DaveMac

DaveMac

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About DaveMac

Married with one son,who is a Base player in Nashville. Retired USN Submarine Force, ET1(SS)

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  1. Highest Troponin Levels You've Seen?

    When you see tombstones on the monitor, you pray the pt is a DNR/AND/No CODE, whatever your facility may call it. Cause when you see tombstones on the monitor, you can rest assured that this pt will be getting a real one soon.
  2. Urgent Math question!!!

    The formula was suppose to be A : B = C : D if the : and D are put together her you get = >
  3. Urgent Math question!!!

    .3 is 0.3 because .3 could be mistaken for 3. And 3.0 is 3, because 3.0 could be mistaken for 30. Most use the 4/5 split when rounding. The questions will give you the decimal they want or the instructors will. i.e. answer to the 2 decimal point. An...
  4. Is this too much or am I crazy...what are your units like?

    First off, sorry to hear about the load that you had here. As many nurses will say, been there, done that. That does not make it better. I have left areas where this type of staffing have been the norm. With the units being so full, I can understa...
  5. Infectious Disease vs Infection Control Nurse

    I agree with what you wrote with the differences between an IDN and an ICN (ICP). I have had one ICP tell me that they are the same, where I work, I feel that the floor staff think that I am both. :caduceus:
  6. CIC certification- practice requirement

    Congrats. I also have learned a lot this last year.
  7. Case Manager doing Utilization Management

    Seems like we work at the same type of place. Where you do InterQual every 2-3 days, I was directed by the CNO (DON) to do them every day of the week, including weekends. She has hired 3 nursing students to help on the weekends. They have other jo...
  8. Share your mnemonics and tricks

    ER nurses may know this one for broken bones - BATS Fracture - Broke All To ****. My favorite one is one I use in life also, learned this one while on Subs in the Navy as an ET in the Navigation Center - KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid. For those speci...
  9. Wooden table in the OR

    The day after I posted the above, I was able to find my answer and got the wood out of the OR. The next day, I was talking with a couple of nurses from the hospital where the surgeon came from and reported that the surgeon does not scrub before, be...
  10. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    Yes I would. I would have to make shift my own PPEs again. As fas as the government helping, in my personnel experence with the government, that is a joke. The government is not helping the vets enough as it is, so unless we are classed as a third...
  11. LPN Supervisor Over RNs.???

    You are so right. As I stated in an earlier statement, I was assigned as an LPN supervisor over several RNs. I felt uncomfortable in this role, and left that job within a few weeks. As was said by someone else, it is the state boards nurse practice...
  12. LPN Supervisor Over RNs.???

    I was working several years ago as a part-time LPN in a nursing home. On my 3rd day of orientation on the 3-11 shift, I was approached by the DON on my way to the unit I was assigned to. She told me that I was being pulled out of orientation and ma...
  13. CIC certification- practice requirement

    I know this is late, but may help someone else. I am working toward getting my CIC (Certified Infection Control). UNC Chapel Hill has a two week course which is very good. It is done in two one week classes. Infection Control Part I and Infection ...
  14. Wooden table in the OR

    I was stopped this morning by one of the plant service men and he asked me if it was okay to have a wooden table in the OR. I told him I did not think so and not to build the table until I got back to him. I asked a couple of ICPs in other hospital...
  15. How do I know if the results are bad or OK

    It sounds like the patient might have pneumonia and a gram neg infection. They may need to be placed on resp. isolation and get IV ABTx for this. Infiltrates can mean different things to different docs. Sounds like it needs to be monitored due to t...