Fox_RuN BSN

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    Air Force/Dogs/Single/Housing/Flight/ICU

    Fox_RuN posted a topic in Government, Military

    Looking for experiences and advice, particularly those with dogs. I have 2 greyhounds and I'm unmarried with no children. The information I'm seeing is that I would have to live on base? Would I be...
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    Air Force/Dogs/Single/Housing/Flight/ICU

    Fox_RuN replied to Fox_RuN's topic in Government, Military

    OUxPhys, even as a new officer I can live off base with a housing
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    Alaska Travel Nursing

    Fox_RuN replied to ERRNinMI's topic in Travel

    I'm currently getting ready for my first travel assignment through the University of Colorado. I'm already looking towards next steps though. Does anyone have experience with the Alaska Native...
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    Crisis/strike travel

    Fox_RuN replied to michlynn's topic in Travel

    We are nurses. What's a weekend and holiday, much less a "day"? Because I, and many of us, don't get them. P.S. coming from a union hospital
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    OHSU CVICU RNs out there?

    Fox_RuN posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hey all, I'm a current, experienced CVICU RN from the University of Michigan am looking to relocate to Portland and OHSU's CVICU. I'm planning a trip back out there in March and have been trying to...
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    Moving to Michigan U.P... ex-CVICU RN wants to be camp RN- Camp recommendations?

    Fox_RuN replied to Fox_RuN's topic in Camp

    I'm not seeking full-time employement, so camp nursing is perfect in that aspect...one of the reasons I graitated to
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    Moving to Michigan U.P... ex-CVICU RN wants to be camp RN- Camp recommendations?

    Fox_RuN posted a topic in Camp

    A background on me: -Moving from S.E. Michigan metro working at large, academic (adult) CVICU to tiny Ontonagon in Michigan's upper peninsula (Ontonagon is about 180 miles from Duluth, MN). Have a...
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    Moving to Michigan U.P... ex-CVICU RN wants to be camp RN- Camp recommendations?

    Fox_RuN replied to Fox_RuN's topic in Camp

    Thanks for your thoughtful response. You are right, definitely not what I want to hear :) I will have to get pediatric experience somewhere else...I refuse to work in another hospital again. My...
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    Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    Fox_RuN replied to CampNurse1's topic in Camp

    Has anyone had experience with the website greatcampjobs.com? Are they legit? The description of the camps in their system sound promising... I'm just always skeptical of things that seem too pretty...
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    Going to CVICU!

    Fox_RuN replied to hbshearer, rn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    ACLS is a great place to start! +Do you know what types of patients you'll be receiving? In my CVICU, we see: -CABGs, pre and post-op -Valve replacements/repairs -Myomectomies -Congenital repairs in...
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    Looking for some insight from seasoned CCU nurses :]

    Fox_RuN replied to alyssaryan797's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I second Dodongo without further information.... Are you floating to other ICUs, with your home base being in CCU? Yes, get a good orientation!!! You need to learn about vasopressor medications,...
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    Has anyone ever been careless and gotten stuck?

    Fox_RuN replied to NCmcMan's topic in General Nursing

    I've been stuck with a (clean, thank goodness) needle before, after a patient got combative with me. Always keep a step ahead of your patient, get help holding down limbs if necessary, especially if...
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    Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    Fox_RuN replied to CampNurse1's topic in Camp

    Which camps have you seen them at if you don't mind me asking? I will bring it up for any interview I have, but it's nice to know before hand what expectations
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    Moving to Michigan U.P... ex-CVICU RN wants to be camp RN- Camp recommendations?

    Fox_RuN replied to Fox_RuN's topic in Camp

    Also, are there any winter camps out there? I remember going a camp in winter with my 5th grade class, but that was a special
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    Too much time on my hands

    Fox_RuN replied to CloudySue's topic in Camp

    To Campnurse1....Maybe this really is EXACTLY what I need. I need a nursing job with autonomy that lets me be my quiet, introspective self. Just playing my guitar, reading, fishing. A job that keeps...
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    Camp Nursing: Choosing a Camp

    Fox_RuN replied to CampNurse1's topic in Camp

    Which camps will let you bring pets? Dogs? I'm having a tough time doing some google searches on
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    You know you're an ICU nurse when...

    Fox_RuN posted a topic in Critical Care

    I loved reading the other posts (neuro, pediatric, general nursing). I thought that we in the ICUs/CCUs could come up with a good list too.... I'll start it off with what I can think of off the top of...
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    Name Badges Worn Backwards

    Fox_RuN replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously you and the people who liked your post have never been stalked by a patient before have you? Until you've had strange calls on your cellphone and creepy friend requests on facebook, you...
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    Interested in an RN to Medic Bridge Program

    Fox_RuN replied to jrutan's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I started out of nursing school on a cardiac telemetry step-down in a big teaching hospital. I worked there for a year and a half before transferring to their CVICU. There we get frequent transfers in...
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    Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    Fox_RuN replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    I have nothing but respect for floor nurses- I've never had more than 4 patients at a time, ever. One of my best friends is med-surg/tele nurse in a semi-rural hospital (or as she jokes, "we are the...
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    Interested in an RN to Medic Bridge Program

    Fox_RuN replied to jrutan's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    My advice is to try and get into a hospital cardiac telemetry step-down and/or progressive care floor with "stable" vents. After you're there for a year or two, the ER or ICUs will want you In the...
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    Nurse managers-Do you think tattoos look professional?

    Fox_RuN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nurse Management

    This seems like a rash generalization.. I have two very large, very coverable tattoos. They cost money, but their meaning is timeless and will matter to me until the day I die. One of them, the one on...
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    Is nursing what you thought it would be?

    Fox_RuN replied to Lucidity's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! I would tell my 18 year old self.... "It's okay.. you are actually very, very good at biochemistry, (even though inorganic chem is intolerable) and you love it. It is the high point of your...
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    Is nursing what you thought it would be?

    Fox_RuN replied to Lucidity's topic in General Nursing

    Not really at all what I thought I think back everyday about how I wish I had shadowed a nurse in junior high/high school before going to school for it. I am very love/hate with nursing... some days...
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    Going from cardiac step-down to CVICU

    Fox_RuN posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey all, Been a nurse straight out of school on a medically (rather than surgically) focused cardiac step-down unit for 14 months and just scored a position at my hospital's CVICU, which is supposedly...