Mr. Murse

Mr. Murse has 13 years experience and specializes in Critical Care/Vascular Access.

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1. Bedside Report

   Mr. Murse replied to Mr. Murse's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not sure if you read the original post or most of the other responses on the thread, but we all agree that briefly going in to your patient's rooms together after report is a good and necessary thing. Verify patient well-being, check IV drips, ch...

2. Bedside Report

   Mr. Murse replied to Mr. Murse's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah I've walked into patients lying on the floor and other crazy things before too. Which is why I'm 100% on board with going in the room together at shift change, but I feel like it should be after report instead of before. That way the oncoming nu...

3. Bedside Report

   Mr. Murse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm wondering if anyone else thinks the incessant push by unit managers to do a "bedside report" is ridiculous (I assume the facilities I work at are not the only ones doing it). Don't get me wrong, I fully support the idea that both the nurses co...

4. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   Mr. Murse replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Education

   👍Never said that it did, my friend. I also work at a hospital, where "1-2mg Morphine q5min PRN shortness of breath" is completely up to the nurse's discretion and it most certainly could hasten death with certain patients. You are in a different...

5. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   Mr. Murse replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Education

   I was responding specifically to pmabraham, and I'm not sure how my tone or words could be interpreted as accusatory or throwing shade, but if they came across that way to you or anyone else then I apologize. I'm 100% in favor of a patient dying w...

6. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   Mr. Murse replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Education

   First of all, I'm not accusing anyone of euthanasia. I'm saying there is a thin line between "making someone comfortable" and accelerating their death, and it is most certainly not clear cut or precise. I assume that I don't even have to tell you ...

7. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   Mr. Murse replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Education

   You have a valid point, but where's the line that separates "helping" a person with the process of dying and euthanasia? It's vague at best.

8. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   Mr. Murse replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Education

   It may be a little inaccurately broad to say "Morphine will not hasten death". In the hospital setting when a patient transitions to Comfort Care it is not uncommon to see orders like "Morphine 1-2mg IV push q5min PRN shortness of breath" or somethin...

9. New Nurse, Thinking About Throwing in the Towel

   Mr. Murse replied to NurseLindsey's topic in General Nursing

   Well I'll be the contrasting voice in the comments here and say that I actually really have enjoyed nursing (I'm almost 11 years in). I've done med/surg, ICU, charge, travel nursing, and currently doing primarily PICC team/vascular access and float, ...

10. Truth vs. myths

    Mr. Murse replied to nurseinthemaking24's topic in General Nursing

    The $100 (ish) I pay every year for malpractice insurance is well worth my peace of mind. What I've been told (and seems to be verified by the post above who had been sued, and by the Radonda Vaught situation) is that the hospital will defend you.......

11. This Guy's Take on How to Fix the Nursing Shortage Temporarily

    Mr. Murse replied to Red Shirt 6's topic in General Nursing

    There's never been a literal nursing shortage. It's a misnomer. There are plenty of RNs out there to fill every needed nursing roll, and there are plenty of nurslings rolling out of school every semester all across the country. The problem is that th...

12. Preceptor issues

    Mr. Murse replied to atlnurse7's topic in Critical

    Honestly, if you're still training, it sounds like you're developing some bad habits early on that are going to catch up to you sooner or later. Habitually carrying unwasted controlled meds around in your pockets until you conveniently get around to ...

13. Making Mistake During My Orientation

    Mr. Murse replied to Starburst's topic in New Nurse

    I don't say this to worsen your anxiety.......but this won't be the last mistake you ever make. In fact if you're human like most of us, it will be one of many. All you can do is learn from them and move forward using it to make you a better and more...

14. IV gtts and arterial line

    Mr. Murse replied to Kate96's topic in Critical

    I've brought this topic up on its own thread before, but I'm wondering why you think heparin needs to be held to draw a PTT? obviously if you're drawing from a different lumen of the same PICC (or CVC, etc) as the heparin gtt then you would pause it ...

15. ICU Nurses Dealing with COVID Patients

    Mr. Murse replied to MareBear112's topic in COVID

    I work in the ICUs of 2 major hospitals in my area, and on the vascular access teams of 3, so I've had a pretty good view of the covid situation for the past couple of years around here. So here's my honest, non-biased-as-possible view. Ever sin...