Looking for how different units handle patient's home meds. We are horrible at returning them upon discharge. Currently, we put them in a bag with the patient's name on and put them on the countertop in a locked med room. I find them there long after...
I haven't had lunch in 35 years....rarely get paid for it. It comes down to staffing by numbers. You can't leave 1 nurse in an ICU and when they staff only 2...oh well, you loose. Administration won't understand why we won't leave because that would ...
How does everyone feel about the latest trends in hospital administration's demands that all nurses must receive the influenza vaccine or wear a mask the entire time they are on duty....including eating lunch!
online ACLS is just fun! It's like a video game. It'll let you do anything you want.....even give epi during VT haha. I wouldn't go back to the regular course!
our ratio for Cardiac SDU is 5:1, working hard to cut it to 4:1. Is 5:1 do-able? sometimes, does it suck? Always. There is something about that 5th patient that just puts the assignment over the edge
1.) Does your intensive care unit have a specific guideline or protocol regarding enteral nutritional therapy in critically ill mechanically ventilated adults? a. Yes and it is clear, concise, and easy to understand b. Yes, but I don't quite understa...
We do sedation vacations on every patient. It not only gives us time to evaluate the neuro statis of the patient, their readiness for extibation but also allows a better idea of how much sedation is actually needed for the patient. Too sleepy is not ...
I don't think it will hurt your attempts at returning. Life needs change our ability to devote ourselves to the job, any good manager will recognize that. Try to go back when you can devote the time off shift to make yourself the kind of nurse invalu...
I currently work in a rural community hospital where I rotate between ICU and stepdown. Our ratio is 5:1. Most days it's a nightmare....there is something about that 5th patient that makes the goal of the day to stay just one step before impending di...
It's been a few years, but yes when I worked shock-trauma, we use to prone people as a last ditch effort to try and oxygenate them. There are always risk when proning a patient, risk of dislodging tubes of any variety including the ETT. I found it di...