You have no ICU experience and your orientation is one day? Seriously, try not to kill somebody. You need to know your vasoactive drips, sedation and paralysis meds, insulin drips, ACLS, how to...
My ICU is about a third male staff. It isn't weird at all. It is nice to have help from the guys especially turning heavy patients. Sometimes we take turns doing each others baths if the pt is more...
We use a lot of propofol, sometimes versed. I've only used precedex once and my pt brady'd down to 30's, our docs don't seem to like it much, although our pharmacists are always talking about it. I...
I went through a whole cart of dirty linen bags to find my patients dentures because he wrapped it in a pillowcase (why???) then had a huge lactulose induced explosion all over the bed and it was my...
My advice would be to wait to have kids until you have at least one year experience working as a nurse. It would be hard finding your first job as a new grad as it is but a nurse with no experience...
Close your eyes and feel for veins in your arms or your friends and families. The vein will feel bouncy. Some veins are deep and some are close to the surface. Watch your angle at insertion. Look...
I also don't have NICU experience but I think getting a position in L&D at the hospital that has the NICU would be good to get your foot in the door. You will develop a relationship with the NICU...
You should look up your hospitals P&P for drips, if the ED doesn't have a copy, try going to ICU and see if they have one. My ICU has a reference binder with info on all the gtts with starting...
So lately I've been feeling a little blah/ bored/ depressed because all my patients were either terminal extubations or unsuccessful codes. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy helping patients and their...
This is a little off topic but involves a dog in my old ER. In the middle of the night, a woman came into our ER frantically crying because her dog was choking, it was a big lab mix and she was caring...
I don't think 2 years away is that bad. If I were you, I would reapply for your license. Take a refresher course/ take acls/pals/NRP and apply for a job. I think it would be easier to get back into...