in MICU

    Sorry, I had my right and left confused-LOL....I do that commonly with everything right and left. I also had been up for almost 30 hours when I posted. Sorry again. Jen

15. can fever influence O2 saturation?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to buddiage's topic in MICU

    Well, thanks. In my CCRN studies last year, I was fascinated with the Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve and dug deep into it. My best friend was also so interested in it, she made an educational book on it for our unit since we get pts. from PACU, f...