chocolateheals

chocolateheals has 3+ years experience and specializes in ICU.

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1. Can someone PLEEEEASE explain INSULIN DRIPS?

   chocolateheals replied to H_2_O's topic in MICU

   Great questions. What I know about insulin gtts does not defy logic, so I hope I can help you understand. For our DKA'ers and HHS'ers, we have extremely detailed protocols and "decision trees" for titrating the insulin drips. This is so that we can...

2. Needle stick injury

   chocolateheals replied to Blueorchid's topic in Safety

   Thanks for the encouragement BonewaxRN. That was very helpful at the time. It's been almost 6 months now, and all my tests have been negative. I'm just putting it out there in case other people are reading this who are scared about a recent stick....

3. Admissions Unit

   chocolateheals replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hmm. Maybe I missed the point of the "admission unit." Are the patients physically moved from the ED to you, then to the floor or ICU? The hospital I work at has an ED, but patients who are admitted go directly to floor/ICU. We do have something ca...

4. Needle stick injury

   chocolateheals replied to Blueorchid's topic in Safety

   That is great news for you. I see this thread is fairly recent, too. I just came home after starting my morning with a needlestick. This patient is already known to have hep C. Mine was after I gave the pt. SQ insulin. I immediately washed, bled...

5. So angry and annoyed!

   chocolateheals replied to SweettartRN's topic in Relations

   I'm wondering if you have had an opportunity to talk with your father's doctors- is the cough new maybe from a HAP? Or is it merely still due to fluid overload? Or with a constant cough like that I wonder if it could be from an ACE inhibitor? I hope...

6. Taking a trip out of state to network -- best ways?

   chocolateheals replied to Lovelymo79's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like a plan. Good for you for being willing to move to get a job. If you are a new grad, it should be much easier to get a job in a location you like better, once you have a couple years of experience. Anyway, yes I'd call the HR of each hospi...

7. weird interview...

   chocolateheals replied to aura_of_laura's topic in General Nursing

   Based on the info you gave us, I think it could go either way. She could be normal, or she could be kukoo! The "staffing changes" could have only one positive interpretation, if a couple nurses are going through life changes and need to move or psy...

8. What freak occurrences have you seen?

   chocolateheals replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

   I worked with this pt for a couple weeks. He had been a trucker, but had just quit his job for rehab, because he had an MI a couple weeks ago. He was sitting on his couch at home when a truck went through 2 walls of his house and HIT HIM. (When yo...

9. Off The Wall: Nurses & Sticks

   chocolateheals replied to is5512's topic in General Nursing

   This is a funny thread. On the giving end: I don't mind using needles at all. I try to never get so casual that I let myself set down a used needle. I always try to make myself go to the sharps ASAP as good practice. And I'm convinced that the fi...

10. Needs Help With Studying

    chocolateheals replied to BLAZE 007's topic in New Nurse

    Hello Blaze~ I just made it through nursing school. I was a tutor for for 5 semesters at our school's "Learning Center." That being said, I saw that there are lot of reasons why people have a tough time making the grade. My best advice is: Netwo...

11. Life is short and I want it all

    chocolateheals posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hello all! I am hoping to get advice or at least people's . I graduated with my BSN in May 2008, and did a military move with my husband away from my school state. Took and passed my boards... Next month he will be deployed for a year, so I am mov...

12. Negotiating for Higher Pay as a New Grad

    chocolateheals replied to RD_Congo's topic in New Nurse

    This is a very timely thread for me, because I had my first interview yesterday, and another tomorrow. I think it is a safe guess that, after I'm done with all my interviews, I will have to decide between several offers. (There are a lot of hospita...

13. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    chocolateheals replied to nursingstudent424's topic in New Nurse

    Well... I am also a poop dreader. This advise comes from the heart, because I have the same struggle. I have just finished nursing school (My graduation was yesterday, YAY!!!) and here is the advice I have for you as a pre-seasoned nurse. Don't put...