shocker29

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  1. Flight Nurse Book Called Trauma Junkie

    shocker29 replied to turquoisefire's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I read it when I first became a flight nurse. It was really good, but really focuses on the urbanized area... I work in a more rural area, so the way our flights work is a little different.

  2. Question about St. Lukes in Boise

    shocker29 replied to Red11's topic in General Nursing

    I work at St. Luke's in the CCU and love it. A year ago new grads couldn't find jobs to their lives, and now it seems that everyone is hiring

  3. Oncology to CCU/ICU...

    shocker29 replied to ONCRN84's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    A really good ICU orientation will have adequate education, ie: a critical care course that they put you through and several months of orientation. I went to my unit as a new grad and we got a 3 month...

  4. IV bolusing a fluid overloaded patient

    shocker29 replied to kanzi monkey's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Her calcium was probably lower because she had gotten 5L of fluid in. Personally, if the first liter or 2 doesn't work (unless the patient is CLEARLY dehydrated) I would have recommended doing...

  5. Hypothermia pts.

    shocker29 replied to Rene24's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hypothermias are fun, if done on the right patient. These patients are a 1:1 in our unit until they are warm again. (Supposed to be a 2:1 while inducing, but that never happens anymore.) We have a...

  6. Medical school vs Nursing School

    shocker29 replied to faraday68's topic in General Students

    GaMBA, If a nurse is working a 12-hour shift in a hospital and hardly catches a glimpse of her patient, then it sounds to me like a nurse problem... I hope you get that I am not slamming doctors in...

  7. Jaded with lack of end of life quality?

    shocker29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I was going to post this on the critical care sites, but I think its pretty relevant to nursing as a whole. I sincerely hope that no one gets the wrong impression here. I am a very empathetic and...

  8. Medical school vs Nursing School

    shocker29 replied to faraday68's topic in General Students

    GaMBA... you gotta think hospital nursing! (which is where the majority of nurses are based...) The doctor takes about 10 minutes to an hour to admit the person on their first day, depending on how...

  9. Medical school vs Nursing School

    shocker29 replied to faraday68's topic in General Students

    Doctors spend a very small amount of time with each patient every day. They come, write orders and go. The way I look at it, we are the ones making sure that all day/night long they stay alive to make...

  10. cardiomyopathy with ef of 10%

    shocker29 replied to gentle's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like this guy needs to be in CCU on a dobutamine drip...maybe even could have used a balloon pump to get him over the hump. I've never seen a patient with an EF of 10-15 that was not...

  11. New grad frustrated, but trapped...in a "profession" i HATE.

    shocker29 replied to Sparx28's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like you are really having a hard time. Take a step back and breathe! You must have stuck through nursing school for some reason! The first year is really tough, especially in critical...

  12. CCRN Test

    shocker29 replied to luvmylab's topic in MICU, SICU

    Not at first.... I mean, give yourself a year first to learn about everything, and then go review the CD's... they will make much more sense

  13. Jaded with lack of end of life quality?

    shocker29 replied to shocker29's topic in General Nursing

    I think that I like the Allow Natural Death thing. Thanks guys. Alot of it is in the way you present. I think that is part of the problem, however as a nurse I always wonder when I am crossing the...

  14. Jaded with lack of end of life quality?

    shocker29 replied to shocker29's topic in General Nursing

    Awsmom8, You must be an amazing woman

  15. Jaded with lack of end of life quality?

    shocker29 replied to shocker29's topic in General Nursing

    Wow guys, thanks for the quick reply! I was starting to feel like a bad person everytime I went to work! Sometimes it is hard to want to give it your all, when you feel like you are prolonging agony....

  16. When a patient is dying, am I expecting too much?

    shocker29 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Shay, Your post was clearly a vent post. DO NOT feel bad for venting. Isn't that why we're here? You sound frustrated because you care! You just wanted this family to experience this death the way...

  17. Are nurses treated as terribly as people imply?

    shocker29 replied to kprince's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so this is something that I realized after the first year that I was a nurse, and I am going to go out on a limb and say that this is fairly universal: My entire first year was a complete love...

  18. Do male nurses recieve as much respect from patients as female ones do?INPUT IS GREAT

    shocker29 replied to david18's topic in Men in Nursing

    Okay, so this is my honest opinion... It seems to me that male nurses get more respect than female nurses do. If not introduced right away, the patients almost always assume that they are a...

  19. Got told our/ any neuro ICU is not really an intensive care unit

    shocker29 replied to labman's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I know no one has posted on this one in awhile, but I have to say, who ever said that neuro ICU's aren't real ICU's are nuts! I work in a coronary care/medical intensive care unit. Our other unit is a...

  20. Multiple BP meds & dialysis- to give or not to give.......

    shocker29 replied to groovy jeff's topic in MICU, SICU

    I doubt those meds were strictly home meds since that person had been in the ICU for awhile. Probably monkeyed around with quite a bit, if they even started out on them. Good chance that they didn't...

  21. Multiple BP meds & dialysis- to give or not to give.......

    shocker29 replied to groovy jeff's topic in MICU, SICU

    I am an ICU nurse, but I won't rush to the title of expert... I understand your thinking. Usually though, in my experience, if someone's pressure is going to take a major dive, it is going to be...

  22. So upset got passed for charge

    shocker29 replied to Emilysmom2, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I understand how you feel... I was in somewhat of a similar situation. I work on a busy critical care unit. Someone who had been hired right around the same time I was, was asked whether or not he'd...

  23. Nurses that are late for report

    shocker29 replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, how do they get away with being late every day from management?? 2 minutes late, maybe... but even then, people get irritated. We are expected to be ready to go AT 7pm. Be 15 minutes late without...

  24. "Atypical" Nurse? How discouraging...

    shocker29 replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you wish you could just put someone's foot in their mouth for them... I had my children when I was 17 and 19. (Husband and father of kids had a 2 year old already too.) People ask me if I am...

  25. Your favorite nursing gadget?

    shocker29 replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Having computers in everyroom is priceless-- along with Micromedex (agree with whoever said that earlier). I can look up what is compatible with what in a snap right at the bedside. Also, LOVE having...