mspringer

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1. Help with a case?

   mspringer posted a topic in MICU

   I have had a case on the medical floor for the last couple of days and am wondering if any of you could give me some insight into the problem the patient was having. Clinical Course Male approx. 65 y/o Day 1&2: Admitted with pneumonia and subsequ...

2. Nurse's Waist Pack

   mspringer posted a topic in General Nursing

   Can anyone send me a weblink or name of a waist/fanny pack they use while working on the floor? I have been looking for one for a while and cannot find one that has some spots for pens, etc. I have a nurses waist belt, but it just doesn't hold enou...

3. Barcoding Medications

   mspringer posted a topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital is going to go to barcoding of meds real soon. I am wondering if some of you have experience with this. I would like to know some of the ups and downs about this type of a system and how to avoid common pitfalls with it. I am wonderin...

4. Challenge: 25 Words or Less

   mspringer replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   2u PRBCs, hitting/attempted biting, restraints, 8 IV's running at min of 125hr, missed dayshift orders, Haldol with peridoxical rxns., Ativan, disraught family, nickled and dimed, IV infiltrate

5. POP Method

   mspringer replied to mspringer's topic in Infusion

   The book is called Intravenous Infusion Therapy for Nurses by Dianne Josephson, 1999. For reference the page numbers are 271-272, 289, 292, 302, and 387. I hope this helps because I really want to get to the bottom of this. :) Cheers, Marc

6. POP Method

   mspringer replied to mspringer's topic in Infusion

   This is strange because the method is decribed in an IV therapy book I have that is about 2 years old. Maybe the method is really that new. Surely, I am not the only one who has read something on this.

7. POP Method

   mspringer posted a topic in Infusion

   Has anyone ever heard of the POP method in declotting central lines. If so, can you please tell me a little about it. I have read some on it, but cannot find any internet articles explaining it. Keep coming up with POP music groups in the search! ...

8. Competency tool for CABG?

   mspringer replied to ethelbsnrn's topic in CCU

   Sorry, I know of no competency tool for that. Just working side by side with another nurse until you are observed to be competant, safe, and comfortable with taking those patients. Sorry for being no help.

9. Did I make the right decision?

   mspringer replied to mspringer's topic in CCU

   Yea, I would like to end up in ICU/CCU as a floart between the two someday, but I feel there is some experience to gain on the floor so I am going to go there for a bit. Maybe just a year or less, who knows, but when I fell ready I think I will know...

10. Competency tool for CABG?

    mspringer replied to ethelbsnrn's topic in CCU

    Like how s/p? Immediately after they come back from the OR or day 1/2? Marc

11. Did I make the right decision?

    mspringer posted a topic in CCU

    I recently finished my final preceptorship in the CCU and will be graduating on June 10. Yippee. During my rotation I had a lot of nurses asking me if I would be coming to work in the unit after I graduated. The nurse manager of CCU/ICU asked me t...

12. Pulmonary Shunting

    mspringer replied to mspringer's topic in MICU

    Thanks surfer girl! I like the analogy. Makes it easy to understand.

13. Pulmonary Shunting

    mspringer posted a topic in MICU

    Can someone explain pulmonary shunting to me. I am reading a couple of articles on ARDS and they talk about pulmonary shunting, but without explanation. Is this just blood being shunted away from the areas of alveoli collapse to other areas of the ...

14. Experienced Opinions NEEDED NOW!!! HELP!

    mspringer replied to mspringer's topic in General Nursing

    I know there is! We posted it. We are reposting to get more replies to our poll. Thanks.

15. Experienced Opinions NEEDED NOW!!! HELP!

    mspringer posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is for a class project. We need more data! TAKE OUR POLL, PLEASE!! TIA, Marc