we have room 12 that always seems to get brain deaths ( young females).... and we have room 7.. its an exceptionallly cold room no matter what they do to adjust the aircon.Patients seem to last not more than 3 days there( most die, or are palliated a...
worked during nursing school ( full fee paying student) so really i had no option. worked two jobs through all my uni years, and studied full time. worked even through my clinical placements,came out of it still sane. Its not the best life but asse...
we discharge a few cases directly home, first they have to be " non-complex" patients i.e patients who have been mostly well before admission, and will return to normal funcntion after discharge, have to be very stable while in ICU and also in the sa...
spiceyqueen replied to mondkmondk's topic in Humor
not funny, but a wake up call.... been pretty run down at work of late, and havent had leave in 14 months( manager keeps giving excuses about training etc, notenoughregular staff in the unit and all that crap, and studying n workign full time etc.....
out of curiosity,( i have n oidea about O& G nursing) what causes women who are not lactating/pregnant to have breast milk..... and is in normal though? coz am just thinking of those days when people had wet nurses yet some would have fairly grow...
THANK YOU SO MUCH ICUFAQ.ORG :heartbeat( its in caps, not becaue i lack "netiquette" but just to show much ho w much i appreciate the site) Its funny how its has helped me and a few other collegues...... having a pleasant nigth shift so far
spiceyqueen replied to moonshadeau's topic in MICU
we got lots of pretty stickers ( well actually just standard labels) its not policy, but its definitely practice, i do it at the distal end as well, and always trace back at least twise a shift just to be sure,
we have NO VISITING between 9am-11am and 1pm-3pm ( and those are the only four hours that are visit free. an not begging or pleading will let anyone in AT ALL anyone can visit anytime in otherwise, HOWEVER its locked door facility and we generaly try...
spiceyqueen replied to chirstine's topic in International
when i do arvo shifts, ending at 10pm,Computer, a glass of wine,and if am not overly tired and feeling adventurous, i hit the town ( mostly fridays, if am off saturday). read a book, have bath, blast some music, but in winter i just sleep.....
3 things have actually made my week really special. 1)a patient who has been in our ward for like 4 weeks with receptive/expressive dysphasia has called me by my name for two days in a row!!!!!! i feel goood!!!!!!! 2)one of our patients(when admitted...