ICUMish

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1. Night Shift worries!!

   ICUMish replied to Erica1019's topic in General Nursing

   Hey everybody, I've been working nights for 7 months and it had its advantages and disadvatages. My biggest problems were gaining more fat on my belly as well as being depressed after working two 3-days-in-a-row once. I've never been so depressed in...

2. Treatment of the DNR patients and the supravenricular arrhythmia

   ICUMish posted a topic in MICU

   Hi Everybdy, :balloons: I have a couple of questions to you. The first is: Do you continue treatment of the patient after the DNR form is signed? By treatment I mean supplementing the patient is case of electrlite imbalances; or keeping a patient on...

3. square wave test

   ICUMish replied to monkeyman1000's topic in MICU

   I also try to do the test every time I get an a-line. Unfortunately, our hospital does not have a clear policy about this. So I realized that the treatment of our patients is based on the unreliable measures (ABP, CVP, etc)

4. Is there any RN who never made a mistake?

   ICUMish replied to ICUMish's topic in MICU

   From what I read in all posts, everybody mentions how important it is to support another nurse in a difficult situation without blaming. Unfortunately it does not happen in every place...

5. PDA's and the ICU

   ICUMish replied to Rivs's topic in MICU

   As for me, I use my PDA mostly to get a drug information, particularly "implementation" section which provides the most important points about the medication administarion. Also, my PDA id very useful for storing the notes I make myself about anythi...

6. How lond does it take to get stethoscope from allheart?

   ICUMish replied to TRINI_RN's topic in General Students

   Hi everybody, I also consider buying stethoscope from allheart. Tell me which one would you recommend from your experience? Thanks.

7. Is there any RN who never made a mistake?

   ICUMish replied to ICUMish's topic in MICU

   Clemm78, In my opinion, all people sometimes make mistakes. It is impossible to avoid them. That's why I agreed with Tweety about supporting others. Like you, I always learn from my mistakes. Thanks a lot for your response!

8. Is there any RN who never made a mistake?

   ICUMish replied to ICUMish's topic in MICU

   Thank you guys for your input! I do agree with you Tweety about supporting the feelow colleagues instead of judging them.

9. Is there any RN who never made a mistake?

   ICUMish posted a topic in MICU

   Hi everybody, By reading lots of threads on this website I realize how many nurses participate in the various discussions. Thus I wanted to ask question which bothers me a lot here. Do experienced nurses make mistakes that threaten Pts life? What do ...