CodeNurseBrown

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1. What nursing task do you loathe???

   CodeNurseBrown replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

   As far as mundane tasks go, I detest feeding people. The food alone is usually enough to make me gag. And why are they always edentulous? If you can't chew, and you're in the ICU, you need tube feeding, right? That's my theory, anyway. As far as mech...

2. Kicking out visitors during report

   CodeNurseBrown replied to delphine22's topic in MICU

   I don't think the concern is that he hears about you. The concern is that Nosy Ms Mable down visiting in room 2 hears about your condition.

3. Kicking out visitors during report

   CodeNurseBrown replied to delphine22's topic in MICU

   The only unit I've seen it work well in was when it was announced overhead at 6pm that all visitors needed to leave at that time and could come back after 8. My unit encourages people to leave, but it isn't a requirement, so it never happens. I make ...

4. Helpful textbooks for new grad in ICU

   CodeNurseBrown replied to shopaholicRN's topic in Critical

   Quick Reference to Critical Care by Nancy Diepenbrock. I love that book. I used it so much the first two years out of school that pages fell out and I bought a second copy.

5. ICU Charge nurse Vs. ICU floor nurse to become CRNA

   CodeNurseBrown replied to ICUCharger's topic in Critical

   If you've never done ICU bedside nursing, you won't be qualified for the charge role, regardless of what the hospital administration seems to think at that the hospital you interviewed at. You might be hired for the role, but you won't be able to be ...

6. Help me deal with the 'tough love'

   CodeNurseBrown replied to nursingjudgment's topic in Critical

   First off, give yourself a little grace. The ICU is a hard place for any nurse, and especially hard for a new graduate. You're not going to know a lot of things... somebody told me when I was new that it would be two years before I really had a grasp...