AICU RN

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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

  16. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    I take it back! I take it back! No vampire smiley. Now I need a running scared smiley. But, yes um...just like that. Actually, it looks a lot like some of the nurses I work with

  17. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    Don't mess with Leslie. I have a feeling she's one of them there biter nurses . (I wanted a vampire smiley but we don't have one

  18. New Nurses Precepting Students/New Hires?

    AICU RN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a teaching hospital and am in an ICU preceptorship program. One of the things they take a lot of pride in is the fact that the majority of their preceptors have been there 2 years or under....

  19. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    Franny, That's

  20. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    Cone of silence? I WANT one. It's my DREEAAAAAAM to have a cone of silence and to be a nurse. All I have is this blanket that I wrap myself in completely and then lie really, really still and hope my...

  21. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    Medicine? What that? I can't write a paper about medicine. I can only right about "nursey" things. My specialities include: why nurses eat (and bite) their young, why being a new grad now is SOOOO...

  22. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    Oh yes and I can write a research paper like nobody's business. Why, just the other day I was in the ICU and my patient asked me for a 14 page research paper on the importance of critical thinking and...

  23. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    Muahahahaha :rotfl:. 2 funny! (runs and hides from biter

  24. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    Do-over, don't u no my generation is entitled to not use hole words. i mean really, b happy when we say plz at

  25. The Mockery of Nursing

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

    Don't you mean HIPPA? U r so lucky u have a rediculously smart new grad to tell u how it is. And u call urself a nurse.