LEVODEVO

LEVODEVO has 25 years experience and specializes in TRAUMA,TRANSPLANT,CARDIOTHORACIC.

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1. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

   LEVODEVO replied to TXRN02's topic in Humor

   I'm tall and big,years ago,the siderails in the old ICU beds were metal and even in the down position they would end up level with the "JEWELRY DEPT.".during codes,chest compressions were easier for me,due to height and size,but sure enuf,more than a...

2. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   Holly,(what an appropriate name right now)thanks for the thread,really enjoyable.Although compare to now,our equipment and therapies appeared antiquated,I felt the patients and families were different as well,we got more respect,but so did everyone,m...

3. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   hELLO DUTCHGIRLRN...love the women's health history trip,or is it herstory?Lysol,wow..I don't like it diluted and on the floor,nevr mind anywhere else..the old ads are great,I dabble in antiques and collectibles and have come across many old mags and...

4. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   the beers....years ago the our med fridge didn;t lock...talking 20 plus years ago..and part of the narc count was the 2 buds...at the time there was far more men in medical school than women,(I think just the opposite today),anyway,the good ole boys ...

5. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   I never quite understood the bile thing...it had just stopped when I got into nursing,I've had older patients tell me about from time to time...ahhhhh..the keys..they always had backups....and as wrong as it was to throw the damn things in the woods....

6. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   LEVODEVO replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   Didn;t think I was this old....mast trousers,hockey helmets for adult siezure patients,pre-op "nipples to knees' shave for everyone,putting out occasional fires from patients on O2 smoking in bed...making sure all the bedpans were off the patients tr...

7. fat and miserable

   LEVODEVO replied to piper_for_hire's topic in General Nursing

   We just won a new contract..and our wages and bennies have been fling all over the hopsital,media,mailings to fellow employees etc...I've been hearing lots of "nursebashing" although not to my face..6'2 300lbs..years ago...I would have talked to them...

8. Add to the story....

   LEVODEVO replied to bassRN's topic in Humor

   ....drinking from a glass problem......she can never get enuf fluids...and to think they used to call her "IV" in nursing school because she was always scratching underneath her.....

9. propofol infusion ONLY through central line

   LEVODEVO replied to elizadream's topic in MICU

   Hi,just had my 3rd OR procedure where propofol was used for a pre-op prep,all peripheral,who the heck's gonna place a central line for one of the most popular pre-op meds used today?....had a bunch of dental work done...oral surgery....propofol....wo...

10. Support Needed from Nurses with Back Injuries

    LEVODEVO replied to GigiRN's topic in General Nursing

    hEY KID,i'M ON DAY 6 AFTER L2-3 DISCECTOMY...MICRO SURGERY...R leg felt like the hip was bad,knee,and half of foot numb...hip ached all nite and day...neurosurgeon do the work...excellant reputation does them like muffles at meineke....so a week tomo...

11. to aspirate or not while giving insulin and flu vaccines

    LEVODEVO replied to ginger43's topic in General Nursing

    I believe one of the major reason to aspirate is to ensure you are not into a major/minor vessle,thus making the injection an IV push injection...IVP insulin can be serious...the belly,back or the arms,flank are pretty safe for this reason,plus the i...

12. Nurse Salary Poll

    LEVODEVO replied to EqualPay's topic in General Nursing

    Hi,I'm an RN with ADHD,even have the initials ADHD,next to my name after RN, on a custum name badge I have...anyway..already forgot most of you questions,so I'll just give youa bunch of info and u can pick it out I make $49.86 an hour...will ratify n...

13. insulin gtt in heart failure/mi patients

    LEVODEVO replied to voldog's topic in CCU

    HI,there are new federal guidleines out on glycemic control...they are designed for the general patient population and not diagnosis specific...we know the potassium is important with cardiac patients and insulin eats K+ so keep an eye on that....

14. How do you run K+??

    LEVODEVO replied to mariedoreen's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Mass.,the feds have been getting pretty strict on giving K+,and our hospital has been quite good at following the rules...the max I have ever been able to give peripherally is a mix of 40meq of k+ in a liter of D51/2 ns or some derivative ...

15. Male Nurses/female Patients

    LEVODEVO replied to ern91's topic in Men

    These quotes and one liners are killing me..recovering from back surgery...just 4 days ago..the darvon bottle is getting lighter...but the laughing at all these nutty one liners is great..what a bunch!!!