fiveofpeep

fiveofpeep

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About fiveofpeep

fiveofpeep has 2 years experience and specializes in critical care, PACU.


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  1. Preceptor said..."You could have lost your license!"

    A better preceptor would have explained that stroke response time is kept track of and published and also factors in to the hospital's ability to be stroke certified and be a stroke receiving center. For example, a patient needs to be called a code s...
  2. Curious Observations Regarding Job Postings

    A nurse with >30 years of experience got turned down from a local hospital because she has "too little experience." Sounded fishy to me.
  3. bradycardia with nitro drip?

    Was the patient sleeping? What was the rhythm?
  4. Main IVF solution compatibility (specifically LR)

    Yeah we have a chart but LR is not on it. It's just not realistic for me to look up each drug each time. Our internet is too slow and my patience is too short I guess as a last resort, I'll make my own chart with our common drips and drugs, but some...
  5. Hey Everyone, I have been doing some extensive internet searching but can't seem to find a reputable source that details IV solution compatibility with IVPBs and drips. Specifically, I want to know about LR's compatibility with other drugs. I work in...
  6. Thoughts about Neurosurgical/ MS-ICU

    If you aren't ready then don't go. A good supervisor wouldn't push you into something like that if you don't feel ready. You sound genuinely scared about it and if it made you hate nursing before, going into it now when you are already so apprehensiv...
  7. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    Thanks everyone. Now that I have thought about it and distanced myself emotionally I totally agree with the need to hang back.
  8. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    Friend
  9. Running medications distal to pump

    we give mag IVP during codes and emergencies. I don't understand though, was the Mag not programmed into the pump at all?
  10. gossip at work

    My new unit is like this too. I feel like every time I turn around, they're gossiping. It drives me crazy. It makes me feel really isolated and paranoid. I just keep to myself and don't socialize with anyone if I can help it, but it sure makes the h...
  11. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    Yeah that's what I figured. Maybe he refused follow up care. It sounds like he wanted to get out of the SNF at all costs--not that I blame him--so maybe he had to sign out AMA? I dont know.
  12. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    Oh and according to the friend, he can't even transfer out of the chair without assistance. When the friend left him, he was sitting in the couch and refused help to get back to his chair. That's more why I am concerned, because according to the frie...
  13. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    Thanks everyone. Yeah I dont know if I made it clear. Although I am worried for him, I have no idea what his level of functioning is and I definitely don't think it would be appropriate for myself to intervene unless in an emergency. Independence is ...
  14. I am so upset. A neighbor moved in and one of his friends was telling me that he is wheelchair bound and just got out of a SNF and has no family resources in the community or health care professionals following up. I went over and introduced myself ...
  15. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    This is so true but it's also disheartening. In my state it's supposedly punishable by fining to not have lift help, but they can obviously get around it somehow. There needs to be enforceable laws.