Nurse Lulu

Nurse Lulu

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  1. Do you get extra work cause your bilingual?

    Nurse Lulu replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I work in MI in a very diverse community. We have TONS of arabic people (the most outside the middle east) as well as spanish, polish, german, italian, and probably more. We get by because a lot o...

  2. Age you will/were graduated?

    Nurse Lulu replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I was 22 when I graduated December 2006 with my BSN

  3. What does your Intermediate Intensive Care look like

    Nurse Lulu replied to Artemis2's topic in MICU, SICU

    HI, We have 18 beds 2:1 ratio with occasional singles or triples it doesn't change at night 1 aide per shift Lots of COPD, CHF.DKA, surgical, stroke, sepsis, ETOH/Drug withdrawl, lots of vents,lots of...

  4. Wondering if it is time to move

    Nurse Lulu posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    HI guys, question for you I currently work in "intermediate ICU" we take everything except brain drains, CRRT,and swans. (We can titrate all drips, push adenosine,vents, take fresh surgicals,...

  5. Wondering if it is time to move

    Nurse Lulu replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey MSU nurse thanks. Are you by chance in MI? I am an UM nurse! Oh no!! I graduated last december, you?

  6. rough night

    Nurse Lulu replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you to everyone. The patient dies 2 hours into day shift. Family still wanting her to be a full code..The icufaq website is amazing, I look at it all the time Thanks all again

  7. rough night

    Nurse Lulu posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    :oHI everybody, I am sorry but I need to vent. Let me start by saying I am a new grad in the ICU who got off orientation at easter time. I work 12 hour midnights with a very "young" staff of RN's who...

  8. Charge Nurse already

    Nurse Lulu replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know how you feel...I got off orientation in may and was in charge by June..on a critical care unit..I pray no one codes.I have expressed my problems and no one cares because no onewants to be in...

  9. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    Nurse Lulu replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I used to hate abg's but, I practiced it to death, now it's not so bad....I hate doing peritoneal dialysis ...not hard I just hate doing it... oops and road trips...images of codes or pulling...

  10. rough night

    Nurse Lulu replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    oops and our charges have their own patients on midnights...makes it tough sometimes. There were five other nurses on my "side" (we have two hallways) there were other patients not doing well. It got...

  11. rough night

    Nurse Lulu replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, the RT's change the vent settings but we do our own abg's. The intensivist admitted there was nothing else to do. Family could not agree on code status. If lungs are broken and pt is septic you...

  12. rough night

    Nurse Lulu replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for all your help guys! I am about to check out the icu link. To answer an earlier question, yes the nurse before me was tripled with this patient! I felt bad for her because she was agency,...

  13. who cannot care for ventilated TB pts?

    Nurse Lulu replied to elizadream's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yeah we have a "fact sheet" but she doesn't believe it. Recently she gowned, gloved, masked, bonnetted, goggled just to remove and clean up a pt who stooled. It really is kind of funny. She is getting...

  14. New Grad looking for ICU job

    Nurse Lulu replied to Umdsn's topic in MICU, SICU

    SICU queen, I started not to long ago and the nurses I work with said the same thing. They said the grads who go straight to ICU typically do the same or better. They said they are constantly...

  15. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

    Nurse Lulu replied to Scrubz's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yeah I have only seen it once, but I am a new grad who has only been around since December. In response to the article search, I tried to look for you, but because I graduated I lost my access to my...

  16. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

    Nurse Lulu replied to Scrubz's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I have only seen it once, but I am a new grad who has only been around since December. In response to the article search, I tried to look for you, but because I graduated I lost my access to my...

  17. who cannot care for ventilated TB pts?

    Nurse Lulu replied to elizadream's topic in MICU, SICU

    I am having a similar issue. Not just with TB though. We typically have seven nurses on but...she won't take TB, AIDS, Herpes, Hepatitis, IVDA, and the list goes on. Who do you plan on taking care of...

  18. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

    Nurse Lulu replied to Scrubz's topic in General Nursing

    We use diprivan with morphine and versed as part of a vent "bundle". We always titrate it based on weight (our intensivists demand it) as it can become toxic due to fats (PIS). Blue-green urine. Saw...

  19. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

    Nurse Lulu replied to Scrubz's topic in MICU, SICU

    We use diprivan with morphine and versed as part of a vent "bundle". We always titrate it based on weight (our intensivists demand it) as it can become toxic due to fats (PIS). Blue-green urine. Saw...

  20. New Grad looking for ICU job

    Nurse Lulu replied to Umdsn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I also went from school to MICU. I graduated in December, but actually got my job in September before I graduated. I would suggest making a list of questions (length of preceptorship, which classes...