JenSICU_CCRN

JenSICU_CCRN

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

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to luvmyguys's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

  2. 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....

  3. Am I crazy!?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to NeedyourhelpRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  4. Who's going to Anesthesia school?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to jrec's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    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...

  5. Counrtry doses

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  6. How much ancillary help do you get?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to wonderbee's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    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...

  7. Counrtry doses

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  8. Counrtry doses

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  9. Neurogenic shock

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to monkeyman1000's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    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...

  10. Neurogenic shock

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to monkeyman1000's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    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...

  11. Counrtry doses

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  12. Counrtry doses

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  13. can fever influence O2 saturation?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to buddiage's topic in MICU, SICU

    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.

  14. can fever influence O2 saturation?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to buddiage's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  15. can fever influence O2 saturation?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to buddiage's topic in MICU, SICU

  16. resume

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to garfieldrn's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Absolutely add your jobs that you wroked while in nursing school, because it shows that you can handle working with nursing school. As we all know, nursing school is very demanding and if you have...

  17. Give now orders for a patient that is "circling the drain"

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to emrrn915's topic in MICU, SICU

    I 2nd what the above poster has said...that is why in the unit that I work that we have specialty drugs and items in our procedure carts, omnicell, stock rooms, etc. Plus we have nurse servers in each...

  18. Crrt

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to nurseasia94's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have never had a problem with the bags breaking at our facility.

  19. Carotids

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to ccrnjen's topic in MICU, SICU

    SICU nurse here, and we always get the CEA's even if for only 24 hours. They need intensive monitoring and ICU nurse eyes for at least 24 hours post-op. The med-surg floors are just too busy and...

  20. Who's going to Anesthesia school?

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to jrec's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    They called me last week and told me I was accepted and to be looking for a letter in the mail, and I have yet to receive one. E-mail if you have any other questions.

  21. Crrt

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to nurseasia94's topic in MICU, SICU

    we also reuse the bags too.....hope this helps.

  22. MSN transfer classes

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to ethelbsnrn's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    i would suggest that you retake some of your undergraduate classes, like the science ones. the two schools that i am in the application process won't offer an interview if you don't meet all the...

  23. Schools

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Whisper07's topic in General Nursing

    anytime, and if you have any other questions about the mu program, i would be more than happy to help you out. your gpa is good, and i'm happy to hear that you are getting the sciences under your...

  24. propofol infusion syndrome

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to john 1947's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    we only use it short term as well since there is in increased rate of infection while using propofol due to it being lipid based. also, we don't use high doses since it affects bp adversely...

  25. IVF's for head injuries

    JenSICU_CCRN replied to Ann RN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    we never give d5 to a head trauma...our surgery team tried to do this, and if they won't change their order, i always call the neurosurgeon and tell them and they have my write an order that all ivf's...