AICU RN

AICU RN specializes in ICU.

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1. How long does the "new nurse anxiety" usually last?

   AICU RN replied to ASM90's topic in First Year After Licensure

   You mean it ends? I'm kidding... I have been off orientation a year next month and somewhere about 6 months ago it started to get a lot easier. I am a new grad in the ICU and I think it depends, at...

2. New Grad RN - ICU

   AICU RN replied to californiarnbsn's topic in MICU, SICU

   I started as a new grad in a Level I Trauma ICU last November. My 20 weeks on orientation flew by and I can't believe it's almost a year since I started. Things that I studied: 1. Vent Settings...

3. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

   AICU RN replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in MICU, SICU

   I had a pt over the weekend who was nasally intubated after a radical neck surgery. ENT wanted him pretty snowed but that was easier said than done. First night I had him we were up to 150mcg of Fent...

4. How to promote tolerance and support teamwork,

   AICU RN replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   We had a conversation about this the other day at work. One of the nurses I personally look up to reccomended When Nurses Hurt Nurses: Overcoming the Cycle of Nurse Bullying by Cheryl Dellasega, PhD,...

5. How to say no when someone asks for your stethoscope?

   AICU RN replied to emt... rn student's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I had a preceptor who had a stethescope with earpieces so worn down and uncomfortable I could barely stand using it the one time she loaned it to me. I told her they sell replacements and she said, "I...

6. Stupid things that nurses say

   AICU RN replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

   The other night it was the end of my shift (6 AM) and it seemed like the shift would never end. I grabbed an NA to help me turn my patient who was requesting to be repositioned. He also happened to be...

7. The Mockery of Nursing

   AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I would like to expand the drinking game to include the word "fomite" or any derivative thereof, in addition to the aforementioned "mean." We seem to be saying fomite more now. BTW, u r all a bunch of...

8. The Mockery of Nursing

   AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Of course! Fomite fashion does not discriminate. Whether your overweight or underweight, over tall or undertall - we cover it ALL in fomites. Speaking of which, two patients last night: one with MRSA...

9. The Mockery of Nursing

   AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   On an unrelated note, I want to petition to change the posters encouraging visitors to wash their hands from the ones with the creepy little happy germs to ones that say things like: "Please, mind...

10. The Mockery of Nursing

    AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Which, ironically, ties right back in to the drinking in your scrubs off shoot. Just

11. The Mockery of Nursing

    AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it's time to learn. This is a gold mine! You should pitch it on that show with the investors. Could you imagine their faces when you tell them the color with the most promise is liver failure...

12. The Mockery of Nursing

    AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I want Fomite Factory scrubs WITH built in suspenders! I want one pair in tube feed tan, one in isolation gown blue, one in suctioned trach green and one in coffee ground brown. I think that should...

13. The Mockery of Nursing

    AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Shots cuz wooh is

14. The Mockery of Nursing

    AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: that is

15. The Mockery of Nursing

    AICU RN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry, this whole conversation reminds me of SCRUBS and Dr. Acula