The Sphynx

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1. What do you think makes someone good or bad in emergencies?

   The Sphynx replied to kstockdaleRN's topic in General Nursing

   The ability to be calm, collect, and clear thinking through it all. That is not something that cannot be taught.

2. Assisting in abortions

   The Sphynx replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

   I believe the moral objection applies.Unlike the clinic's, you are not the medical assistant or nurse regularly taking part. You would likely have other nurses who can step in if they feel compelled.

3. What Would You Do?

   The Sphynx replied to cnolan's topic in General Nursing

   Forget the lasix part. I just remembered, if you are on a psyche unit then your patients would'nt have IV's either. Your only option would be to get them down to the ER/ICU (No 02, no monitor, no IV, no drugs). Even if you had called a code, what is...

4. What Would You Do?

   The Sphynx replied to cnolan's topic in General Nursing

   I got 4 questions: 1) Why did'nt the physician order lasix? 2) Where was the house supervisor? 3) Why the ER and not the ICU? 4) Why don't they have a crash cart? Intersting. ....Interesting. Sounds like there are bigger issues here? Psyche units ...

5. Excuse me, I wasn't talking to you!!

   The Sphynx replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

   Follow the patients request. Let the family sue!!! It's not your problem. It's the familys lawyer's problem.

6. Figuring out dose for Rocephin

   The Sphynx replied to KuteNurse's topic in General Nursing

   1.4 mL sounds right. Call your pharmacy.

7. Excuse me, I wasn't talking to you!!

   The Sphynx replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

   I deal with this stuff all the time in the ICU. If the patient is A&0x3 and states to medical personell what he wants..that's it! End of Story! Family can go find a judge to change it (they will not overide the patient w/o justification from medi...

8. Question about BP

   The Sphynx replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

   I would check the calibration of the manuel cuff first. Manuel pressure would seem more definitive but it's easy for the calibration to be off and not properly checked by biomed. Its little things like that that get easily overlooked.

9. Any good advice for someone starting into an SICU unit?

   The Sphynx replied to nursing 101's topic in MICU

   1) Don't be intimidated and don't let the Type-A's bully you 2) Learn all that you can but don't go too fast (Don't get ahead of yourself) 3) Trust but Verify. Check the patient and not the machines. 4) Stay with your assigned preceptor. If you are ...

10. What is the nature of Critical Care in the USAF?

    The Sphynx replied to Mattatoar's topic in Government

    Thats a good point. You will have a good number of years to work on your masters anyway. Take some clinical OIC spots to make the resume look nice (even in a small ER) and you'll be looking good come eval time. You already got experience that others ...

11. What is the nature of Critical Care in the USAF?

    The Sphynx replied to Mattatoar's topic in Government

    When the ICU opened up at the old Nellis hospital in 1992 it was 4 beds but they never really used it. The physicians shipped everyone downtown so they would'nt have to be on call. 1n 1994, they opened up the current Nellis hospital. (I got out of ac...

12. Guys what made you chooose nursing

    The Sphynx replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men

    Good thing we were not in the Navy or we would be the one's looking good.

13. What is the nature of Critical Care in the USAF?

    The Sphynx replied to Mattatoar's topic in Government

    The ICU at Nellis is awesome! You will mainly see the old stuff and take part in procedures (broch's ect... in room 8). Plan on drinking lots of coffee and mentoring the enlisted medics. As stress free as it ever gets. I was last there on 9/11. (yo...

14. Help!! Question on pretest about IV rates and tubing

    The Sphynx replied to newrn05's topic in General Nursing

    60 drop tubing (or microdrip) is more refined. If you want 120 ml to manually infuse over an hour-use microdrip tubing at 120 drops per minute. The rate is equal to the drops per minute. We mainly use it for free flowing antibiotics. Easy to figure ...

15. Guys what made you chooose nursing

    The Sphynx replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men

    In High School, considering being a male nurse was out of the question because I found the field boring and their was the stigma of being gay. I went in the air force and was made a medic. I liked it and was encouraged to go in the field by the male ...