arpeggiated

arpeggiated

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arpeggiated specializes in Med/Surg.


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  1. Great inventions, only sleep deprivatio can stimulate

    Bright pink/green o2 tubing. You would be able to see if your confused patient has his o2 on without going near him and risking waking him up.
  2. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE elevate legs on three pillows each PLEASE PLEASE Are you gonna come buy the pillows? Because sometimes it's an act of God to get one pillow per pt, let alone 7! Especially on a A/O pt c BRP. Same doc: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEAS...
  3. Sometimes it is the Nurse who saves the patient

    Hm. I seem to remember this poster posting about a year ago about his trials and tribulations (and of course, his book.) Call me cynical.
  4. What are YOU taking Fall semester?

    Physiology Phelbotomy Pharmacology The 3 P's
  5. Hospital nursing assistant

    I work 12 hour nights. I have had anywhere between 4 and 14 patients. Our 3 med/surg units hold a total of 54 patients. When we're full, we're lucky to have 5 CNA's overnight (occasionally we'll have 2 that stay till 2300). My job duties are: vita...
  6. Was this true for you?

    This job is HARD. The patients are fatter, more acutely ill than before. The facilities want you to do more with less. You'll hurt your back, you'll hurt your knees, people will cuss at you, hit you, kick you, spit at you, scream at you your entir...
  7. What is the funniest thing that you have seen while working?

    Today, we had a confused patient wandering in the hall, holding his Foley bag. We get him to sit down, and he frowns at the bag, and then throws it like a Frisbee. The nurse was on the phone with the family, and us three aides almost peed our pants...
  8. Deprovera Long Term Side Effects

    We can't answer medical questions here, although my personal opinion is that Depo is the devil.
  9. Dying residents

    Hmm. Our ER transferred 4 patients last night, all to the same ICU room. Maybe the "they go in threes" rule is true.
  10. Violating a Code Status...

    One of our docs constantly puts that his pts are DNR status on the H&P when he dictates. I see it, I go look in the chart, and he's ordered full code. Sweetest man alive, but really. He does have a lot of older and nursing home patients who are...
  11. Ideas for peer interview questions

    If you can get up and around, have them show you some transferring skills. Do they transfer from bed to chair safely, etc?
  12. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

    Dying patients we try to put in a private room so family can visit as much as they please. There was one patient if I had on an assignment again, I was going to be very unwise in my choice of words. Her roommate had terminal colon CA, had a colostom...
  13. Hospital Hierarchy

    In my hospital, there's the CNA (take vitals, clean up patients, organize rooms, collect supplies for procedures/during codes) who takes orders from the nurses. LVNs and RNs are equally respected around here. The LVN works with an RN who signs off ...
  14. LTC tips please!!!...

    Until your patient aspirates his feed!
  15. Pt stole from a worker?/drama

    I don't bring any money to work. It sucks when someone wants to make a Starbucks run, but at least I don't have to worry about anyone stealing my (non-existant) cash.