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Instagram post 2198283598732465943_6816277 Let’s talk about every ICU nurses 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘦 drug....⁣
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𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐅𝐎𝐋!!! 💤💤⁣
⁣
🔹It is a general anesthetic.⁣
🔹Indications include:⁣
▫️Induction of general anesthesia in children & adults.⁣
▫️Initiation & Maintenance of Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC).⁣
▫️Sedation of intubated patients in the ICU & ER.⁣
🔹It is a short-acting hypnotic. The mechanism of action is not entirely known...but propofol is known to work on GABA.⁣
🔹Produces amnesia (so you don’t remember)⁣
🔹 No analgesic qualities. This is important to remember that while your patient may be snowed on propofol, you still need to treat any underlying pain they may have with other drugs.⁣
🔹The most common side effects that I see would be bradycardia & hypotension. A rare side effect is green urine. 😳 Anyone seen that before? I have it’s weird.⁣
🔹If not contraindicated, patients should have DAILY “sedation vacations 🏝” in which the propofol dose is lowered to get a neurological assessment. This has also been proven to better patient outcomes, shorten length of hospital stay, and decrease the incidence of ICU delirium or Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), which is basically PTSD following an ICU admit. 👎🏼⁣
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Pssst...if you’ve made it this far, this post is a hint 🤪 any guesses as to what I’m hinting at?! 🤐
Instagram post 2196088912160989955_6816277 We all have scars. 
My scar used to look good. A nice clean cut after my first surgery. But as the months passed, I fought a physical and mental battle daily following my accident. I rejected what was reality. I couldn’t accept it. I was internally bleeding emotionally, and then one day, physically. Blood began to pool under my scar, and my hope, patience, and skin began to stretch thin. 
It hurt. One day it couldn’t stretch anymore, and my scar burst open. I evacuated a hematoma in my bathtub. The pressure was released, and the fragile skin began to repair itself again. 
Another month went by, and the emotional buildup continued. I was depressed and jealous of others who weren’t going through what I was. I kept asking “why me,” what did I do to deserve this? The scar began to stretch again. One morning I woke up in a pool of blood. My scar was demanding attention. 
Then came yet another setback... osteomyelitis. The bones in my leg had become infected. I was rushed to get a PICC line and was on IV antibiotics q8h for 6 weeks. I had allergic reactions to every antibiotic I was put on, some requiring me to go to the ER for IM Benadryl. I was still in a wheelchair. I was exhausted. I was covered in a rash the entire 6 weeks, and prescribed atarax to basically sedate me enough to not feel the itch. My mind and body were giving up. I had seen this at work before. The young girl who dies after a straightforward surgery, followed by every complication and infection. I told myself I was going to die. 
But then one day, I didn’t. The thing about scars is that they demand attention, acknowledgement. They will continue to push and pull at you until they burst. What you resist, persists. While your scars may not be physical like this one, we all have emotional scars from our past that will continue to build up until we explode. If instead we accepted our scars, our battlewounds, our past...we are then able to move beyond them and develop scartissue... that while jagged-looking and not a clean cut, it forms even tougher skin than before. 🖤
Instagram post 2193901986528094758_6816277 LETS TALK DRIPS. 💧⠀
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Drips can be intimidating when you’re starting in the ICU. It’s extremely important to understand the mechanism of action behind each drip, and not just follow orders/handoff to “keep MAP > 65.” ⠀
Each drip is very unique, and it’s gonna be on YOU the nurse, to speak up on why a prescribed drip may not benefit the patient, and be able to recommend another drip + give the rationale. 🗣⠀
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I can’t count the times I’ve called the doctor at shift change and ask for a different drip when I see what’s hanging. For example, getting report to maintain a cardiac index > 2 on the med above (norepinephrine/levophed), and the nurse was going up and up on the drip to make the goal but still not meeting it. ⠀
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When given a history of heart failure and an EF of 10%....this patient may need DOBUTAMINE instead of levophed to improve cardiac output. That’s because I know that dobutamine helps with CONTRACTILITY of a poorly functioning ventricle, and it DECREASES AFTERLOAD to help pump that blood out. THAT will actually help maintain your CI because you’ll stop vasoconstricting, causing an increase in AFTERLOAD for a failing heart if they had used levophed. Make sense?⠀
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Would you guys be interested in more drip specific education? What drips do you guys see the most? Lemme know below! 😃
Instagram post 2185954718529320955_6816277 And as you become more successful,⠀
The amount of haters will grow. ⠀
There is a direct correlation⠀
As you check off more boxes⠀
Smiling as you go⠀
They are watching⠀
But do not forget⠀
You were not born to please other people. ⠀
Getting their approval ⠀
Was not part of your bucket list.⠀
Keep your head up 
And
Eyes fixed on your daydreams⠀
Because soon⠀
They will no longer be daydreams⠀
It will be your reality⠀
If you keep this mentality. ⠀
So⠀
Envision your future self often. ⠀
Set your intention daily.⠀
And get to work.⠀
-⠀
Sincerely,⠀
My exhausted jotted-down thoughts post nightshift 3 in a row. 😂 .
💾 Save this post for motivation 👍🏼
Instagram post 2184325088189709002_6816277 Y’all asked for ECMO education...I’m gonna break it down real simple. 👌🏼 ECMO stands for ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. “Extra” = outside, “corporeal” = body so, outside of the body. Membrane oxygenation = oxygenation by a membrane. Outside of the body. Ya?

