Intensive Care Nurse Career Guide and Counseling

Question: What is the average salary of a mobile intensive care nurse? im wondering what is the average salary of a mobile intensive care nurse. and what do you need to do in order to be one?

Answer: Average mobile intensive care paramedic Salary in Delta Junction, AK $40000 Everywhere is different! Mobile Intensive Care Nurse Certificate Admission: Open to students possessing a current California Registered Nurse License who have completed the following entrance requirement.Completion of the following course qualifies the student for the Mobile Intensive Care Nurse Certificate. Contact the Emergency Medical Services Department for application materials. Entrance Requirements 1.EMS 110, Advanced Cardiac Life Support - Provider (ACLS) or have a current ACLS card; 2.Have 800 hours experience as a registered nurse in the Emergency Department; 3.Proof of a cardiac dysrhythmia course; 4.Current employment in a base station hospital in San Bernardino or Riverside County 5.Ability to complete a written screening examination of 80 percent accuracy. Required Course Units EMS 103 Mobile Intensive Care Nurse 2.25 Total Units: 2.25

Question: I want to follow a course to become a trained neonatal intensive care nurse, I want to find a university? I am a 22 years old male nurse from Seychelles, currently working in the NICU. I have no training in this department and I have been a nurse for almost three years now with a certificate in general nursing.

Answer: Please look at this website: www.hotcourses.com

Question: Are neonatal intensive care nurse and neonatal nurse the same? This may be a stupid question lol. Sorry! I need to know. I would like to work with the babies in the hospital (the nursery). I am currently a Nursing student.

Answer: http://www.nursesource.org/neonatal.html

Question: Intensive care nurse? I want to be an intensive care nurse. I'm currently on a placement in trauma/orthopaedics. In intensive care the patient can take a turn for the worse rapidly, so can intensive care nurses just administer what they need to e.g. something like adrenalin. or do they have to wait for a doctor to come and prescribe?

Answer: Nurses generally have "standing orders" which means that a doctor has already said that if a certain situation happens, then the nurse is allowed to act without first consulting a physician. An example might be: If the patient's blood pressure goes over 180/110, then give 10 mg of IV metoprolol. Such an order wouldn't usually include adrenaline (epinephrine), since if the patient needs that, they are going down the tubes and you are going to want a doctor asap anyways.

Question: Where can I find information about Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing? Iam currently a nursing student in college. I want to know what kind of things happen and what do the nurses do. And many more stuff.

Answer: The best places to get those kind of questions answered is the nearest hospital with a neonatel unit. Get ahold of someone in the human resourses or the education department fot that hospital and they will put you in touch with the right person. Good Luck.

Question: How many years in collage does it take to become a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit? I am getting ready to start high school and I have really been thinking about my future lately. I have wanted to work in the n.i.c.u ever since i could remember. I know it would be a very intense and challenging job but also very rewarding. I would really like to find as much information as i can to see what it is like and what other people have to say about it. I know i want to work in the n.i.c.u but am having a hard time deciding if i would like to become a nurse or doctor in that medical field. I would like to find the difference of the job that a nurse or doctor would have in the n.i.c.u. i will take all the info i can get.

Answer: You can go anywhere from a 2 yr nursing program to a 4 year college degree program. You can, even with the 2 years, become an ICU nurse, but if you have the money and the time, obviously, becoming a nurse with a Bachelors,is much better in the long run. In the meantime, when you pick out your high school classes, focus on things like chemistry and biology. Anything that will make it easier when you start your nursing classes. You also, might want to check into local hospitals and find out if they have Candy Stripers. We have them in our hospital and a lot of them want to become nurses. It's a good way to get the feel of a hospital and you'll get some much needed experience with people and doctors and of course, nurses. I wish you much more than luck with this. Congratulations on having a goal. It makes my day.

Question: I'm going to shadow a nurse in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). What skills should I brush up on? I'm starting my semester of nursing in pediatrics and OB. So far, all I know is the complete physical assessment for children. What nursing fundamentals/skills/terms should I know in order to better understand my time following the nurse in the PICU?

Answer: I am a Rn in a PICU. I would suspect your just observing the nurse in her role. The PICU I work in is a high energy workplace. The sickest kids are in that unit. It would be helpful to be knowlegeable about ventilators, vasopressors, central lines, arterial lines. Remember, your learning so asking questions is how you'll learn.

Question: Did you know that Olympic skier Picabo Street was an Intensive Care Unit nurse at one time? She wasn't allowed to answer the phone though....she'd say "Picabo...ICU"

Answer: You are keeping me in stitches today! Peek a boo ICU, too!

Question: I'm an Intensive Care Unit nurse. Is it credible to change my focus to Psych nursing? I am working in an ICU with less than one year of nursing experience under my belt. I have only worked in one hospital, but in this hospital there are too many little managers to please and a lot of miscommunications and misunderstandings among staff. A handful of people have already quit since this unit got off the ground just 5 months ago. I too, feel that the unit lacks goodwill and goodness. As it turns out, it appears that the initial good feelings everyone had in the beginning is dissipated. Demoralized staff run by tyranical "little" (assistant) multiple managers---is really the flavor of this unit. I'm the type of person who does not kiss arses of managers, but just simply tries her best to please the patient and their families. Therefore, I personally do not feel I am well-liked by some managers because I do not give them any more importance than any other nurse on the unit. My authority is the patient and family, so it turns out that the brownnosers of the unit get special praise and treatment. I do not understand or like this culture in which a nurse is judged competent and as an asset to the unit based on how well they kiss ****. What should I do? Today, after the end of shift (I work nights), I called a male supervisor to explain the situation that I had been "set up" by the a female supervisor. The reason I distinguish male and female is I tend to not have any problems with male supervisors because they are not driven by a catty drive--to claw another female who doesn't kiss their butts. I'm not there to kiss butts. I'm there to do my duties right and with respect and dignity toward my patients. My patients are my bosses, not these catty female assistant nurse managers who do not have enough magnanimous spirit to see the filth in themselves.

Answer: NUrsing has to do with Passion in as much as you want to be an advocate for your patients. you must realise that there are rules in every place of work in order to survive the work place you have to change your focus be more tolerant. You have not given info on what went down but you may have to adjust your attitude too. concerning your switch to Psych do you have the temprament for it? you obviouslty have very little experience in ICU and as a nurse. Ask yourself what made you get intyo nursing and go from there.

Question: 5 principles of intensive care nursing that apply to the care of the ICU client?

Answer: Principle 1) Don't put your essay title on Yahoo Answers hoping someone else will do the work for you