MissBrn ADN, RN

Hi. I have been a RN on a med surg floor for almost four years. I started in an ICU and stayed 5 mons. I want to get back into an ICU but haven't had any luck. I have interviewed for 3 positions with no offers. I heard it wasnt my interviewing skills...

A night shift Rn giving me report stated that the Pts. "NGT is draining green urine".

Demerol is not used where I work because it has proven to cause respiratory depression more often than not. Morphine can increase/cause spasms in the sphincter of Oddi. We always gave Dilaudid IV for pain, especially to our GI pt. population. However...

I have a goal to get into anesthesia school next fall. Only thing is I need ICU experience asap. I started nursing in an ICU and stayed for 5mons. I have been on a med-surg floor for 3.5 yrs. now. Not only do I need the ICU exp. but I want to go back...

Sundrop after reading your post I realize that I probably am the one holding myself back. Thanks for that perspective.

"Why can't you get transferred to ICU in your present hospital? That's how most ICU nurses I know have done it. Have you talked to the ICU manager there about transferring? What about trying to transfer to ED first and then ICU? You can get critical ...

I always thought I moved on because as a brand new nurse I just wasn't fast enough for ICU. I was in a trauma ICU. I was lead to believe..no, I was told I wasn't fast enough...by my "educator". And I often caught my "preceptor" rolling her eyes at me...

I haven't ran into this yet as a nurse but I have noticed at home (my son takes Miralax) that if the mix sits for bit it will thicken, not unlike a mixture of thickened water.

I believe Ztrack method is used for IM injections.

Allegheny General Hospital is unionized. It has it's ups and downs just like anywhere. It is an older hospital and not all "new and beautiful" like the "mega-rich" UPMC facilities are. But-being union, you do get treated well. As far as safer ratios ...

Mercy hospital UPMC Pgh_21.30 or some jobs posted at 20.30/hr.

If you are a new grad I'd say go for the ICU and stick it out for at a year. Then if you decide to go to CRNA school you got that down. + everyone likes to hire someone with ICU experience. Honestly the worst thing I found about it were the younger n...

I agree with the Md on this. A quick Hx check should've revieled COPD related d/o. That could've clued you in regarding their sats. Maybe I would have bumped him down to 3 L to see if his sats. went up. Usually we have an order set that includes an o...

:w00t:are you sure we didn't work together in the same place? lol. enjoy yourself and best of luck---you have an open door!!!!

I'd really like it if this thread was made a sticky thread. Because I really would like to read every post---this is great stuff---although it would take me a week to get through all of them.

Maybe he has narcolepsy. Sounds crazy but I thought I heard that you can have narcolepsy and still have a drivers license.

Hmmm.....you must wear teddy bear scrubs. (just kidding).

I see physicians partake in silliness all the time. They don't have to wear crazy socks to do it! Nursing is serious enough....lighten up.

Really.......you agree that wearing scrubs with pictures and/designs portrays to others that you are incompetant or stupid? That amazes me. What if I wore a hat like this:

Wearing hearts, flowers, teddy bears...whatever...on scrubs has nothing to do with intelligence, but I think you already knew that. I know some nurses who wear "decorative" scrubs because are not so mundane....or plain. There's a lot of flowery teddy...

I agree. It is hard to see the big picture when you are focused on tasks. I think most new nurses are very task oriented for about the first year. Moving from new nurse to experienced nurse is a whole different way of thinking--a different mindset. S...

If you do fall assessment and they are considered a fall risk then you should order a low boy bed with mats and give em a bracelet to wear. That way you cover ur butt and theirs. I would think that the patient who was lowered to the floor by the NA w...

It seems to me that if you have the education and acheived degree then you are a NP. The pay rate may be less as your experience would be less. But, I can't see why you wouldn't get a job if you have the education/certification.

i know how you are feeling. i felt the same one at one time. so did many of the other "newbies" i worked with. we discussed between ourselves that we truly believe we were being sabotaged in one way or another. the goal, it seemed, for our so called ...

If anyone would like to share their views on the variety of nursing facilities in Pitt. PA please post. I would like to compare them as far as pay rate, patient acuity on medical units, nursing satisfaction-----anything. I work on a BUSY regular nur...