Sirapples

Sirapples

Agency, ortho, tele, med surg, icu, er

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About Sirapples

Sirapples has 5 years experience and specializes in Agency, ortho, tele, med surg, icu, er.


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  1. Increasing anxiety before work

    Hey all, this is a topic that is a little unusual for me. I enjoy the anonymity of the internet for it. Ive been in the healthcare field for over 15 years. A cna for approx. 5 years before I became...
  2. Ive been a nurse for about 8 years, work in icu/ed for 3 years before that medsurg. In the past 6 months I have seen maybe 12 cases of patients requiring intubation from lisinopril reaction. all of...
  3. I work 7pm to 7am. I am on the verge of switching my job so I can work
  4. Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    2 months? its fat soluble I know that. How much were you
  5. Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    I dont know why you would smoke prior to taking this drug screen. marijuana stays in your urine about a month fyi. I dont think this would be kept as info by the state. Try again. Whats the worse...
  6. How to grow backbone in ICU?

    charting does not save a patients life. appropriate actions to critical situations does. I am also a new icu nurse, Ive been here for a little over a year and a half.. some very tough nurses here...
  7. Im glad Im not the only one that feels this way. I tell you what... when I get in my 60-70 Im putting in my will that the first person that forces the dr to remove a dnr and signs that paper that...
  8. So I was out the other night with my girlfreind who is charge nurse at boston medical center on a surgical floor. I work in an icu, I have been here for almost 2 years. Discussion comes up about work...
  9. What's the issue with med surg?

    I work icu now and I loved med/surg. I still float sometimes to med/surg because I enjoy it. Now with my icu background I have a bit more knowledge and can help out more when a med/surg patient goes...
  10. Ive just about had it. Rant, and I never rant.

    I think down the road Ill look into teaching. I know I will be doing tons of papers, but I think Ill actually enjoy that. I dont really look foward to seeing what nursing will be in 5 more years....
  11. Ive been a nurse for 7 years, almost 8.. Before that I was a CNA for 3 years. IVe worked med/surg, tele, been a float nurse, done agency, and now I work in an icu. Ive worked at a multitude of...
  12. A-fib + metropolol + diltiazem gtt + soft bp

    ah sorry just read that wrong that you werent scared. my
  13. A-fib + metropolol + diltiazem gtt + soft bp

    Ill be honest, I dont work in CCU, but I do have some tele experience. One thing that is an issue is fear of doctors at night. Its our patients lives that are in our hands and if you have a clinical...
  14. What the word N.U.R.S.E. stands for

    nice!
  15. Whoever thought of this ingenius idea was not a nurse. I am a very honest and forthright nurse and I would be tempted not to report if this was the drama I had to go threw. You guys have like 40...