Triddin

Triddin

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  1. Help with complicated acid base balance

    Triddin replied to Teacher17's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry. Early morning brain. Increased rr = decreased

  2. Help with complicated acid base balance

    Triddin replied to Teacher17's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My first thought is her pao2 = yikes. She's sob, rr is likely high hence a higher co2, which could be compensating for metabolic alkalosis or a side effect of not having enough oxygenation. Give her...

  3. dream job ended

    Triddin replied to singleye's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes personalities clash. Someone can be your friend and not think you will well on the floor. Enjoy your new job and perhaps when you have less on your plate, try

  4. Restraints

    Triddin replied to emm1256's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That makes a lot more sense with what I've experienced in practice. I was trying to imagine some of our super delirious patients without restraints and how we would prevent self extubation considering...

  5. Restraints

    Triddin replied to emm1256's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would love to see the literature regarding

  6. Critical Care Experience

    Triddin replied to thatswhatshesaid's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt that pct experience would count as experience as it isn't nursing experience. The scope of nursing is much broader. Worst case scenario, get a few years in med/ surg and apply for icu

  7. TB exposure?? HELP

    Triddin replied to jeane1090's topic in General Nursing

    I've cared for vented patients for days before we discovered they were the positive and I've yet to get tb. It's actually pretty hard to catch. I think our ID nurse said They would have to be coughing...

  8. I want to quit during orientation...

    Triddin replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    It's a common fear, especially in newer nurses, but skills are overrated; it's important to have, but you don't need to be able to insert an in to be considered a nurse. Skills such as assessments,...

  9. Medication addiction treatment... are we circling the drain?

    Triddin replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    I think medication addiction therapy is an essential part of addictions recovery, but it isn't the whole picture. You need to address why someone started using in the first place. This involves...

  10. CPR LAWS

    Triddin replied to shargrove1201's topic in General Nursing

    No brain activity is brain dead I believe ( assuming no sedation was on board at the time), so barring organ donations, there is literally no reason to continue. Pt is already dead. and if the doctor...

  11. GCS verbal response

    Triddin replied to ireyes98's topic in Emergency

    Remember, consciousness is a different measure. We measure consciousness using the RASS scale. So given the you need to stimulate the patient, he would probably be scored a -1/-2. Your first indicator...

  12. GCS verbal response

    Triddin replied to ireyes98's topic in Emergency

    You go by the best response when scoring gcs. If you are getting a verbal response, that shows that portion of the brain is still

  13. Religious discrimination

    Triddin replied to amiss8488's topic in General Nursing

    I agree you should not be treated this way and I would probably leave if I felt unsafe, or at least actively be searching for a different position. Can you confront him about his behaviour? Maybe with...

  14. Charge nurse calls doc at night

    Triddin replied to Nurse-please's topic in General Nursing

    Some of our charge nurses do this, some dont, but we try to clump our calls together if the charge nurse takes the orders, then they are writing the orders. Our charge nurses are pretty good about...

  15. Hypotension protocol

    Triddin replied to bryson.holbrook's topic in General Nursing

    We can use peripheral lines up to 10mcg/min for norepinephrine in our facility, but really, if the patient needs sustained norepinephrine, the doctor should be looking at inserting a central line. It...

  16. Dangers of teaching kids they can be boys or girls

    Triddin replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    My apologies heron, I misunderstood

  17. Dangers of teaching kids they can be boys or girls

    Triddin replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm fine with being proven wrong. I just believe if you are going to go on rants like this, you should back up your arguments with literature to strengthen them. Otherwise I have difficulty taking the...

  18. Dangers of teaching kids they can be boys or girls

    Triddin replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    We are in an evidence based field. Please cite your sources, preferably peer reviewed journals, to back up your emotional responses. You will be much more effective in trying to prove your

  19. struggling,wk 16 ICU orientation

    Triddin replied to singleye's topic in General Nursing

    The ocd will come with time. It took about a year before I had completely adjusted. I would suggest making a learning plan with your perceived weaknesses and how you would work towards improving

  20. Chest tubes

    Triddin replied to sweetredRN's topic in General Nursing

    well, that puts them at a huge risk of developing a pneumo. I would report that as a safety

  21. What are your thoughts on the idea of it taking four years to be an RN?

    Triddin replied to Guest878640's topic in General Students

    Changed

  22. Cannulating right or wrong

    Triddin replied to Delaneypaz's topic in General Nursing

    Just our health authority policy. It's so we ding damage the vessels if a picc ends up being

  23. Cannulating right or wrong

    Triddin replied to Delaneypaz's topic in General Nursing

    We need a doctors order before going above the

  24. Help. Starting IV Piggy Backs without Primary Order

    Triddin replied to RnStarvingstudent88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As long as what ever you are connecting are compatible and you remember to check compatibility with any secondary medications you

  25. Help. Starting IV Piggy Backs without Primary Order

    Triddin replied to RnStarvingstudent88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Goodness. Usually one post is sufficient, you don't need to make multiple. 5 is rather overkill. As long as mag is compatible with RL, you can either connect it through the top y site as a secondary,...