On the IRCU (which is where the long term vent patients are) it is 4:1 Which means you can have two vents plus 2 other patinets. The other floors (5 south tower, 6 south tower) that are med surg it's more like 8:1. I was floated to tele one and had...
I have worked (In ICU) at Broward General in Fort Lauderdale (good nurse to pt ratio in ICU but horrible on the Floors), Cleveland Clinic in Weston (nice for the most part) and Florida Medical Center in Ft Lauderdale (not good) I have been working in...
I'll tell you what though, it won't happen again. I made sure of that. Luckily, I survived. But I am used to 2 patients, 7! I ended up with a huge blister on my foot since there I had one patinet in room 602, one in 610, one in 621 etc...
In the CVICU, that's what we do. The other day I got floated to tele. All of the other nurses had 3 patients primary care. I had SEVEN. No Aide, just me. And three were total care. It wasn't until 1/2 way through the shift I realized how bad I wa...
We got a patientin CCU one day. The order said give Fleets Phospo-soda 1.5 ounces now and 1.5 ounces in 8 hours. Pharmacy sent two 3 oz bottles. The nursing student gave the patient 1.5 bottles. Anyway, when we got him he was having a lot of PVC...
I usually introduce my self and say "what do you like to be called?" On another note, a nurse went in to mt father's room and said "Mr ####### it's time to take your medication" He said "Please don't call me Mr. #######. That's my father's name and ...
HJBeans replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing
Well, it has affected me by causing me to miss over 1 month of work 2 different times for a slipped disk (L3 to L4). This could probably happen with any patient though. But the only 2 times I have been hurt was caring for an obese patient.
HJBeans replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing
That's good to know. Honestly, I didn't know they could be certified. The last hospital I worked at (Cleveland Clinic Weston) didn't use LPN's in that hospital and that's where I took my latest recert. In my initial ACLS class I don't recall whether ...
HJBeans replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing
I think once you actually experience the code, it is a different story. You can study, know all of the stuff, but it's during the real codes you learn. The thing about ACLS as opposed to BLS (to the original poster) is in ACLS you learn what drug to ...