gassrn

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1. pt report to ICU?

   gassrn replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   I am an ICU nurse who really will just go with the flow. I tend to like to know the abc's of a pt and any extras I get is just icing on the cake. In my 3-4 yrs of experience in ICU I know that if...

2. Floor nursing vs ICU nursing

   gassrn replied to faithrn2002's topic in MICU, SICU

   My perspective is a tad different, in that before I was a practing RN, I was a registered Respiratory Thearpist for aprox.6 yrs. I floated all over the hospital and saw the RN's in all area's. In...

3. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

   gassrn replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   My story is similar to some people here, but yet still different. When I was a little girl we were farmer's in the mid-west (IL),I had lots of horses and all the other little creatures running around...

4. St. mary's in Knoxville

   gassrn replied to DhornRN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   hi I moved to knoxville area in 2003 from dayton ohio. I had graduated nursing school in 01 starting pay for my experience was 17.45/hr almost $3/hr pay cut. Pay scales here are much lower than...

5. Why do unit nurses have bad reps?

   gassrn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

   I have not really ever posted in this forum, but read it often.. The subject of ICU nurse vs FLOOR nurse seems to be a never ending conversation of opinions so I will give my experience. I...