You can't care for anyone else if you can't care for yourself, right? Just think the patients were better off without you being there sick. I always feel guilty, but you can't be a martyr for your patients. Don't forget to take care of yourself too.
Hi everyone, I am currently doing my post grad diploma in critical care and I need to focus on an episode of care I gave of a cardiac patient. This particular man had been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, and was prescribed the appropriate medi...
hajordan replied to tachynut's topic in Stress 101
I feel like you just spouted out all of the things I am feeling! Cardiac, severely understaffed etc. I have made a big decision in the last few days, I need to leave. I feel after 5 days off, I am still not sleeping right, and I am anxious all the ti...
Would the purely cath people rotate into EP every now and then? Push then into a different environment, their attitude might change. You unfortunately can't force mutual respect, you can only give it a helping hand. Putting them into each others shoe...
Ah ha, see here's where it might differ for me then, MendedHeart; I am an Australian nurse, trained and registered in Australia and worked for a couple of years before moving to Ireland and working there now. We removed chest drains in both places. U...
It's a nurse-led procedure at my hospital, and on the rare occasion, the consultant may do it if he feels he put them in in such as way that may cause damage as they come out. So it falls to us to make sure we're doing it right. Maybe it's just my pr...
There's my problem. We don't have a library, and any online access I'm using through my college. Our hospital is fairly new, so we're working through policies and procedures now. But does anyone have any ideas about whether it's one or two at a time?
Hi Rose_Queen, thanks for the suggestion but our policies...If I can find it.....are usually fairly poor! I just can't find any literature to tell me one at a time or not. I'm also compiling a new education pack for new staff and this I think will be...
hajordan replied to fitzfan82's topic in Emergency
Hi Christy1019, Yes, I've seen it a few times myself, and the idea is to use it sparingly, because quite rightly, syncope and hypotension is a risk! And lol at the women mixing up the creams. A bit of an ewww too at that!
hajordan replied to fitzfan82's topic in Emergency
Vodka T PRN nocte. He was a geriatrician. On reviewing the second patient that day, he tried to prescribe it for her too! Apparently to stimulate the appetite. I suppose I get a bit hungry after drinking a bit of booze!
Hi All, I was working yesterday and was helping a collegue pull out 2 chest drains. He wanted to do both at once. I wanted to do one at a time. I would have assumed one at a time would reduce your risk of pneumothorax, but I can't find any literature...
Urine. It just gets up my nose. And I think it's evaporating so it's some kind of sick urine steam. UGH. And I've started to despise talking to families. In the last week, I've been yelled at 4 times. So naturally, this week, it's not a task I like a...