Mully

Mully

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  1. What do you love about the ICU?

    Mully replied to EGVnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Vented, sedated, and hopefully even paralyzed patients. How's that for

  2. Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    Mully posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's funny. I remember hearing nurses tell stories about being in the public and not wanting anyone to know that they are a nurse. I always thought that was strange, because I've always been so proud...

  3. Be careful what you divulge

    Mully replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Well duh. All I have to do is follow Spidey home to know your identity. The real secret is... who's

  4. What is the big difference?

    Mully replied to EMEddie's topic in MICU, SICU

    I worked in a stepdown very similar to yours and now work in a level 1 trauma SICU. They're both very, very busy. You have more patients that are talking to you in stepdown. Did your stepdown take...

  5. Giving Morphine

    Mully replied to jg24's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Agreed, agreed, agreed, agreed,

  6. Clinicals

    Mully replied to YasminLassiter's topic in General Students

    I'm a white male and boy have I worked with some nasty female dogs to put it nicely. Rudeness transends all color, sex, religion, and whatever other modifier one may have. More than anything medical,...

  7. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

    Mully replied to Mully's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    loveanesthesia - so then are the anesthesiologists then doing their own cases as well? Each practitioner practicing anesthesia alongside each other? Thank you wtb and jwk for your responses. So it...

  8. Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    Mully replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The "They don't know what they don't know" argument is simply one expert's opinion. Expert opinion is generally considered the lowest level of credible evidence. Until the ANA can produce legitimate...

  9. Losing my religion

    Mully replied to jadelpn's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    People are not even responding to each other on this thread. Christians say things like, "If a patient wants me to pray with them, I will" Then the others respond with things like, "You can't force...

  10. when to start compressions?

    Mully replied to NurseCollins799's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    cjdmomma - Congrats on graduation! Now the actual learning begins... Get a job on a relatively highly acute unit, preferably one where you're required to take ACLS. Basically everything we're talking...

  11. when to start compressions?

    Mully replied to NurseCollins799's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Really, from my understanding, this patient should have been shocked right away instead of the textbook NP compressions. Shocking is the best tx for VT, assuming that's what they were still in when he...

  12. Patient responsive but in cardiac arrest

    Mully replied to Blandini7's topic in MICU, SICU

    Crazy! I never thought about this being a

  13. Puzzled... Pulseless VTac to v-fib but no shock?

    Mully replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in MICU, SICU

    Shock shock shock! Shocking right now on a pt with pulseless VT or VF is the best tx period. Not knowing the exact dynamics of your situation, I can't tell you how to respond. However I would have...

  14. 13 month Bsn for $9000? Whats the catch?

    Mully replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Chamberlain is 12 months if you really hoof it, which they don't recommend, and the "pre-reqs" are actually co-reqs and are built into the program. I'll be done with it in 15 months total including...

  15. The Problem with Nursing

    Mully replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Sweet post! Let em have it!

  16. 13 month Bsn for $9000? Whats the catch?

    Mully replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You don't learn anything. Or at least that's the catch with the comparable school I'm

  17. How to prepare on working on ICU?

    Mully replied to chicagoboy's topic in MICU, SICU

    Tele just means they have tele on. My guess is that this is probably a pretty small hospital you're talking about? Where I got my first job, there were plenty of med/surg with tele floors, but I...

  18. How to prepare on working on ICU?

    Mully replied to chicagoboy's topic in MICU, SICU

    Short answer - Yes. I worked in a highly acute stepdown/progressive care unit as a new grad. This is one step down from the ICU and we floated to CCU when they needed. Now I'm transitioning into a...

  19. ADN vs. BSN - patient mortality rates

    Mully replied to Katniss88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    All I can say is that my ADN-BSN program is a joke, academically speaking. It's the easiest schooling I've ever taken part in. I can't speak for the rest of the programs out there, but $30,000 and a...

  20. Question from New Grad RN regarding ICU/first job

    Mully replied to Benj2610's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hmmm, I've never heard of any PACU hiring new grads. I'm not sure if it would be better or not, I don't think many people have done that route. For what it's worth, I worked 1 year Stepdown and...

  21. Do you find the flip-flopping of nights easier or harder in the summer?

    Mully replied to seemerun's topic in General Nursing

    It takes some working out to figure what is best for you. Personally, I've started using Melatonin about once or twice a week (my second night on or my first night off) and that has helped a lot....

  22. Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    Mully replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    MotherRN, It's not that I'm afraid to help someone when off the clock, or that I look at that in a negative way at all. If someone truly needs someone to talk to, or truly needs help with something,...

  23. Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    Mully replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sweet conversation. Oh, and, the OP is a MAN! Not that you would have known... I think the two different opinions come from two different interpretations of the story, which causes the disagreement....

  24. Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    Mully replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Original title: Belgian Waffles and Lung

  25. Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    Mully replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    However if they're going to change it, they should change it to something proper. "Why nurses don't want to be identified in public?" is not a question, it's a statement. It should end with a period....