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The highest temperature you have seen and did they survive? How long can a person sustained a high core temp say at 105 or higher?

There are so many avenues to nursing. There are some areas that require more intuition than others. But for the most part, you learn so many skills in school that help you anticipate mentally "what to ask" the patients and family you have to deal w...

Ours actually not only emphasized clinical skill and knowledge but the teamwork that needs to be present. It also concentrated on timeliness, communication and professionalism. Our peer reviews are tough.

extra 2 bucks per hr regardless of experience, temperment or attitude! Sometimes it seems like peanuts,...but at least it is something,...

How can people comment on things they no NOTHING about? Tell her that this job is demanding and youat are making all your money in 3 days that most people need 5 for. She needs to butt out and get a life,...

I like to think that what I do is a little less stressful in ICU. I fill in for charge and work staff nurse 3 12 hr shifts per week. I might pull an occasional extra shift for desperate shifts. I like to leave my job there once I leave. The more ...

I just took ACLS today. They were re-emphasizing high quality CPR in all non perfusing rhythms. Also, the drugs are secondary in a sense to the CPR and the shocking for Vtach/Vfib. I think we need to slow down and see if shocking and CPR works fir...

We ONLY do weight based IV drips now with the exception of a few (Diltiazem, Vasopressin, Amniodarone). It is policy now,....

Hi all, Do any of you use a teaching checklist or coumadin education teaching protocol at your hospital? I am looking for effective and streamline ways of teaching the coumadin therapy information to patients upon initiation and throughout their hos...

Let me first say, I am an ICU nurse with 8 years of experience that returned to ICU nursing after several years of a break. I am learning a new hospital and new ways of treating diagnosis but the nursing part has come back fairly easily. I fill "hol...

Change your cell and be done with it,...do NOT post your new one in the general view of anyone. It would creep me out too and is probably just bad manners.

Hey all you CCRN people out there! How did you prepare for the test? I have talk about this for years and really want to obtain my Certification. I am just wondering how you approach the preparation and actual test. Thanks!!

Creepy!!!

Hey all, I was working this week and was in an awkward position trying to recycle a monitor for a blood pressure and holding my patients arm still when I pulled something in my neck that traveled down my arm. Needless to say, I have had pain ever sin...

You can have the HOB for removal? Thanks!

open visiting 0830 to 1800. open again 2030 to 2300. two at a time....lucky night shift......

Heck no!!!

I was recently told the Lateral abd "love handle areas" were best. It is accepted however to give in the lateral thigh for pt's that cannot have it in the abd. (ex. a peritoneal diaylsis pt or abd. pt or even a very very thin pt.),....

Excellent,....I kind of figured out again on my own but you helped confirmed my answer. Thanks so much!!!

Help!! I have lost my kfactor calculation card. You know the one,....it helps me plug in my conversion factor to figure out my mcg/kg/min and ml/hour :no:for my gtts. I have become so reliant on it that I cannot function with out it. Help from ...

Thanks all This whole thing started with her BECAUSE I reported her and her behavior as a charge nurse. I will cont to do what I do and you are right,...the less I talk about it, the more she will seal her own fate. If I don't play the victim, she...

Explain the N peptide test and what causes the elevation. Any info would be helpful....Thanks

Hi, I stumble across your post looking for something here,...it caught my eye due to the fact that, I too have experienced things similar in my ICU. The only difference is that I am experiencing it with other RN's. Let me first say that most of the...

Okay, I will probably get flogged by saying this but here it goes,... I am working at Duke Raleigh and I love it for the most part. They are a small (150 bed) hospital in near Wake Forest and it seems to be personable and sincere to it's nursing sta...

Guaifenesin? Just wondering,....