There are two types of ECMO. VA or VV ECMO. Veno-arterial or Veno-venous. First letter is where you’re pulling from and the second is where you’re returning blood. VA ECMO provides heart and lung support. VV is solely lung support. Blood is pulled from the body via cannulas and travels through an oxygenator to be oxygenated and for CO2 to be removed. We control the amount of CO2 removed via something called “sweep.” Then it is returned back to the body. ⠀
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This treatment is a last resort for patients when other conventional therapies don’t work (max ventilator support, max pressors/inotropes, end stage heart failure etc) and there are contraindications of course. But it does work and use of ECMO is growing. ⠀
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Examples of patients who may require ECMO include but are not limited to: septic shock, aspiration pneumonia, ARDS, pulmonary embolism, cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, cardiac arrest. The list goes on.⠀
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These patients are SICKY SICK. K like not well. The ECMO specialist cannot leave the bedside, we are constantly monitoring these patient’s vitals, intake & output/fluid balance and also typically manage the CRRT machine along with it. We are responsible for maintaining therapeutic anticoagulation to maintain circuit integrity, checking pre and post oxygenator ABGs as well as patient ABGs, serial electrolytes, hourly pulse checks to make sure the big cannula doesn’t occlude perfusion to the lower extremities..managing sedation for patient and circuit safety, and sometimes paralytics for ventilator compliance or to decrease oxygen demand. ⠀
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There is also another nurse doing patient cares, medications, possibly managing another device in addition. Who here does ECMO and who wants to?! Doesn’t want to? 😂😝 .

Save this for reference later 📋
Instagram post 2182341693549085563_6816277 TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. ⠀
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Wow. If you would have told me a year ago that I would be designing and opening an online shop I would have laughed 😂. I have been working very hard over months and months to design some #nursemerch with a sassy and trendy flair to it. Over the years I’ve had numerous situations where I wanted to buy a nurse a graduation gift, thank you gift, etc, and I was so disappointed in the tacky stuff that’s out there today! (ive seen enough incorrect EKG clip art designs, thanks) Next thing you know I’m designing my own products... that I’m actually excited to gift to my friends and family that are nurses or in school! 🏩📝⠀
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I feel like I have no idea what I’m doing combined with excitement combined with extreme gratitude FOR YOU. You guys that have followed along my nursing journey... YOU have made an amateur blog that was created to get through personal trauma, into a community that gets me excited to keep going, move past my struggles, and continue to spread positivity in nursing. So thank you, THANK YOU 💖⠀
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Shop link will be posted tonight at midnight MST in stories. 💋
@lipstickandlifesaving
Instagram post 2180256768918308180_6816277 Rest In Peace Nonna ❤️
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My sweet grandmother passed away this weekend surrounded by family. It was very unexpected and sudden, and I am so fortunate to have gotten to Canada in time to be with her when she passed. Also feeling so grateful she was able to make it to my wedding in Arizona just last month.

