Christie RN2006

Christie RN2006

SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing

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  1. What sort of personalities make good nurses?

    Christie RN2006 replied to goldenscroll's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and you have to have a sense of humor... us nurses tend to have odd senses of

  2. What sort of personalities make good nurses?

    Christie RN2006 replied to goldenscroll's topic in General Nursing

    I asked my mom what she thought about my personality and she said: "commanding, calm, compassionate, passionate." She said that I know what I want, and I know how to get what I want... when I was a...

  3. New grad feeling discouraged, please help!

    Christie RN2006 replied to sleepyjane's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree! Don't take just any job, go for the one you want! If you keep trying, you will get the job you want :) It took me several months to finally find my

  4. New Grad-waiting for ATT

    Christie RN2006 replied to blyn79's topic in General Nursing

    It felt like forever last year when I was waiting on my ATT!! I think it took me about a month to get it, but I was able to schedule right away for a test. Good

  5. AACN membership?

    Christie RN2006 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I am also a member, and I really like getting all the magazines!! There is a lot of good info in them. The only downside to it is the

  6. Drawing bloodwork

    Christie RN2006 replied to Creamsoda's topic in MICU, SICU

    Your answer is in your statement... they do it all the time, thats why they are so good at it! Its like anything, the more you do it, the better you will be. At my hospital, the lab techs come and...

  7. ICU Visiting Hours

    Christie RN2006 replied to LaRose's topic in MICU, SICU

    At my hospital the CVICU has set visiting hours, but the CCU and the SICU (where I work) sets their own hours. If we have a patient not doing well sometimes the family members stay around the clock....

  8. ICU externship project

    Christie RN2006 replied to shock-me-sane's topic in MICU, SICU

    VAP is a good idea, but it is one that nurses hear about constantly in the ICU. One other thing you could do is talk to the nurse educator for the floor you are working on and ask if there is a...

  9. New grad feeling discouraged, please help!

    Christie RN2006 replied to sleepyjane's topic in General Nursing

    I also had a lot of the same problems as you are describing, the only people who would call me were those offering jobs that I was not interested in. What I finally started doing is calling the nurse...

  10. ICU externship project

    Christie RN2006 replied to shock-me-sane's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree, I don't think I would do something for the patients, but the staff instead. For one of my senior projects, I did a whole poster board, and paper on the difference between hand washing and...

  11. info on titrating meds

    Christie RN2006 replied to athena55's topic in MICU, SICU

    Does your hospital have a policy on titrating drips? The one I work at tells you the recommended starting dose, how often you can titrate and how much you can titrate. I always start small and if...

  12. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Christie RN2006 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never stab yourself 8 times in the chest/abdomen with a meat fork and then expect the nurses to be dumb enough to believe you "accidentally fell on it" oh and then don't complain about how bad it...

  13. Adjusting to night shift--HELP!!

    Christie RN2006 replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    I have to keep myself on somewhat of a schedule, even on my days off. On my days off, I try to sleep from 3 or 4 am till noonish. I have figured out that I do way better if I keep myself on a...

  14. a little help..

    Christie RN2006 replied to hope4thebest's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I don't have any links or videos on how to monitor an IV, but it is very simple. You just assess the area for redness, edema, check to make sure it isn't leaking, etc. You can ask the patient...

  15. Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    Christie RN2006 replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    Or bring them to my unit while we work a trauma or a code... better yet, let the code be them or their family member and see what they think after

  16. What is the best thing about nursing???

    Christie RN2006 replied to JeN-SN's topic in General Nursing

    It just shows me that even when I think that nothing I do is making a difference, that really it is. It would have been easy for me to take on the same attitude that patient was giving me and and be...

  17. Worksheet

    Christie RN2006 replied to miscue8's topic in General Nursing

    who are you

  18. Where to buy nursing supplies

    Christie RN2006 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.allheart.com is a good

  19. What is the best thing about nursing???

    Christie RN2006 replied to JeN-SN's topic in General Nursing

    Knowing the fact that I can make a difference in some way is one of the things that makes me go back every day. We are the ones that are there for them in one of the lowest points in their lives and...

  20. Worksheet

    Christie RN2006 replied to miscue8's topic in General Nursing

    In the ICU I have a paper for each patient (its a half sheet) at the top middle of the paper I place a sticker that has the patients name, MR #, patient #, DOB, Sex, etc. On the top of the sticker I...

  21. Jumping through the orientation hoops

    Christie RN2006 replied to missrose's topic in General Nursing

    Some places are just very strict about things like that. For the first PPD test at my work you have to have 2 different injections then after that once a year you get one. I always hate it because I...

  22. do you actually wait?

    Christie RN2006 replied to StacieRN's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital in the ICU and tele floors we have a lot of standing orders and there are a lot of things we can do per nursing protocol or acls protocol such as place O2, draw ABGs, get x-rays,...

  23. Help new ICU nurse

    Christie RN2006 replied to mrmike's topic in MICU, SICU

    Antibiotics such as flagyl, vanco, zosyn, etc are used a lot! Also know different sedation drugs such as ativan, haldol, diprivan, etc and how to titrate them. We also use a lot of cardiac meds such...

  24. New Grad looking for ICU job

    Christie RN2006 replied to Umdsn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I hired right into the ICU after graduation. I had a little bit of experience because I worked in home health for several years during high school and college. Working as an aide, extern is still not...

  25. Would Love To See A Forum With Scenerios For Icu

    Christie RN2006 replied to Freshman RN's topic in General Nursing

    oh and pt #3 got moved to a stepdown floor and ended up falling because she got out of bed... imagine that?