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  1. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Babs, That was an awesome story. Thanks for

  2. New Grads, then and now. What has changed?

    AICU RN replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm a new grad and try really, really hard not to act like the ones you just described. I didn't have helicopter parents and I try *really* hard not to be one to my own children. I got pregnant...

  3. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Thanks. I always try to learn. I think that a preceptor/coworker who saw me make a mistake and didn't tell me about but only told my nurse educator would bother me way more than someone one who told...

  4. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Ah, I get that. Just a tough situation to be in at anytime, especially as a neurotic newbie. There were things that made it tougher that I can't get into here for fear of breaching my patient's...

  5. Funny Orientation Story

    AICU RN posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    A lot of you probably know by now that I'm a newbie. At a big hospital. A really, really big teaching hospital. The other day I was with a preceptor who, no matter what, could not get my name right....

  6. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Oh, and I didn't take your previous response as being grouchy at all. Just honest and that's what I need. A little dose of reality never hurt

  7. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    She was no compressions and no defibrillation. We did both. She was a 76 yo with broken ribs and chest tubes. She was only intubated for airway protection d/t rib fx's and deteriorating MS at the...

  8. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    I get what you're saying. I just don't want you to think that I'm going around to my preceptor like, "OMG I was 20 minutes late with my Colace! Is my patient going to die?" Because I'm not, honest. My...

  9. how can i do well and pass my psych and maternity classes?

    AICU RN replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    I think one of the most important things is to keep an open mind. There were classes at my school that had bad reputations and psych was one of them. It ended up being one of my favorite classes....

  10. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Carolmacca, I should have thought about that lol. I was a journalism major in a previous life and I love to write down my observations/feelings/etc. I really do need to start exercising again, too. So...

  11. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    JJ, Ha! That seems like a lifetime away :rotfl: . But, thanks to you guys at least I know I'll probably make it that far. I'm sure in no time at all I'll start a thread about all of the ridiculous...

  12. #!@$ I hate cancer

    AICU RN replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Just wow. Thanks for sharing

  13. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Suanna, I just typed up a response that I was really happy with and it disappeared into cyberspace. So, round 2 lol. I really appreciated your kind words. I have always been a worrier and now I'm...

  14. I can't understand what you're saying!

    AICU RN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say, when I read the title I thought it was going to be tricks on how to understand a tubed patient. I'm really bad a that. Gymnut, I do like that idea. After spending 7 years as a UDC at a...

  15. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Oh, our charting is completely electronic and it's a really good system. We, too, have that our window and if something is overdue a little red overdue button will pop up on your MAR. I hate that...

  16. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Matt, Here is an example of an actual conversation I had with my preceptor. To put things in perspective, we had a patient who coded at 6:30pm on a 7am to 7pm shift. Our other patient was sweet LOL...

  17. How far would you commute?

    AICU RN replied to loving2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 27 years old with two small kids and commute one hour each way. My previous hospital is ten minutes from where I live and am thankful every day that I didn't take an RN position there. I had...

  18. Tips for a good shift!

    AICU RN replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby, You're comment about the worst shifts making the best stories made me smile. I've had two in the past two months that I've earned some good-natured teasing over. 1. I was in my very first code...

  19. Floor nurse, please forgive me....

    AICU RN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the original direction this thread has headed. I'm not sure where a couple of the replies were meant to go but I certainly liked the intended direction. At...

  20. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

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

    Thanks, tokmom. It's crazy. I worked at another hospital for ten years as a desk clerk/aide and I thought having that experience would help and it has. It's just the incredible amount of...

  21. Something I Wanted to Share

    AICU RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    i got to feed my patient today. it may sound really unexciting but believe me it made my day. see, like a lot of other nurses' aides i spent my days wishing the day would come when i would be the...

  22. How long did you lurk before you joined?

    AICU RN replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    i lurked for two and a half years but read everything

  23. Something I Wanted to Share

    AICU RN replied to AICU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you guys so much. I've been a long time lurker but this was my first post. I love AN. It is so awesome to be able to share my thoughts and feelings about the work I love with people who...