Rocknurse MSN, APRN, NP

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    What's the task you like doing most on the job?

    Rocknurse replied to PreStudent101's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the ICU. There's nothing I love more than having a really sick intubated patient on 20 different drips and coming in and rerouting all the lines, anally untangling them, labeling them and...
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    Makeing 80k

    Rocknurse replied to LTmurse78's topic in General Nursing

    I earn over $80,000 a year in the CICU, with NO overtime. Just straight hours. And yes, I have 20 years of
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    What do you do on the drive to work?

    Rocknurse replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    It's not the regular Essentials that you plug into the wall outlet, it's an organic oil burner. I can't use those artificial ones as the perfumes give me a headache. I only use natural oils. It plugs...
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    What do you do on the drive to work?

    Rocknurse replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm in a good mood I'll play some loud music, usually Heavy Metal to get me in the mood to work all night. If I don't feel good or I have PMS I'll play New Age music and I have a plug-in essential...
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    Getting German Nursing Degree accredited in US

    Rocknurse replied to ludwig's topic in International Nursing

    I qualified in England and had to get my transcripts evaluated. You have to get your transcripts translated into "American" by a recognized body. I used AACRAO but there are a couple different ones...
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    Blood Transfusion during Dialysis

    Rocknurse replied to Biggirl71's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an Acute Dialysis Nurse for 5 years, and also work in Critical Care. We do it all the time. I've given 2 units in about that timeframe, but only if the Hct is low, the lungs are clear, and I...
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    Help! I suck at math!

    Rocknurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a 20-yr veteran ICU RN that has decided to go back to school to do my BSN. I have been accepted at a great University and am planning on doing some general Ed classes at a local community college...
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    Help! I suck at math!

    Rocknurse replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your suggestions and your links. I shall definitely check them out. I've never done Algebra before so this is very challenging to me. I come from another country where we didn't do...
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    Help! I suck at math!

    Rocknurse replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, that makes me feel better. I will have to do Statistics, but not at the Community College, as they don't have the class I need, so it will be at the
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    im selfish? hmmm

    Rocknurse replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like kids. I don't think they're cute, I don't go goo goo ga ga over babies, in fact I run the other way. I only worked in the ED once because they had a seperate Peds ER and I got to look...
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    It shouldn't be this hard to do ACLS!

    Rocknurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am having a devil of a time trying to find an ACLS refresher course in the State of Connecticut. Even though I worked in the ICU my hospital did not require ACLS and my certification expired...
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    Sleeping on the job.

    Rocknurse replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked in a small ICU in England, only 7 beds, and the pts were all 1:1 as is the policy in England, so there were plenty of staff. We took turns every night to take long breaks and cover for...
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    Night Differential?

    Rocknurse replied to mommo5's topic in General Nursing

    $5 for nights, $7.50 for weekend nights. With differential I take home $42/hr (or $44.50 on
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    Paleo/Primal Diet?

    Rocknurse replied to 7student7's topic in Patient Education

    The Paleo diet is about as far from "fad" as you can get. It's the way man has been eating for thousands of years before the advent of processed junk, fake food and high fructose corn syrup. I somehow...
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    how do you fit in working out with working?

    Rocknurse replied to missdeevah's topic in General Nursing

    I switch it up a lot. I go to the gym on my nights off if I can, usualy late at night. I walk the dogs 2 to 3 miles most days, and in the winter when it gets dark early i do that as soon as I get up...
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    Prescription narcotics or benzodiazepines while working?

    Rocknurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am prescribed Dilaudid for stage 4 Endometriosis after 3 surgeries left me in constant chronic pain. It's funny but I am a very active person, I run, lift weights, go to the gym, but my job causes...
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    North-East Blizzard - Everyone Becareful Reporting and Leaving Duty

    Rocknurse replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    In Connecticut here. So grateful I'm off for two days. I can't imagine how awful it must be out there. The wind is whipping around my house. Be careful
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    CABG tips?

    Rocknurse replied to Rise Against's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be checking those chest tubes more than once an hour. If you get a serious bleeder they can put out several hundred ccs in a matter of minutes and everything will suddenly take a very bad turn. I...
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    What does your username mean?

    Rocknurse replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    I love Rock music and I'm a nurse...pretty straight forward. I also sing in a Heavy Metal band and metal music is my life. My usual sign on is Rockgurl, and has been for the past 10 years, but for...
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    Advice needed (sorry so long lol)

    Rocknurse replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above poster, and support NiceNurse. Everyone is so stuck on "doing what's expected" that they've forgotten what it's like to be a human being and a mother. It's easy to say ask...
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    Nurses with tattoos

    Rocknurse replied to Deargceann's topic in General Nursing

    I have a pierced nose as well as tattoos and I work in Critical Care. I find it ridiculous to be told to wear a band aid over the nose piercing. Either take it out when at work, or buy a clear acrylic...
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    Just how bad is the job market for experienced Nurses?

    Rocknurse replied to Noahm's topic in General Nursing

    I have 20 years experience, and was the charge nurse of a dialysis unit until last summer. I had a bad day when I decided enough was enough, walked down the hall and spoke with the manager of the ICU...
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    Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    Rocknurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! Orientate, irregardless and preventative are all English words created in the English language and used legitimately by English people. That's the original English language that you...
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    Why?

    Rocknurse replied to pansyrose's topic in General Nursing

    D5W is hypotonic, and a solution of a lower concentration will automatically diffuse to a higher concentration, and so D5W can lead to hyponatraemia which may cause cerebral
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    Endometriosis nursing

    Rocknurse posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Does anyone know what the options are for a nurse wanting to work with women who have, or are newly diagnosed with, Endometriosis as a specialty? I would love to work with women like this as I have...