elizadream replied to Queen2u's topic in Relations
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...
elizadream replied to newyorkgrrrrrrrrrrrl's topic in MICU
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...
elizadream replied to Psyched Out RN's topic in MICU
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...
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...
elizadream replied to 1styearsucks's topic in General Nursing
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...
"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...