picurn1972 RN

You must decide for yourself. MD is straight thru with no breaks. My brothernlaw is an MD. I regret very much I didn't stay true to the path of MD in my youth. I am to old to work all night. Also, you must realize that as a resident you do 70 hours a...

This is PT based. An entire pole change out is required to let drips run thru tubing so it will mimic the same infusion on the other pole. We do this with 2 rn's scrubbing and reconnecting almost simultaneously. This prevents really sick babies, unde...

Get ready for resuscitaton on a whole new level, when your 16 yo is bleeding out from GI bleed!

I work in a level 1 peds icu and NP's do nothing but round with the fellows/attendings writing their orders. They make no decisions and do NO invasive procedures. Maybe it will change one day but not in top teaching facilities where these fellows nee...

i know 5 that passed in 75 in my class

aspiration pneumonia, and no pain at least 2 hour but don't cave b4 1 hr. It is the actual moving in and out that helps the most. Otherwise we,d put all of our beds into chair positions. A teenager should be pulling at least 500 to keep alveoli open ...

Find out what type of surgeries it is generally based on the level. My sicu was liver txp, kidney, big thoracic sur, and traumas. Call and ask them if they have info/education material. Is there a seperate cardiac icu? Then you will have a better ide...

dont you have to do totals every hour? Any doc sees the volume which is off the pump and knows how much the pt got. At least all our SICU attendings did. second in peds yes you chart the time of the bolus, but in adults you chart the score of the sca...

we stop tpn occasionaly for access issues your course of action was standard on our unit including the post about the D5 also know how fast you can givethe abx, some can be given in 15 minutes. Check with pharmacy and you might be surprised, however ...

dont forget Protonix!!

In response to post. Husband is first, if no husband and children it is oldest child over 18, then diverts to parent of pt if none of the rest, never made it farther than that it is the law in our state. Yes the dnr includes any medications that are ...

Let's see, crrt is 1250 just for the filter, apheresis tops out around 10,000 and people get it everyday for weeks at a time, yeah BMT docs keep pushing, then add the vent. and all the other costs. It is VERY variable on why you are there ie transpla...

Well I have 2 answers. I work with someone who scored that high and passed in 75 question. However certain scores are required to graduate on the hesi where im from. I on the other hand wasn't required to pass hesi to graduate it was only for informa...

Don't you have a competency checklist of goals /skill that need to be acquired during orientation? Titrating drips, pressors sedation, bedside procedures? If you do tell them you need to focus on them, if not it wouldbe a great project for the future...

I think it depends. In my pursuit to work at one of the best peds facilities in the country I did use some personal and it was then that I got 3 interviews. That little cover letter is all the manager saw from a stack of similar resumes sent from HR....

dont waste your money

FYI since your a psych major you will have noticed that most nursing theory is psych theories with a new name yet considered nurses original work LOL sorry RN's but it's true. And real nursing is way better than nursing school, my clinicals were noth...

I have psych BS and ABSN to be Rn, your job will be as challenging as you make it. From adrenaline junkies and resucitating traumas to actually running codes weekly, icu or floor, kids or adults there is a lot of variety then you can move to educatio...

reported in mine worked trauma ICU all admits tested. Had a pt read miranda rights ? on spelling, while intubated and on propofol

top them both temporal artery thermometer most accurate, scan the forehead to ear. detects increasing and decreasing temps up to 2 hours faster than either axillary or rectal new data supports this. Rectal is 1 degree warmer than axillary, theyre are...

I think everyone brings their past experiences, what matters is they receive competent care. You dont need to cry to be a good nurse. You dont need to be compassionate if you have empathy they are 2 different things. The goal is always interventions ...

considering there are so many of us who have heard nothing,including myself, I would not be concerened if I actually received an email, which I have not. I believe all of you will get your money eventually but if you read blogs from prior years youll...

By the way who does the email come from does it say NELRP, or what?

Congrats to all of you! I am in ohio at 108% and have heard nothing been checking this site so it was good to see you guys are finally being awarded!I just might not owe enough money.

I don't believe you will know if they contact your lender. All the forms we provided them give them permission to check our accounts which can be done via automatic lines. If you provided these numbers, which I'm sure many of us did they only need ou...