BKingRn

The author has a good point. As nurses, we must uphold integrity. I have dark humor, but I also understand that lay people don't. I'm passive aggressive enough to wear that under a scrub shirt, but in my state, the BON can easily call that a HIPPA violation and unprofessional conduct. We must be ever conscious of how we are perceived by the public. There is a reason that RNs are the most trusted and respected professionals 15 years in a row. I like the shirt, but think back to your therapeutic communication. Ask, what would the mom be feeling if they read that shirt at WalMart. We need to take mental health seriously. To her, her kid's OD, is not a joke.

Agreed. When you've got an upper GIB lightheaded with BP 80s/40s. You do what you can to keep people alive. I wanted to see how the nation of nurses thinks about this. I know what Is done on Ohio, but my community is limited off the net.

That makes sense. I think it would make a good poster presentation talk for a critical care conference. When I've raised the question with other RNs, they quickly say no. When I am why, well they just say "you just don't." I think as nurses we need to be able to articulate why we do things without responding "that's how we do it." These types of questions are good to create critical thinking skills.

I should clarify "I have done it" as in mass transfusion in major traumas. And pts come from the CVOR with with it like that hanging. It finishes in CVICU but it's the CVICU nurse whose name is on the chart because OR doesn't scan anything. I know anathesiology kinda gets to do things a bit more liberally but it's something to bring up. (I just reread my post. Sorry, I asked it while waiting on giving report.)

The same is true if I were to use 2 IV sites. You would not know which caused the reaction.

Quick question. Can you y-site FFP or platelets and PRBC through a peripheral IV. I can't find anything that says no. To me, logic says yes because they are both blood components and should be comparable, but nurses tend to freak out when they see something new or unusual, so I thought I would ask on here before asking my fellow ICU nurses. I have done it in CVICU but CVICU is a different world. I have also done it in mass tramsfusions before. But let's just say I'm a normal transfusion situation.