deeDawntee RN

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    Help! lost 1st RN job

    deeDawntee replied to newb's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know what I say....Good riddance to that crappy work environment and manager...what a horrible excuse for human being and nurses. God, it just sounds like something else is going on here. Did...
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    Questions re: drip titration

    deeDawntee replied to mcleanl's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ordinarily a Physician will order a parameter. For instance start Levophed 1-12 mcgs/kg/min to maintain MAP >65. When you first start a drip, you take the pressure at least every couple of...
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    My thoughts on NCLEX

    deeDawntee replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I know how you are feeling and although I took the NCLEX long ago, I remember feeling the same frustration that you are feeling. I recently took the CCRN exam and was frustrated by that exam as well....
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    Am I a safe nurse? (LONG)

    deeDawntee replied to sleepyjane's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am sooo mad at the way your nurse manager handled that situation and I think you should tell her so...to "publicly" humiliate you is a terrible way to manage. I don't know if you could have...
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    Critical Care University

    deeDawntee replied to arv's topic in Emergency

    Oh My God! What a wonderful idea! Go for it, do it and what a dream come
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    Any experience with the new sleep med Rozerem?

    deeDawntee posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I was wondering if anyone out there has tried Rozerem? Supposedly it does not produce dependence. If you do use it, how does it compare to Benadryl or Melatonin? Do you have any lingering feelings...
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    How do you feel about the patients that WON't take care of themselves?

    deeDawntee replied to diapason05's topic in General Nursing

    I find it extraordinarily difficult at times to deal with those patients who are truly in a what I call a "slow suicide" mode. The best they can get in their lives is the attention and comfort by me...
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    Cardiac Gtt Titration

    deeDawntee replied to ottoma4's topic in Cardiac

    Pheww......you are in a dangerous situation, my dear. You should not be titrating drips outside the ICU, there are just too many factors involved and you have too many patients to watch. I would...
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    first med error and feeling burned out

    deeDawntee replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    I am truly impressed by how well you handled your first med error. You took responsibility and kept doing your job. Even the Physician heard that from you. Great
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    Need as much advice as possible-considering leaving nursing program.

    deeDawntee replied to ANurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    You are sooo normal, I can't even tell you. And, you are correct that students who have had experience in healthcare do come in with a comfort level that someone like you may not. A couple of things...
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    Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    deeDawntee replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Wow incubliss, when DO you fit it all
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    Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    deeDawntee replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Wow incubliss, when DO you fit it all
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    Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    deeDawntee replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi!! So glad you found us!! If you go to Amazon.com to order the Dennison book, it should be the third edition, as that CD with questions has over twice the questions as her earlier editions. And...
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    Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    deeDawntee replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Hi!! So glad you found us!! If you go to Amazon.com to order the Dennison book, it should be the third edition, as that CD with questions has over twice the questions as her earlier editions. And...
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    Nurses: what's your Myers-Briggs classification??

    deeDawntee replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm an ENFP, but years ago I was a strong INFP, but have definitely become more extroverted over the years. Also, I know I have a strong compensatory J, although that is not what I prefer by any...
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    Hyperpnea vs. Hyperventilation vs. Kussmaul's

    deeDawntee replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are far from lost! And yes having them breath into a paper bag does increase CO2 levels, I'm not sure if the chemoreceptors overides someone in a true panic attack, the will continue to...
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    What defines your Philosophy of Nursing?

    deeDawntee replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, this is going to show my ignorance, but who is Roy? I assume a nursing theorist? What!! You mean my 'philosophy' isn't original??? eee gads, guess I'd better get that BSN after all....
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    What defines your Philosophy of Nursing?

    deeDawntee replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    have you gained a certain wisdom from being the nurse you did not possess prior to becoming a nurse and something you didn't learn in or what wasn't discussed in school? definitely, i have grown so...
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    DAR Notes | Comprehensive Guide with Examples

    deeDawntee replied to Michelle M. Crook's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It stands for data, action, response: Here would be a simple example: ? Patient's temperature at 1305 was 101.5 (oral). The rest of his vitals were stable and he was in no acute distress. A: Called Dr...
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    Sometimes we have to stand up for ourselves as a new nurse and semi-new nurse.

    deeDawntee replied to burnoutward's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Great Job! It sounds like you are taking all the right steps to make certain what happened to you doesn't happen to someone else. After being treated like that, you are definitely handling it in the...
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    Elementary Education or Nursing?

    deeDawntee replied to Kimmi73's topic in Nursing Career

    No problem....Minnesota. Perhaps the outlook is better in
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    Sometimes we have to stand up for ourselves as a new nurse and semi-new nurse.

    deeDawntee replied to burnoutward's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OMG, that makes me sooo angry...I am sooo sorry that you had to go through that! Obviously, your facility was not unionized? Or if there was a union, it in not very effective, because I can tell you...
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    I feel useless

    deeDawntee replied to Skwidward's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh my, you have to give yourself a HUGE break here..... Surgical floors are notoriously heavy and you have been at it for ONLY 7 days!! And you are already taking a 1/2 assignment, I would say that...
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    Thinking of starting in the ICU

    deeDawntee replied to helloworld's topic in MICU, SICU

    It sounds like you are the perfect new grad to start right out in the ICU. Personally, my belief is that there is no reason why a new grad can't be successful starting right out in ICU. I have been...
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    Anyone doing Curves?

    deeDawntee replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There are more places popping up, have you noticed? Other strip mall-type exercise places. The names escape me now...but they advertise being open for 24 hours. Unfortunately, I think they let men...