Not suggesting you guys are doing it wrong, but research tends to show that if facility survival rates for proning are lower than average it is likely the pts are not being proned early enough in their course. Just a thought.
We use the Rotoprone as well, but there are times one isn't available right away so yeah we prone on the regular bed. Part of it is we gatch the bed a bit so that the top half is at about 20° and the lower half has been put in reverse trend so that...
I'm assuming that you're in the US and are talking about going on an international trip to a poor or underdeveloped area to participate in vaccination clinics or other stuff like that, right? Teams (nurses, a doc or two, and sometimes other disciplin...
Gonna pick a little more at that nit... The GOAL of defibrillation is to get back a viable rhythm, but the act of defibrillation itself does not restart the heart. Defibrillation overwhelms the heart's electrical system, stunning it, leading to a...
In my Twin Cities ICU (MNA union) there is no hourly diff for having any certification. There is, however, a yearly 'bonus' of something like $350-500. Not nothing, but nothing super.
In my Twin Cities area ICU the pt and the machine both get a nurse, so, 2 RN's in the room - this is for as long as it is felt that it's necessary, then if the pt is stable (in ICU terms) then it's a 1:1. Never will the CRRT nurse have another pt.
It's been a few years since I posted to this thread, but here's another one: On my former med/surg unit I worked nights. When walking up and down the halls it was habit to glance into open rooms, you know, just to make sure nobody's on the floor or ...
Yay for me!!! I've been working 12 hour nights for over 6 years now in a very intense med/surg unit, and have become completely burnt out in that capacity. Applied for HH within the same company a week or two ago, had an interview this morning, and g...
Our e-clock rounds everything from x:55 to x:05 as clocking in at x:00. If you swipe your badge at x:06, it rounds it to x:15 and you are late. As far as serious tardiness, I believe that if you arrive one minute past a half hour after your scheduled...
XYRNMN replied to scootermcnutt's topic in Medications
That's so right on! I love that doc's response: "Oh my...", I'm 'picturing' an english accent in my head as I read that. Squirrels on crack, I love it!!! :rotfl: -K
XYRNMN replied to scootermcnutt's topic in Medications
Yep, the nice thing about Zofran is I can fairly confidently tell my pt that it will either relieve the nausea, or do nothing at all. Pretty much zero adverse effects, in my 7 year experience. I'm sure there are exceptions, but it's really nice to ha...
XYRNMN replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing
Don't have the time right now to detail my at work routine, but here's my between-shift routine. 12 hour nights, 45 miles away. Get off at 0730, leave ramp 0735, get home 0820, call wife who is already at work at 0830, eat a bit until 0840, light...