New CCU RN

DH and I are expecting our first baby this September!!! We are quite excited and cannot wait. Prior to finding out I was pregnant, I had planned on starting graduate school in the fall. However, now obviously I will be delaying this until th...

Thanks all for your posts. I have plenty of time to think about it, but it has just been on my mind alot. I know I have worked as a nurse for the last five years and I am very ready career wise to start a new challange. I have also been t...

I did! I also ran D1 xc and track for four years which was a 25 hr a week minimum commitment. (But it was paying for my school, so I really had to). My first two years I did work study - about 15 hrs a week - at the gym. If it was slow I c...

I went to a private university that cost over 25k per year. I did it b/c I was 18 when I was picking out colleges and was a little clueless. However, I got a lot of scholarships for grades and for athletics. I ran XC, and Track all four years. ...

I personally don't really do this all that often - maybe once a year. However my best advice is to stay hydrated. Try to avoid the urge to eat sweets or drink caffeine bc it will only make you crush soon after. I find doing an extra 8 hr shift ...

Just wondering how you all calculate the rate to run drips at. Do you do the long hand math, do your docs calculate and you run at prescribed mL/hr? Personally, we have IV pumps that we program the concentration and whether or not is is weight ...

ENTP! Am I the only one????

I've done both - ICU being where I started as a new grad. I really think that it takes someone with a great deal of desire to be an ICU nurse to suceed whether a new grad or an experienced nurse that is new to icu. You don't sound all that into ...

Have you looked at VCU?? I think new grads start around 20-21 but we have great shift difs and very supportive new grad programs. You do not want to drive two hours to DC

Hey~ I'm a Richmonder.... and would just like to say that I feel VERY safe here! I moved to Richmond four years ago and love it. It has great culture, awesome shopping, lots to do -- free concerts, parks, the river, it is central to the mountains, ...

Our hospital is starting an evidence based practice internship this summer. Essentially nurses from each area research EVP with regard to a specific area. They then based on the research present the data and hopefully are able to make a practice...

I'd highly recommend VCU Health Systems (was known for years as MCV). It has good nurse: patient ratios and in my opinion 95% management is great. I know four nurses off the top of my head who had been travelers for a while and decided to become s...

HEHE... now now, let's not stir trouble... And in all honesty - I'm going to gasp... say something good about admin -- they are pretty good at adhering to recommended ratios.

NO--- it can be CCU related... each unit is having a nurse represented... I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I have never diluted. We push it 40mg/minute though - never heard of the 10mg/min - that would take 10 minutes to push 100 mg which we often give.

Right now I sleep like a log from when I get home til 5pm - so usually 8-8:30 til 5p. I work 36 hours so three twelves. I am nervous about what will happen come July - we are having our first baby. So things should be interesting then. Luckily...

We are in agreement that it needs to be collaborative. We are in agreement that physician convenience should not weigh into the decision making. We are in agreement that the woman needs to know the risks and benefits. Who gets to decide to hav...

And obviously your friend is giving silly reasons for wanting a c/s. But what about the person that is postdates and an unfavorable cervix? She has a 50/50 chance of needing to be sectioned after a failed induction That could be argued that the...

I think who pays for an elective c/s is an entirely different topic from whether or not a woman should have the right to decide in her delivery. I also don't think an elective c/s should be lumped together with a breast augmentation. And the wor...

Its funny that this comes up again because just yesterday I was talking to a former coworker who was debating this very topic. I personally think that when my time comes to have a baby, I may have an elective c/s. While some say it is vain, I ...

Our merit raises go up to 6%. We usually get a cost of living raise every year around 2-3%. We also do the clinical ladder where you can get 6% for Clin 2, 5% for Clin 3 and 6% Clin 4 Since I started three and a half years ago, my pay rate has increa...

I don't know the background on your situation. I would not leave without at least two weeks notice. It will truly haunt you.

I do hope you reapply - and also look into other schools.

Why can't you just say I am a nurse in a graduate anesthesia program who is part of the anesthesia team? No where does that say I am a 20 year old student. And if the patients are curious - it opens them up to ask about nurse anesthesia. I do...

Being that it is your fifth baby - I think you would be fine. If it was your first - I would say otherwise - but you know your cervix can do it and you mention that you have been induced before... I think you would do just fine getting your membra...