TooManyCats

TooManyCats ASN, BSN

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  1. MSN v MBA

    I am an RN with a little over three years ICU experience. My dream job is to work APN in an ICU, but it just doesn’t exist where I’m at. I have zero desire to teach or go the FNP route. I would...
  2. Need Advice on Accused Medication Error

    It truly sounds like she overreacted massively. This was a silly error that in the real world no one would even notice, and as a student nurse I think it’s smart judgment to not administer a...
  3. What does the floor really think of nursing students?

    For the most part I like students, especially if they have basic skills and knowledge by the time they reach me. I will say that I hate that professors assign them to train wreck patients and I have...
  4. Thoughts on a new grad RN going straight to ICU?

    I went into ICU right out of school. I had a long and supportive orientation, a critical care residency, and did great. My current place of work will hire new grads but something about our orientation...
  5. Considering ICU.... among several other options

    Having book smarts and being a great test taker are useful skills, but critical care requires a certain level of intuition and on-your-feet thinking that can’t be taught. It’s really not for...
  6. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

    So we’re you looking to the MAR or your brain page for med due times? Or relying solely on your paper and the Pyxis? When you scanned it did it not give you a warning that medications were given too...
  7. The oncoming nurse was inappropriate in handling that. You notified the provider, they declined to treat. Some people hang out higher, not everyone needs to be treated at 180. You could have asked for...
  8. New Grad ICU Exhaustion / Advice Needed

    I had some job hopping during my first year due to a move and a miserable work environment. Still in ICU, and I’ve found a great fit. Apply early, be prepared to explain the move... and make sure...
  9. OG tube securement, or NG?

    We secure our OG tubes to the ETT using paper tape (our unit doesn’t have Transpore on hand). Occasionally we will get an intubated patient from OR or from a previous unit with an NG and we will...
  10. Pregnancy in nursing school

    I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but has anyone actually done it? I recently found out that we're in a now or never situation to have a baby, and we had always planned on having one more....
  11. Cvicu new grad RN starting in july

    I work in a combined surgical and medical ICU, with 32 beds. For the majority of patients, we bedside report, go over lines/drips/vent settings and introduce ourselves. Then I spend a few minutes...
  12. Converse sneakers at clinicals

    You'd be surprised how picky schools can be when it comes to shoes. Ours were ALL black, no hits of white/color, no mesh, all leather or non breathable material, no clogs, the list went on. Contact...
  13. STETHOSCOPE HELP

    I work a cardiac heavy icu and recently switched from a Littman classic ii to the cardiology iv and am really happy with that
  14. Nurse tech working as RN

    You might also want to look into your states laws regarding medication administration. The facility might be fine with a tech doing it, but the state might want a qualified medication aid, and even...
  15. Ivytech 2015 Fall Admission

    I applied at South Bend only. I assume we'll get letters next
  16. Ivy Tech Forum

    It doesn't exist anymore. It did when I started in 2013 (yes it's taken me THAT long to finish my prerequisites), but at some point they ditched
  17. Ivytech 2015 Fall Admission

    I have finals this week so grades will be in soon! Only a few more weeks. I think I read that the 15th was the grade cutoff and letters will be sent out as early as the
  18. Which laptop for nursing?

    I have both a tablet and a Macbook Air. I **NEVER** use my tablet, it's somewhere collecting dust, but my Macbook looks like it's been run over by a truck it's used so
  19. Ivy Tech - ATI Questions

    I expect we'll have to buy new, especially lab books. In my anatomy classes our lab book needed to be filled out and submitted a few times per semester, so we had to purchase new there as
  20. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    I didn't read all the comments, but it seems sort of ridiculous that you would be asked to leave the hospital and class simply because you're a male doing what you are supposed to do during your OB...
  21. Does it matter where you go to nursing school?

    I think it does a little bit, but its not going to make or break you. Getting a degree from a highly reputable or known institution in any field is going to give you a leg up. However, I think it...
  22. Nursing school with young kids

    I'm in a similar boat. I have a 3 year old and 5 year old AND one on the way, and we utilize school for the older kids, with a nanny in the mornings if I have school before I can drop them off (7am is...
  23. Ivytech 2015 Fall Admission

    Your score is insane. I would be BEYOND SHOCKED if you didn't get in. I saw a couple of Spring applicants get in with scores in the 120s. I would expect them to be a little higher for Fall since there...
  24. Can you take all four in the Fall or is that too much with your work? If you have to take a Summer course I would make it Psych, five weeks is FAST! It sounds like you're stressing more than you need...
  25. 25/50 students failing anatomy avc

    I took a back to back A&P I and II course, 8 weeks each class. We started with 20+ students, with one only intending on taking the first half. So of 19 students that set out to finish the...