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  1. ICU position in Detroit/Royal Oak/St. Claire Shores area

    poppy07 posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    Hi all, I will be moving to St. Claire Shores area and want an ICU position, preferably a surgical ICU, or combined unit. I'm trying to find a good hospital that won't require a 2-year contract in...

  2. MICHIGAN ICU position in Detroit/Royal Oak/St. Claire Shores area

    poppy07 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi all, I will be moving to St. Claire Shores area and want an ICU position, preferably a surgical ICU, or combined unit. I'm trying to find a good hospital that won't require a 2-year contract in...

  3. ICU position in Detroit/Royal Oak/St. Claire Shores area

    poppy07 replied to poppy07's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Cool. How about St. John Hospital & Medical Center? I just applied to their SICU. It's midnights. I wish I could find a day shift job in SICU. It's going to be tough to switch! Anyone have...

  4. ICU position in Detroit/Royal Oak/St. Claire Shores area

    poppy07 replied to poppy07's topic in Michigan Nursing

    So Henry Ford is not REQUIRING a written commitment of 2-years? They would probably be very disgruntled if I left early. I would like to go to grad school, but I still want more experience before I...

  5. new grad vs 1 yr exp. orientation to ICU

    poppy07 replied to NurseNature's topic in MICU, SICU

    If you have been in the unit, and feel comfortable in the environment and competent with the skills you have learned so far through clinicals-- GO FOR ICU! If you, on the other hand, still are...

  6. New assignment to Burn ICU

    poppy07 replied to poppy07's topic in Critical Care

    Hi, Actually still working MSICU. I am curious as to the different things you are referring to, though. Please do

  7. "If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school"

    poppy07 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    So I'm caring for my patient with COPD who came in with chest pain, ended up not having any cardiac compromise... pt has a history of anxiety, fibromyalgia, COPD, and ascites. Pt on 2L NC, satting...

  8. Highest PEEP you've seen?

    poppy07 posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I had a patient the last 2 days on 25 of PEEP. The docs were concerned about her lungs "popping," so for a while- we didn't move her. Finally, got it down to 15. What's the highest PEEP you've seen,...

  9. Any graduate or previous student of UM CRNA school

    poppy07 replied to samanthav's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    not sure what you mean...not U of M at

  10. Any graduate or previous student of UM CRNA school

    poppy07 replied to samanthav's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi are you talking about U of Michigan at Flint? Also, what interview questions did you have? What kind of chemistry did you take in college- basic 101 (nursing) or general 171 (pre-med type...

  11. What is your attrition rate?

    poppy07 replied to volatileRRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    What school is

  12. Advice re: references for grad school

    poppy07 replied to Amxixi29's topic in Post Graduate Students

    What are some good ways to cultivate these strong relationships with nurse leaders we work with? I was never good at the ass-kissing stuff. My past manager I liked okay, but was actually diverted...

  13. What has been your sickest patient

    poppy07 replied to richard1980's topic in MICU, SICU

    My question is in what cases were these LVADs placed? Could you describe what led up to these problems? For eg> a pt we've had in our unit for quite some time just passed, but they ended up on...

  14. Nasty co-workers

    poppy07 replied to saphyre's topic in General Nursing

    How does he manage to pull all this off? Can you give some examples? Do u ever say anything to

  15. Nasty co-workers

    poppy07 replied to saphyre's topic in General Nursing

    I have been fighting this issue since I was off of orientation last year. The preceptor and a couple of her buddies created a very toxic environment in which they would gossip, isolate, give dirty...

  16. Inappropriate ICU transfers

    poppy07 replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    By the way, a patient on a Nexium gtt could be having an upper GI bleed that all of a sudden blows up in your face...say this patient has trouble getting a hold of the nurse. How immediate do you...

  17. Inappropriate ICU transfers

    poppy07 replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sometimes these patients are really quite stable once they arrive to the ICU, but it was the forethought of the doctors that they were unstable or could become very unstable when they decided to admit...

  18. Transplants

    poppy07 replied to NurseLay's topic in MICU, SICU

    what would you say you spend most of your time doing with these liver patients, for example? Do they have a lot of drains that you have to empty/monitor every hour? Did you learn to monitor the Swan...

  19. RSI rapid sequence intubation question

    poppy07 replied to BFE/RN's topic in Emergency

    that doesn't answer my question. what is this nonsense defensive mechanism about OR vs.

  20. Facilitating intubations

    poppy07 replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    when you say, NS wide open.... do you mean that you have the roller clamp open fully and the tubing not on a pump, or do you have the tubing in a pump set at a really fast rate?

  21. RSI rapid sequence intubation question

    poppy07 replied to BFE/RN's topic in Emergency

    What is defasciculate? Also, is there any difference in "rapid sequence intubation" vs. "intubation"?

  22. Facilitating intubations

    poppy07 replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    thank you, i checked. it is, indeed, within our scope of practice in this state to push propofol if ordered by a licensed provider at

  23. Facilitating intubations

    poppy07 replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    each doc has their own preference for meds during intubation. some i work with like versed and propofol, some like etomidate and

  24. Facilitating intubations

    poppy07 replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    RE: "don't usually deal with hypotension".... in general, sedatives can cause hypotension, the positive pressure ventilation also impacts cardiac output, and oddly the laryngeal stimulation of...

  25. "If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school"

    poppy07 replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    good