javajunkie

javajunkie has 9 years experience and specializes in Critical Care.

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1. T-shirt slogan for Intensive Care

   javajunkie replied to javajunkie's topic in General Nursing

   I love it!

2. T-shirt slogan for Intensive Care

   javajunkie replied to javajunkie's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for everyone's suggestions! I will post the winning quote when I know what it is. Meanwhile, keep the suggestions coming! Thanks!

3. T-shirt slogan for Intensive Care

   javajunkie replied to javajunkie's topic in General Nursing

   Katie, I appreciate your point about nurses dressing professionally. One of the reasons the "T-shirt phenomenon" has become popular at my hospital is because we have a strict dress code. Nurses have to wear navy blue scrubs with the option of wearing...

4. T-shirt slogan for Intensive Care

   javajunkie posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone! Does anyone have any creative ideas for a T-shirt slogan for intensive/critical care nurses. My unit is a mixed medical/surgical ICU at a fairly conservative hospital. I really wanted to design a shirt that says, "ICU nurses, here to sav...

5. Five Star ICU Patients

   javajunkie replied to gwenith's topic in MICU

   My favorites are the hideous older ladies who were drinking in the womb and have been smoking since birth. You know, scary gruff voices. Really bad oral hygeine. They just love male nurses. Doesn't matter how sick they are, as long as they are extuba...

6. Amazed with Nipride

   javajunkie replied to RNBEAUTY2003's topic in MICU

   I am personally afraid of Nipride. Maybe because the one time I titrated up 1/2 a mic or so, I left the room to grab something and when I got back my patient was diaphoretic and getting ready to lose her lunch because her pressure went from 140 to 60...

7. Need a good ICU book

   javajunkie replied to erinnRN's topic in General Nursing

   Kathy White's Fast Facts most definitely.

8. Need a good ICU book

   javajunkie replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU

   Kathy White's Fast Facts most definitely.

9. New CCRN exam?

   javajunkie posted a topic in CRNA

   I am looking at the AACN website and it appears that the CCRN exam has changed. According to the website: "The CCRN certification examination will NOT be available at AMP assessment centers between the dates of Monday, May 17, 2004 and Friday, July ...

10. Black Widows

    javajunkie replied to Kason's topic in CRNA

    Can I sign up my ex for your experiment?

11. Barnes-Jewish?

    javajunkie replied to javajunkie's topic in CRNA

    A friend of mine is going to school in St. Louis and she said they had a program in the past and they are trying to start it back up again. Maybe just a rumor, that would be cool though :)

12. Barnes-Jewish?

    javajunkie posted a topic in CRNA

    I heard a rumor that Barnes-Jewish in St. Louis is going to get a program up and running in the somewhat near future. Anyone hear anything about this?

13. Bilateral Vents

    javajunkie replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in MICU

    I have only used a bifurcated ETT once on a patient with a unilateral lung injury. In this case, we only ventilated one side of the lungs. I was told, that we could ventilate the other lung if we needed to, but we would need another vent in order to ...

14. Ethical/Legal question

    javajunkie replied to Sis123's topic in CRNA

    Who doesn't want Versed? Just kidding. I agree, another drug would have been appropriate. While in nursing school, I once told a confused alcoholic patient his lactulose was whiskey and got my butt chewed. I learned a few valuable lessons though: A....

15. interview

    javajunkie replied to tcrn's topic in CRNA

    LOL, I know every CT surgeon is different. All I know is that if I ever feel the need to make one of ours cringe, I say the word "Neo." They hate it. Get out the dobutamine and nitro. However, I do believe in your question, the neo is used to mainta...