Helori

Helori has 15 years experience and specializes in Cardiac Care.

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1. Treat the patient, not the monitor

   Helori replied to offlabel's topic in Critical

   I like the phrase, I've used the phrase and will probably continue to. To me it doesn't mean you ignore either the pt or the monitor simply that all the monitors and technology in the world is not a substitute for a good and thorough assessment. Tha...

2. Vent about toiletting patients

   Helori replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I probably would've signed and added the note that "I will toilet pts when I answer the call bell when I do not have other pts requiring a higher level of nursing care at the same time."

3. The best excuses for positive drug screens

   Helori replied to rnaturcervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes but there is implied consent. If you have to hold a person down to take blood and insert a catheter you'd better have a court order or something to back you. But like brillohead said if you say I need to take some blood and urine and they willing...

4. Sheath Pulls

   Helori replied to jackpp's topic in Critical

   Does your hospital do out patient cats as well? In our hospital we have a holding room where the out patient sheaths are pulled and any admitted pts from the tele floors go there for the sheath removal then back to the floor for their bed rest. Any i...

5. Weather Policy

   Helori replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

6. Weather Policy

   Helori replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

   I live 20 minutes from work so I never get the option of calling out due to weather but I live in Canada and life doesn't stop for snow so I've driven in plenty of snowstorms. What I wonder is if it wasn't work, if it was something personal something...

7. New Grad need help with breaking away from patients

   Helori replied to Jaclyn.ready's topic in Career Support

   When I have a pt that talks a lot and takes a little more time I usually save them for last. I know you're probably always busy and have something that you need to do but if you do his meds last at least you know that somebody else isn't waiting on t...

8. why give this patient magnesium sulfate??

   Helori replied to mb2995's topic in Medications

   Was the pt on tele? Because in our CCU when we have a pt having a lot of runs of VT we often give 1g of Mag even with out a previous level. On VTers out docs like levels better than 1 and I've never seen that on a pt who hasn't had Mg replacement. So...

9. What Baffles You?

   Helori replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

10. What Baffles You?

    Helori replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

11. Muslim nursing students

    Helori replied to mtcowgirl's topic in General Students

    It's the same at my hospital. We can still wear jackets and longs sleeves but jackets must come off before going into patients rooms to provide care and long sleeves must be able to be rolled up to your elbows for pt care and hand washing. It's actua...

12. Which fields of nursing have the most stable clients

    Helori replied to JPN_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think something like day surgery or school nursing would completely stress me out. When I was a new grad I was saying that a pt made me nervous because he was so sick. He had just about every diagnosis under the sun...easier to list what wasn't wro...

13. Scenario:What would you do?

    Helori replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar situation a few years ago when I was a new grad. I had a pt in his 40's severely brain damaged after a MVC and had been living in a NH with a g-tube for years. He was on our Med unit with asp. pneumonia and had been on O2 and triple...

14. I'm Only A Nurse......

    Helori replied to mye614's topic in General Nursing

    This poem was posted in the nursing station of the hospital where I use to work and it was really nice to read when you were having one of 'those' days. I'm "Just A Nurse" I'm "just a nurse." I just make the difference between life and death. I'm "ju...

15. Side effects of spinal anesthesia

    Helori replied to Helori's topic in CRNA

    I was just talking to my father, my grandpa is scheduled to be d/c'd tomorrow with the catheter. He's walking on his own, doing stairs and feeling great. Now let's see if I can remember all the questions: Athomas91, I was worried and frustrated and ...