CRNI-ICU20

CRNI-ICU20

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  1. smallpox vaccine gone awry

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    GardenDove... I am with you! There is actually a very good article on the web that speaks of soldiers actually dying after being injected with a TYPHUS vaccine that was being developed during...

  2. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    "according to one memo, sv40 was found in three of 15 lots of the oral vaccine seven months after the federal directive was issued in march 1961. lederle released the contaminated vaccine to the...

  3. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    more on the subject... dr offit works for merck and has a patent on a rotavirus vaccine "if they were willing to look at all the studies that were done with vaccines, they would find that they are, i...

  4. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    some things to be careful of when looking at pandemics, are: 1) who is doing the testing? 2)who is saying there's a pandemic? 3)who is providing the antidote/vaccine 4)how much money is involved? too...

  5. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Lorster, I am sorry you feel the way you do.... It sounds like you have had some really harsh moments. I have had some tough times too....but I have had some really wonderful moments...and those are...

  6. hello. my name is muffie and i am an allnurses addict.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to muffie's topic in Nursing Humor

    There might be a twelve step program for this.....if not, maybe a rehab in Malibu.... (move over Brittaney)

  7. Not brain-dead, but ripe for transplant

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to gwenith's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I hope they remember to check the EKG in two

  8. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, your stories are awesome....because you are awesome!! Here's my story... Today, I came to work, and was assigned a patient who's spouse is one of the top anesthesiologist's at our facility. I was...

  9. Latex allergy.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    Well, hot dang and little britches! I just had my full blown out of the blue reaction that landed me in the ER! I had swelling, redness, and hives all over my face, neck, hairline, and into my...

  10. Banning Crocs?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to styRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    To Shark: Lovenox comes in prefilled syringes with reractable needles... the insulin needle is very very small...I doubt that it would penetrate a shoe like Crocs....it's worth a try....maybe we...

  11. "Floating" an IV and other IV tips needed

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to discobunni's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There are some really great websites out there for people just as yourself...one of the things I did early in my practice, when I was still wet behind the ears, was to take the time to observe someone...

  12. Chicago

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to jager's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Agree with the above writer....cold and expensive.... summers are short....and sometimes the weather is scary...tornadoes...etc.. I am planning on moving...to Texas...the pay is less...but so is...

  13. Excelsior College and Illinois

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to jadedRN04's topic in Illinois Nursing

    The Illinois Dept. of Professional Regulation and Licensing....which licenses everything from poodle clippers to dry wall hangers, has an illustrious division called Board of Nursing... My experience...

  14. Banning Crocs?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to styRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Maybe we should just wrap ourselves in Kevalar saran wrap!! How about going NEEDLESS??? isn't that a mandate? As for the infection control?? for feet??? are you kidding me? Anyone who has worked in...

  15. Most RN's first borns?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    baby!! of the family....although raised like the only child....sister and two older brothers are 10, 12, and 14 years older respectively...so more like a first born only child.... no...

  16. Extra dose of medication-medication administration error

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Woman_in_love's topic in General Nursing

    You are human... You will make mistakes... Follow the "RIGHTS" mantra....right drug...right dose...right time...etc... Look...and look again... You have learned from your mistake... Don't beat...

  17. need your advice and input

    CRNI-ICU20 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I printed this originally in the private posting....and no one responded....so I am asking for help here....can you give me some feedback? Thank you, it is most appreciated. Hi there good people!...

  18. The most heartbreaking thing ive ever had to do :(

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to *Peanut*Vennie*'s topic in General Nursing

    What a great nurse you are...to have been there for the family and your patient. Some of these events really kick you in the chest. You are not in anyway amiss in shedding tears, or having 'feelings'...

  19. Male nurses who cook

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Crumbwannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    I love this thread! I had an herb garden right outside my kitchen door....snip snip...and there were chives, cilantro, garlic, dill, basil, oregano, cat nip mint, creeping rosemary, chocolate mint. I...

  20. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with Dutchgirl.... Protocols are good, because the thinking is that everyone will follow the protocols and care will be more standardized. The downside is that protocols are not...

  21. Scripting Nurses?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Cindylufus's topic in General Nursing

    Oh bruther... Last year when our manager was running around like Chicken Little....she was all in a dither because the hospital paid a woman who does this for a living to test all of us for the...

  22. ED Physicians with overkill

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to ThisEDRNRocks's topic in Emergency

    yup.... we have one of those....except he's Internal Med....(infernal med) He's soooo bizaare... He will order consults up the ying yang... A patient will come in with exacerbation of COPD....minor...

  23. On the CRNA route, so which would be better to work: SICU or MICU?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Scrubz's topic in MICU, SICU

    Go for the place that supports critical thinking skills....lots of intubation experience...vents....and IV gtts.... I would think a rotation in an ER-ICU-Trauma would be really good...

  24. Does taking Sudafed show positive for meth?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    occasional sudafed users: no needle tracks...no twitching....no rotting teeth....no muscle wasting.... usually keep up their appearance....etc. meth: twitchin....chronic asytigmatism....poor...

  25. Why I get the urge to quit nursing sometimes

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks you sweet people for the support....it's the first time in a long long time someone affirmed what I always knew....but could never find a place to voice my side without fear of...