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1. Help Please- Scrub Nurses

   spot replied to Madmax's topic in Cardiac

   What are you scrubbing with? What kind of reaction are you having?

2. Biphasic defibrillators

   spot posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been tasked with the purchase of a biphasic defibrillator for my department. I am looking for some input. What manufacturer do you use? What do you like and why? What don't you like and why? Thank you for your comments!!

3. Heart Problem---Help

   spot replied to HISSYTHECAT's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Hissythecat, Find cardiologist that is board certified, and has been in practice at least 5-10 years. Transthoracic echo is a good place to start, especially if they have a machine that is capable of 3D imaging. As unsavory as it may sound, a ...

4. Questions about male/female tension in the nursing environment

   spot replied to Mr_D's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated from nursing school 18 yrs ago. For me, nursing school was, at once, horrible and insipiring. Horrible in the sense that all of my instructors, save one, felt it inappropriate for me to be in the program. Inspiring in the sense that a...

5. cardiac nurses please answer ????

   spot replied to LuvbabiesRN's topic in Cardiac

   Theoretically, EF can be 100 %. Though, after 17 years in the cath lab, I've never seen such. However, in some patients, the LV cavity will nearly obliterate. These cases would be those patients with LVH, and/or a hyper-dynamic ventricle. I have ...

6. Acls????

   spot replied to On-z-go-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I would agree with the above: get your feet wet again, re-learn what you forgot. But don't take too long.... Then I would highly recommend you take ACLS. As stated above, even med-surg patients crump. Remember, these people are sicker than ever ...

7. Thinking of moving to tennessee

   spot replied to shellrn97's topic in General Nursing

   Dear ShellRN, I live in Giles County, TN, which is about 60 miles south of Franklin as you travel down I-65. On a weekday morning, it would take approx 60-75 minutes from my house to downtown depending on traffic. The Franklin area is a suburb of g...

8. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   spot replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   It was my first job as a new grad. I was working telemetry nights. Often I would sit next to the monitor tech and watch and learn. "What's wrong with that one," I said. "She's dying!" the tech replied as he vaulted over the desk into the patient'...

9. Has a pt given you a chuckle lately?

   spot replied to rileygrl11's topic in Humor

   Male patient to female friend RN, "I need a vase" (pt was referring to a urinal). Not realizing what he was asking for, she replied, "How big is your bouquet??"

10. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    spot replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

    "ASS 325 qd" obviously should have been "ASA 325 qd"

11. Interview in Telemetry...please help.

    spot replied to YOGI_NAMASTE's topic in Cardiac

    I started in cardiac nursing/telemetry when I was still in nursing school. I loved it! N-P ratio at that time was 4:1. For all the same reasons Kitty RN mentions above, I loved it. I worked tele for two years and then moved to the cath lab. I no...

12. Anyone with effective HA remedies?

    spot replied to delirium's topic in General Nursing

    I stand corrected. How could I have forgotten such an entirely pleasant remedy?!?!?

13. Anyone with effective HA remedies?

    spot replied to delirium's topic in General Nursing

    ibuprofen 800mg + sudaphed (or generic) 60mg should begin to feel some relief after 30min; should be gone in 1hr. Works every time for me.

14. The Doctor oncall told me not to call him

    spot replied to catrn10's topic in Safety

    Dear CatRN - I am arriving late in this conversation. I am appalled at the doc's actions. However, I am pleased that "the fates intervened" and you are no longer in that situation. I would echo the majority of what has been said already. You will...