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  1. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    desertnurse222 replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Couldn't agree more. Well said. I am so sick of us nurses throwing each other under the administrative/MD bus. We have enough to deal with without turning on each other! If we stuck together we could...

  2. Nursing Agencies in the UK

    desertnurse222 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello! I have started the long process of preparing to attempt to move to the UK to work as an ICU RN (ten years experience). I have put out some feelers, and have started to be courted by various...

  3. Nursing Agencies in the UK

    desertnurse222 replied to desertnurse222's topic in International Nursing

    And why are agencies so

  4. Nursing Agencies in the UK

    desertnurse222 replied to desertnurse222's topic in International Nursing

    I have already scheduled my IELTS, and will be applying to the NMC as soon as my results are in. But I am confused-if I do not go through an agency, who will sponser my work

  5. pay scale and shifts

    desertnurse222 replied to andreamae's topic in International Nursing

    Do they help with

  6. R/O Seizures

    desertnurse222 replied to desertnurse222's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey, I'm with you. Better living through chemistry is almost always my answer in the

  7. R/O Seizures

    desertnurse222 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I had a patient last night who started doing this floppy/twitchy thing. Myself and a few other veterans were at the bedside with a new grad, who screamed "He's seizing". We explained that, no, he...

  8. R/O Seizures

    desertnurse222 replied to desertnurse222's topic in MICU, SICU

    ECG was just junkie artifact from his flopping around. Tried to check pupils, but his eyes were squeezed

  9. R/O Seizures

    desertnurse222 replied to desertnurse222's topic in MICU, SICU

    You make a good point. Did this neurosurgeonn have ay tricks that he used to differentiate betwee the reals and the fakes (besidesthe EEG)? It isn't even an option on the graveyard shift at many...

  10. Roswell

    desertnurse222 replied to nord11's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  11. R/O Seizures

    desertnurse222 replied to desertnurse222's topic in MICU, SICU

    Could be, who knows. OK seriously-do we as RNs not have any tried and true tricks for ruling out seizures?????? I thought for sure we would have some tricks up our collective

  12. R/O Seizures

    desertnurse222 replied to desertnurse222's topic in MICU, SICU

    Agreed-PICU/NICU patiets are usually not as adept at trying to play us!I

  13. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    desertnurse222 replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Oh, boy,are you gonna get it! You didn't seriously just play the gender card (in addition to insulting your peers! )Are you trolling or

  14. R/O Seizures

    desertnurse222 replied to desertnurse222's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yeah, not really relative at 3 in the morning in an ICU. Not sure what your experience is, but without the 24 hour video approach, it can be hard to catch seizures. That's why they do it the way they...

  15. Should I become an RN??

    desertnurse222 replied to melodymarie92's topic in Nursing Career

    Another thing to consider-since you mentioned peds, is it because you looooove kids? If so, be very clear-you will not only help them, but you will also see them suffering and occaisionally dying. If...

  16. Roswell

    desertnurse222 replied to nord11's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of the politics, but I know that if their patients even look like they might get sick, they fly them out. Also, I don't know if you've been there or not, but Roswell is surface of the...

  17. pay scale and shifts

    desertnurse222 replied to andreamae's topic in International Nursing

    Great-I'll check out your blog "straightaway":anpom:

  18. Agency Nursing

    desertnurse222 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi! I was recently let go from a small private company. Thankfully, I had been moonlighting with some agency shifts, so that has been how I'm paying the bills. But the more I do it, the more I'm...

  19. pay scale and shifts

    desertnurse222 replied to andreamae's topic in International Nursing

    Good news-I am a critical care nurse (with 9 years experiece) hoping to work in the UK at some point. It is good to hear that my specialty is in demand! I noticed that there was a USA-UK thread here,...

  20. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    desertnurse222 replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you! I am entertaining the thought of transfering from critical care to the OR and this was very