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After graduating from nursing school, I went straight to ICU (10 bed) and got myself trained. Like you, therefore, I have very lucrative ICU experience, so it was very easy to find Agency job. when I was full time staff RN in an ICU, I hated employee...

My answer would be no b/c policiy dictates that act level has to be at certain point and PTT has to be less than 45 or something. But this RN says that cardiologist told her to run Integrin until MN and pull sheeth before that. I was wondering becau...

I think being comfy in ICU will come to you after 12 months of waking up/driving home thinking, "Oh God, I forgot that," "Oh God, I forgot to tell them that." What pathology and what you need to know will come naturally because you get same types of ...

Recruiter for me first talked about ICU placement only in Metro areea only, then wondered toward less populated area (1hr drive I live 15 min walk from 4 major hospitals) then mentioned LTAC on vent. Guess what happened? I went to less than popullate...

i remember a preceptee was doing this in ICU and the charge told her to "push it, you are acting like med surge nurse ."

i was taught to "go big or go home." if my pt's map is truely 40, i would go 20-25 watch the 5cc goes in the pump then back off to 15-20 then quickly titrate down to something reasonable. last thing i want is stroke but so is aki needing dialysis ju...

like...4 month

Depends on where you work, and their culture, you might winded up getting pick on because those with MS skills mastered knows certain things, and they (ICU RNs) have to teach very basic of nursing. So, they will do their hardest try to get you writte...

Yah I never recieed EPIC training and figured it out all by myself how to chart. Protocols are similar so I just check with charge and make sure my understanding is correct. It gets lonely but I am used to lonesomeness and not having to be part of c...

Remember 1st, you are in a toxic work environment; not all ICU is like yours, and there are many ICUs with supportive staffs, they welcome new RN with open arm and willing to do anything to help. My RN job started out that way and I did not know any...

It's true, you can get block schedule (some place if they like you, they schedule you counting you as core stuff) and work full time. Good part about being agency with less years of experience is the pay. Whenever I switched agency, I got $10 raise ...

it will be like onc/med-surg busy shift on steroid.

sometime its jut the culture of unit. if you worked in a different unit, they would have just said, "that was bad," or "oh god it was ugly" without attributing fault to any person. so remember at least it was just that nurse making inappropriate comm...

ICU learning was easier when I was in BSN at the same time. I am sure your education RN could give you some advice. If nothing else then go for it (while you are alive so hard to get started when you are oos for 3 yr.).

I was wondering if you eat regularly at all. Sometime all someone needs is proper break and eat (protein carbs and caffeine). You will be amaze how easy time management becomes and how much more left over time you got yourself and always ahead. You n...

Hey, congregation on job! I am highly impressed because I could not endure as long as you did and gave up long before one year mark. I was naïve and thought 3 yr. exp. in ICU would make it just as easy to find a job in this climate as I did first ti...

PPS Have you leaerned how to do heart that will come in handy when you are out there in cold. PPPS As soon as you get a chance, get CCRN. That usully shuts alot of people up and also look good on resume

Yes most likely you will have to grin and bear for years to come. They like make you feel that way and they aren't going to stop. EVER. Should you chose to change hospital be very tactful and go to place where you know you can stay for years. Or else...

how do i go about finding an attorney who is experienced in some sort of disciplinary hearing? i was told to have someone from union to come with me and they would hold that against me. however, based on how my assistant manager is acting (lying to t...