VANurse2010

VANurse2010

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  1. Please critique my cover letter

    VANurse2010 replied to stephj1224's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Short, gets the point across, and

  2. ratio's with induced hypothermia patients

    VANurse2010 replied to **LaurelRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    With intravascular cooling, the rewarming is done at a controlled rate via the machine. It would seem if you can't control rewarming, perhaps they shouldn't be doing

  3. One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

    VANurse2010 replied to BellaCat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sure it probably is, but if you live and work in the United States in a professional setting you should expect to hear and communicate in English the overwhelming majority of the time. I would...

  4. Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    VANurse2010 replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    The plural of anecdote is not

  5. Move from Medsurg to ICU?

    VANurse2010 replied to CafeduMonde4Breakfast's topic in Critical Care

    Your ICU can take other ICU patients primarily because nurses in other ICUs are not given competency on CVICU devices not because CVICU is some special snowflake

  6. My two cents.

    VANurse2010 replied to Nursey Me's topic in General Nursing

    Different strokes. If a post is so poorly written as to be barely comprehensible, then it's disrespectful to the community to expect a coherent

  7. Move from Medsurg to ICU?

    VANurse2010 replied to CafeduMonde4Breakfast's topic in Critical Care

    They move patients that are lower acuity and/or have more general ICU needs to off-service ICUs to admit the more critical patients to the specialty

  8. What is a cardiac stepdown?

    VANurse2010 replied to Thedevinestman's topic in Cardiac

    Yep. I just couldn't deal with that BS anymore, which is why I moved to critical care. Life's too short to deal with that nonsense when there are other opportunities that pay the

  9. What is a cardiac stepdown?

    VANurse2010 replied to Thedevinestman's topic in Cardiac

    You shouldn't be taking anything beyond diltiazem and/or amiodarone for non-ventricular arrythmmias (meaning if they need it for active VT, they need to be in the unit) with the ratios you're...

  10. Move from Medsurg to ICU?

    VANurse2010 replied to CafeduMonde4Breakfast's topic in Critical Care

    In well-run hospitals, they

  11. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    VANurse2010 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The pain scale has not. Survey-based reimbursement

  12. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

    VANurse2010 replied to RNinCali15's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't say it had been two years, but if that's the expectation then I, personally, would be looking for another opportunity. This in no way excuses the OP's

  13. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

    VANurse2010 replied to RNinCali15's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think the OP did a piss poor job of expressing herself and may have some arrogance issues, but 2 years before getting a real ICU-level patient is beyond

  14. Priming potassium lines

    VANurse2010 replied to Melanin's topic in Patient Medications

    Why are you running potassium piggybacks as a primary? Just get a small bag of NS and piggyback it. Waste problem

  15. Move from Medsurg to ICU?

    VANurse2010 replied to CafeduMonde4Breakfast's topic in Critical Care

    Agree with the second paragraph, although its important to note that CCUs are medical units and CVICU/CTICU/CSICU are surgical units. You can get some very sick patients on CCU but the acuity is much...

  16. RN TO BSN ONLINE programs WITH BS degree in another field! HELP!

    VANurse2010 replied to Lovebeingamom76's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Typically RN-to-BSN programs for people with previous BA/BS degrees can be done in a calendar year (Fall-Spring-Summer, or Summer-Fall-Spring) depending on how fast you're willing to go and the time...

  17. Is this normal orientation for ICU??

    VANurse2010 replied to Aloe_sky's topic in Critical Care

    The expectations that the so-called "preceptor" is putting on this new grad are so grossly inappropriate that a conversation with the manager would be more appropriate than talking with the preceptor...

  18. Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    VANurse2010 replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, no.

  19. How old is too old to become a new RN?

    VANurse2010 replied to CathyH's topic in General Nursing

    I would say if you're only doing it for personal interest/enrichment and have no intention of actually practicing as an RN - then you're too old (I've known someone who basically did this). In those...

  20. Med error...what to do?

    VANurse2010 replied to kh2013's topic in General Nursing

    The MD was gracious enough to give you a "get out of jail free" card with the order. Do not be a fool and hang

  21. NP/Crna vs MD

    VANurse2010 replied to FutureNurseKelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you just go to medical school and save yourself the time and effort of the very roundabout path you're

  22. Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

    VANurse2010 replied to irishicugal's topic in General Nursing

    I would object to the use of the word "ration" with respect to socialized medicine (and I use that term loosely, because systems vary and not all universal systems are government owned). Care is...

  23. Too old to go into nursing??

    VANurse2010 replied to st431's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know much about their nursing program, but Drexel is a reputable university in

  24. Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

    VANurse2010 replied to irishicugal's topic in General Nursing

  25. Anxiety has taken over

    VANurse2010 replied to IndyRN12's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My presumption is that management is coming to her with BS that was tattled by her