Rainagrey

We use propofol pretty regularly on my unit and (as far as I know) haven't had a case of propofol infusion syndrome. My question is, why do patients develop blue/green urine? I'm going to hop on uptodate and see what I can find out . . .

Hi ladies! I graduated from the UMass RN-BSN program this past May, although I did the program through UMass Amherst, not Boston. It went really well and really quickly! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions I could maybe help you with! -Ru

*waves* Hi! I'm in an online program right now actually through UMass Amherst. It's the best deal I could find, being a resident of Mass, it costs me roughly 10k total, and it's three semesters. I started this past June and I'm done this May (woot!). The only campus time we had to do was attend a 1 day orientation at the beginning, but it was clear that even that could be waived. The program includes a bit of doing "clinicals" in that you hang out at a school/old folks program/homeless shelter and do "interventions" that you document and write papers on, but that's the extent of that. I think we even have one woman in our program who's currently living in Sweden, so no worries there. PM me if you have any questions! :)

Hi guys! Wow, I feel like I found this thread just in time, lol! I have an application to American mobile that I've been filling out over the past couple of days, but all these comments are giving me serious pause. I'm a newbie nurse too (I've been working telemetry in southern mass for about two years this fall). Can I get in on this PM action as to what the good companies are? Pretty please? I think I found the website for OA (but I'm not quite sure if it's the right one). Thankyouthankyouthankyou!

Hi all! I currently have an ADN, and my long term goal is to go to cRNA school. I've been told by several people that it doesn't matter where I get my BSN from, just so long as my grades are really good. I'm looking into a program at UMass Amherst that is online and grants you a BSN in three semesters (woo hoo!), but I'm not sure how great that would look to future cRNA programs I apply to. I've tried calling (seriously) every school in New England about their view on this (and in BSNs in general) and I keep getting the run around ("oh, the director isn't here," "no, it doesn't matter. At least I don't think so", etc.). Grrr. I just want to do this right and not waste time and/or money. Can somebody set me straight? Thanks! Ruthie (rainagrey)

Hello all. A new file: "Labs", is up on the micu faq site at http://www.icufaqs.org. Let us know what you think. All the best.

Okay, somebody tell me why we don't give patients alcohol when they come in developing DTs? Why are ER patients forced through the benzo thing when (it seems) a bit of ETOH would stabilize them right away, allowing them to ship to detox in stable condition?

Hi there. IMHO, the paralytic ileus business is usually due to the opiate drips that get used along with the paralytic. Lately I've been hearing about using doses of neostigmine to make the ileus go away, but I dunno if it works. We routinely start patients like this on Reglan, but it's always a struggle.