This was my first family member being cared for in the ICU. I always wondered over the years how this would go for me, and I am so wowed by the hospital staff who were so accommodating to me and my giant loud Italian family that took over the entire waiting room with people, pizza, and biscotti 😂
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Not only that, our family included 5 nurses, 2 RTs, 1 medical student, and a million questions. You can only imagine how annoying we would be for that night nurse...but wow. She pulled up every CT, ABG, CBC we asked for, without a single roll of the eyes. This was closure for us. She also made EACH of us one of these EKG strips that she hand cut, and placed a heart bead with her favorite color. THIS is nursing. Don’t ever forget the little things you can do as a nurse in these situations. This meant the world to us.

Nonna you were a light in all of our lives. Always so happy, and had a social life I could only dream about. Heaven gained a beautiful angel this week 💖
Instagram post 2175612208598498198_6816277 This guy here is a Total Artificial Heart (TAH). 🖤⠀
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It is implanted as a last resort for biventricular failure either as a bridge to heart transplant or as destination therapy (this stays in forever). The patient’s ventricles and valves of the heart are completely removed and this goes in their place. Crazy right? 🤯⠀
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In this picture you can see the mechanical metal valves and if you look closely in the middle you can see yes, that is VELCRO that attaches the two plastic ventricles together. The flappy suction cup looking parts around the valves are sutured to the patient’s atria. ⠀
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These patients are usually in the ICU for months...but once they become stable, they are able to go home attached to a 13.5 pound portable pump that runs on battery, and worn as a backpack or shoulder bag. This becomes their new way of life. 🎒⠀
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Who’s taken care of a TAH patient before? Opinions on this therapy? Would you say yes to this if it was your last option to live⁉️
Instagram post 2171229601102553105_6816277 One of my posts from a few years back but still a good reminder to my fellow nurses as winter rolls around 🏥⠀
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“Patients do not put their trust in machines or devices. They put their trust in you. You have already spent years studying, training, doing research & seeing patients. And you likely have many years of education before you. ⠀
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But please remember the more skilled you become, the more specialized you become, and the more dependent on technology you become — the easier it becomes to lose your humanity, forget your compassion, and ignore your instincts. ⠀
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I have one last piece of advice: Never ever lose your moral compass.” 🖤 Margaret Hamburg, MD⠀
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In this photo the patient is on ECMO, Impella, CRRT, and a ventilator.
Instagram post 2167776739236018984_6816277 Back to reality, but forever in the honeymoon phase with you 🥰💕

Lipstick & Lifesaving

Nursing

How to Write a Kickass Nursing Resume (for new grads)

February 10, 2017February 26, 2019

How to build a nursing resume
Wow, it’s FINALLY time for you to start applying to actual nursing jobs. The years full of early mornings, clinical write-ups, and mental breakdowns are coming to an end. Now, you need to show off all your hard work. For whatever reason, I have a weird obsession with editing resumes and resume-building. (If you’re interested in me reviewing your own resume and providing editing/feedback, check out my link at the bottom of this post!) I’ve edited a few senior nursing students’ resumes this week, and figured that now is a good time for this post, as lots of new-grad positions are opening up. For those of you who are already nurses, this post is specifically for the new grad nurse resume. Let’s get started.

  • Your header. First name, middle initial, and last name in bold.
  • Underneath, put your mailing address, city with state and zip code, and phone number.
  • Next, an objective. While this is not necessary, it does make your resume a little bit different from the others while making it personable. Put 2-3 sentences describing yourself and your skills, and finish with what your objective is. This is an example of what I put for mine:

OBJECTIVE: I am a dynamic leader and team builder, consistently motivating others. I have a unique combination of impeccable organizational, analytical, and communicative skills, in addition to a proven ability to work effectively, both independently and within a team. I am desiring a position as a new graduate RN in the ICU.

Sure, this may seem a little cocky. Doesn’t matter. Your resume is not the place to be humble. It is your chance to brag and show off. This objective clearly shows confidence while demonstrating your assets. I mean what manager wouldn’t want to talk more with someone who wrote that.

