carolelainern BSN, RN

carolelainern has 4 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Trauma/Neuro ICU.

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1. Delirium & neuro patients

   carolelainern replied to carolelainern's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   Yes! I cannot tell you how many times I've escalated a change, and the response is... "monitor." Ugh. I just had an 18 year old frontal TBI. He's impulsive and irritable as hell. Not a surgical...

2. Delirium & neuro patients

   carolelainern posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   Something that's been kind of on my mind lately...I work in a trauma/neuro ICU. One of the big pushes lately from the higher-ups at my hospital has been towards delirium detection and prevention. If...

3. When family fails the patient... it breaks my heart

   carolelainern replied to Kharma711's topic in Critical Care

   One of the hardest things about ICU nursing! I had one such patient who, even when the family had been talked into comfort care, did not actually want the patient medicated to be comfortable-they...

4. BSN bump in pay?

   carolelainern replied to kedmo821's topic in School

   In the Minneapolis/St Paul metro area, and least in the hospitals, BSNs make about a dollar or so, maybe two, more an hour than ADNs. BSN is becoming a

5. Do I need a new attitude, a new job, or a new career?

   carolelainern replied to carolelainern's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your input, everyone! By "connecting ", I mean those nurses who are able to support the emotional needs of patients and families in crisis; who are able to make a patient feel at ease, make...

6. Do I need a new attitude, a new job, or a new career?

   carolelainern posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been a nurse over 3 years. I worked in inpatient orthopedics; then a cardiovascular stepdown unit; now Trauma/Neuro ICU for the last 9 months. I feel like I'm in a nonstop identity crisis. I...

7. Is this for me?

   carolelainern posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hello, all! I am an RN on an inpatient orthopedic unit in Minnesota. I graduated from nursing school in December 2014 and have been at my job for almost 8 months, and sometimes I really wonder if I...

8. MSN-Education

   carolelainern posted a topic in Western Governors University

   I am an RN currently working on an orthopedic floor-we also take plenty of medical overflow. I graduated with my BSN 10 months ago and have been at my current job for 7 months. I knew going in that...