MistyDawnRN06

MistyDawnRN06 BSN, RN

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  1. What to do, what to do (a tad long)

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    I'd recommend the CNA route. Best of

  2. Nursing as a CAREER

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    This just steams me!! First, let me say MDs are amazing and I have the utmost respect for their profession/skills/knowledge. That said . . . A good nurse is worth their weight in GOLD, as is a good...

  3. Manipulated by patient family :(

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your support. It just feels good to know that others are out there who can understand and commiserate. I'm sorry this happens to anyone at all . . . . But thanks for being

  4. Manipulated by patient family :(

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Patients have access to their records, but it has to be through the proper channels. I, as a bedside RN, cannot give them test results and records. A physician can't give them copies either. The...

  5. Best travel nurse company?

    MistyDawnRN06 posted a topic in Travel

    Hi! I was wondering what you feel the best travel nurse company is? What qualities/benefits should I be on the look-out for? I think I want to start travel nursing next year. Benefits: retirement,...

  6. One year blues . . .

    MistyDawnRN06 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey all! I've been a nurse now for a little over a year. I work in a very busy, very high acuity SICU at a trauma/magnet/teaching facility. I've just hit a burn-out right now. Love the job. Love...

  7. Have you walked thru your socks?

    MistyDawnRN06 posted a topic in General Nursing

    You know you've had a busy day when you get home and realize that you've LITERALLY walked holes through your socks!! Has this happened to anyone else out there? I've done it several times now. Maybe...

  8. US nurse want to travel international

    MistyDawnRN06 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey! I'm looking for some advice/information. I'm interested in possibly traveling as an RN to an international location in another year. I would love the experience. By then, I'll have had two...

  9. US nurse want to travel international

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the advice! All other comments are welcome! Thanks! Misty

  10. Magnet and Unions

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to Altra's topic in General Nursing

    We're both a Magnet hospital and a union hospital with a bargaining unit. It works out well for

  11. Waxing hysterical

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, this wasn't me (Thank Goodness)! This was a joke forwarded to me that I couldn't resist sharing. I laughed until I cried when I read it. I was just hoping others would get a laugh too!

  12. Counrtry doses

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU, SICU

    That's just frightening!! That's out of a nurse's scope of practice!! I'd watch my license if I were you. . . . If a patient is violent, call security!! Nurses don't have to get hurt by whakos!!...

  13. OHHHHHHH, my aching back

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to Hoozdo's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have lift teams. All you have to do is page and 2 burly guys will show up to help lift patients (trained in body mechanics by our hospital). Our clerks help with all transports. Also staff helps...

  14. Go to ICU without MedSurg Experience?

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in MICU, SICU

    Go where you love it because you'll perform better. I say go to ICU. Went straight there as a new grad. It's tough, but I wouldn't want it any other way. I had my fill of the floors in nursing...

  15. Please advise

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to RNRao's topic in MICU, SICU

    I see where the other posters have a valid point of view. However, I also know that ICU nurses can be vultures and they have a tendency to pick and peck to make sure they get the best of the best....

  16. Just got my first job in the ICU!

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to Vich's topic in MICU, SICU

    :balloons: Congratulations!!!

  17. Fentanyl/Versed on locked pumps ?

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to SusanRN321's topic in MICU, SICU

    Morphine, versed, and fentanyl can all be run on a regular pump in our facility, we just have to document new hangs, end of infusion, and end of shift counts. The only things we lock up are true...

  18. Titrating drugs: dosages or CC's

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to dorimar's topic in MICU, SICU

    We chart the cc's for I & Os but state the dose in the nurse's note. All our docs here want the DOSE not the ml's, so you have to know your stuff. Our pumps are programmable to do all the calcs...

  19. Nursing is hard!

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to cardiacRN2006's topic in MICU, SICU

    I know what you mean! I just started in an SICU as an RN after having worked in an ICU as a clerk/tech for 4 years. It is very different. I've started taking benadryl to sleep at night when I'm...

  20. EKG training and ACLS

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in MICU, SICU

    Tell me about it!! I talked to my educator about it at work and she just sort of brushed things off and said that's the way it is here. The funny thing is there is an EKG class scheduled in August...

  21. MICU/SICU - why open heart patients have high blood sugar?

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to telefloornurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    The open heart patients that I get post-op are on epinephrine drips and nipride drips. Both of these medications have to me mixed in D5W. So those patients that don't have a history of diabetes do...

  22. Took my NCLEX today

    MistyDawnRN06 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well, I took my NCLEX this morning. It cut off at 75 questions so I either did pretty good or pretty bad. I tell you, that test does not inspire confidence. Some questions would pop up and I though...

  23. starting salary for new icu nurses?

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to bk2va03's topic in MICU, SICU

    FL $18.75 plus shift differential on

  24. Ha HA!

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!!!!:balloons:

  25. WOW I did it :)

    MistyDawnRN06 replied to danigirl58's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!!!!:balloons: