JSRN81

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1. Drug Titration Programs

   JSRN81 replied to JSRN81's topic in MICU

   Thanks for the replies. I am still working on it. I am aware of a few errors already. Luckily they have only been "underdosing" thus far. However, most seem to be getting the hang of it now, which makes it a little more comforting....I think. Sti...

2. Drug Titration Programs

   JSRN81 replied to JSRN81's topic in MICU

   Actually, I am too. The new monitors do some calculations, they are just set up differently than our previous monitors/program. I actually had one individual ask me to make her a list(she didn't want to do it herself) about how the drugs are actual...

3. Drug Titration Programs

   JSRN81 posted a topic in MICU

   I was wondering if any o fyou out there use computer software to do your drug titration tables, and what type of software is it? Recently we had a change over in our monitoring systems and the company failed to provide us with the right titration so...

4. Wearing scrubs home??

   JSRN81 replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

   My shoes don't go into my house...but the rest of my stuff does. Our hospital does not provide scrubs, nor do they provide a place to change and keep your belongings. On the same token...I'm hoping that other hospitals have a protocol in place regar...

5. Oddest things found in a patient!

   JSRN81 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't ask!!!!! All I know is that that was his official diagnosis!! It was quite a few years ago, so it wasn't recently. JS

6. Oddest things found in a patient!

   JSRN81 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   We had a guy one time with lead poisoning because he stuck a pencil up his because he couldn't pee....yeah, stick a pencil in there buddy, don't pick anything hollow like a straw...a pencil might help!!! JS

7. nurse not giving her meds.. should she be fired?

   JSRN81 replied to cant_not's topic in General Nursing

   I believe that a person must consent before having a placebo, which means that they could sign a general consent for a treatment that says that may, or may not receive a placebo instead of the actual drug or treatment. They don't necessarily have to...

8. Help!! Need some personal advice (not really medical advice)...

   JSRN81 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Okay, I just need some opinions as to what to do about this situation, besides freak out. On Tuesday I went in for surgery to have my submadibular gland removed. In January, my allergist felt a nodule/mass right underneath my jaw....and in February, ...

9. Nurses Week

   JSRN81 replied to jonear2's topic in General Nursing

   Our facilities celebreates nurses week quite well actually. The nurse managers hand out cards and presents (usually a pen, or calculator, note pad or something....last year we got pedometers). They also arrange for a free lunch or BBQ and have them...

10. Oddest things found in a patient!

    JSRN81 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've got three stories... The first one about me...when I was two, I stuck a piece of yellow chiclet gum up my nose. When my parents asked me why, I told them "Petey did it!" Mind you, Petey was our german shepard. It bought me a trip to the ER wh...

11. HELP!!! Has anyone done this? Advice needed

    JSRN81 replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    At our facility, holidays are worked on a rotational basis. You have a "holiday partner" for which you work one holiday, they work the other (on one, off one). The following year, it is switched around. You can offer to switch or work two holidays...

12. How to handle nurses who "Don't get it"....? (Kind of long)

    JSRN81 replied to JSRN81's topic in MICU

    tjsmom123: I'm glad that you found confidence in what I said. I truly hope that your experience is a great one, and remember, its what you make of it too!! I haven't had a chance to work very much with this particular nurse....for one reason and one ...

13. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    JSRN81 replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    Today I learned that there is at least one nurse manager, one director of critical care (MD), and at least 3 committees full of people who reviewed a policy and not one of them can spell the word dysrhythmia. I was looking over some material to teach...

14. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    JSRN81 replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    The other night (at 1am mind you)....I was helping another nurse bring her patient to CT Scan and as we were going down, her I-Med kept beeping. Anyway, I saw her keep pushing a few buttons and then it would stop for a few min, then beep again. Wel...

15. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    JSRN81 replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of weeks ago we had a kid who almost died because of a fentanyl patch. He didn't freeze it, but he did scrape the gel off and chew on it. After we saved his life and discharged him, the narc guys were in and it was all over the news that a...