Miss Poppy

Miss Poppy has 18 years experience and specializes in ICU/ Neuro/ CV/ Thoracics.

Latest Activity

1. Worst doctors orders ever received

   Miss Poppy replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

   One night in the ICU, I had a patient (with a long cardiac history) that had been having multiple ectopic beats, getting more frequent as the night went on. Normal lytes, temp & VS. 2 junior residents on covering for the night. Eventually she wen...

2. Worst doctors orders ever received

   Miss Poppy replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

   Actually when I was in the hospital in Mexico, I did recieve IV Paracetamol (acetaminophen)!

3. ICU psychosis!

   Miss Poppy replied to labman's topic in MICU

   I worked in Neuro ICU for years before moving to MSICU and it's hard when you have to wake people up Q1H, sometimes for days at a time. The main things that you can do os to try and group your nursing activities so that you're not always in and out o...

4. Acute Dialysis - CRRT : Role of Critical Care Nurses or Renal Nurses?

   Miss Poppy replied to bluefabian's topic in MICU

   Both ICU's I've worked in have been the same. The renal unit isn't even consulted until the Pt is ready for IHD.

5. Can I work in ICU despite back problems?

   Miss Poppy replied to avlis's topic in MICU

   I work in an ICU with a no lift policy. We use Liko slings for most lifts and transfers and auto turn beds. It makes life easier, however, it only takes away a portion of the back unfriendly duties. Washing and changing linen isn't easily done with a...

6. Where are you from?

   Miss Poppy replied to noworries's topic in Canada

   I'n in Vancouver Canada as well tho I grew up in the Maritimes and graduated from Dalhousie a lifetime ago.

7. Transplants

   Miss Poppy replied to NurseLay's topic in MICU

   In our hospital kidney and pancreas xp's go to a stepdown unit while the livers and lungs come to our ICU. Both pts will have CVC, A-line, SGC, multiple saline locks, chest tubes (lungs) and hemovacs (liver). We don't segregate or isolate our pts. Lu...