FLCheerChic86

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1. TBI management

   FLCheerChic86 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   Ok yeah thats a lot but I will respond just to the temperature management section. At the hospital I work at, we consider our patients febrile at 38.0. We are very agressive in our temperature...

2. Triple H therapy

   FLCheerChic86 replied to Epona's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   Ok I'm still pretty new to neuro nursing but this is how I conceptualize "Triple H" therapy in my mind. After someone has been clipped or coiled they are at risk for going into vasospasm (we are...

3. Got told our/ any neuro ICU is not really an intensive care unit

   FLCheerChic86 replied to labman's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   I work in the neuro unit of a large, level I trauma center in Florida. We have an attending physician in the neurology dept that puts it best... "What's a body without a brain?" It is a constant...

4. Salary for entry level RN

   FLCheerChic86 replied to WSnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad at a large Level I trama hospital in Central Florida. My starting wage is $21.50/ hr. We have been told that we will get a raise after 6 months and then 1 year. We also have a clinical...

5. List of critical care internships..

   FLCheerChic86 replied to zram44's topic in MICU, SICU

   I know that Tampa General Hospital has a critical care internship program. You spend one month (maybe 6 wks... not quite sure) in a classroom setting. Then you are assigned to a ICU for 6 months. You...

6. "Must Have" Gear

   FLCheerChic86 replied to kmm5117's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Well I feel for you because I am just finishing up nursing school. There is no easy answer to your question because everyone learns at a different pace and by different ways. The one thing that I can...