Yes INDEED! BigPappa has hit the nail on the head. Chill out and drink some beer and breath. Breath... Offer your classmates an enema because they are full of ****. When people aren't confident...
Great advice! I am not yet attending, but everyone I spoke with said go as soon as possible. There was not one person who recommended more ICU experience. As someone previously stated you are not...
JonSnowedSRNA replied to Lizzielizurd's topic in Critical Care
Go to emcrit.com and watch these 2 videos/ podcast. The first is called "dominating the vent" and there is a part 1 and 2. The second is called "vasopressor basics". Watch them both at least 3 times...
JonSnowedSRNA replied to ZrowGz's topic in Critical Care
ICUFAQS.org I believe or .com. Also "emcrit.org or .com haha. Also, the emcrit podcast. Look up a lecture called "dominating the vent 1 and 2" I listen to these at least once a month. Also...
JonSnowedSRNA replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care
Everyone's coming in with "sepsis" these days . Pt tachy 114, SBP 88 sepsis. Early recognition most definitely saves lives, but often times formulas and protocols remove common sense and actually...
Hi everyone. I had a patient recently in ICU GI bleed attempted fix in OR, 2 years post liver transplant, hep C, ESRD. Patient came back from exp lap surgery 3 am(stitched a bleeding area). Had...
The OP did not ask about "warnings" they asked about the last situation and that only. They owned up to the first 2 and to bring them up again to say she deserved them or such is unnecessary, she...
Perfect way to express idea about the OP's question regarding the THIRD situation while offering encouragement to a nursing student. The OP owned up to first 2 situations and admitted it was their...
I am not so much referring to the clinics instructor as much as I am the way people react on here. There is a way of saying something without completely being degrading about it regardless of the...
You said it soo perfectly. We are one of the few professions that eat our young soo quickly. We all forget the struggle that nursing school was. Like we have never done anything wrong or not known...
Hey bro a couple things to think about. Number 1 you have to have tough skin as a nurse and sometimes nursing instructors can be absolutely ridiculous. Number 2 and this is a freebie, First...
JonSnowedSRNA replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing
There are so many things I would like to say but for the sake of people being easily offended i will say it nicely. Man up. First of all if you come in in a car crash or accident you are getting...