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  1. New ICU position, little orientation?

    87RN replied to RNexplorer's topic in Critical Care

    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...

  2. Yearly Bonus Ripped Off?

    87RN replied to cd365c's topic in General Nursing

    I had no idea it was racist either, I've never seen it written and had assumed it was spelled *******,

  3. Men in the (nursing) field

    87RN replied to futuremurse21's topic in Men in Nursing

    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...

  4. sedation

    87RN replied to jacsbein's topic in MICU, SICU

    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...

  5. Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    87RN replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    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...

  6. Best advice on switching specialties?

    87RN replied to nurse.j.'s topic in General Nursing

    I would just go meet the managers and let them know you are interested. If they need the staff, they may be willing to train

  7. Nursing & Family Life?

    87RN replied to loverofall's topic in Nursing Career

    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...

  8. New nurse and critical patients

    87RN replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    If someone from pharmacy would even answer the

  9. Bloods draws

    87RN replied to layneorion's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  10. L&d or critical care to get in NICU

    87RN replied to hilary717's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  11. New nurse and critical patients

    87RN replied to fencer1119's topic in Emergency

    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...

  12. Some days I feel like a Grimm reaper, most days I feel like a bad-*** super nurse!

    87RN posted a topic in Critical Care

    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...

  13. new RN on orientation

    87RN replied to AngelofSeduction's topic in First Year After Licensure

    6 patients total care is a lot, are you sure there are no

  14. What to do: ED physician brought dog to work

    87RN replied to skinzvictory's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    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...

  15. Will I ever be able to be a nurse again?

    87RN replied to proudsahm's topic in Retired Nurses

    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...

  16. nursing with an expunged felony is it possible

    87RN replied to drea985's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I don't really have any experience with this but I thought that if your charges were expunged, they are erased off your record and will not show up on a background

  17. Ask questions, ask questions.....

    87RN replied to doppelganger99's topic in Critical Care

    Damned if you do, damned if you don't! If you ask two many questions they think you don't know enough or are too lazy to look it up. If you don't ask enough, you're uninterested or not thinking...

  18. Bilateral Capillary Refill Time

    87RN replied to Jomaflyhigh's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Check your own cap refill. Normal is less than 3 secs, 1 second is perfectly normal adequate circulation. I have never heard of quick cap refill indicating high bp. My bp is around 100/65 and my cap...

  19. Portable Chest XRay protocol

    87RN replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've never had to disconnect a vent or deflate the cuff for a CXR. Definite pneumo/ aspiration risk. The radiologist should be able to read a CXR on a vented pt, geez! also good to check for proper...

  20. A question about the PACU and arthroscopy

    87RN replied to mooshgigila's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Pacu is the post anesthesia unit where you go to recover after surgery. One of the main things to watch for due to the effects of anesthesia and other drugs are respiratory depression, airway...

  21. Danskos hurt my feet :(

    87RN replied to alaina.barton's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm a size 7 and I was told to size up in danskos so I got 38. They are a little loose like clogs should be. They are very comfortable. My feet haven't hurt once and I wear them 13+ hours. Maybe you...

  22. Silly question-spiking levaquin bag

    87RN replied to RNRapunzel1029's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm pretty sure I spike all my bags upside down. If your facility uses the same levaquin as mine, then yes you twist off the tab then

  23. Telemetry patches

    87RN replied to ttlarson's topic in Cardiac

    I change them daily with

  24. have my dreams of being a nurse been shot down?

    87RN replied to kavitag's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have heard of some colleges that let students "wipe-out" a whole semester, completely removing it off your transcript. It's not always the best idea because you would lose all the credits earned...

  25. Non-hospital RN experience good or bad for new grad RN?

    87RN replied to swoo5's topic in General Nursing

    I know of nurses who worked in nursing homes who have transferred to in hospital LTC, SNF, psych and Medsurg, then applied to ICU and got in. I think any nursing experience/ job is better than none,...