Lidlsadie

Lidlsadie

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About Lidlsadie

Lidlsadie specializes in Cardiac/Stroke.


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  1. When everybody knows your name

    I guess I see both sides of the issue. I can say that where I work (bigger hospital in Milwaukee) we have our patients address us by our first names and our badges simply say "Lindsay L Registered Nurse". If a patient asks my last name, I have no p...
  2. What do you keep in your nursing bag??

    supplies: pens, pens and more pens. highlighter (blue and yellow), pencils, pink pearle eraser (my love!), sharpie, ID, stethescope, calipers, bandage scissors, resources (i usually have ekg book and med book at least), white out, tape, alcohol swa...
  3. Education for NEW CHF

    hey! do you not have a chf booklet that you give your patients? i work on telemetry & live and breathe chf:) i would be more than happy to help you with information!! i just don't want to reiterate if you already have a book made. here's a fe...
  4. ACLS in telemetry or intermediate care units

    On my unit, all nurses are required to have ACLS & have it up-to-date. For new graduates, you must take it within 1 year (though they usually bug you to take it within the first 5-6 months). The only exception is with our float nurses (and eve...
  5. Tele vs. M/S

    I work on a Telemetry floor & I can tell you that in a lot of ways it's similar to med/surg because we get some of the same patients that med/surg does but that need cardiac monitoring. [usually] it's a little bit higher level of care because th...