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We use propofol and fentanyl. I've noticed we are moving more towards precidex and fentanyl. Depending on the patient we may use versed and fentanyl. I know I would have bad anxiety and freak out if I woke up intubated I would pull my ETT out. I do t...

I guess I'm lucky that in our ICU the ratio is 1:2 unless the patient is CRRT then it's 1:1 balloon pumps 1:1 and ECMO 2:1 hope the other hospitals follow. PCU 1:3 with a PCT. Sent from my iPad using allnurses.com

Some books I bought new some used some borrowed....haha like a wedding....I worked at a hospital that allowed me to check out books. Go to evolve website and see if they sell the sims codes separately. Sent from my iPad using allnurses.com

We didn't use the Simms CDS we used ATI which had all the modules we needed. It was supplied by the school.

I love my CCRN book and my Kathy White fast fact binder

In the meantime enjoy your freedoms and family

Your schedule is usually give in to you at orientation which is about a month before school starts. That's also when they give you your book list. If your not able to borrow or check out from a hosp you work for save up books are expensive. Shop and ...

Congrats! icufaqs.com is a great place to start. Sent from my iPad using allnurses.com

I seen one on Facebook or Pinterest. Chief complaint was "unable to eat diarrhea" lol shows how important punctuation is. Sent from my iPad using allnurses.com

Wow, that ratio for ICU seems dangerous and overwhelming. How do you do it? Sent from my iPad using allnurses.com

ICU ratio 1:2 or 1:1. Sent from my iPad using allnurses.com

All new hires for the ED have to do a couple shadowing rotations in the Icu so they can see what we do and why we ask the things we ask during report. It does help in the beginning until they start to pick up bad habits. Sent from my iPad using allnu...

Congratulations everyone! Good luck in your nursing program. If anyone needs help I'd be more than happy. I still mentor 3 students currently at GCU. From one alumni to all you future alumni good luck and congratulations;) Sent from my iPad using all...

What I was taught is the farther you connect the port the longer it takes to get to the pt. In some cases we have done four when we had no other option and the other meds could not be stopped. I don't think it is a compatibility issue but more of a t...

I don't remember all the drugs. I know he had 4 pressors,electrolytes,NS,cardiac meds, heparin at one point,antibiotics,sedation,pain meds. The osteo I was referring to is actually a intraosseous line. Are you doing a paper? Micromedix is your best b...

Wonder if students think this is similar to Yahoo answers lol. "No critical thinking with yahoo, ugh these AN people are making me think, I'm outta here, WebMD here I come" haha not all of them are like that so students please don't get offended if y...

Look up sedation/pain drips( fentanyl,propofol,versed) I'm sure you'll come across them as well. Jump in and ask lots of questions. Ask to place that foley, IV, dobb-hoff, NG/OG, draw from the central line, of course if you've been signed off and you...

I work ICU, was hired into it right out of school, our manager told use if you don't get hired for a new grad position, you must have at least 1yrs experience as a med surg nurse before she will even consider looking at your application. And even th...

Our facilities policy is no more 3 lines stacked together. If we are running our sedatives together propofol gets stacked last since the tubing is only good for 12 hrs. Had a pt the other day had 13 pumps going, 2 pressure bags. He had a triple lume...

Sheath pulls do take up time. I work ICU so I'm use to pulling them. We have to inform another nurse that I will be pulling a sheath in case anything goes wrong and so they can lend an ear to my other patient. If the charge is a free nurse that day t...

We have volunteers that go through training. We get students that need to do volunteer hours come through. I'm in ICU so it's a bit different. But the med surg floor has tons of volunteers. Our hospital partnered up with the nursing colleges. The nu...

Our policy is no visitors back during shift change, actually from 6-8, I work in a close ICU unit.. If visitors are already back we leave it up to the nurse to let them stay or leave, of course we only allow 2 back at a time unless the pt pass away o...