CrabbyPatty

CrabbyPatty

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  1. ECG REVIEW

    If you'll be working in ICU, you probably won't have a monitor tech assessing your patients rhythms....it'll be you! I agree with the above post, google ECG or EKG Rhythms. Soooo many free online...
  2. Drug incompatibility in ICU

    As we recently found out at work, printed compatibility charts are outdated and your best resource is to call your pharmacist. If there is question as to compatibility, you can always document...
  3. I was a tele nurse for 6 months before going to ICU. I've been in the ICU for a little more than a year. I feel I'm getting more comfortable with all the routine stuff, but feel overwhelmed with...
  4. night shift

    I have been a night shift RN, waiting for a day shift opening since I started my job almost a year ago. ...I never thought I could work nights, but there weren't any openings on days. I was right...
  5. Trauma: Life in the ER

    Original episodes of this show (my favorite on TV) last aired in 2002. Apparently because it cost too much and took way too much time to film, along with the fact that HIPPA requires consent BEFORE...
  6. Just failed Nclex-RN - Hints on Studying

    i haven't yet taken the NCLEX. I took the Hurst Review course at my school the week before I was scheduled to take NCLEX (this week). I didn't feel comfortable enough to sit down only 4 days later...
  7. Is L&D my destiny?

    I'll be graduating in May, 2007 with my ADN and am interested in ED, Cricital Care, L&D, NICU or psych. I'm so lost as to where to go. I've been offered jobs in psych at a state mental hospital...
  8. choosing a specialty and personality type?

    Mine was Extrovert, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving I'll be graduating in May, 2007 with my ADN and am interested in ED, Cricital Care, L&D, NICU or psych. I'm so lost as to where to go. I've...
  9. What's Wrong With Me??

    I'm currently in the second semester of nursing. Just before Thanksgiving, (in Nursing 1), I started having tachycardia, SOB and dysrythmias. That was also when my neurologist increased my dose of...
  10. RN Scrubs

    Too bad you didn't get to read my earlier post before you ordered. They really should be shut down. Pathetic
  11. RN Scrubs

    i hate allheart! (ok, very much dislike) i ordered my stethoscope from them last semester and they promised it within a week. after a week, no stethoscope. i repeatedly emailed them (they have no...
  12. Z track method

    I viewed the video posted above. Our instructor never mentioned that Z-track was only for Dorsogluteal. In fact, we're told not to use Dorsogluteal at all. Any