meandragonbrett

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  1. Can ANP work in ICU

    meandragonbrett replied to meghanq21's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't hire you for two reasons. ANP is still a primary care program. You don't have any previous critical care experience and you want to be an ICU

  2. Why not a "match day" for nurses?

    meandragonbrett replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    This would lend the hospital another reason you pay you even less your first year. "You're just a new grad in your

  3. Agency nurses how do you do it?

    meandragonbrett replied to NoeIssa's topic in Agency Nurses

    Generally you will receive an orientation packet that contains answers to any questions you could have. My agency gives a 4 hour orientation on the unit with a preceptor but it's not the same type...

  4. Master Program Right After Nursing School Possible?

    meandragonbrett replied to tostos21's topic in General Nursing

    Get a year of experience just to get yourself settled. Then apply to

  5. New SICU Nurse Resident

    meandragonbrett replied to Dogstar's topic in MICU, SICU

    icufaqs.org for introductory need-to-know information.....especially as a new

  6. Any ICU ACNPs???

    meandragonbrett replied to marty6001's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you have a ruptured ETT balloon you have to replace the tube. Otherwise you are not going to achieve adequate ventilation. Orally suctioning the patient has nothing to do in regards to buying...

  7. Pyschotic Trauma Patients

    meandragonbrett replied to maranara's topic in General Nursing

    We often times intubate for their

  8. What do NPs do in the hospital?

    meandragonbrett replied to nurse1219's topic in General Nursing

    You don't prescribe medications and other treatments unless if you've formulated a

  9. What do NPs do in the hospital?

    meandragonbrett replied to nurse1219's topic in General Nursing

    They diagnose and prescribe medical treatment (just as they do in an office

  10. Central Line Dressing Changes

    meandragonbrett replied to ChrisEMTB's topic in General Nursing

    Look to the INS for

  11. Levophed vs. Neo

    meandragonbrett replied to hell000nurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Not everybody works in the type of facility where you work. Some of us work in non-teaching private hospitals where there is nobody in house at night and you're told to deal with what you have. In a...

  12. bumex vs lasix

    meandragonbrett replied to iluvnoodles's topic in Patient Medications

    Bumex will make a rock urinate when lasix won't.

  13. Hey CNA's, are you included in hosptials health insurance plan?

    meandragonbrett replied to northmississippi's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you are full-time, part-time, or weekender then the hospital will offer some sort of plan. If you work per diem, you likely won't be able to elect into the insurance

  14. How can new nurse be sure of her charting ?

    meandragonbrett replied to jollygirl098's topic in General Nursing

    Chart as you go/do something. Don't wait or you will

  15. Cardizem IV

    meandragonbrett replied to smb84's topic in Emergency

    Do you not have a drug book to look it

  16. Informed Consent Responsibility

    meandragonbrett replied to Bec717's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Soooooooooooo sick of crazy nurses! If it were THAT big of a problem, the OR nurse could have a new consent done in holding provided anesthesia hadn't given a

  17. What's your relationship with the other nurses on your floor?

    meandragonbrett replied to mell260's topic in General Nursing

    My old unit......we were family and always had each other's backs. Partied together and worked together. Still party with them on a regular basis. My new unit? Wouldn't spit on most of them if they...

  18. How do you feel about orienting on day shift when going to night shift?

    meandragonbrett replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask for 1 month of days and 2 months of nights. That way you will still have orientation on both shifts. I feel like you need the majority of your orientation on the shift you will be...

  19. Disposing of supplies

    meandragonbrett replied to kek5931's topic in General Nursing

    We only throw away when the patient is or has been in isolation in our unit. Otherwise we try to keep supplies in easily accessible places and only take in what we need when we need

  20. What is a good sedative for a hypotensive patient?

    meandragonbrett replied to nursingdude78's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    A lot will be patient dependent. Precedex, Fentanyl, low dose lorazepam, dilaudid, low dose diazepam, etc can all be great options depending on your patient and what's going on with them....

  21. Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    meandragonbrett replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    RNs and RRT

  22. Advice on Chest Tube & mistakes by colleague

    meandragonbrett replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    We do not use xeroform unless if there is an

  23. Leveling of A/L in Side-Lying Pt?

    meandragonbrett replied to All4Seasons's topic in MICU, SICU

    Phlebostatic axis is all you need to be concerned with when measuring arterial

  24. Are swans going "out of style?"

    meandragonbrett replied to TemperStripe's topic in MICU, SICU

    Isn't this the

  25. How high have you titrated levophed?

    meandragonbrett replied to racing-mom4's topic in MICU, SICU

    Get over