I'm almost done with my BSN through Indiana Wesleyan University. I will probably continue on for my Masters thru them. Their program is painless and I really enjoyed the format. No streaming video watching or any of that. Just strictly a bulletin...
dgudmestad replied to bonodonnaonaroll's topic in MICU
Ohhh...don't get me wrong....I agree totally. It just wasn't the case where I worked. Just like paralyzed patients should always be 1:1. That wasn'r always the case either.
dgudmestad replied to bonodonnaonaroll's topic in MICU
I just left a MICU job where CRRT pts were routinely 2:1. Even if they were on Levo and paralyzed they would be paired...and sometimes with another not so stable pt or another one with every 1 hr blood sugars. I worked there almost 7 long and hard ...
Depends on the situation. I have walked away, yelled back, cursed them back, rolled my eyes & shook my head and said things like "Slow down, I can't chart that fast." or "Your mother would be ashamed..." or "How would you like me to chart that?...
dgudmestad replied to just_peachy83's topic in MICU
I think your perfectly normal. I've been a nurse for many years and in the ICU also. I, too, have difficulty when certain patients die. It is especially difficult if they're young. It's also hard when a pt comes in talking to you and spirals dow...
I work on the EICU side of the camera. Absolutely love it. I know some nurses are hesitant thinking we are looking over their shoulders. I can assure you...as nurses ourselves, we are all on the same team. At our facility we have 6 screens and it...
Do you think that online classes are more time consuming than traditional classes? Do you find IWU to be a good experience? What do you like about it? What do you dislike??
I liked their program. Easy to figure out what is required. Straight forward but I don't see anywhere that they talk about online learning. Are you sure that they have online distance courses?? Will have to check into that.
We had a family want to take the entire body home with them. The nursing supervisor called up the chain of command and basically, in our state, a body can be buried anywhere and the family has the right to take the deceased. Soooo, they were escort...
dgudmestad replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in MICU
Everyone is different. Depends alot on their numbers, how far into failure they are, etc.... We transplant whole organs only at our hospital. They must be drug/smoke free for 6 months. They can still be transplanted after suicide attempt if psych...
NGT's are not used for feeds at our place and we get a KUB after placement. We use dobbhoffs for feeds (they get a KUB also) only. I work at a university hospital where an aspiration study took place and the incidence for aspiration with tubes othe...
She needs to market herself a little. She should be able to transfer with 7 months experience, though some places like a year. I advise taking ACLS. I took it right out of school before being able to read strips and I think it was easier. I took ...