Dinith88

Dinith88

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  1. 1 year ICU...ready for ER?

    Dinith88 replied to jmblair1's topic in Emergency

    If you are competent, you would do better than any new nurse. Period. You'll have experience with critically-sick patients and what goes along with all of that...so you should be comfortable when...

  2. I am physically sick with worry :(

    Dinith88 replied to SmithTNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dude..you are totally freaking out for no

  3. New male nurse getting ready to tackle first nursing job

    Dinith88 replied to scsunurse85's topic in General Nursing

    And...most women (and all men) who have this attitude are at least mildly homophobic, typically lower-class/income, resentful (for a number of reasons), have poor self esteem, and a very limited life...

  4. New male nurse getting ready to tackle first nursing job

    Dinith88 replied to scsunurse85's topic in General Nursing

    Hey man. Bros before Hos! YOu'll do

  5. RNs running ECMO on adult patients

    Dinith88 replied to pbear's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Dont be afraid of it. I say go for it. People come to the ICU all the time who die...and will die regardless of what you do or what machine/machines we use...and...when they die it doesnt mean it's...

  6. What do you know/have you been taught about Sepsis?

    Dinith88 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    International project? Have you been talking with Xigris reps/Eli Lily?

  7. Stop the bullying

    Dinith88 replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    That's it sissies..I'm gonna kick your butts! (cracks

  8. takotsubo syndrome "broken heart"

    Dinith88 replied to caeRn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yes Takotsubo reverses... usually within a few weeks to a few months. Cardiac function usually returns to baseline in that time. In my experience with it, an initial improvement occurs over a...

  9. Question for the CCRNs

    Dinith88 replied to akj777's topic in MICU, SICU

    Spoken like a new grad. I'm glad you get confused for a seasoned nurse.

  10. Question for the CCRNs

    Dinith88 replied to akj777's topic in MICU, SICU

    New grads can be ok going into ICU (or any other department). There's just a bigger (much bigger) learning curve than with experienced nurses who migrate to ICU. And regardless...even when a new...

  11. can i become a nurse if i have a mental disability?

    Dinith88 replied to donnalou86's topic in General Nursing

    Holy crap that is the funniest thing i've read here in a long time. If i'd have posted that i would've been reprimanded by the allnurses post-police. Watch it...cuz they've got their eye on you

  12. Coping with ICU Ethics

    Dinith88 replied to EMSnut45's topic in MICU, SICU

    I disagree with those who are posting "...well...thats just life in the ICU....". I understand where they're coming from, in that we're constantly...daily...exposed to all this suffering and death and...

  13. Do ICU nurses really have more autonomy?

    Dinith88 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Nah thats wrong. The reason for this is because (forgive me if this has been stated already), In the vast majority of ICU's there are no doctors there 24/7. Yes, certainly there are many hospitals...

  14. A New Prespective on the Nursing Profession

    Dinith88 replied to whitedoginwi's topic in General Nursing

    True that! (cyber knuckle-bump...bros before

  15. A New Prespective on the Nursing Profession

    Dinith88 replied to whitedoginwi's topic in General Nursing

    Females like being laterally violent (what is that?)... or females like doing

  16. ICU Psychosis ?????

    Dinith88 replied to loricatus's topic in MICU, SICU

    Wow...i felt like i was reading excerpts from Burrough's, 'Naked Lunch'... Your story is both frightening...and (more than a little) funny (for a quasi-burnt-out-nurse...please accept my apology if...

  17. How much lorazepam have you given....

    Dinith88 replied to sassyrn333's topic in MICU, SICU

  18. Education 101: ER vs. ICU

    Dinith88 replied to 1EmergencyRN's topic in Emergency

    You make fair points. And i

  19. Education 101: ER vs. ICU

    Dinith88 replied to 1EmergencyRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm kicking myself because i keep looking at this thread! But because i was personally insulted my curiosity gets the best of me...but wow...your post is a perfect example of what i was talking about....

  20. Education 101: ER vs. ICU

    Dinith88 replied to 1EmergencyRN's topic in Emergency

  21. Education 101: ER vs. ICU

    Dinith88 replied to 1EmergencyRN's topic in Emergency

    Ouch! You wound me with your cyber-barbs!! ignorant of me to point out generalizations? Forgive me if you mistakenly assumed i meant ER nurses are inferior. That wasn't the point. Seriously. I am a...

  22. Education 101: ER vs. ICU

    Dinith88 replied to 1EmergencyRN's topic in Emergency

    This post...and the bazillion other posts like it share common threads...and can kind-of shed light into the roots of this 'cross-unit animosity'....just read them.... First off, it's a...

  23. General Q's About Nurses -- Thinking of becoming one

    Dinith88 replied to boba7523's topic in General Nursing

    really depends on where you are geographically. Around here, there is a 'glut' of people wanting to become nurses...so schools are very selective. Meaning they typically take those with the best...

  24. Calcium Chloride vs Calcium Gluconate

    Dinith88 replied to Manurse715's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yes! ...but you should qualify that by stating that it only helps if the patient is calcium deficient (as is fairly common s/p CABG). It wont 'do the opposite' and raise BP

  25. Nursing Job Shortage?

    Dinith88 replied to nicostaqui's topic in General Nursing

    YOu're male. Middle-aged women nurse-managers seem to prefer male-nurses over female-nurses if they have a choice...even if the women are 'better' qualified. This is,of course, an opinion based on...