cinja

cinja has 5 years experience and specializes in CCRN, CEN.

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1. Why Dopamine and not Levophed for head injury pts?

   cinja replied to jensfbay's topic in Critical Care

   If your Pt's acidotic you can forget about dopamine working at improving SVR. I just beg to get Levo started once the "tank" is

2. Rash of A-line dislodgements

   cinja replied to kayern's topic in MICU, SICU

   The non-suturing of the Art Line is your issue. Why do they not suture the art

3. NP Changes that need to happen...

   cinja replied to Sabotai's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   My suggestion would be a greater emphasis placed on actual clinical experience gained and demonstrated. I've worked with too many low skilled nurses who enrolled into FNP programs. I'm just at my 5th...

4. New Grad interested in Trauma

   cinja replied to BlueSunRise's topic in Critical Care

   If you can swing it, work in a surgical or neuro ICU first then get ER experience. If you want to go for the gold, stick with academic institutions. Private hospitals rarely see the value in (or...

5. Help with lung ausculation

   cinja replied to edatri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Get an Ultra Scope. If that too weird looking for you then step up to Littman Cardiology

6. Does anyone else ever get tired of "stupid" nurses?

   cinja replied to twinmom2k's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   You should see the level of incompetence I run into when I fly into these rural ER/ICU's The term is Inter Facility Transfer but in actuality its a Inter Facility Rescue. The issue that I've found is...

7. Thin skinned nurses

   cinja posted a topic in Men in Nursing

   Is anybody else extremely tired of being accused of "yelling" when actually, you're just being firm about a position? I have to laugh and shake my head because, if I wanted to yell, I could give a...

8. help i am trying to find an er job!

   cinja replied to Hermitess's topic in Emergency

   Tracey.....If you're a rock star and a great team player and enjoy working with male RN's then apply for the ER at University Miss Medical Center in Jackson, MS.....it's a level 1 trauma center....

9. Payscale for San Diego area

   cinja replied to cinja's topic in California Nursing

   I didn't think it would be enough, considering I'm currently a weekender making well over that and live in the Memphis area, which has a substantially lower cost of living. Thanks for your reply and...

10. Payscale for San Diego area

    cinja posted a topic in California Nursing

    I'm an ER nurse with 2 years experience and trying to find the pay scales for RN's w/ BSN's in the SD area. I'm trying to see if the move to SD to be with the GF is worth it or does she need to move...

11. Mississippi nurses roll call!!! (be known)

    cinja replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a BSN, live in Southaven and work in Memphis. Studying for the GRE because UMMC requires it. I worked in Trauma ICU for a year at The Med in Memphis...word can't begin to describe that

12. Possibly relocating to New Orleans from Memphis

    cinja replied to KimHFNP's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Former Med TICU nurse here looking for some good info on NOLA. Where are the jobs in NOLA and which hospitals to

13. Deployed to Iraq before my one year of experience.

    cinja posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been informed my Army Nat'l Guard unit will be getting deployed in May and I will have not completed a full year in the ICU where I work at. Has anyone seen this happen and any advise with...

14. New nurses @ Lundstuhl

    cinja posted a topic in Government, Military

    Can new army nurses get posted to LRMC in

15. Nurses with RNY gastric bypass

    cinja posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, brand new RN here with a brand new RNY pouch as of last week. My question to you is how do you get your water/protein in while working? I work in a busy ICU and see this may become...