  • Below this, put your education. Clarify that you’re a current senior with your projected graduation month and year. Put the type of program you’re in (ex. BSN), and your school, the city, and state. Put your GPA. If you received any academic or sports scholarships, include that you’re a _____ scholarship recipient. If you were on the Dean’s List, put what years. If you were in a nursing honor society put that here. If you plan to graduate with Honors, put it down.
  • Certifications. Put your current certifications here. BLS/CPR. If you’re looking into a step-down unit, ICU, or emergency department, get ACLS certified your senior year. If you’re thinking about working in pediatrics, get your PALS before you apply. This is going to make you stand out against other applicants that didn’t do this. Also, if you’re in a BSN program, most programs automatically qualify you for your PHN certification post-graduation, due to your community health rotation. Under certifications, I also put: “Completed PHN Certificate requirements of 90 hours in community health nursing.”
  • Clinical Experience. This is where you list out all your clinicals: what hospital they were at, how many hours completed, what type of unit, and dates. If you completed extra clinicals/preceptorships/externships, put them here as well.

Desk with laptop

    • Leadership. Here’s another opportunity to make your resume stand out from the others. And this involves you doing more than just showing up to class and doing your homework. This is where you really need to get out there and sign up for everything possible to build your resume. For example, I was the president of our pinning committee. This shows leadership. I additionally was on the board for our student nurses association. More leadership. I mentored student nurses below me, and went to nursing student conferences out of town. It’s easy to join clubs at school. Employers want to see that you’re passionate about your interests, and these don’t even have to be nursing related. Join a political, cultural, or artistic club on campus. They want to see if you’re going to be a leader and be involved on your unit once hired.
    • Work Experience. List all your prior work experience, even if not nursing related. This shows you have work ethic and time management, if you held a job throughout nursing school.
    • Volunteer & Community Service. List these out with the location, year, and a brief description underneath each of the events. Sign up for a medical missions trip, volunteer for the homeless in your community, see if you can volunteer for some of the hospitals in your area. If you have any connections, see if you can shadow a nurse or doctor. Be a volunteer at a run that supports a good cause. See if you can participate in a flu shot clinic. Fundraise for a foundation in need. Just google search for volunteer opportunities in your area. There’s always plenty of options. You should have quite a few of these listed.
  • Professional Organizations. This is another section not everyone includes but I think is important. List out the professional organizations you belong to, or join at least one related to the specialty you want to go into. For example, I wanted to work in the ICU. So I joined the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). Each specialty has their own professional organization, AND usually has a discounted student membership price. So what does membership get you? You’ll get emails and sometimes journal articles that keep you updated on the latest nursing practice in that specialty. What does that mean to employers? This shows that you genuinely care about that specialty and are up to date with current practice. Additionally, most of the managers that will interview you probably love that organization, considering they work in the specialty that you joined. They’ll love that you both are members and can give you something to talk about. Another plus is that you can bring this up in your interview, which I’ll discuss in another post on the nursing interview. But saying you’re a member of a professional nursing organization shows your devotion to the field and an appreciation of nursing research. If you don’t know what specialty you’re going for, you can join the American Nurses Association, or another more generic organization.
  • That’s it! Your resume should be kept under two pages, and be as simple as possible. Don’t use fluff words, be straight to the point. There’s been studies that show that employers take an average of 15 seconds max to review a resume. So make yours easy to read, emphasize your successes, and participate in extracurriculars that make you stand out! The hard work that went into my resume got me interviews and a job offer at my dream hospital before I graduated, with no personal connections. It’s possible, and you can do it too.

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15 comments on “How to Write a Kickass Nursing Resume (for new grads)”

  1. Snyra Gee Campollo
    May 2, 2019 at 6:40 pm

    Hi Marissa,
    I found your website when I was googling up how to write a nursing resume. Your posts was really helpful and I didn’t know I could add Professional Organizations that I am a member of. I have a few questions that I hope you could answer for me. My situation is a little different since I actually graduated nursing school in 2015, however, I was not able to pass my NLCEX until this year because of life in general.
    I am a little confuse of what is acceptable of how many pages is my nursing resume and if I should include a lot of the things that I was involved in college. I know I will be including a lot of the things I am currently involved in but I don’t know the cut off of what to leave and take out for my college involvement. I also have questions about references. Should I also include that as well? I do work as a caregiver now so can I include references from my clients as well as my professional reference?
    Hope my comment is not so confusing and hope that I hear from you soon. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge, your posts really helps me get started.

