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  1. NGT/FT securing techniques?

    tegaderm and benzoine on the cheek works best for me. i've also found that after the commercial strips have lost their stickiness, small strips of silk tape stick like they never have before! We...
  2. A fellow ICU nurse needs some assistance!

    The Survey: Years in Nursing__1.5______Years in Critical Care __1.5______ What does the "culture" of critical care nursing mean to you personally? when i think of 'culture' i think of the people i...
  3. administration of sodium bicarb

    I've never heard of a nurse not being able to give sodium bicarb either. i just gave some magnesium sulfate last night, through a central line of course, but we routinely push bicarb in
  4. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

    yeah for the CCU!! H&P from a severe COPD'er: 'pt states last cigarette 1-2 hrs ago, but denies any attempt to kill himself' "**** happens. sometimes it happens before you can get your pants down"...
  5. End of life therapeutic music

    pandora.com is my favorite!!! you can go to the website and set up a station that only plays a certain type of music. I play an 'enya' or "david Lanz' station for end of life pts and agitated pts...
  6. Troponin question

    pt with a post AAA, we did serial cardiac enzymes (every 8 hrs post surgery 3 times) and the first 2 were wnl, however the last one was elevated (troponin of 9.6, previous 1.5, CK and CKMB were very...
  7. Need advice from seasoned RN's

    just finished my 1st year of nursing (went into the SICU right out of school). My best advice is make sure you get a good orientation! You'll probably do just fine wherever you want to go; yes, its...
  8. i hate heparin

    i had a pt the other noc, 100% occluded--running only on peripherals, scheduled for a CABG in the am. Heparin and nitro gtts, obviously. Sharp, sharp woman. she was nauseous during the night, so...
  9. I think it's ridiculous that nurses, of all professions, are being taught customer service. we who are the most 'caring' and 'trusted' of professions. why is it even being brought up? Because pts...