MIRockstarRN

MIRockstarRN has 2 years experience and specializes in cardiovascular surgical stepdown.

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1. Longest run V-tach?

   MIRockstarRN replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

   While orienting a new nurse to our unit had pt go in and out all night long, runs over 200 beats, but pt awake with pulse. Called dr said to consult cards in morning. Right at shift change pt goes in again for more than 10 minutes. Call cards to com...

2. They sent us a 1 week postpartum pt...we do openhearts!

   MIRockstarRN replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   the OB doc said that he was trying to avoid taking up a unit bed, told me that the ED said we could give pt appropriate care. we have 1:5 ratio at nights

3. They sent us a 1 week postpartum pt...we do openhearts!

   MIRockstarRN replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   the pt had been d/c from having the baby and was back home. apperentily you can have ecplamsia after you have given birth, not just while prgnant, which was the case with this pt...why she was on Mg+ gtt. OB doc said you cannot be admitted back onc...

4. They sent us a 1 week postpartum pt...we do openhearts!

   MIRockstarRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Sunday night i was the contact nurse - nursing sup. calls with pt assignment of pt coming from ED that's 18yo 1 month postpartum, new onset seizures, HTN. Please keep in mind that I work on a tele surgical stepdown... openhearts, thors, general surg...

5. You Know the patient is going bad when...

   MIRockstarRN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

   the pt looks up and to the left

6. Night shift bonus

   MIRockstarRN replied to srna2008's topic in MICU

   i work nights and we currentily have a day shifter working nights for $10 an hour extra. He has been on nights since this summer. When i first started ~2 years ago there were also several people getting the $10 hr extra - but at our hospital you mu...

7. Nurse Phobias?

   MIRockstarRN replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

   Feet....Yuck! The absolute worst is TED hose. The flaky skin that comes floating through the air when you pull them off is awful, i hold my breath because i'm afraid i'm going to inhale it! And putting them on you have to contend with there thick...

8. does your lab call elevated cardiac enzymes to the floor?

   MIRockstarRN posted a topic in Cardiac

   If you have a pt who's cardiac enzymes come back elevated/positive, does your lab call the floor to inform that pt's RN? Where I work, any critical lab values are called to the floor and lab documents who they spoke to about the results. I have alw...

9. Attn: Cath Lab RN's. (A bit long.)

   MIRockstarRN replied to JaredCNA's topic in Cardiac

   interesting... where i work we require 2 RN's to pull sheaths. Seems scary to me to let unlicensed personal pull lines:uhoh3:

10. consent for surgery - who's job is it

    MIRockstarRN replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in Safety

    i understand what your all saying about the doc talking to the pt first then getting informed consent - but what happens at the hospital i work at is the docs will go in and talk to a pt, then write and order for the nurse to get consent. I work nigh...

11. consent for surgery - who's job is it

    MIRockstarRN posted a topic in Safety

    This last weekend a co-worker (a nurse not even off orientation for maybe 2 months) mentioned that she had been written up by a PACU nurse for writing CABG instead of coronary artery bypass graft on the consent. I was telling my mom about this who i...

12. What would you change about your scrubs?

    MIRockstarRN replied to daisygirl_001's topic in Uniform/Gear

    have scrubs in longer lengths... 34-36 inseam.