wanderlust99

wanderlust99 has 10 years experience and specializes in ICU/PACU.

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1. Denied PTO for my marriage

   wanderlust99 replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Find out who requested those weeks and ask if you can trade it. Or ask management what dates are available and work around

2. NIH stoke scale certification

   wanderlust99 replied to mm5256's topic in General Nursing

   I can do it with my current's hospital's health stream account. It does take forever and watching several videos, but that's the only way I've known it to be done. There is a free link to it...

3. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

   wanderlust99 replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

   My second semester nursing instructor wrote on my eval that I "lack self esteem" At the time those words were extremely upsetting to me. My 3rd semester instructor, who was the toughest and most...

4. New grad wants to QUIT first job, PLEASE HELP.

   wanderlust99 replied to WowzersRN's topic in Critical Care

   I would stick it out and really focus on your patients. It sounds cheesy, but really work on giving the best patient care you can and you will feel better about your job. ICU is good in that...

5. Napa CA Queen of the Valley

   wanderlust99 replied to monday2016's topic in Travel

   I worked in the ICU there, was floated maybe a handful of times to step-down (not bad at

6. Cna-Rn bullying, lies, hiding things on charts

   wanderlust99 replied to chicsurfs's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   .....oops

7. Would you hire an MUSC grad over anyone else?

   wanderlust99 replied to lowkey_44's topic in General Nursing

   Never heard of it. I live in CA but I grew up and went to school in the

8. How was your first code blue? What role did you have?

   wanderlust99 replied to journey2success's topic in General Nursing

   Mine was in nursing school, in the ED. I did compressions. It was my first time looking into a dead man's eyes and it was quite

9. How much do you really make?

   wanderlust99 replied to AnnaK12's topic in General Nursing

   I disagree with becoming an LPN or getting your ADN. Why get your associates when you have to have your bachelors at the majority of hospitals? Try schools outside of CA, then move back to CA once...

10. 25000 mcg of fentanyl in 5 sec

    wanderlust99 replied to 8-ball's topic in Critical Care

    Wow. I'll be watching the drip rate after initiating from now on. I don't typically do that, but if you glance for a second at the drip chamber you'd see it going as a

11. We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    wanderlust99 replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Many people look down on others. Whether it's ICU nurses thinking they are smarter or better than a floor nurse. PACU nurses thinking pre-op nurses are trained monkeys who do not use critical...

12. 9 more months of TN and then...

    wanderlust99 replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    What about Sacramento? I never traveled there and have moved to permanent in LA this year, so I can't comment too much on it. But their pay is very high and the cost of living is low for CA....

13. Types of ICU.

    wanderlust99 replied to CardiacDork's topic in Travel

    Try a trauma surgical ICU in a level 1 trauma center. That will include neuro patients most likely, which is very marketable. Or you could go a different route and do CVICU and stick with

14. ACLS should always be 2 days and in person!

    wanderlust99 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    We need mock codes in our units. They are either never or rarely done in all the hospitals I've worked at, which has been many. For someone who has taken the class many times, this would be much...

15. Depression from nursing, looking for input?

    wanderlust99 replied to GuvnerH's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I think it's good to switch around specialities for a lot of us. I wish I had stayed in the ICU a few years less than I did, but felt trapped because that is all I knew. I have switched to...