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  1. Ancillary staff in PICU..do you use them?

    dianacs replied to WineCountryRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Curious to know...if your facility has a burn unit, why don't they take the unstable

  2. Burn Techs...ancillary staff on burn units

    dianacs replied to WineCountryRN's topic in Burn

    Our burn unit uses techs, too--they are an important part of the team. Like yours, ours are extremely knowledgable about wound care and great at working with patients/familes. I couldn't imagine it...

  3. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    dianacs replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It always strikes me as odd when people say this and it reminds me of posts in a similar vein...first of all, it is probably only a very small percentage of nurses who a)want to become physicians and...

  4. rough night

    dianacs replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Are you saying that the nurse before you had 2 other patients plus this patient? No way is that even possible with all that your patient had going on! Sounds like you did fine, with a patient like...

  5. Rich nurses?

    dianacs replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    What are the "right

  6. Creating sustainability for a nursing career.

    dianacs replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is a really thought-provoking thread. I hope we see some different points of view. For me, sustainability involves: 1. Getting out of my nursing comfort zone and trying new things. My...

  7. CCRN--how bad is it? (again)

    dianacs posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I saw a thread on this subject but it is older, so I thought I would start a new one. I am taking the CCRN shortly. I've mainly been using the Critical Care Nursing Certification Review by Ahrens....

  8. Looking for Nightingale Pledge ALTERNATIVE

    dianacs replied to Kaila's topic in General Students

    Or you could write your own pledge! That would be

  9. Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter

    dianacs replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a burn unit as well and we see a lot of this much like Razorback has described. It will disappear for a while among our patient population and then come back with a vengeance. All our...

  10. Drug seeker t-shirt?

    dianacs replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Check out the other nurse shirts that they have. You will pee your pants

  11. Pursuing the PhD sooner rather than later

    dianacs posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I will be (knock on wood) finishing my MSN in spring 07. I know I would like to continue on to the PhD, and would like to do so shortly after graduating. I will have been an RN for about 2 1/2 years...

  12. Stalling?

    dianacs posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    i told myself I was going to be very disciplined and get papers written as early as possible. But I find myself procrastinating once again. (See, I'm doing it right now!) Well, back to work, I...

  13. online PhD? University of Kansas...Duke University...Duquesne?

    dianacs replied to Gennaver's topic in Post Graduate Students

    That is interesting. The website specifically states that no online PhD classes are offered. Where is your info

  14. online PhD? University of Kansas...Duke University...Duquesne?

    dianacs replied to Gennaver's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Duke's PhD is onsite

  15. was this Vanco dose a little high?

    dianacs replied to LPN2RNdude's topic in General Nursing

    Now that's interesting!

  16. I GOT IN to Graduate School yay

    dianacs replied to krisssy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congratulations!

  17. Leaving work at work!

    dianacs posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is so difficult for me to do lately. I spend so much time away from work thinking about what I did or didn't do or could have done differently. And of course worrying about mistakes I made, if...

  18. Starting IVs

    dianacs replied to amber1142's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I, too, stink at starting IVs! Am just ok but not spectacular at blood draws either. You are not alone in this. Wish I had some words of

  19. Maximum infusion rate for a PICC line?

    dianacs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been seeing PICCs recently at work and I am wondering what the maximum infusion rate for a PICC line is. I see the orders written to deliver fluids on a pump at a KVO rate. How high is too high...

  20. graduate school for nurses

    dianacs replied to krisssy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hooray for the new forum! I graduated with my BSN in December of 2004 and have begun working on my MSN this summer (Nursing

  21. Burn unit job offer

    dianacs replied to Cakes's topic in Burn

    I just graduated this past December and am in the burn unit. If your hospital provides a good orientation and the burn unit is prepared, willing, and able to accept new grads, go for it. You will...

  22. How long after graduation did it take to get your ATT?

    dianacs replied to grinnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    For me, it was well over a month, maybe even close to 2 months after graduating. I graduated in early December and got my ATT in Jan or

  23. Back to school (already!) and other stuff from a Dec. 2004 grad

    dianacs posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just a quick update on me. I graduated in December of last year and began a critical care orientation in January. My last date of orientation is less than two weeks away, then I'm on my own. Am I...

  24. Book: "Burn Unit: Saving Lives After the Flames"

    dianacs posted a topic in Burn

    I just picked this up at the library. I was going to wait until I had finished the book to post about it, but I couldn't wait. It's really, really interesting for those of you who are interested in...

  25. New grad in need of a pep talk

    dianacs posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone relate? I graduated in Dec 2004 and started a critical care orientation in January. It's been going well so far. But I think I'm just at that (normal) point where some discouragement and...