ICRN2008 BSN, RN

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    what jobs in nursing dont require weekends?

    ICRN2008 replied to soroz's topic in General Nursing

    If you like your job well enough then you will come to get used to working weekends. I worked weekends for six years before I found my current M-F job. However, I still get occasional calls and...
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    Does this happen to you?

    ICRN2008 replied to David Offenbaker's topic in General Nursing

    I always told them "We had minimal training on how to transfer, and you know best how to transfer this individual patient. If you teach me, I can do it the next
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    Infectious Disease vs Infection Control Nurse

    ICRN2008 replied to bicleu's topic in Infectious Disease

    Being an ICP is different than being an infectious disease nurse. There are physicians who specialize in infectious diseases, and some hospitals have floors specifically devoted to this specialty. An...
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    How far does everyone commute to work?

    ICRN2008 replied to Sandwitch883RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I probably commute about 5 miles to work now. I used to drive 30-40 minutes (almost all highway, but still...). My husband and I were spending almost $500 on gas each month- now it is cut in half. I...
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    trouble with blood glucose check

    ICRN2008 replied to turtle rain's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just be aware that excessively massaging the hands or "milking" the fingers while trying to get blood from a stick can result in dilution of the sample from tissue fluid contamination. A little...
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    Pharmacy school?

    ICRN2008 replied to Sg0223RN's topic in General Nursing

    My sister is a PharmD. She had at least three nurses in her class, from what I can remember. They did well because they were able to earn decent money working minimal hours as a nurse while going...
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    Nurse Insights into Eating Disorders in Adolescents

    ICRN2008 replied to knewb's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a number of patients who had anorexia during my career so far. It is important to remember that eating disorders do not only occur in adolescent females. Nor do you have to be 80 lbs to...
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    Standing order for vaccines?

    ICRN2008 posted a topic in Occupational Health

    Do you have a standing order from a physician in place for flu and hepatitis vaccines, in addition to the policy and the informed consent form? For those in health care settings, do you have employees...
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    In Need of Advice...

    ICRN2008 replied to princesskarabu's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that you should call the school that you graduated from and ask for help in contacting these nursing instructors. It is in the school's best interest, from the point of view of placement...
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    How much do you put in your 401K and other questions

    ICRN2008 replied to JessicaSN's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a financial planning class a few years ago and we met with a financial ad visor (actually, we're due for another meeting). It costs money if you are paying someone who isn't trying to sell...
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    Troops being sustained by antidepressants

    ICRN2008 replied to martinb216's topic in General Nursing

    Back during the first and second world wars, some soldiers were said to return from war with "shell shock". Anything less serious than the worst of symptoms were swept under the rug. We are now...
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    Nurses need a workspace where they can think critically, and chart to avoid med error

    ICRN2008 replied to charlitsweb's topic in General Nursing

    My old unit had three desks with two chairs and two computers each in addition to the nurses station. The physicians had their own area with computers. We also had computers on wheels that we could...
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    blood transfusion

    ICRN2008 replied to musicmaiden's topic in General Nursing

    Max rate for peds is generally 5 ml/kg/hour. However, it depends on the patients fluid status, past history of reactions, etc. I always ran it at abou 10 ml/hour for the first 15 minutes just in...
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    Amount of RN experience prior to starting MSN program

    ICRN2008 replied to mt33133's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I think that the biggest difficulty in going to grad school right out of undergrad is that it is hard to pick a concentration. I felt pretty certain at the end of undergrad that I wanted to do NP,...
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    Nursing Career Change - Is it worth it?

    ICRN2008 replied to love38's topic in General Nursing

    For anyone outside of health care who is looking to change to nursing, I would just caution them to consider all of the downsides. These include having to work nights, weekends, and holidays,...
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    Work situation not unique to health care

    ICRN2008 replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    I had a co-worker like this at my first lab job. She often complained about how she never got any sleep during the day because she "had" to volunteer at her two older kids' school or had to watch her...
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    Now, that you are a nurse are you able to pay back your private loans?

    ICRN2008 replied to Wsmith16's topic in General Nursing

    If you consolidate your federal loans, you will have the option of extending the term from ten to twenty years. This is highly recommended by many financial advisers because you never know what your...
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    Vitamin K IV

    ICRN2008 replied to Sue Damones's topic in Patient Medications

    Pharmacy and MDs gave us the okay to give it IVP over 5 minutes. According to the heme docs at my old hospital, the incidence of complications was low. However, the warnings in the drug guides were...
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    CIC certification- practice requirement

    ICRN2008 replied to ICRN2008's topic in Infectious Disease

    So after about 16 months of nursing practice as an inpatient staff nurse, I was able to find a position in infection control. I have been there a little over a month now and I am learning a lot :) I...
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    Trouble graduating

    ICRN2008 replied to julieGN's topic in General Nursing

    Most universities have rules that the last 30 credits have to be taken "in residence". Your student handbook should contain information on the school's policies. I had a few classmates who ran into...
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    Tips for new Neuro ICU extern?

    ICRN2008 posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I just accepted an externship in a neuro ICU. So far, I've ordered the book "Introduction to Critical Care Nursing", and I've taken ACLS already. Is there anything else I can do to be well-prepared...
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    Those Things I Learned in Nursing I Use In My Daily Life.

    ICRN2008 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I have greatly improved my communication skills, especially in the face of stressful situations. Back when I worked int the lab, I used to basically fall to pieces whenever a physician or patient...
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    MRSA please help

    ICRN2008 replied to nursex20's topic in Infectious Disease

    MRSA is everywhere, not just in patient care environments. In fact, the Community-Acquired MRSA strains are typically more pathogenic than the hospital-acquired strains because of an additional...
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    Well, I am a doctor

    ICRN2008 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you! I hope that your hospital has a recognition program for nurses such as you who advocate strongly for their patients in the face of strong opposition. I once had a patient whose mother...
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    Tired of people commenting on my salary

    ICRN2008 replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    Because my husband is a software consultant, I get comments like that all the time in regards to his salary. Here's how it normally goes: "What does your husband do for a living?" Me: "He is a...