Maine Critical Care

Maine Critical Care

Critical Care, Med-Surg- Risk Mgmt

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About Maine Critical Care

Maine Critical Care has 24 years experience and specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg- Risk Mgmt.


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  1. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    Here is an OB story. I just moved from ICU to OB 2 months ago and this happened in my hospital. A new mom was sitting on an icepack when the AM nurse went to check her bottom. We use diapers stuffed with crushed ice. The nurse pulled back the covers,...
  2. dobutamine

    Next time call the doctor and say 'titrate for WHAT??' This was really unclear and not fair to you. Dobut is great to get people out of heart failure but 10 mcg is a hefty dose. I'd want to know just what that MD was thinkin.
  3. need help--husband died at home

    When people are diabetic, sometimes they lose sensation, so can infarct without having any chest pain. This, can be deadly. I am so sorry for what you are going through. Take this as easy as you can. It sounds like you did everything 'right'.
  4. is it possible 2 afford a 3br/2ba house in cal?

    Here is my plug for Northern California and the Bay Area. Many nurses live in surrounding areas and commute 30-45 minutes for the better wages near San Francisco. New grad day shift pay is near $40/ hour in a benefited job where I work. Nights is 20%...
  5. Current ages

    RIGHT ON- Dead is the right answer!!!
  6. Anyone else learning the first touch program?

    We are starting it and will have it rolled out for the whole hospital within a year. I love it. The patients really like to be said goodbye to on my last rounds. They also like to know who is following me- expecially if I tell them a little about the...
  7. TED hose every day! I wear a short sock over that and it covers those pesky holes in the toes. I like knee high and swear by them for over 22 years. I also have to buy new shoes (padded athletic type) fairly frequently- like every 4 months or so. If ...
  8. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

    Gabby, You can interview me. I've been a nurse since 1982 and wanted to be a vet, architect, doctor and nurse since I was little. Nursing won out because 1. I could have flexible hours and still have a family (unlike doctors)2. Animals wouldn't under...
  9. When I am in scrubs, I feel like everyone knows I am a nurse. Aside from the infection control issues, well covered here, I think what ever I do in scrubs reflects back on nursing in general. Therefore, I try never to wear scrubs if I am stopping for...
  10. Personality Type and Nursing

    I'm an EMFJ too and work in ICU- is that right? Should I go into teaching?
  11. 24 hour ICU visitation

    My ICU does have 24 hour visiting and I think it is a great thing. Most nursing care I do can be done with family in the room. I am comfortable doing anything with family there, but usually I tell them ahead of time and give them a choice. They ususa...
  12. How To Say No

    Brilliant!!! Who can argue with clerical advise. Another one could be "My therapist tells me I'm overworked and need to recharge.I'm on my way to yoga class right now":wink2:
  13. How To Say No

    1. Use caller ID and don't pick up 2. You have plans (for the couch and remote control) 3. You have an appointment (with the pillow) 4. Just say no. Not today, I'm too tired to give safe care. Remember If we don't take good care of ourselves, we cant...
  14. am i being over worked

    Yes, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, its a duck! YES, that is overwork!!! GET OUT OF TEXAS! Where is your labor board? You could kill folks working like that. Is your administration crazy?! I would not put my licens...
  15. Hysterectomy question

    I had mine last May by laparoscopic approach. They left my ovaries, tubes and cervix. I feel like a million bucks except for the fatigue. I had adenomyosis and was in pain 3 out of 4 weeks per month for about 15 years. Norco every three hours, vomiti...