heartrn716

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1. how do you give morphine on a pump bedside?

   heartrn716 replied to ivy2009's topic in General Nursing

   Our PCA pump also allows a basal/continuous rate. I agree, continuous morphine, dilaudid or ativan that is not on a locked pump is too much of a temptation for some licensed staff and you never know what the visitors are capable of. Investigate wha...

2. Jacksonville,NC nurses (please respond)

   heartrn716 replied to nuberianne_RN's topic in North Carolina

   Hi, Congrats on graduating, I dont know about Onslow county's ICU program, but I can tell you that Cape Fear Valley in Fayetteville has an ICU program that is excellent. Many of the nurses who have served their two years as new grads from the program...

3. CVICU open visitation

   heartrn716 replied to chaosRN's topic in CCU

   Help!! The hospital I work in is, once again, taking a look at the visiting hours policy for the ICU's. Currently we have set visiting hours, with each nurse setting the visiting hours for the family, (ie if the family wants to come in early, if they...

4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   heartrn716 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   The very small step down unit I worked in was having night time staffing issues, I agreed to rotate to nights to help them out. It was a 4 bed, newly renovated unit. It was around 3am, and I was watching the monitors, listening to the patients snore...

5. Nurses struggling with mental illness

   heartrn716 replied to Severina's topic in Disabilities

   Hi Macy - I used to describe myself as "tough as nails" (to myself) - and what I meant was that I was willing to accept any situation, to always help and do as much as possible, no matter what the circumstances of the patient - even if this meant tak...

6. This article disturbs me

   heartrn716 replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses, we can be our own worst enemies. Personally, as a nurse for 15 yrs, I love my job, in fact love both my jobs. I have been a critical care nurse for 9 yrs and and am now a treatment coordinator for a research company. I love working with patie...

7. Diprivan question

   heartrn716 replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU

   diprivan is used in my facility for short term uses, at the higher end of the dosing it is a paralytic,(100-150mcg/kg/min) thus the reason it is used in the OR by anesthesia. We have used it on etoh'ers but, the drug of choice for them is a benzo. Al...

8. What positive mantras/affirmations get you thru a rough day

   heartrn716 replied to MrsK1223's topic in General Nursing

   we practice the wal-mart greeters mantra,"Hi welcome to Wal-Mart, would you like a buggy or a basket" Also have started a countdown sheet for really bad days, write down the hours and cross them off as the shift draws to a close. But my favorite it ...

9. Visiting hours in the ICU/Open or not open?

   heartrn716 posted a topic in General Nursing

   We had a meeting today with a group of administrators and nurses from all the intensive care areas. Administration wants us to increase the length of our visiting hours. Previously in the CCU we did have open visiting hours and found it to be too dis...