teacupRN

teacupRN has 12 years experience.

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1. Delnor Hospital hostage situation

   teacupRN replied to teacupRN's topic in Headlines

   Wow... I have worked two doubles after posting this, so I was not able to get back to Allnurses. I regularly work close to 55 hours a week and I don't live and breathe message boards, I try to do other things with what little time off I have. I us...

2. Delnor Hospital hostage situation

   teacupRN posted a topic in Headlines

   I don't know if it has been posted, I did not find a thread when I searched, but if there is one please merge [h=1]Deputy ran and hid after inmate stole weapon, took hostages at hospital: lawsuit[/h]Deputy ran and hid after inmate stole weapon, took ...

3. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

   teacupRN replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   When you are work acute dialysis and assigned ICU for the day. You have an assignment of 3 patients on CVVHD, have 3 add ons, your tech is sitting a 8 hour SLED on an acidotic vented patient. You get told that there is a tylenol OD that needs a 12 h...

4. Dear Abby and social induction of pregnancy

   teacupRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Good morning all, I don't post very often, and I do not work in L&D. However this morning I read a Dear Abby that left me speechless. The second question for her was a man who was asking for advice regarding his wife's social induction of labor...

5. Dialysis Subclavian line antibiotics.

   teacupRN replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Safety

   At my facility, the head nephrologist considers any catheter accessed by the ED or the floor as "contaminated." Also we pack with 1000unit/ml heparin for inpatient, but the outpatient clinics still use 5000unit/ml heparin.