    Reply
    • Anonymous
      May 4, 2019 at 2:04 am

      Page-wise, I would keep it under two. I certainly think more than 1 is okay, especially if you have a lot of great stuff. I think for you, I would definitely include things from nursing school if they pertain to nursing and add value to your resume. Typically I would leave references out, since they will ask for them in a separate part of the application. Thank you for reaching out and good luck!!!

      Reply
  2. Michelle cacayuran
    November 14, 2018 at 11:09 am

    Hey Marissa!
    So my classmates and I have conflicting information on how long our resumes should be. Some say one page and some others say two. How many pages do you think would be appropriate for a nursing student with health care background? Thanks!!!

    Reply
    • lipstickandlifesaving
      November 15, 2018 at 11:51 am

      Hi Michelle! I think two is totally fine as long as the info pertains to nursing school. For example, don’t fill it with all the volunteer stuff you did in high school. Keep it to college and see where you’re at 🙂

      Reply
  3. MonicaM
    January 21, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    Would it be possible for you to show a template of a resume ?

    Reply
    • lipstickandlifesaving
      February 4, 2018 at 7:32 pm

      I’ll take a look at my nursing school resume and try and post it soon! Thanks for reading 🙂

      Reply
  4. Abby
    December 25, 2017 at 8:14 pm

    Can you put the link for the PHN Certification again? I cannot find it. Great information in this as well, graduating in May and am starting the job search!

    Reply
    • lipstickandlifesaving
      December 25, 2017 at 8:47 pm

      Hi there! Here is the link I used for California. http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/applicants/phn-app.pdf
      Congrats on graduating so soon! Good luck in the job search! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Hannah
    August 14, 2017 at 9:01 am

    Hey Marissa! Thanks for the helpful advice. I am a nursing student at SDSU also working at Sharp Memorial as a nursing assistant and just read your article posted on SharpNet! I was wondering if you could give me more information about how to obtain PHN certification after graduation in December or direct me to where I can find the requirements for it. Will the 90 hours of my community health course meet this?

    Reply
    • lipstickandlifesaving
      August 14, 2017 at 11:58 pm

      Hey Hannah! Thanks so much for reading! Yes, if you’re getting your BSN, the 90 hours of community does count. So once you take nclex and get your RN, you can use the form below to submit your PHN application. You’ll have to request from SDSU your official transcripts to send to the BRN, and then pay the $150 fee (tax deductible). Let me know if you have any other questions! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Youknowyoureanursingstudentif
    June 15, 2017 at 3:23 pm

    Thank you for this information. Great ideas that I will be putting into action.

    Reply
  7. berkleeleary
    February 28, 2017 at 1:40 pm

    Thanks for this post! I have a couple people who I’m going to share this with, particularly my sister who is working in the healthcare field and wants to be a PA!

    Reply
    • Marissa
      February 28, 2017 at 1:45 pm

      Thank you so so much! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Dianashealthyliving
    February 27, 2017 at 11:44 pm

