nurselily3

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1. liver transplant questions

   nurselily3 replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in MICU, SICU

   There is some new technology out there at about 5 hospitals...Duke, Stanford and three others I can't think of right now. They are researching a liver dialysis type machine to prolong the life of...

2. Swan questions

   nurselily3 replied to kesmith2314's topic in MICU, SICU

   If the patient is a fresh post op or unstable (even the hearts), we do a full set of vitals, swan numbers with wedges q1 (for at least 12-24 hours). We get hemodynamic numbers q2 or q4 depending on...

3. Cooling Blankets

   nurselily3 replied to kesmith2314's topic in MICU, SICU

   Our cooling blanket protocol was for anyone over 104F. Most of the time these people had a swan ganz to get a temp from or a temp sensing foley. When their temp reached 104 we paralyzed them (dr's...

4. Thinking about Grad School for Staff Dev.

   nurselily3 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Hey All, I'm beginning to think that I need to go back to school and get my masters. My current employer will pay for 6 hours of grad school credit a semester which sounds pretty good. I'm a little...

5. DVT sleeves and technology

   nurselily3 replied to bjsmsn's topic in Operating Room

   We use SCD's on our patiens without TED hose. They stay on the patient until they become ambulatory. There is some controversy about how much protection you get from just the lower leg SCD's vs the...

6. Question for nursing professionals

   nurselily3 replied to ns2222's topic in Operating Room

   Since there seems to be a shortage of nurses in all different areas, most hospitals have training programs for new grads. I went through ICU training and OR training. It was 4 months for ICU and 6...

7. Magnet hospital

   nurselily3 replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

   I work for a hospital that has magnet status. When we first acheived it, I didn't think much of it and a lot of other nurses complained about it. I thought I would find something better so I went...

8. SEC Basketball Games

   nurselily3 replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

   To bad we didn't come through today. I hope we make a good appearance in the NCAA

9. How do you feel about ADN nurses?

   nurselily3 replied to Stacy W's topic in Nursing Career

   I'm from Kentucky, did a traveling assignment on the west coast....were it seemed people thought I was stupid cause I had an accent....and OMG I WEAR SHOES....Just cause I talk slow doesn't mean I"m...

10. family presence during CPR

    nurselily3 replied to beth38's topic in General Nursing

    I have been on both sides of this issue. I started out as a nurse tech/aide on a telemetry floor, then went to the ICU. I saw several people code, some survived, some didn't. At the time, I got an...

11. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    nurselily3 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I have gotten such a laugh out of this thread!!!! So, I thought I would add a little to the pot. I had a patient once, older lady, who called her genitalia her "kitty kat". I was helping her bathe...

12. Unfair treatment

    nurselily3 replied to BS Nursing Student's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in college, doing a program other than nursing, we had a sort of similar beef with a professor. You can go to the ombudsman for the school and discuss this situation with him or her, that...

13. Working while sick!

    nurselily3 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious, don't you have sick time at your hospital?? p.s. I agree with who ever said to shake her hand. I would give her whatever it was I had and see if she called in sick!!! Geez, don't...

14. Are your RN's mopping floors??

    nurselily3 replied to nurselily3's topic in Operating Room

    Please note that we are NOT and out patient surgery center. We are doing NASTY BLOODY TRAUMA!!! We are doing very large orthopedic cases, large burns etc etc. I don't mean to be impolite, but...

15. Turnover times...

    nurselily3 replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    I have been so upset lately about our turnover times and the possibility that they are going to make the RN's mop the floors between cases I did a little research yesterday. We were told in our...