RNFELICITY

RNFELICITY

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  1. does your unit test nurses for mrsa?

    RNFELICITY replied to xigris79's topic in MICU, SICU

    lol...I can see where the hopes for being positive came from...lol. I would imagine that if there was a sudden influx of infection, we would all be cultured to help protect our

  2. What is a typical day/week like for an ICU Nurse?

    RNFELICITY replied to texag2005's topic in MICU, SICU

    Is there such a thing as a typical day? lol I guess there are routine things that we do every day like get report give report go on road trips with our patients to CT/MRI etc. A typical shift for me...

  3. does your unit test nurses for mrsa?

    RNFELICITY replied to xigris79's topic in MICU, SICU

    hmmmm... We do not isolate for MRSA in this facility. I know I used to work at a hospital where we swabbed for everything as soon as they rolled through the

  4. AACN membership?

    RNFELICITY replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have been a member for some time now and enjoy the magazine and the other items on the website that is only offered to members. You get discounts for other things as well. I think it is a nice way...

  5. Procedures on DNR/DNI patients

    RNFELICITY replied to hell000nurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think my biggest problem in this area is that I have had many many patients who vocalize certain wishes and as soona s they become unconscious or seriously ill, there is some family member who sees...

  6. Hit

    RNFELICITY replied to ragincajunstudent's topic in MICU, SICU

    When I was working in a major inner city hospital, we were seeing a fair share of this. but I have not seena single case in months at this smaller hospital. Perhaps it has to do with the client...

  7. is it that bad???

    RNFELICITY replied to registeredin06's topic in MICU, SICU

    wow, I never really thought about it... (bad nurse), but I also take off the inline adn replace it with the other suction as needed because that is how I was shown when I started out. But, now that...

  8. What makes a good ICU nurse??

    RNFELICITY replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think a good ICU nurse is very detail oriented and a whole lot on the anal side...lol. You have to think outside of the box and be able to connect the dots even when they go in a circle. You are...