Loco-Bonita BSN, RN

Loco-Bonita has 7 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in CVIMCU/CVICU.

Latest Activity

1. ICU nurses question - holding BP meds on pressors

   Loco-Bonita replied to Bntraveler's topic in General Nursing

   I have not seen this in our CVICU. Our practice is to hold BB if they are on any type of pressors. If rate control is an issue, we call for a different medication for rate control.

2. Please tell me it’s just Medsurg!!

   Loco-Bonita replied to Aweb's topic in General Nursing

   I think it’s very hospital and unit dependent, as others have said. In our hospital, med/surg has 5 patients at night and generally 4 during the day. Our IMCU floor has 3 patients in the day and 4 at night. Some floors also have a resource nurse (...

3. “So and so’s family member is calling but they don’t have the pin number”

   Loco-Bonita replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

   If I am in this situation I either check with the patient first to find out if they are okay with me sharing their info, or (if checking with the patient isn’t possible) I tell the unit clerk I can’t give out information without a pin per policy.

4. Stethoscope Recommendations

   Loco-Bonita replied to Nurseriles's topic in Critical

   I love my Littman cardiology

5. Second Guessing Myself. Did I handle this situation correctly?

   Loco-Bonita replied to RosalindaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Good job! At my hospital, even though I’m in critical care/ICU, we automatically call RRT with suspected CVAs. This allows us to get the orders we need right away from the RRT protocols without the physician. I think you handled this situation well!

6. ECG/EKG HELP! ACLS

   Loco-Bonita replied to msdecember31st's topic in General Nursing

   https://www.skillstat.com/tools/ecg-simulator/ this website is helpful for practicing.

7. Favorite type of documentation style?

   Loco-Bonita replied to guest1154907's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe you could elaborate on your question, as it is very vague and difficult to answer in its current formate.

8. how long is too long?

   Loco-Bonita replied to Travis Quillen's topic in General Nursing

   I know my hospital has had a hiring freeze since COVID started. Perhaps that’s what you’re encountering, as well.

9. 2 Nurse Verification of SubQ Insulin

   Loco-Bonita replied to Heide MedSurg's topic in General Nursing

   I’m in a hospital and we do not do two nurse verification. We use SQ insulin pens, which help a lot.

10. Inappropriate documentation?

    Loco-Bonita replied to Emily Simmons's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to recommend that you if your user name is your real name, you change it to something anonymous. Good luck.

11. Low census and COVID-19?

    Loco-Bonita replied to TeeRN's topic in COVID

    Our census is also low, currently. I think this is primarily from canceling non-emergent/critical procedures, since we are a CIMCU/CVICU floor. We are just waiting for it all to “hit” and get busy.

12. ICU or IMU telemetry?

    Loco-Bonita replied to RNTX1's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me, I would pick the IMU at the magnet hospital. I work at a magnet hospital on a mixed CVIMCU/CVICU. I did IMCU level for the first two years and just trained to ICU level. I’m so grateful for that time as an IMCU level nurse before movin...

13. Questions about morning blood sugars/insulin

    Loco-Bonita replied to Logracia's topic in General Nursing

    We also follow these guidelines, although we don’t use the T.I.E. acronym, we follow it in practice. During shift change, the CNAs are responsive for taking the CBG and day shift gives insulin. If a tray comes before report, the night nurse gives the...

14. Question about Code Beds

    Loco-Bonita replied to flipflopsNsweetTea's topic in Critical

    Our ICU and CVICU pretty much always have a crash bed open. When it gets filled, we move patients around immediately to open up another one.

15. 1hr Drive to Nursing School

    Loco-Bonita replied to hamolady's topic in General Students

    I am attending nursing school right now and commute approximately 1.5 hours one-way (50 miles with traffic) four days a week. It is exhausting, but worth it. A lot of our professors record lectures, which allows me to use that time to study. For the ...