RNmaria

After some time you will hear pumps and SCD's on other floors! LOL

I have been on my "own" now for 1 1/2 months and was just wondering if anybody out there has made any mistakes. I have been beating myself up over some things and just wondering if anyone else has done the same? pasha

What about when you just push Dilantin IV, can you?

Hello. I feel your pain. I am now 45 and 1 year ago I was hired on for a new unit that was to open. In the meantime I did orientation in the ICU and was given pts that I should expect to see in the new step-down unit (hemodynamiclly unstable, art l...

First of all...what else is going on with this patient? Always check the ABC's first...and is that a real SPO2? BP? Begin with the basics...put on nasal cannula...how low is low? Is it sudden? What meds are they on? Right, I wouldn't start baggi...

Fot he most accurate of information, I would suggest calling the NH Board of Nursing directly. Lucily I missed the fingerprint thing last year. But I understand it can be a lengthly process and would get on it quickly. Best of luck, Pasha

Hey girlfriend Chloe! You need some time to process everything. Give yourself a break...keep busy for afew days doing mindless stuff and take care of yourself and then start looking for anew job. It sounds like they screwed you over and you fell i...

Yes, I too had a similar experience. I was hired for an step-down unit, which was not opened yet, and trained on the ICU. Well, the step-down unit opened-up, and although the ratio was 1:2 - 1:3...it waas still a bit much for me. It was very fast-p...

Thank you! pasha :-)

Hello! Could someone tell me the significance of monitoring a patient's PTT while on a PCA? pasha :-)

First of all thank you for your reply! This pt had a AAA repair and they wanted to pull the PCA when the INR was at a therapeutic level... It wan't until after I posted that I finally made the connection...thank you for all of your help! pasha :-)

Hello! I am a new grad who is currently off orientation (from ICU) and now on a step-down unit. I find that on my days off I cannot stop thinking about the patients I had. I begin to conjure-up situations/conditions that I may have missed etc... o...

Opps...sorry it was the INR

Thanks for your thoughts! I just started a new thread on this. I am a new grad (May 07), started a NRP program in Ocober and precepted in the ICU for a step-down unit. Well our unit is finally open and I am off orientatation, and on a new unit. I...

I too feel your anxiety. I am a new grad (May 07) and began my carreer in a large teaching hospital in October. I trained on the ICU for a step-down unit that just recently opened. We are now OFF orientation and I have to say that it is scary. My...

What sould I be expecting from a preceptor for me to be sucessful for a step-down unit? pasha

Small world! Well where we are living now is NOTHING like Centerville! Not that I expected it to be. It is a wonderful place to rise a family. The heart of New England and very homogenous...but very beautiful! I am a bit limited on jobs..is there ...

Hello! Just passed teh boards on Jul 31!!!! I am appling to a ECF psoition. I was wondering if anyone had any words of wisdom and tips for interviewing etc. pasha

What can I expect for an unit interview? I am a new grad. pasha

So they don't ask you particululars re medical knowledge...just how you would fit in and why you want to work on the unit? pasha

I thought there was a shortage as well. I jsut graduated in May, took my boards at th eend of July...and missed the NRP at the major hospital here. I live in New England, and it is rather rual here. There is one major hospital and several communit...

Hello! IU am a new grad with a licence, RN and will soon be interviewing for a NRP for a position on a SICU floor. I was just wondering what I can expect regarding the interview that would be specific to qualifying me for the SICU? Any suggestions ...

You quit? That bad huh? I gerw-up in Columbus (Bexley) and befoire we came to New Hampshire lived in Centerville, just south of Dayton. I know where WCH is...haven't been through there in many moons! I am hoping to hear about an interview next wee...

Nursing is a second career for me. I am 44! Thanks for your insight! Where in Ohio are you from? We relocated to New Hampshire from Ohio 10 years ago. Pasha

So have you always wanted to work in LTC? Origionally I wanted to get into very large local hosp that had a NRP etc...I didn't get in :-(.... the place I applied is also a hosp...smaller, but they hire new grads w/ot a "official NRP". I did my clini...