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...
CodeNurseBrown replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU
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...
CodeNurseBrown replied to shopaholicRN's topic in Critical Care
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
CodeNurseBrown replied to ICUCharger's topic in Critical Care
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...
CodeNurseBrown replied to nursingjudgment's topic in Critical Care
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...