Sally_ICURN

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1. ICU vs PICU Novice Question

   Sally_ICURN replied to SirJohnny's topic in General Nursing

   As cactus wren and kimprn stated, pedi/neonatal ICU and adult ICU are two completely different beasts. As an adult ICU nurse I only float between the two adult ICU's and never float to PICU or NICU....

2. Santa Clara County Hospitals

   Sally_ICURN replied to Purple_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yeah, I forgot Sequoia. They too have a pretty good acute psych unit. I did my psych clinicals there when I was a student. It was a great

3. Santa Clara County Hospitals

   Sally_ICURN replied to Purple_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Most hospitals in the Bay Area have new grad programs that start periodically throughout the year. If I were you I'd check out: Stanford...seriously check out Stanford. Great pay, great benefits,...

4. Do you have to be "super smart" to be a nurse?

   Sally_ICURN replied to Rootbear76's topic in General Nursing

   If I or someone close to me were a patient in the hospital dependent upon the services of a nurse, I would want a nurse who is proficient in their field. It doesn't necessarily mean one has to be...

5. sleeping staff

   Sally_ICURN replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Oops! Being a 12 hour night shift nurse I beg to differ with that quote. I don't sleep at all during my shift but a lot of nurses do take naps...on their break...making sure their patients are...

6. Making it through Nursing School with Children

   Sally_ICURN replied to mommyrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   you can do it, you really can!!! it took me seven years to complete my nursing education (including pre-reqs) and finally graduate. at the beginning, my two oldest kids were finishing up high...

7. This is "how" Nurses divert drugs for their own use.

   Sally_ICURN replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

   I so totally agree with you. Nothing, NOTHING gets to me more than when I get an assignment that includes, for example, a patient who's been on the unit for weeks, is lightly sedated, on a vent, has...

8. scared of moving on....

   Sally_ICURN replied to Pamelita's topic in General Nursing

   Horrible is an understatement! I too have been an RN for about 2 years and can barely manage 2 patients on ventilators with multisystem failures! And that's knowing I have help from another RN(s) if...

9. RNs and Pay-for-Performance: The Right Prescription?

   Sally_ICURN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   If they've got the money for incentives or rewards why not just add it to wages for the way under compensated work nurses already do? I can't believe it's suggested that nurses need to do more. Give...

10. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Sally_ICURN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'd like to know what the heck happens to these poeple when they end up in an ICU bed???? I had a completely oriented firefighter (yeah, a firefighter!) once in our ICU, he too was spitting all over...

11. Rectal Exam

    Sally_ICURN replied to jade95's topic in General Nursing

    I'm no GI nurse either, but maybe if they're checking for a rectal fistula or 'rrhoids? I know that OR positioning for surgical correction of a rectoanal fistula is in stirrups. Just a guess. The...

12. Approved Abbreviations

    Sally_ICURN replied to MiddleT's topic in General Nursing

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