danegerous BSN, RN

ICU/CCU

Member

All Content by danegerous

  1. danegerous

    Difficulty Aspirating NG Tube

    danegerous replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    PS - I just reinserted that same NG (like 4 minutes ago), and got NO gastric contents, but I did get a positive auscultation, and the xray is being done in a minute. It's possible it's in a little...
  2. danegerous

    Difficulty Aspirating NG Tube

    danegerous replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    For a little bit of info, I had an NG tonight that was inserted by a competent nurse, and an x-ray was done (it's standard procedure here to obtain an x-ray for every tube placement). The x-ray read...
  3. danegerous

    How does your hospital do "On-Call"

    danegerous replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, all of you are super lucky, check THIS out... They took away our "on-call" and substituted it with "voluntary off" or "VO". Let's say I'm scheduled to work Tuesday with four other nurses, five...
  4. danegerous

    Happy Thanksgiving to all! Reason to be thankful: I am not a nurse anymore!

    danegerous replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting. I'm a little saddened that nursing had such a negative impact on you, I wish I couldv'e shared my experience so at least you could leave with a better taste in your mouth. At least...
  5. danegerous

    post code icu stay mandatory?

    danegerous replied to RN2B123's topic in General Nursing

    Our Rapid Responses are basically on their way to coding, but we got there first. Well, at least that's how it's supposed to be. Often times the floor nurses get freaked out by what they may not...
  6. danegerous

    Highest temp you've seen?

    danegerous replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    106. Promptly followed by a
  7. danegerous

    PASS CCRN?

    danegerous replied to AllAngelsRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Remember the NCLEX, no one EVER felt ready for that, especially after they took it, haha. It's about confidence in knowledge and skill. You won't be confident that you'll pass, but you can confident...
  8. danegerous

    Nike air max 2010 WOW!

    danegerous replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I started out rocking the Shox, then I went to the Air Max 90 after a while. Those two both didn't do the trick after a bit. The thing is, I'm a Nike guy, I collect 'em, so I was really wanting the...
  9. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    you know what? THIS has never happened before! (points to all of us in a sweeping motion). we can no longer go by what has happened in the past, we are 100% in uncharted territory. and I don't wanna...
  10. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    I was told by my recruiter that I can reapply as frequently as I want. I told him I plan on reapplying until I get in. He chuckled and said, "That's fine". I don't know why not being selected means...
  11. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    Well, I don't know about you guys, but hearing a "no" was at least better than this crazy waiting game. I think I heard an audible sigh of relief when he told me it wasn't happening. Of course I will...
  12. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    I think that means they hired no one for ER, but if someone leaves, or a spot opens up, he's
  13. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    he told me January, so he's sending me all the paperwork again with new dates. my recruiter had a 100% acceptance rate until this time, he was 0% this time
  14. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    just got the call, no good. here are the stats: ICU nurses taken: 0 ER nurses taken: 0 neonatal ICU: 1 Total nurses nationwide: 11 he read it to me from his sheet. sorry to the rest of us, good luck...
  15. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    just got this text from my recruiter, "I will be finding out this moring. I can tell u that there is no truth to the 2009 applicants thing". Hang in
  16. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    As far as COT goes, I was told March 8 would more than likely be my start date...all depending on the currently situation at the board. BTW, I know a guy who knows a guy who beat up a guy and took...
  17. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    Enough with the niceties, I'm in full-on freak-out mode! There is no plan-b, just the leftover crap that I've been using to tell friends and family as to why I'm leaving. I've built this up so much...
  18. danegerous

    Air Force October 2010

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    I just spoke with my recruiter last night. He had just returned from a conference in San Antonio where they discuss the openings and all the totals for the nurses they are hiring for the upcoming...
  19. danegerous

    Who is doing/did your AF Commissioning?

    danegerous posted a topic in Government, Military

    Just wondering, for those of you that have already completed the commissioning process and for those of you who are about to, who is going to do your commissioning? I only ask because I was thinking a...
  20. danegerous

    How Is Your ICU/CCU Tracking Acuity?

    danegerous posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hello fellow nurses, I have a quick question that will probably lead to a not-so-quick answer. I have recently been put in charge of keeping track of and finding a useful way for utilizing acuity...
  21. danegerous

    How Is Your ICU/CCU Tracking Acuity?

    danegerous replied to danegerous's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As a quick update, I have been researching practically my whole night (thank God we don't currently have an acuity tool and I got landed with two tele-grade patients, haha). I have been really looking...
  22. danegerous

    USAF COT 11-01

    danegerous replied to Weneferd's topic in Government, Military

    What are the pushup/situp requirements you gals keep talking about? Also, any dudes out there? I'm a dude nurse with almost a year's ICU/CCU experience. I will hopefully be leaving in March, but it's...
  23. danegerous

    Question for anyone in the Airforce??

    danegerous replied to kellymcrn's topic in Government, Military

    I was under the impression COT was 21 days. Also, I was informed that once you choose your top 5 preferred bases, chances are decent that you will get one of your top three. However, this could be...
  24. danegerous

    Future Air Force nurse here with lots of questions!

    danegerous replied to akellyrn's topic in Government, Military

    I was told that the Chief Nurse portion of the application process is the single most important. The application itself lets the AF know that you meet the legal and minimum requirements. The letters...
  25. danegerous

    Qualified air force nurse?

    danegerous replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Government, Military

    To clarify, 6 months nursing experience will count as 3 months toward your rank and promotion. However, to be qualified, six months is all your need. As to whether that will count from that long ago,...