dergs

dergs has 6 years experience.

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1. Question about sodium citrate

   dergs posted a topic in Urology

   What would happen if a dialysis line locked with sodium citrate was accidentally flushed before drawing back? Is 1.5 mL of sodium citrate enough to cause patient harm? Thanks!

2. Feeling immense guilt for past mistakes

   dergs posted a topic in Stress 101

   I’ve been working on my unit for 2.5 years and have felt proud of how far I’ve come. It has recently been a slog of very difficult patients, but I had finally made it to my two week vacation (first time off since February this year!) All of the sudde...

3. Getting over your past mistakes?

   dergs posted a topic in Stress 101

   I’m a ICU nurse with almost 2 years of experience in a few months. When I was a nursing aide and a new grad, I’ve made many errors due to lack of knowledge. It’s been a while now and I feel confident in my ability as a nurse, especially on my unit. H...

4. Leaving tasks for the next shift

   dergs replied to dergs's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a medical intensive care unit. My first patient actually had continuous hemodialysis central line going so he technically did have another site, but it's really only meant to be used as access if theres an absolute emergency.

5. Leaving tasks for the next shift

   dergs posted a topic in General Nursing

   On my unit it's policy that we need to have at least 2 peripheral IVs. During my shift last night, I had a pt with a dialysis fistula thus only 1 arm. He originally had 2 IVs at the beginning of my shift but during my initial assessment, one of them...

6. New Grad Anxiety

   dergs posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad nurse with 3 months of ICU experience, 2 weeks off orientation. I know it isn't a lot of time, but I find myself making mistakes that I beat myself up over all the time. These mistakes may just be tiny charting errors to two med errors...

7. Calling the unit? Mistake?

   dergs posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi I'm a new grad nurse who has been working on a busy ICU for 3 months. This is my 2nd week off orientation and I constantly get the feeling that I forgot not necessarily to do something, but to chart it. We use electronic medical record, but someti...