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  1. :uhoh3:We had this issue... admittedly some staff were seen by the family of the patient making a personal call on their phone. So now we have a blanket ban on cel phones in our unit. BUT! We received word in our communication book that if anyone (pa...
  2. What do you wish for in a break room?

    Enough power so the fridge, toaster, sandwich press, dishwasher, hot water boiler and two microwaves can run at the same time without shorting anything out! And yes it was me that caused people to have no dinner by shorting out the appliances :uhoh21...
  3. Could it have been for the comfort of the family rather than the comfort of teh patient?
  4. Fetal death after maternal death

    I know that from a critical care perspective, if the MAP is below 50 then we are looking at ischaemia. Ie Uterus, placenta. And that is not even taking into account the resistance from these
  5. How to handle family coping..

    I usually say something along the lines of "we are keeping a close eye on 'x' but at the moment we are a bit more concerned by y and z." And take it from there, sometimes the families accept that, othertimes they want a bigger explanation. My explana...
  6. Theatrical makeup ala tammy faye baker

    If there is concern about the FALSE eyelashes falling in the sterile field what abtout the natural ones... a hair from her eyebrow, a flake of skin..... Is she working in theatre??? On the other hald if she has hair that is faling over the patient th...
  7. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

    We get 1:1 ventilated, sometimes 2:1 unventilated, sometimes 3:2 unventilated or even 1:2 if the patient is really sick (that is patient : nurse) The only time we ever have more than 1 ventilated patient is when the nurse next door is on a break. In...
  8. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

    We get 1:1 ventilated, sometimes 2:1 unventilated, sometimes 3:2 unventilated or even 1:2 if the patient is really sick (that is patient : nurse) The only time we ever have more than 1 ventilated patient is when the nurse next door is on a break. In...
  9. Medical Negligence??? (Long)

    Australian, but I suppose we have the same system here as there (or similar) Thanks for that feedback, I just didn't know if perhaps I had overreacted. I personally thought I hadn't but I think a lot of things that aren't always totally accurate!!! J...
  10. Medical Negligence??? (Long)

    Hi I would really like some feedback on an incident that occurred yesterday. I was looking after my non ventilated patient, 8 days post a vascular procedure who had been extubated for one day. When I arrived his RR was low 30s, chest sounded terribl...
  11. What do patients say that irks you?

    OK me again, I know this is totally un on/gyn related but I loved this call. Had the 180kg man in ICU, on a ventilator for 3 days, basically had respiratory failure cos he was too fat to breathe... hx of permanent BiPap at home (like a ventilator but...
  12. What do patients say that irks you?

  13. What do patients say that irks you?

    ROTFLMAO!!!! On a similar vein (gee I keep doing that on this thread!) is: When is my brother going to have his tracheomity?
  14. What's the weirdest baby name?

    You know that rings a bell. Is it Iceland? Anyway, there is a country where there is a government mandated list of baby names (including spelling!!!!) and the parents pick one. They don't get a choice. Hooray!!!!! In ICU we have started keeping a li...
  15. ICU Nurses with OCD!!!

    yes and no... on one hand it is intensive care, I personally get very wound up and annoyed if the things that I need to do my job are not there. Such as the duck bill masks... my patient has Influenza... there are no masks in the hospital (I know I p...