chuckz

chuckz BSN, RN

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  1. Most nurses not heros

    chuckz replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was just doing my

  2. I have 3 months to prepare for nursing school. What is the best way to prepare?

    chuckz replied to Bibliophage's topic in General Students

    I've been a nurse for about 6 years. Like you when I started nursing school I was so excited to do something to help prepare. I wish I would have taken the advice of others and did nothing. That's a...

  3. New to critcal care

    chuckz replied to borchefski's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I echo. It takes time. That was the hardest part of nursing for me. The time mgt and prioritizing. It takes a while and will come with time. Just learn more everyday. You will be fine. We all felt...

  4. Do male nurses wear scrub jackets???

    chuckz replied to Nolander's topic in Men in Nursing

    Nope!

  5. Man = muscle, being taken advantage of

    chuckz replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Men in Nursing

    Nice reference to Stuart McGill. I never thought I would see somebody reference him in here. Good stuff. Thank you for that. His vids are very good and he is wonderful on knees too. As a competitive...

  6. How old were you when you started Nursing School?

    chuckz replied to NursingStudentMomof3's topic in General Students

    I was 36. Best decision I have ever made. Unlimited overtime in er and icu. I work 5 12's because I need cash and get called or texted to work the days I don't. It's fantastic. My 7 yo looks up to me...

  7. Male Nurses that lift weights and stay fit

    chuckz replied to S-Rank's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Yep. Male nurse. Did MICU ER and now CVICU. I'm also a former competitive bodybuilder and currently a competitive power lifter. I think being a bit bigger and muscular has helped me out many-fold in...

  8. Oldest in cohort...feeling out of place

    chuckz replied to melc0305's topic in General Students

    I was 35 and male when I started......still male. I had a son who at the time was 2 when I started. I had the time of my life. I enjoyed making friends. I did not feel I "stood out" or didn't fit it...

  9. Pharmacology - best way to learn

    chuckz replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As a student instructor while I was in school.........learn the Mechanisms of action of all the classes of drugs and you can figure out anything you need to know. That is the key to learning forever...

  10. More $$/hr for CCRN?

    chuckz replied to cabgnurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    No increase and I had to pay for test out of

  11. Getting an ICU position as first job

    chuckz replied to seconddegreebsn1's topic in Critical Care

    Yes you can get an icu job as a new grad and yes it's doable. Worth it's weight is a good preceptor. A lot of new nurses will come into icu and there preceptor will expect them to know everything and...

  12. How hard is it to get ICU position for new grad?

    chuckz replied to NRKB's topic in Nursing Career

    When I was a new grad I hired in at a MICU at a trauma 1 hospital. For nine months every day I thought I was gonna kill somebody. I would leave and just hate the thought of going into work because i...

  13. What's your patient load?

    chuckz replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    Trauma 1. Cat1...High acuity Usually 2-3, but have had 6 when busy Cat2...Pts don't need to be monitored, but can be sick. Usually 7, but have had as high as 20. Cat3/peds. Laceration, ob and peds....

  14. Scrub tops on men

    chuckz replied to Nolander's topic in Men in Nursing

    No

  15. Do RN's insert EJ's at your hospital

    chuckz replied to Five&Two Will Do's topic in MICU, SICU

    When I worked in the MICU we didn't place them, only peripherally. I work in the ER now and yes, we do put in EJ's. Seriously, I'll place a line anywhere I can to get access in certain situations....

  16. ICU internships for GN/New RN

    chuckz replied to NeurotraumaGrizzly's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I don't know about now, but back when I graduated in 2010, I was a graduate nurse that hired in at the MICU at Henry Ford Main. I also was an extern in the Emergency Department prior, during school....

  17. Student nurse prectorship: ICU or ER??

    chuckz replied to doinmything's topic in General Students

    Gosh that was the same question I asked myself when I was in school. When I was in nursing school I was an extern for a year in a large inner city hospital. My last semester of nursing school I...

  18. Feeling lost and discouraged in clinical....

    chuckz replied to aweldon001's topic in General Students

    I have been a nurse for almost 2 years now and I still feel stupid at times when I don't know something. It's called, "Caring about what we do." I did the lat 18 months in an MICU and I just...

  19. Where did you worked as a newly Licensed Nurse?

    chuckz replied to joycie20's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Graduate in may 2010. Licensed in June...started in the MICU at a large hospital right before I got my license. As the above stated, I am real lucky to have gotten in and I never take it for...

  20. ICU interview next week, suggestions for prep??

    chuckz replied to LaceyRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Dano, They did the same to me. Kept asking, "Then what would you do if that didn't work....Then what?" Luckily we have 2 great managers that trusted us enough to hire us as new grads. I didn't have...

  21. My 5-Year-Old Son

    chuckz posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey Guys and Girls, I am a male nurse of just over a year and I have a wonderful, amazing, awesome son named Ben who is my life. My absolute world. He does everything with me and we are inseparable....

  22. Job jumper?!?

    chuckz replied to RN_lor's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lor, I got hired as a grad nurse in an ICU and let me tell you, I wanted to quit everyday. I would drive to work with a messed up stomach and have it until my last of 3 days where I could walk out...

  23. My 5-Year-Old Son

    chuckz replied to chuckz's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much folks, but like I said, Ben is an amazing kid in his own right, without my input. Last summer at the gym I bought him a water blaster to play with at the gym pool. It was the first...

  24. My 5-Year-Old Son

    chuckz replied to chuckz's topic in General Nursing

    Last one of him at his school

  25. My 5-Year-Old Son

    chuckz replied to chuckz's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a pic of my cool awesome wonderful little boy. It is such an honor to be his father. I owe him so