    This is great advice for any profession

    Reply
    • Marissa
      February 27, 2017 at 11:45 pm

      Thank you!! 🙂

      Reply

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Instagram post 2198283598732465943_6816277 Let’s talk about every ICU nurses 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘦 drug....⁣
⁣
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐅𝐎𝐋!!! 💤💤⁣
⁣
🔹It is a general anesthetic.⁣
🔹Indications include:⁣
▫️Induction of general anesthesia in children & adults.⁣
▫️Initiation & Maintenance of Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC).⁣
▫️Sedation of intubated patients in the ICU & ER.⁣
🔹It is a short-acting hypnotic. The mechanism of action is not entirely known...but propofol is known to work on GABA.⁣
🔹Produces amnesia (so you don’t remember)⁣
🔹 No analgesic qualities. This is important to remember that while your patient may be snowed on propofol, you still need to treat any underlying pain they may have with other drugs.⁣
🔹The most common side effects that I see would be bradycardia & hypotension. A rare side effect is green urine. 😳 Anyone seen that before? I have it’s weird.⁣
🔹If not contraindicated, patients should have DAILY “sedation vacations 🏝” in which the propofol dose is lowered to get a neurological assessment. This has also been proven to better patient outcomes, shorten length of hospital stay, and decrease the incidence of ICU delirium or Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), which is basically PTSD following an ICU admit. 👎🏼⁣
⁣
Pssst...if you’ve made it this far, this post is a hint 🤪 any guesses as to what I’m hinting at?! 🤐
Instagram post 2196088912160989955_6816277 We all have scars. 
My scar used to look good. A nice clean cut after my first surgery. But as the months passed, I fought a physical and mental battle daily following my accident. I rejected what was reality. I couldn’t accept it. I was internally bleeding emotionally, and then one day, physically. Blood began to pool under my scar, and my hope, patience, and skin began to stretch thin. 
It hurt. One day it couldn’t stretch anymore, and my scar burst open. I evacuated a hematoma in my bathtub. The pressure was released, and the fragile skin began to repair itself again. 
Another month went by, and the emotional buildup continued. I was depressed and jealous of others who weren’t going through what I was. I kept asking “why me,” what did I do to deserve this? The scar began to stretch again. One morning I woke up in a pool of blood. My scar was demanding attention. 
Then came yet another setback... osteomyelitis. The bones in my leg had become infected. I was rushed to get a PICC line and was on IV antibiotics q8h for 6 weeks. I had allergic reactions to every antibiotic I was put on, some requiring me to go to the ER for IM Benadryl. I was still in a wheelchair. I was exhausted. I was covered in a rash the entire 6 weeks, and prescribed atarax to basically sedate me enough to not feel the itch. My mind and body were giving up. I had seen this at work before. The young girl who dies after a straightforward surgery, followed by every complication and infection. I told myself I was going to die. 
But then one day, I didn’t. The thing about scars is that they demand attention, acknowledgement. They will continue to push and pull at you until they burst. What you resist, persists. While your scars may not be physical like this one, we all have emotional scars from our past that will continue to build up until we explode. If instead we accepted our scars, our battlewounds, our past...we are then able to move beyond them and develop scartissue... that while jagged-looking and not a clean cut, it forms even tougher skin than before. 🖤
Instagram post 2193901986528094758_6816277 LETS TALK DRIPS. 💧⠀
⠀
Drips can be intimidating when you’re starting in the ICU. It’s extremely important to understand the mechanism of action behind each drip, and not just follow orders/handoff to “keep MAP > 65.” ⠀
Each drip is very unique, and it’s gonna be on YOU the nurse, to speak up on why a prescribed drip may not benefit the patient, and be able to recommend another drip + give the rationale. 🗣⠀
⠀
I can’t count the times I’ve called the doctor at shift change and ask for a different drip when I see what’s hanging. For example, getting report to maintain a cardiac index > 2 on the med above (norepinephrine/levophed), and the nurse was going up and up on the drip to make the goal but still not meeting it. ⠀
⠀
When given a history of heart failure and an EF of 10%....this patient may need DOBUTAMINE instead of levophed to improve cardiac output. That’s because I know that dobutamine helps with CONTRACTILITY of a poorly functioning ventricle, and it DECREASES AFTERLOAD to help pump that blood out. THAT will actually help maintain your CI because you’ll stop vasoconstricting, causing an increase in AFTERLOAD for a failing heart if they had used levophed. Make sense?⠀
⠀
Would you guys be interested in more drip specific education? What drips do you guys see the most? Lemme know below! 😃
Instagram post 2185954718529320955_6816277 And as you become more successful,⠀
The amount of haters will grow. ⠀
There is a direct correlation⠀
As you check off more boxes⠀
Smiling as you go⠀
They are watching⠀
But do not forget⠀
You were not born to please other people. ⠀
Getting their approval ⠀
Was not part of your bucket list.⠀
Keep your head up 
And
Eyes fixed on your daydreams⠀
Because soon⠀
They will no longer be daydreams⠀
It will be your reality⠀
If you keep this mentality. ⠀
So⠀
Envision your future self often. ⠀
Set your intention daily.⠀
And get to work.⠀
-⠀
Sincerely,⠀
My exhausted jotted-down thoughts post nightshift 3 in a row. 😂 .
💾 Save this post for motivation 👍🏼
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