soapaddictOH

soapaddictOH has 10 years experience and specializes in BICU, ER, SICU.

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1. Vent: Why I won't accompany my mother to the ER anymore

   soapaddictOH replied to BelgianRN's topic in Emergency

   My dad has been in the hospital a lot recently, and tells EVERYONE I am a nurse. I usually just sit back and watch everything going on, I don't say a word. I hate the nurse family members that act like they know everything, and comment about how thin...

2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   soapaddictOH replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   To the patient who has been in the ER weekly for "overdosing" on pills.... next time don't call a squad. To the patient who is drug seeking and lying about it... "Oh you were here 3 days ago and got a prescription for Vicodin from one of the other E...

3. Humor: You Might be an ER Nurse

   soapaddictOH replied to TrafalgarRN's topic in Emergency

   You have ever been coding a patient and the family member of the patient next door walks over with an empty cup and says, " Excuse me, but Stella needs some more water."

4. Number of patients you care for?

   soapaddictOH replied to winter_green's topic in Relations

   When I work in ER 3-4 and sometimes 1-2 hallway patients. When I work in SICU 1-2.

5. Does your facility allow the floor/unit nurses write up other nurses?

   soapaddictOH replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

   I left ER and went to SICU recently. I also don't think a glucose of 212 is something to freak out about. I am still stuck in the ER mindset of blood pressures. I hate calling the floors and giving report- God forbid the patient has a blood pressure ...

6. a new grad's gripes

   soapaddictOH replied to LoveActually's topic in MICU

   Being an ER nurse, I can tell you that whay might help is having a pump ready if you know the pt is on a Levo drip. We call report to the unit before we take a pt up. The nurse receiving report know all about any drips the patient is on. Or when the...

7. Considering SICU

   soapaddictOH replied to MLMRN1120's topic in MICU

   I'm leaving ER after 9 years and going to SICU. Nervous but really excited as well.

8. What does your username mean?

   soapaddictOH replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor

   I used to make soap, and it was quite addicting. I have a lot of soap waiting to be used!!

9. ER nurse wondering whats the best way to treat burns

   soapaddictOH replied to robinzkj's topic in Burn

   I did burn nursing first, then ER. I did a little inservice for my er peeps on burn care a few years ago, and I have to say my fellow ER nurses don't listen! Triage will 99.9% of the time put ice on a burn. I will immediately take it away and throw ...

10. Is ER nursing Floor nursing???

    soapaddictOH replied to zaga21's topic in Emergency

    http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW1q5vevwO8 hehehe... sorry I had to post this! :redpinkhe ER nursing vs floor nursing will always have it's debates. I do know that I love having my docs around, and that we can start protocols for patients whe...

11. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    soapaddictOH replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Mouth/teeth things gross me out. Sputum, when patients are hawking it up. Doesn't bother me to suction it out of an intubated patient. And lastly, ear irrigations. Ginormous balls of ear wax are not normal, and should not be in someone's ear.

12. Advice for ER nurse starting in LTC

    soapaddictOH replied to PAERRN20's topic in Geriatric

    I am also going to be working in LTC- part time, every other weekend.I'll be working days. I will still be working my 40 hour shift in the ER. Not quite ready to leave yet! I've been in the ER for 8 years. I'm used to the docs being right there, we a...

13. Bolus dose of bupivacaine via brachial plexus block

    soapaddictOH replied to NursefromIowa's topic in PACU

    I worked in holding and would assist with all kinds of blocks. I gave the boluses with anesthesia standing right there watching. Most of the time it's anesthesia securing the catheter, I have the bupivicaine in hand already from injecting during the ...

14. PACU-ISMS...what are some of yall's?

    soapaddictOH replied to texascowgirl's topic in PACU

    None of those things happen in the PACU I worked at. Nurses will avoid patients rolling out from OR. If I had a stable patient, even though 1/2 hour VS weren't done yet I would take a 2nd patient. It was a big deal for a lot of the nurses to have m...

15. Tolerance wearing thin in Triage,Help!

    soapaddictOH replied to concededrn's topic in Emergency

    I can only tolerate triage in minute doses. I hate being screamed at..."Someone could die out here before they get taken care of!" while I'm holding pressure on an arterial bleed, trying to manuver the wheelchair to the back with my other hand and l...