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  1. Is there always that one nurse.....?

    Right on, girl! I like what you said, I'll keep that in my database :)
  2. Using a 30 cc baloon rectal cath for urethral drainage

    Haha, great comeback! Sorry it took so long to get back!
  3. Is there always that one nurse.....?

    Ah, yes, those little nurses that shroud their hostile, suckfull comments during report! I caught one in the act of throwing my coworker under the bus one morning. As she was giving report to me she immediately started telling how the previous nurse...
  4. Using oxygen as diuretic

    Thank You for the reply and rationale.
  5. Theatrical makeup ala tammy faye baker

    Get your estrogen patch on, STAT!
  6. How much lifting does an ICU nurse do?

    Patients don't want to be turned after surgery so you must first medicate to ease the move. Lifting is an every day occurrance in my unit requiring at least 2 staff members and using modified trendelenburg (you may also use a Hoyer lift). The morbi...
  7. ETT tape - what is the best to use?

    CLOTH tape
  8. Giving Report

    The report is now called 'SBAR' -Situation,Background,Assessment, Recommendations-that's how your report should flow to anyone involved in your patient care and is now required for Joint Commission. Since we are in a critical care forum, SBAR is expe...
  9. ICU Nurse opinions

    If it's a sudden cardiac or neuro event, the patient's family needs time to digest and accept the events that are unfolding. But regardless of how YOU feel, it's the family's decision-sometimes there is money involved-a government check maybe, or a f...
  10. How My Instructor Affected My Life

    Languishing through your story was like reading "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" except you gave it a decent ending.
  11. Medical Mystery...can anyone help solve!

    You may be right! There was a case in my own ICU where an 81 yr old man , after exhausive tests, was HIV +
  12. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    I've seen it over and over: OLD nurses eat OLD nurses
  13. new nurses considering quiting?

    I want to tell you I was a "full grown woman" (>35yo) when I ventured over to Nursing after being a Respiratory Therapist for 4 yrs.- and the first year of nursing was HORRIBLE. It was so demanding and demeaning! You must have a THICK skin to sur...
  14. Am I just a nervous new grad or is the ICU not for me?

    "If your friends work somewhere else (the floor especially) the degree of intensity is so different that it's not necessary to compare yourself to them. In six months you'll know so much more than them about gtts, vents, codes. YOU'LL be the one they...
  15. I think the post was for us peons..RN's...of course YOU would be happy ..GTO:yeah: