Trauma_drama14 BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP

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    High Demand or Oversaturated?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to hcurry9's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I graduated in May 2020 and am now a AGACNP down in middle Tennessee. Before my husband and I moved down here from Ohio, the FNP and ACNP positions were saturated in southwest Ohio. Only maybe 3 or 4...
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    Med-surg nurse who would like to change to ICU. How difficult will that be?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to alyssainthesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    I worked on a gen surg unit (who am I kidding, it was pretty much med surg) and a year later I transferred to my hospital's SICU. Just like Ruby Vee said, you'll learn all your ICU basics in...
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    Move from Medsurg to ICU?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to CafeduMonde4Breakfast's topic in Critical Care

    Like the others have said, it really depends on you. I worked on a gen surg care unit (med surg) for a year and went straight to our trauma/SICU. I didn't think it was too hard of a transition for me...
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    Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    Wow, it seems like there is a lot of "looking down" from M/S to CC and CC to M/S. I was going to write a rant for both sides because I have worked both in the past two years, but to be honest with you...
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    What do NP's wear

    Trauma_drama14 replied to FutureNP111315's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The SICU and CC NPs who work in the hospital I work at all wear light blue surgical scrubs, and every once in awhile I see them in their white coats. The other speciality NPs I know (i.e. Cardiology,...
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    The ICU and Fatigue

    Trauma_drama14 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Do you work days or nights? I work nights on SICU and man, it can be exhausting at times but I am SO glad that I don't work days. It can get so busy and I wouldn't feel like I was getting anything...
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    How fast did you land a job?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to johndough's topic in General Students

    When I was finishing up with my preceptorship in 2014, the manager took my resume and told me to call her when I graduate if I was interested. Fortunately, I pretty much had my first job in the bag...
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    Is it anxiety or do I hate being a nurse?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to TCH91's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe acute care isn't for you. Thankfully, the nice thing about nursing is that there are so many specialities and places for people to work as nurses. Have you thought about case management? (HHC,...
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    Meaning of your username?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Theres always drama in trauma (Trauma-SICU in my case)
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    How to know when you should move from floor to ICU?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to ricki76's topic in Critical Care

    Honestly, you'll just know when you're ready to move to ICU. I was on a surgical care unit for a year prior to switching to SICU and I know it was the best decision I made! I understand completely,...
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    Are you jealous of other nurses jobs/abilities?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Shoot, I felt the same way. Envious with some people starting at great places. I really wanted to start at my facility's inpatient trauma unit and then transfer to SICU within a two year span. Some...
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    Would love some input in rolling out bedside report

    Trauma_drama14 replied to kms6417's topic in General Nursing

    I work in SICU at a big level one trauma center. We "started" bedside reporting butI have yet to actually do it. We also explain to the patients our hourly rounding and that we are supposed to sign a...
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    Sterile Water for Enteral Feeding Tubes?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to med_geek's topic in Critical Care

    Weird but I can see their point in using it. In my floor, we use tap water to flush OG/NG
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    Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    Trauma_drama14 replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Don't give up, you haven't even graduated yet! When I graduated in May 2014, most of our class didn't have jobs or interviews lined up until several months after passing boards. Only maybe 10 of us...
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    Trauma Nursing

    Trauma_drama14 replied to Lunah's topic in Critical Care

    Pixie, I have not but I'm sure I'll start hearing about it soon. I talked to our educator not too long ago and said it isn't a requirement for our floor... Which is very surprising. It's a requirement...
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    Trauma Nursing

    Trauma_drama14 replied to Lunah's topic in Critical Care

    I transferred to my hospital's Trauma/SICU in September and I love it! Trauma season is here, bring it
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    ICU Patient Ratios

    Trauma_drama14 replied to Misnim's topic in Critical Care

    WHAT! Jesus, I would cry and curl up into the fetal position if I was at 7:1. Our unit is mostly 1:1, 1:2... on a bad night when we're short staffed can be 1:3. When we have a really bad trauma who is...
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Haha I love this! Can I just go ahead and fill this out with my list? LOL! 1. Trachs, definitely trachs. I cannot handle sputum and this is why I'm not an RT. Which also kind of brings me to another...
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    New Grad SICU or Cardiac Stepdown?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to squeetleb34's topic in MICU, SICU

    To be completely honest with you, it would be in best interest to definitely be able to shadow each unit to get a feel of what both units are like. It also comes down to, what unit do you see yourself...
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    Vasopressin

    Trauma_drama14 replied to Doge's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't believe I have heard having to get rid of it within 18 hours. On our floor, 99% of any IV bags need to be discarded after the 24 hour mark. I have only heard that diprivan tubing needs changed...
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    Spouses in healthcare

    Trauma_drama14 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious out there... Anyone else out there who is married to a husband or a wife who is also in the medical field? My husband and I both are RNs working in the same hospital and have not met many...
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    Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, we actually met outside of the hospital per mutual friends. We met when he was 6 months into telemetry and I was an LPN still. Very helpful when we started dating and I started nursing school...
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    Spouses in healthcare

    Trauma_drama14 replied to Trauma_drama14's topic in General Nursing

    I am loving these responses so far! Davey, that is pretty cool, being able to talk about two different specialties. I feel as if its nice because you can learn or re-learn from each other what you...
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    Different hospital units

    Trauma_drama14 replied to emtpbill's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at is a little bit different. Our ICU stepdowns are called advanced care units... So if you see for 'AC' that probably means advanced care. We have MICU (medical ICU), SICU...
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    IV Insertion in School?

    Trauma_drama14 replied to meganec17's topic in General Nursing

    We did, we would practice on the mannequin amd practice in clinicals... And this was jusy two years