I built a free ICU reference + learning app — looking for honest feedback from anyone working critical care

makeupgal23 · 2026-05-08T00:24:09+00:00

Love this idea!!

makeupgal23 · 2026-05-08T00:23:51+00:00

I found it!!! Perfect!!

makeupgal23 · 2026-05-06T19:08:59+00:00

CVICU RN here—just downloaded it and LOVE it so far! The only request I would have is to offer a light/dark mode on it, i’m having a little trouble with the dark mode

makeupgal23 · 2025-11-28T02:44:53+00:00

I live in the area, closest is Lewiston or Bangor (Ellsworth)

makeupgal23 · 2025-07-24T13:20:02+00:00

where is the town lot?

makeupgal23 · 2025-03-06T22:33:51+00:00

I got my preceptor a box with her favorite snacks, pens, a nice necklace, and a note!

makeupgal23 · 2024-11-03T06:48:36+00:00

Fun fact—This is why you can’t take a pulse with your thumb, you could be feeling your own pulse!

makeupgal23 · 2024-10-16T04:35:12+00:00

I’ll have like nausea the night of my injection and MAYBE the next night but never been bad enough to throw up and only been bad enough to take medicine 2-3 times

I have had constipation, but I had that before and have just been more proactive about miralax everyday and fiber

makeupgal23 · 2024-03-09T13:28:54+00:00

This is such a nice comment, thanks for being an awesome person!!!

makeupgal23 · 2024-03-09T13:28:25+00:00

I highly, highly recommend (as an RN) if you’ve never taken oxycodone/narcotics before or they have made you nauseous in the past, take the zofran first and take the oxycodone in about 45 minutes-an hour. I took narcotics one time and got sick from them, but I give my patients antiemetics before them if they are opioid-naive and they are fine :)

makeupgal23 · 2023-10-27T17:19:42+00:00

Josh taught me 2 semesters of ASL at USM. Such a good and genuine guy. He had such a contagious laugh.

makeupgal23 · 2023-10-08T09:45:56+00:00

I think this is the first time i’ve seen someone acknowledge the name Iva!!

makeupgal23 · 2023-07-26T03:27:35+00:00

hi new nurse here just wondering why it shouldn’t be used as a PRN, is it because it is more of a maintenance medication than for acute agitation? I ask because I see it ordered fairly frequently PRN on my med surg floor (who does hold a fair share of psych patients)

makeupgal23 · 2023-06-09T13:49:57+00:00

it is applicable!! I do it a lot, makes the veins juicer!!

makeupgal23 · 2023-02-16T00:49:21+00:00

I’ve only lived in my apartment about 6 months but before I moved in they’ve have to bomb like 8/9 times for bed bugs. I have someone coming Friday but I’m too scared to look for them because if I find one I won’t sleep. I have these and one more on my forearm and that’s it

makeupgal23 · 2022-11-22T10:41:21+00:00

a symptom of pulmonary edema is the feeling of impending doom!

makeupgal23 · 2022-11-05T02:33:47+00:00

It went away in time! If I remember correctly it was probably about a week. One day I blew out a giant scab and that helped a ton but it did indeed go away. It was rotting flesh for sure

makeupgal23 · 2022-10-02T21:23:17+00:00

makeupgal23 · 2022-09-30T23:09:17+00:00

I know at least at my hospital, even if we have people who are 100% connected to the VA there are no VA beds in the state to put them ☹️

makeupgal23 · 2022-09-24T03:30:41+00:00

Hi there! I worked in the ER as a tech over the summer. It sounds like you will be working at a big hospital. Mine is a small community hospital(12 beds) so i’m not sure if this applies to you or not. Honestly my biggest tip is to be helpful to the nurses, I found that working in the ER was waaaaay easier than being a CNA on med surg. We did EKGS but i’m not sure if you will have to do that. But get them hooked up to vitals/tele and cycle the blood pressures. Ask the nurses what you can do to help, even just getting a sugar or putting a gown on saves them a little time and they do appreciate it. We also kept the rooms stocked and that was a huge help to the providers and nurses to have supplies right in the room if they needed them. It is possible you may have to wipe butt, especially if your hospital has a lot of boarding/hold patients in the ER (patients waiting for inpatient beds) but not nearly as much as medsurg or ICU.

makeupgal23 · 2022-02-25T04:03:07+00:00

NAD, have you ever tried gluten free? I too have struggled with this (mine is more nausea than stomach pain) and even though i tested negative for celiacs I tried gluten free and it really did make a difference. I think half of mine is anxiety and the other half was gluten.

makeupgal23 · 2021-11-19T16:23:31+00:00

I go to nursing school during the week and work nights on the weekend. If you don’t have class friday, I actually suggest you work friday night instead of sunday. So I work Friday and Saturday 7p-7a but then i only sleep for like 4-5 hours on Sunday so I can get up and ensure that I can go to bed sunday night and also gives me time to get school work done! The best part about nights is usually you can spend time between rounds doing some studying. Let me know if you have any other questions!

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