ICUenthusiast

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  1. Rx Adderall for a nurse

    ICUenthusiast replied to Guest03/15/15's topic in General Nursing

    If a location declines to allow you to work because you take adderall and it shows up on your drug test, because you have a medical reason that can be legitimized by a physician, that can be...

  2. Stuck in the rumor mill at work...

    ICUenthusiast replied to ToughLover's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I thought most workplaces didn't care anymore who slept with who provided it didn't affect the job you

  3. You know it's going to be a crazy night at work, when

    ICUenthusiast replied to JennRN65's topic in General Nursing

    Previous nurse tells you "Oh, I thought you needed a doctor's order to do ________" replace blank with most basic nursing function you can think

  4. The things your teachers say...

    ICUenthusiast replied to jaymeparker88's topic in Nursing Humor

    IS and FEV is testing how well your patient can suck and

  5. Question about flushing lines

    ICUenthusiast replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    Since a central line and clots got brought up, what do you guys do for clotted centrals? In our ICUs, the RN's can order TPA x2 (it's like 3 cc)for each clotted line per protocol.. out on the floor, a...

  6. staffing

    ICUenthusiast replied to matthewrn03's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Only 1:3 when they're not ventilated, walkie-talkie telemetry status patients (we d/c open hearts directly, and sometimes tele floors are full and we have to hold onto a tele patient for a shift). Can...

  7. Student Nurse Tech in CCU?

    ICUenthusiast replied to su9032's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The tech experience will trump no experience at all. Like others have pointed out, you do not have to go into this unit when you graduate.. but maybe you'll want

  8. The big D---Debt.

    ICUenthusiast replied to thislife's topic in General Nursing

    Johns Hopkins is charging $98k a year for accelerated BSN. Mind you accelerated is still a year and a half. And the cost of pre-reqs is still ~40k a year. How in the world do you pay for that with a...

  9. The big D---Debt.

    ICUenthusiast replied to thislife's topic in General Nursing

    That is very true, I know some hospitals do that. All the more important to research with ppl working in the hospital about the hiring

  10. The big D---Debt.

    ICUenthusiast replied to thislife's topic in General Nursing

    Have to fix something, I was half wrong about bankruptcy. I remember student loans being eligible for chapter 13 and there are chances for some student loans to be dropped in ch 7. I was thinking it...

  11. The big D---Debt.

    ICUenthusiast replied to thislife's topic in General Nursing

    It's honestly been many months since I saw the postings for Bakersfield. But they were posted because a new hospital opened, needed nurses, etc. A friend of mine looked into them and was shocked by...

  12. Chlorhexidine Baths

    ICUenthusiast replied to ckh23's topic in MICU, SICU

    Where do you work, I wanna know for future reference when I start looking to move onto bigger and better

  13. Death and Dying in the ICU

    ICUenthusiast replied to nikkicoliCCRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work out west so I don't know how you want to categorize me but: We use a LOT of family conferences. We, the primary nurses of a patient, are also pretty aggressive with our discussions about...

  14. The big D---Debt.

    ICUenthusiast replied to thislife's topic in General Nursing

    I did not have a choice about getting a BSN or an ADN. Although my parents didn't pay for my living costs, tuition, etc. they still gave me health insurance and threatened to pull that out if I didn't...

  15. The big D---Debt.

    ICUenthusiast replied to thislife's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated with almost 80k in loans, almost 100k w/ interest. Government can really screw you over if you're under 24 and your parents make a lot, but they don't wanna pay for ANYTHING....... and if...

  16. can ICU nurse handle 2 pts on the levophed same time

    ICUenthusiast replied to Snoopy54321's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I just wanna point out that just cause someone is charting at 0805 doesn't mean they didn't provide care. Some of us chart as we go, or in some cases, we get lucky and the first assessments get done...

  17. How does your ED handle "walk-in" MIs?

    ICUenthusiast replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    ^This. Added, if it is a STEMI, a code STEMI is called to the STEMI beeper up in CICU, who sends a nurse down to follow the pt until their cath lab/open heart/treatment is initiated. This also alerts...

  18. New grad who wants to be ICU, pls help!

    ICUenthusiast replied to bigcrisrn's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    This depends where you are applying. Some larger hospitals have horrid ICU turn over rates and will hire large numbers of new grads into their ICUs. Meanwhile, others are very limited and it's very...

  19. Sedation..Your thoughts?

    ICUenthusiast replied to Da_Milk_of_Amnesia's topic in MICU, SICU

    We used Precedex with post-open hearts consistently. O-m-g it's pretty amazing stuff, but the price of it is just as

  20. How do you measure temperatures?

    ICUenthusiast replied to EMSnut45's topic in MICU, SICU

    Temporal for non post surgical patients; some critical patients will get foley temps. Temporal has always worked pretty well.. can tell if it's off and verify with classic oral

  21. acute care nurse practitioner

    ICUenthusiast replied to senseiRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I want to go down this route when I graduate too.. Our hospital just hired ACNP's a year ago. I have talked to them an absolute ton, and I admire everything they (want) to do. They came from Texas,...

  22. How long do you apply pressure when d/c a balloon pump

    ICUenthusiast replied to faithmarie's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Haha, we're rarely even allowed to use femstops at my hospital anymore. The surgeons always order MANUAL pressure only because it truly is the only gold standard. Sucks for us, good for the patient....

  23. "Capped Care" in the ICU

    ICUenthusiast replied to micker14's topic in MICU, SICU

    It almost sounds like "comfort care" some of the ways it's being

  24. excited/nervous to start MICU job!

    ICUenthusiast replied to blufoxtrot's topic in MICU, SICU

    My units favorite two books: http://www.amazon.com/AACN-Essentials-Critical-Care-Nursing-Second/dp/0071664424/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306124872&sr=8-1...

  25. Level 1 infuser IV access

    ICUenthusiast replied to Soonstudent's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is odd to me because the only patients with an actual cordis are on our CIC! Even then, they're often full with the swans and the other crap they need running. Of course, in a worst case...