monkeyman1000

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1. Eugene/Springfield, Medford, Bend, K-Falls?

   monkeyman1000 replied to snowchaser1's topic in Oregon

   Thought I'd drop in on the conversation. My fiance and I (actually I'm asking her on this trip) are going on a scouting trip this Sept.. We are traveling from Bellingham, WA to Redding, CA. Trying to decide on a place to move next year. I'm an RN...

2. liquid agents

   monkeyman1000 posted a topic in Travel

   I keep getting emails from this company and I don't remember giving them my name. Anybody ever heard of them?:barf01: (I couldn't resist this smilie)

3. square wave test

   monkeyman1000 replied to monkeyman1000's topic in MICU

   I get that a lot too. It's really annoying when I've already explained to the family about art lines being the most accurate way of measuring the BP then the doc tells me to go by the cuff.

4. square wave test

   monkeyman1000 posted a topic in MICU

   Does anybody do this? I usually try it on my art lines and CVP but when I get a wierd result, either no one knows what I'm talking about or they say ignore it. For instance, the last 2 days one of my patients had an art line and a CVP. I checked b...

5. Pacer question

   monkeyman1000 replied to monkeyman1000's topic in CCU

   No I didn't see any labs at that time regarding amiodarone. The standing orders in the chart normally for amio are what you said but the cardio specifically stated to keep him at that rate. Doesn't amio cause fibrosis? Anyway I saw the pt today a...

6. Pacer question

   monkeyman1000 replied to monkeyman1000's topic in CCU

   Thanks for the reply. No I didn't see anything like that in the progress notes but a rumor that the pacer settings had been changed during all this was somewhat passed on in report. I think that at the end of this year I'm going to switch to a CVIC...

7. Pacer question

   monkeyman1000 posted a topic in CCU

   Allright, I'm a relatively new nurse (2 yrs) and I have spent the whole time on Med/Surg and Trauma/Surg ICU's, no cardiac experience. I've had a patient off and on for the past 4 weeks who came in for cholecystitis with a resulting non ST elevated ...

8. Neurogenic shock

   monkeyman1000 replied to monkeyman1000's topic in Neuro

   Sorry, Both patient's are in their early 20's. Both C5-C6 fx's. The resource I found stated that neurogenic shock occurs due to loss of sympathetic control resulting in, among other things, bradycardia. It went on to say to use atropine. My quest...

9. Neurogenic shock

   monkeyman1000 posted a topic in Neuro

   Hi, my question has to do with SCI's and bradycardia. When do you begin to worry about it? I've had two patient's with SCI's the last few weeks with HR's in the 40's; both had systolic pressure's in the 90's and above and the doc's weren't worried....

10. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    monkeyman1000 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Also thought this might be funny. During nursing school I did a brief rotation in an ER in a seedy part of town known for seeing all the drug addicts and prostitutes. The nurse I was following was straight out of the 60's and just not quite right, fu...

11. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    monkeyman1000 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Not sure if this qualifies or not but I'll put it out there. I'm an ICU nurse and we get our share of strange families (although it sounds like you poor guys are weeding out most of them, how do you do it?!!). Anyway had a patient who was in his late...

12. POLL: Do you still use trendelenburg?

    monkeyman1000 replied to bluesky's topic in MICU

    A PAC told me the same thing the other day. Here I was feeling all proud of myself for 'dumping him on his head'. The last hospital I came from that was what I was taught. If I ever have a raging fever please not the ice in the groin thing. Armp...

13. eICU

    monkeyman1000 replied to patccrn's topic in MICU

    What in the world is an eicu?

14. abetta healthcare

    monkeyman1000 replied to mangubatmc's topic in Travel

    Wow, I'm glad I found this site. Abetta was one of the companies I was looking into. I don't plan on trying to travel until this winter so I can get more experience before I venture out. I'll have 3 years by then. Anyway I'm disappointed, Abetta was ...

15. So, I had a bad day......

    monkeyman1000 replied to CardioTrans's topic in CCU

    Cardio, sorry about your horrible day. Be proud of yourself for still being human, I'd want you as my nurse. I don't know what your religious convictions are but there is a verse that helps me at times like this. "I will ransom them from the power ...