Staff Nurse Jobs are Overrated
I may be giving up my sweet gig at the recovery room. They have told me that they won’t be needing any agency employees anymore. They tried very hard to convince me to come on as staff there, but I...
View ArticleSome Random Thoughts after my MICU Shift
There are people in the world who actually think that you can get pneumonia because “the nurses wouldn’t put enough blankets on him.” It’s a good thing that Medicare has removed VAP (Ventilator...
View ArticleOn Death and Dying and Throwing a Good Party
Thought I could make it out of the MICU without a brush with death. I thought wrong. Why is it that every time I have a patient that we are withdrawing life support on, I always feel strangely like a...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on Dying
Sorry folks, it’s turning out to be a bit of a morbid week but what can I say? Death, dying, and palliative care in the ICU have always been of great interest to me. The Medscape Nurse blog asks, “Who...
View ArticleGod – 1, MICU – 0
The hospital where I work – we’ll call it: GHOAT, “The Greatest Hospital Of All Time” (or so human resources would have us believe) – is often seen as the last stop for some patients. Other hospitals...
View ArticleYou want fries with that Atropine?
I know there are a lot of nursing students out there, as well as new nurses. I think it’s important to let you know that things do get better, especially if you have any experience waiting tables. With...
View ArticleDo ICU Nurses Really Have Autonomy?
So today I have an interview at another great hospital in my city, the mental hospital. I’ve spent a lot of time there as a student and was convinced I wanted to do psych nursing. Somewhere along the...
View ArticleSurprise! I love being a nurse again.
Having trouble keeping up with my love-hate relationship with nursing? That’s okay, so am I. The good news is that I love it again. I’m almost halfway through my MICU contract and things are going...
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