silentRN

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1. Thinking of Transitioning to Psych

   silentRN posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I've been a RN for almost 11 years (1 year floor, 10 years surgical-trauma ICU). I was playing around with the idea of transitioning to psych. The only psych experience I have was back in 2005-2006...

2. A Headache is not an emergency

   silentRN replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

   Well, it really depends. Sometimes those headaches turn into a ruptured

3. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

   silentRN replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Well, depending on where you came from...as for me, nursing has been a great accomplishment from working low-paying dead-end jobs. I can't complain. I work a week on and get a week off. I get two...

4. Baby RN's running ICU?!!

   silentRN replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

   There seems to just be a high turnover rate no matter where you end up. Lately, I've seen a very high turn over rate that I have never seen in the past 7 years in our ICUs, and like you, there are a...

5. How to be a good preceptor

   silentRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been a preceptor for new grads or even new employees with ICU experience for a good amount of years, but I was wondering if anyone had anything they can share for me to read or just some past...

6. Does nursing really suck that badly?

   silentRN replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   My answer is still the same as it was a year ago when I responded to this post...nursing still sucks, and it's just gonna suck even

7. Fluid bolus by gravity or pump?

   silentRN replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

   I think it just depends on the access you

8. ICU Charge Nurse with Patient Assignment

   silentRN replied to joeameehan's topic in Critical Care

   why would anyone in their right mind say that a charge nurse should have any patients, unless you are part of the

9. How to deal with negative nurses.

   silentRN replied to Mae2014's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Usually the longer that you have done the job, the more negative your attitude becomes. Healthcare in general is a hard industry to work in. There is little to none recognition, and a lot of back...

10. Wage Increases

    silentRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I want to know, how many wage increase have you had in the last 6 years as an RN? I've had 2...and the last 1 i had I didn't even see a difference on my paycheck because it got wiped out by the...

11. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    silentRN replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes it does. I'm sorry that you have to hear it like that, but yes it sucks

12. Opinion of nurses

    silentRN replied to Kristy02_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well I hope to God that some heroic friend of mine doesn't try to extend my life when it's pass overdue. It's the nurse's and the doctor's role to give a realistic picture on the quality of life, and...

13. Need advice about ICU job switch!

    silentRN replied to KBICU's topic in Critical Care

    Email the manager. That's how I got my interview set up when I was working a floor unit and wanted to transfer to the ICU. I didn't get a response back until 3 months later when a position opened...

14. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Guidelines

    silentRN replied to HLS2010's topic in Critical Care

    I just run the machine, the renal doc gets the big bucks to decide what I run through

15. Seizure activity during re-warming phase of hypothermia

    silentRN replied to Sugarcoma's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    If it becomes uncontrollable, you can try propofol, and if that doesn't work you put them on a pentobarbital coma, but you would definitely need an EEG...problem with pentobarbital coma, is that it...