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

    sunnycalifRN replied to boba7523's topic in General Nursing

    take a look around at the various posts regarding nursing jobs for new grads . . . take a look at the posts of people asking questions similar to yours. As you know, we are in a recession (if not...

  2. RN Boom to bust in california

    sunnycalifRN replied to tim101's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see the problem in Calif as any worse than elsewhere but I'm not basing this on research or a statistical survey, just from what I see/hear. Regarding the importing of nurses . . . Calif...

  3. Lets get a current salary thread going for 09/10

    sunnycalifRN replied to Finallydidit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    San Francisco Bay area, ICU starting salary for new grad: $32/hr (before you ask, No, not hiring) 4 yrs experience with rapid advancement:

  4. BIPAP ventilation

    sunnycalifRN replied to kipi's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yeah, I noticed that after I posted a reply . . . so I'm sure that the OP wasn't referring to

  5. Most embarrassing mistake you've ever made

    sunnycalifRN replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha! That's a new grad talent, didn't notice if you're a new grad or not. Here's another blood story: I didn't do this . . . I really didn't . . . but a colleague did so I'm going to relate the...

  6. Air Tight Cliques-Level One Trauma ER Nurses/ Hospitals

    sunnycalifRN replied to webmansx's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. Since I work in ICU, everyone calls us "ICU Divas" since we can only handle one or two patients and we turn up our noses at the 22 ga IV's we get from the floor . . . unfortunately,...

  7. Most embarrassing mistake you've ever made

    sunnycalifRN replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've done a similar thing, too!! On transport to CT with a patient with an art line, when moving the patient from the bed to the table, the pressure bag disconnected and it gave me and my patient a...

  8. Why would I NOT help? I'm confused.

    sunnycalifRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for jumping in and lending a hand!! Unfortunately, my experience is that you're the exception, not the rule. Most of the NP's at my facility would have continued their note!! Sometimes, when...

  9. Do you humidify high-flow oxygen with a nonrebreather?

    sunnycalifRN replied to Freedom42's topic in Pulmonary

    The reason you cannot is because the bubble humidifier has a flow restriction of about 10 L/min . . . if you don't believe me, just try it . . . hook up the bubbler and then crank the flowmeter to...

  10. Do you humidify high-flow oxygen with a nonrebreather?

    sunnycalifRN replied to Freedom42's topic in Pulmonary

    You are correct that you cannot humidify a non-rebreather mask because the bubble humidifier will not allow flow much higher than 10 L/min . . . the NRB should be run at 15 L/min or flush....

  11. Most embarrassing mistake you've ever made

    sunnycalifRN replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did almost the same thing. Told a double amputee that I had to check his pedal pulses, pulled up the covers and, I was like . . . . where are his feet? When I realized my faux pas, I apologized...

  12. Proper way to give suppositories

    sunnycalifRN replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this is another example of "the patient is always right" gone wild. You should not have to put yourself at risk of injury to insert a suppository. Maybe you could mention to the patient that...

  13. What is considered a large hospital??

    sunnycalifRN replied to SiempreBella's topic in General Nursing

    I tried googling an answer to your question without much luck. I believe that the hospital models are changing due to the economics involved. Back in the day, large hospitals, like Mass General had...

  14. Do you draw up blood on your own?

    sunnycalifRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    In ICU we always have to draw labs, whether from art line, central line or by venipuncture. And, if the patient doesn't have an art line we get to stick for the ABG, also. The lab never comes to the...

  15. Soooooooooooooo Confused!!! Please help!!!

    sunnycalifRN replied to acubed's topic in General Nursing

    I went the RRT to RN route and I will say that as an RRT, you do usually get your breaks/lunch. I'd say that I probably work about 6X more now as a RN in ICU than I did as RRT in ICU. I'd suggest...

  16. so eager to report coworkers!

    sunnycalifRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think that this what is referred to as "lateral violence". You can google the term and there are papers that have been written about the phenomenon. In the situation that you described, I'm sure...

  17. texting at work

    sunnycalifRN replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You've hit the nail right on the proverbial head!! Nurses out there, remember that we're living in the "high tech" age, and every keystroke, every word spoken over a cell phone, is recorded and...

  18. New Grad BSN to start in MICU

    sunnycalifRN replied to Belmont_Murse's topic in MICU, SICU

    first of all, congratulations are getting a job in icu. you will find it challenging but stimulating, i think. mark hammerschmidt, an rn and member here, has put together a website called...

  19. Crtitical care certification class?

    sunnycalifRN replied to dina123's topic in General Nursing

    Well, maybe "bogus" was a little harsh. What I meant is, this California School of Health Sciences is claiming to give you a "certification" in critical care but the only valid certification in...

  20. Grr! "Customer Service" Nursing Gone Crazy!

    sunnycalifRN replied to KaseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Remember in nursing school the part about getting patients to take care of themselves? The family can get the blanket from the blanket warmer and point Junior toward the ice machine/Coke machine....

  21. Crtitical care certification class?

    sunnycalifRN replied to dina123's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP, are you talking about the California School of Health Sciences Critical Care Certification course? You don't need this, keep your $600. This is just a critical care review course that...

  22. CA School of Health Science Critical Care Certification

    sunnycalifRN replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    It's just a review course that uses the AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing as a textbook. It's not cheap, $600 for 9 days. However, I just googled it, I'm in critical care and I've never heard...

  23. Why are doctors so easily manipulated by drug addicts?

    sunnycalifRN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I know exactly what you mean. I had a patient scream at me because I think I chuckled (my bad!!) when he rated his pain level at infinity, though he had been snoozing a few moments earlier. When we...

  24. Ideals vs Reality for the Aspiring Nurse

    sunnycalifRN replied to Peige's topic in General Nursing

    Does your nursing program have you read any of Echo Heron's books? We read her books, Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse and Tending Lives: Nurses on the Medical Front. She was an ICU nurse in...

  25. Getting into ICU?

    sunnycalifRN replied to Canadian eh?'s topic in MICU, SICU

    Why would you quit your job, when jobs are scarce? How about applying for a transitional care unit (aka progressive care unit, intermediate ICU)? It's slightly lower acuity than the ICU but many...