hardyea

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1. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   hardyea replied to nirvana1's topic in Humor

   Blue Dolphin, I lie to you not!

2. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   hardyea replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations

   I had a doctor tell me the patient can't die because they have a pacemaker.

3. Habits you picked up from work...

   hardyea replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   I have signed cheques and put RN after my signature.

4. Do Male Nurses Get More Respect?

   hardyea replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I have been nursing for 29 years and all my career has been spent working in critical care, and in my experience it is not the norm for male nurses to get more respect. There are certain doctors I have worked with who would be more congenial to the m...

5. Policy on length of stay in the PACU

   hardyea replied to dantespikiks's topic in PACU

   In my unit a regional needs to spend 1hour with us minimum, down 4 dermatones and be able to move their feet and bend their knees

6. Post op recovery of regional C-section

   hardyea replied to planny's topic in PACU

   Our regional c sections are recovered in the PACU.

7. Medicating PONV vs. watchful waiting

   hardyea replied to wannabecnl's topic in PACU

   If the pain medication ordered is morphine I will give an antiemetic prophylactically to prevent the nausea before it starts. I see less episodes of nausea with dilaudid. I have also seen people who just need to vomit to feel better, no matter what y...