wakaro

wakaro specializes in Critical care nursing,dialysis.

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1. Liability insurance

   wakaro posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey all, Quick open forum to all nurses out there. What is your opinion on having self liability insurance. I know most of us have employer sponsored insurance but just want an open discussion about how you feel buying vs not buying one? thanks for y...

2. Question about something that happened

   wakaro replied to wanjik's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry about that situation my dear. Have not been to this site for a long time but am back. Nice to see another Kenyan on site. Anyway, kind of a past scenario,but i totally agree with most comments here. Red flag, first and foremost if the previous ...

3. med errors

   wakaro replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry for that. It has happened to many in the past. But next time if anything similar like this happens no matter what your charge says make an incident report before you leave the shift.

4. your hired!..yay!! now i think i'm gonna puke

   wakaro replied to persephone714's topic in CCU

   Have been an ICU nurse for about 7 years now. The 1st time i went to work there was literally terrified. I thought this was the wrong job for me. Worked in a 24 bed combined ICU with all the cases neuro, card,surg everything! But pray and hope you g...

5. What is a good sedative for a hypotensive patient?

   wakaro replied to nursingdude78's topic in CCU

   I would echo my collegues above. Just wondering whats the cause of hypotension? You stated not hypovolemia? Patient already maxed on dopamine and neo? Anyway, sometimes you will need to use a combo of sedatives, i do like an idea of versed + fentany...

6. Plum A+ hospira iv pumps

   wakaro replied to wakaro's topic in MICU

   Thanks iheartprisma.That sounds like a plan and really helpful.:)

7. titrating pressors

   wakaro replied to turnforthenurse's topic in MICU

   Meds titration should be done in dosage not ml/hr. Idealy, we talk in terms of dosage but not mls. I think currently Its required for the docs to give you titration orders on how to titrate your drip. I do agree with all above we should use mcg/min B...

8. Plum A+ hospira iv pumps

   wakaro posted a topic in MICU

   Hey guys our hospital is gonna start using above iv pumps next week. Went to inservice but we could not figure how to give lets say boluses like ibsulin or heparin from existing bag. For example your pt is on iv insulin, next hour blood sugar mandate...