SICU Queen

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  1. How do you deal with disoriented patients?

    SICU Queen replied to drenched's topic in MICU, SICU

    Your pride needs to be the least of your concerns when dealing with disoriented patients! Who cares about who's listening and cringing? Are you worried about impressing someone? :trout: Hopefully when...

  2. Jehovah Witness RNs

    SICU Queen replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, you know it just occurred to me that I've never thought about that. I'd like to know the answer to that myself... Thanks for asking! I look forward to reading the

  3. Stressed and Depressed

    SICU Queen replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    UGH I'm so sorry!! Those kinds of shifts are the worst to deal with. They do hang with you for a while. Find someone to talk to about this if you feel like you need to, which it sounds to me like you...

  4. refusing to take report

    SICU Queen replied to crb613's topic in General Nursing

    Your charge nurse is an idiot if she thinks that a pediatric patient is "just a small adult." You need to make it very clear to your nurse manager that you will refuse any assignment that includes a...

  5. Warning - Thieves

    SICU Queen replied to yellowbrickroad's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!! Thanks for the

  6. littmann stethoscopes

    SICU Queen replied to bookworm1's topic in General Nursing

    Mine's engraved with my name, AND it's hot pink so it's easier to

  7. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    SICU Queen replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Finnagran" makes me insane, especially coming from another nurse!! I have an ex mother-in-law who took "Zanack" for her nerves, lol... Then there's the xray tech who spoke of

  8. Does anyone else find this disturbing?

    SICU Queen replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    That nurse sounds so... odd. I'd stay the heck away from there if I was you. Some of the stories I read on here, and hear of elsewhere, make me terrified to ever be in a hospital. There are some scary...

  9. Would you feel betrayed???

    SICU Queen replied to fgoff's topic in General Nursing

    I would apply for it, but be sure to let her know that you did. Tell her you will support her 100% if she gets the job, and that you hope to get the same from her if you get the job. Good luck to you,...

  10. Being denied employment because of a credit check :(

    SICU Queen replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    First, please buy any book by Suze Orman and read it to learn how to improve your financial health. Your plan may make sense to you but there are better ways. Second, what I don't understand is how...

  11. Oh. My. God. (lol!!!!)

    SICU Queen posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    This was a first for me. One of my coworkers called me in to help her start an IV on a 22 year old ear avulsion (ATV accident) who supposedly doesn't have a closed head injury, yet can't manage to...

  12. Ice for a vented patient???

    SICU Queen replied to OkieICU_RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I will get a cup of ice water and use a swab in the patient's mouth; it gives the same effect and provides mouth care at the same time. Honestly, one tiny piece of ice is no more water in the mouth...

  13. Tips on making that ICU bed look perfect after a bath

    SICU Queen replied to bluesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've been nursing for 14 years in ICU and have done many a bath... and there's not one thing that I can think of that hasn't already been covered. Excellent

  14. Would you take this assignment??

    SICU Queen posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I arrived to work last week (7p shift) and my assignment was: Patient #1: 48 y/o male, s/p CABGx4, 6 hours out, still intubated, all the usual lines and tubes, CT output was averaging about 150/hour,...

  15. ICU Visiting Hours

    SICU Queen replied to LaRose's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have set hours, and I cherish the times in between!! Families, I find, often cause more irritation and harm to the patient than benefit, with rare exceptions. (Plus, they pester the heck out of me...

  16. eICU- VISICU

    SICU Queen replied to MellowYellow's topic in MICU, SICU

    I haven't, but I'm super curious about this concept and hope you get some responses from those who

  17. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

    SICU Queen replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Wow, what a sad story!! I'm so sorry for everything you've gone through; I know financial stress on top of everything else was the last thing you needed. Perhaps the reporter will be able to put...

  18. Baths on night shift?

    SICU Queen replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    In an ideal nursing world where coworkers all actually pull their weight, and shifts don't fall apart, all A/O patients would bathe during the day and sleep all night. I'd love it if my A/O patients...

  19. Aquadex FlexFlow

    SICU Queen posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    From an article I read about it: "The Aquadex FlexFlow is used to perform Aquapheresis™, a procedure to safely and predictably remove excess salt and water from fluid-overloaded patients." Anyone...

  20. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    SICU Queen replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    The whole pain management issue is frustrating, to say the least, especially when we deem a patient with multiple allergies to be using them as an exucse to get the "good stuff." The problem with that...

  21. New Grad looking for ICU job

    SICU Queen replied to Umdsn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I disagree. By working on a MedSurg floor for six months, you get... 6 months of Med-Surg experience! In and of itself that is great, but it doesn't do much to teach you about ICU nursing! On...

  22. Baths on night shift?

    SICU Queen replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    Let me clarify too that if someone refuses, I respect that. AND, some people just need to rest. Period. I don't bathe those except on a PRN basis. I guess what I'm saying is that unless there's a good...

  23. Baths on night shift?

    SICU Queen replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in a 13 bed SICU, and night shift does 99% of the bathing. All vented/sedated and confused patients are bathed at some point during the night, unless they're unstable. Alert/oriented patients...

  24. teaching hospital VS. traditional hiospital

    SICU Queen replied to mrmike's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've never seen Scrubs but it's been my experience that the show, any show, is RARELY like real

  25. The best way to get hired into the MICU/SICU ...

    SICU Queen replied to Sassybottom's topic in MICU, SICU

    Why wait? Look for a hospital that has a new grad training program, or apply for a position and explain that you're very interested in working ICU and would like to be oriented. Meanwhile, assess...