samrn32

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1. semi private vs. private rooms in icu

   samrn32 replied to samrn32's topic in MICU

   I fell I must vent on this subject. I am feeling very anti-establishment this week. Our hospital has fallen into the service mode, as I have seen from this board many others have also. We have started the scripting, Hey I'm not in preschool I do not ...

2. semi private vs. private rooms in icu

   samrn32 replied to samrn32's topic in MICU

   I think they have all gone stupid . Why spend millions of dollars on a new facility and then do something like this.

3. semi private vs. private rooms in icu

   samrn32 posted a topic in MICU

   I was curious as to how some of the other ICU'S are set up. We used to be a 9 bed ICU with all private rooms, We are now a 10 bed ICU . 4 private rooms and 3 semi-privates. This is a brand new building , brand new ICU. I just feel this was really p...

4. Now, how about some Good Nurse stories.

   samrn32 replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

   The nurses I work with are so great all the time it is really hard to single out examples. I hope it would never be necessary but I would feel comfortable having any of them take care of me or any of my family. They are really great. As a patient for...

5. Outrageous lab results

   samrn32 replied to shannonRN's topic in General Nursing

   platlets 4 sodium >190 wbc 0.0 glucose >1400 wbc 81

6. Stupid questions/comments made by doctors!

   samrn32 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   there have been too many why's to even count but two situations come to mind where I asked a doc to hand me something when I was opposite side of bed . the first , we had a pt. on a ventilator who needed oral suction I asked the doc who was stan...

7. Primacor drip

   samrn32 replied to Genista's topic in CCU

   It has been over a yr. since I have given this drug. So just from memory we monitored heart rate continuous and bp every 15 minutes. In our experience it can really affect blood pressure We now give this drug to a group of chf patients in our heart f...

8. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   samrn32 replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   this wasn't an order but was found on a chest xray report CONCLUSION: There is a left lower leg infiltrate with associated pleural fluid. No wonder she was in so much pain.

9. Nursing Superstitions!

   samrn32 replied to codebluechic's topic in Humor

   All the above are very true We recently had a pt I was to dc foley and bladder scan after void and PRN. As we have no storage space I plugged the bladder scanner in an empty room soon we had a direct admit in that room next I plugged the bladder...

10. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    samrn32 replied to Ekaye's topic in Safety

    When our ob is closed there is a nurse on call and one who stays in house. The in house nurse floats and does tasks , usually does not take patients. The nurses from other floors do float to ob but only postpartum and nursery. We have floated to c...

11. ICU burnout?

    samrn32 replied to krobertson's topic in MICU

    I've worked ICU for about 2 yrs. It may just be me but I look forward to going to work everyday. I love it. I wouldn't want to work anywhere else. If you keep things in perspective and end up with good co-workers you'll won't burn out there any fa...

12. most and least favorite DX to care for?

    samrn32 replied to MollyJ's topic in General Nursing

    my LEAST favorite is noncardiac chest pain although i'm happy for them they are not infarcting it is aggravating to me when they are on a ntg gtt a heparin gtt grasping their chest screaming and then in the next breath say "can i have some ice cream...

13. top 10 nanda labels for nursing students

    samrn32 replied to studentnurse_02's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school with a student who said she would name her daughters shigella and salmonella

14. MUST have been a man's idea...

    samrn32 replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    nurses throughout our hospital wear royal blue other staffing groups have their own colors. we had previously had 3 colors to choose from as well as printed tops but this was of course abused and a lot of people wore what ever they wanted. i'm just t...

15. Length of stay in ED before admission

    samrn32 replied to suzannasue's topic in General Nursing

    we have a small hospital and a small emergency room. people generally stay in er about 3 hours before being admitted. the nurses in er are pretty good about getting iv's in before admit and the first doses of a/b . it would be nice to get more adva...