nlhnurse1982

nlhnurse1982

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  1. I had a patient today with a trop of 353 which was an improvement from the greater than 600 he had in the days before. I have never seen a trop this high and I was just wondering if anyone else has...
  2. So I was having a conversation with a friend who just graduated from nursing school and will be working on my unit. She told me her hiring rate and I was kind of upset that she is starting as a GN at...
  3. I have been a nurse for 3 years 2 on a med/surg tele unit and 1 on a medical IMC unit so I have a good base background in nursing practice, my interest is in critical care and it is truely what I want...
  4. Transferred to SICU, horrible orientation...what to do??

    Just to give an update....my day was aweful today CRRT patient plus another and got the are you going to cry yet line and not much help....so when I talked to the manager about it I told her to just...
  5. Transferred to SICU, horrible orientation...what to do??

    I have talked to her and it has gotten me no where....she even has told me that she made the last person she oriented cry and quit she was very proud of this too...she also told me that she is a bit*h...
  6. So I was just wondering what the lowest potassium level was that any of you out there have seen and was the patient symptomatic ad how did the doc treat it? I had a pt come in the other night who was...
  7. Has anyone ever seen anything but bile matter draining into a drainage bag of a biliary drain? I saw a pt with about 100cc of bilious drainage fill her bag in about 5 minutes after chugging a can of...
  8. I was wondering what kind of certification I would obtained woking on a medical intermediate care unit? This unit deals with cardiac drips and vents so would it be considered critical care? This unit...
  9. I have a problem that since I have started working as a nurse I am having real issues thinking about death and what happens afterwards and how i am going to cope when my loved ones die. Of course it...
  10. Resignation Letter Review

    I am turning in my resignation letter tomorrow and would like to know if it needs any changes. Thanks in advance! ********* Dear xxxx, Please accept this as formal notice of my resignation from the...
  11. Resignation Letter Review

    Thanks for the input...so I think I will stall and give my notice in may to cover my
  12. Resignation Letter Review

    I am waiting to start at the other facility until June because I can get the rest of my tuition reimbursment by staying put till then. My current manager know that I am leaving and asked if I could...
  13. I have been offered a job which I have accepted the soonest start date that I could attend per the facility would be may 10th which is only 20 days away from me getting my tuition reimbursment paid...
  14. So I am finally experienced enough to interview for a top rated hospital that has a phenomenal ICU and is a level 1 trauma center. This is the place I have dreamed of working for quite awhile. I am...
  15. Frustrated preceptor

    Wow I have precepted some questionable GN's but this one sounds dangerous. I would talk to your manager and the nurse educator about her mainly her lack of ethical behavior. She really needs to be...
  16. I am interviewing for a MIMCU position tomorrow and I was told to bring certifications. I can not find my BLS card . Do you think that it is important that I have that with me. Thanks in
  17. being put "in charge" w/ no training

    I feel your frustration I was made charge after 8 months which scared me to death. I was given no training and even worse our floor has no report for the charge nurse. The floor is a 37 bed tele...
  18. Is there anything at all about nursing that you don't like?

    Wow we might work at the same hospital. Sometimes when I go into a patients room before I assess them I have a great urge to hand them a smiley face sticker and say welcome to
  19. hemovac question

    No I have never seen that before I think that would kind of defeat the purpose of the hemovac which not only acts as a drain but promotes blood flow and healing with the suction that it creates. Why...
  20. Wage Negotiation? Interview Advice?

    My interview is coming up at another hospital and since this is my first interview as an experienced nurse I was wondering if you just take the amount that is offered or if there is a negotiating...
  21. Wage Negotiation? Interview Advice?

    Yes this is a union
  22. Old Wives Tale or Nursing Intervention?

    I was told by a nursing instructor if you have a male patient that is unable to void stand him up with the urinal and crack open an ammonia stick under their
  23. D5W with diabetics

    I have seen it used in diabetics who are NPO and have tendencies to drop their
  24. Should I tell my manager I applied at another facility?

    So what if I put on my application that they may contact my current employer should I let her know at the interview that I prefer that she does not contact my current
  25. Should I tell my manager I applied at another facility?

    Wow I am so glad I came here for advice. This is my first time switching jobs since I've been in nursing and I was not sure of the etiquette sounds like CYA is the way to go. Hopefully the manager at...