janicurn

janicurn

New Member
  • Content

    14
  • Visitors

    1,247
  • Followers

    0

About janicurn

Latest Activity

  1. Nurses Day Gifts - Suggestions?

    I think the best gift would be a lovely card that expresses how much you have appreciated your mentor's help and what a great nurse you think they are. Lord knows there are not enough positive, loving stroke given to nurses!
  2. Does anybody remember when??............

    Come on you guys- nurses are aging everywhere! I remember most of this sstuff and I am only the mean age (46). Remember giving enemas with metal buckets and then you had to clean out the red rubber tubing with Que-tips? How about post-op orders that ...
  3. DEBRIDE the SCABS

    The whole subject of scab nurses makes me angry. what leverage do we have as nurses to effecdt changes within our profession when these money hungry "nurse" are willing to work in strike conditions? Check out this http://www.afscme.org/una/unalt011...
  4. WHO IS GONNA PICKET TOMMORW

    We are with you in Ohio! We served a strike notice 5/31 and understand your issues. We have been told that our concerns for mandatory overtime, agency nurses and decreasing sick, vacation, and retirement issues are national agenda- not ours! What is ...
  5. patient acuity scoring

    Our institution has just started using the Van Slyke patient acuity system. We aren't very happy about it and we were informed that hospitals are successfully using this system all over the country. Is anyone else out there using this system? What do...
  6. Paranormaol experiences?

    I don't know if you would call it a paranormal experience, but... back when I was a med/surg nurse, I was working on a neurology floor. I had been taking care of a Crutchfield Jacob patient that had been nonresponsive for a long time. One day I was e...
  7. fun things to do on the burn unit

    Lighten up! I thought this was funny- although I don't think it willl make the Letterman show! Haven't any of you ever used humor to diminish stress? Sometimes we need to laugh- and it's not against the law!!
  8. nursing caps

    I haven't worn a cap in at least 15 years! I refuse to wear a funny little hat until the docs do too! The exception is that every year in the ICU we wear little paper caps made from the computer paper for Halloween. Last year one of the older surgeon...
  9. Help with a new ICU

    Congratulations on being allowed your input- although I have found this to be just a pacifier so that when you don't like it later- they can say "You helped pick it!" But anyway- all improtant is a good power column that sits out from the wall and e...
  10. help me please i'm in deep water

    Simple endotracheal suction technique can be found in any of the places mentioned. Why not give some newer important info like why we should stop routinely using NS lavage prior to suctioning. There are some good research articles out there on this s...
  11. oxymetric swans

    We have been using CCO swans for some time now. It is the most popular swan, since we don't have to shoot manual outputs. It is more manageable if you hook it up to an H connector so you can get CVPs at the flip of a stopcock. The biggest drawback is...