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  1. NOC Patient bathing

    we bath on nights...most of the time it makes sense because its a surgical ICU and they need a post op bath..I do feel bad for our chronic patients though because no one on days ever thinks to give them a wet face cloth in the morning or let them bru...
  2. ER ethics

    A doctor once explained to me that lido can cause problems on its on by increasing swelling at the site and obscuring the lac and causing worse scarring...for breast biopsy they don't use it because the lump will flatten out and disappear. I know our...
  3. airembolism

    It some tests to detect heart defects we actually forcefully inject air bubbles into the patient to see if they cross the chambers...you would have to run the entire length of the IV tubing full of air into the patient before you saw any symptoms an...
  4. CockyICU,CockyER

    I am a CVICU nurse and thank god I work nights because I remember when I had my orientation transferring patients to the floor. Every time I couldn't find a nurse, we had NO help getting the patient from our bed to the new bed...when the nurse finall...
  5. Co-worker was fired..

    well if you can prove they lied start calling people...call her and let her know they lied and you will back her up...call the mangement and tell them you know it's lies and you are fighting for your friend...get loud and get ugly...but and it's a re...
  6. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

    In the beginning I too wanted everyone to love me...I got over it.... I made a real choice to expend all my mental angst energies on the people who do already love me...patients and their families?....not a chance. If I have a family member problem I...
  7. There is a ridiculous overemphasis on "cool skills" in student nursing...I know giving an efficient bath to 5 people in 40 minutes is boring,repetitive and well really boring but..guess what? that is what a nursing career is all about...I work CVICU...
  8. wow....I remember those first days and I still thank God I had a great boss who was more than happy to teach. Nursing clinicals do very little to prepare a new nurse..they are too short , too controlled way too organized...too much time is spent in m...
  9. Your Worst Mistake

    Once many many moons ago..I had a nitro gtt...my patients BP was way too high so i set the pump to bolus for a set amount of time...or so I thought......instead I had reset the main pump and the timer backwards......big bolus over very short time...I...
  10. Feeling guilty and mad at the same time

    Find the book that has all staff home phone numbers in it and right beside your name write DO NOT CALL for extra shifts.
  11. Do nurses make bad patients?

    I know exactly what you mean. I had a recent back surgery, not elective but I felt the same way. I felt like as a nurse I didn't get the same attention from the other nurses that a civilian would get...I was so concerned about being a really good pat...
  12. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    I want to thank those that offered concern and I want to say I am not calling people names or asking them to defend themselves because a patient drove them crazy for 12 hours. I believe as a nurse it can make a nurse crazy when our patients complain ...
  13. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    well...I am a nurse and I am going to try to help you understand. I hurt my back...and yes I felt every wince from everyone...oh yeh...back pain...righhht... so I went to work because that is the response I got....do some exercise...take a tylenol......
  14. Things said during a code

    I had a funny one...I ws new to CV and it was the done thing to get ALL patients up in a chair by 6am...so I did all the prep work...a couple of test dangles and then the big move....all lines remain in when we walk them to the chair...so he is a pre...
  15. Feeling like I blew it!

    I had a whopper...my three year old got the top of her foot stuck under the door when I opened it....complete awful crazy screaming panic......open the door more or close it? pull the foot out or what? aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh She was screami...