Fins Up!

Fins Up!

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Fins Up! specializes in Pulmonary.


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  1. Back to the bedside

    find out if the hospitals you apply to have an in-house refresher for nurses returning to the bedside. maybe talk about extending your orientation length. most hospitals are willing to work with nurses returning to the bedside.
  2. Family Members and their pearls of wisdom...

    another fav.....pt admitted for huge pulmonary issue...can't breathe.....but family wants pt to eat and is demanding to see the nurse manager to complain about the pt not eating...Mmmmm ....Ok go ahead and eat and then your family member can go to t...
  3. Advice: Profile or Not?

    traumaRUs could you post the link to the literature about the profiles. "latest literature proves that when you use a profile, you are stressing the heart too much". thanks!
  4. How do you handle this?

    absolutely document document document! I know that for one particular doc the police have been called to wake him up at his house....but he is the one on call....no matter how angry he becomes. This has happened to often for this particular doc.
  5. Are any of you loyal?

    Old Goat....your comments are right on the money....sadly. I know this is off the subject, but I found stress relief to be getting out of Dodge at least once a month to try/learn new things beside healthcare related topics. It just free's my mind......
  6. What would you do?

    Assess, assess, assess You could always check her blood glucose at each meal and at bedtime in order to get a baseline where her blood glucose numbers run, but don't forget to monitor her intake and what she is or isn't eating. Always remember your ...
  7. Nurse Kept my Great Grandfathers wedding Ring

    Unacceptable. The nurse should not even consider taking the ring. The only way to accept a gift is if everyone who is working in the unit can receive the same gift....For example, Pizza, if a resident wants to buy pizza for everyone for appreciation ...
  8. Plan of care for jehovah witness with blood loss

    Just took care of a JW recently, but add on a sickle-cell crisis, Hgb 4.4, and pain. Hydration IV, pain meds, O2, and reposition to keep comfortable. Of course I had to ask if she ever received a transfusion. She replied once when she was pregnant a...
  9. What does your username mean?

    Fins Up! I love Jimmy Buffett and his music. Fins Up! is meant to remind me that I am swimming (working) with sharks at times.
  10. Check Hb post-transfusion?

    thanks zookeeper3
  11. Check Hb post-transfusion?

    Just adding to the discussion of PRBC's transfusions......how many of you give lasix between units if giving more than one unit of PRBC's? Just curious, had a patient go into overload when I gave 2 units PRBC's but no orders for lasix inbetween...les...
  12. How long have you seen codes last?

    First of all, the doctors are not the ones calling the code because they are usually not in the room. The nurses, PCT's are the ones I've usually seen calling the code. While the code is in progress the doctor arrives to intervene and gives orders ma...
  13. Online RN-BSN Program

    I've known several RN's to finish this program and they all have good things to say, which is why I enrolled. I choose to attend class once a week for 4 hours per week, and feel that interaction between RN's is more rewarding than online. IWU is a ve...
  14. Sinclair CC Wait List

    I was on the wait list for 2 years, got my pre-req's done during this time.
  15. Online RN-BSN Program

    Indiana Wesleyan University. You can do everything online.