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  1. Unit Lock Down

    APRN. replied to Scrubbers_007's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our ICU unit is more open than a 24 hr Walmart...... It

  2. FIVE family members in a crowded ICU rm all night long!

    APRN. replied to APRN.'s topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    thank you all for your insight. i feel so much better now with your help. update: just to let you know....a nurse with more 'gravity-prone ovaries' (read - testes) than myself nipped the family...

  3. FIVE family members in a crowded ICU rm all night long!

    APRN. replied to APRN.'s topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    LOL!!! I laughed so hard, I almost soaked my diapers with that

  4. FIVE family members in a crowded ICU rm all night long!

    APRN. replied to APRN.'s topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I most humbly retract my complaint. You have me beat by far. I think I would be pretty sour about having to nurse in the dark while under stealth

  5. FIVE family members in a crowded ICU rm all night long!

    APRN. replied to APRN.'s topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    LOL that would be funny. Don't forget about the director telling the manager not to look stressed in front of the family while's she's at

  6. Nursing Mnemonics Etc

    APRN. replied to pielęgniarka's topic in General Nursing

    C - Concentrated Electrolytes I - Insulin Infusions N - Neuromuscular Blockers C - Controlled Substance Infusions C - Chemotherapy H - Heparin

  7. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    APRN. replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  8. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    APRN. replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    Horse To

  9. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    APRN. replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    Beating

  10. Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    APRN. replied to RnM21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    here's some wording from a local union: the assumption that overtime worked is the result of poor time management disregards the nurse's obligation to...

  11. Night shift is depressing me!

    APRN. replied to Eirene's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel your pain Danibanani. It's got to be hard to go from a nurturing environment to one that makes you feel like you're all on your own. You mentioned that you had a nurturing preceptor on days,...

  12. Quick survey question

    APRN. replied to zzsweetyzz's topic in General Nursing

    42/female/12 (I was a race car driver, and 10 of the 12 was on the

  13. Socialized Medicine....WHAT IF?

    APRN. replied to unclebenny20's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    For clarity....that's why the "or" was placed between the two

  14. Reporting other nurses

    APRN. replied to wanderlust99's topic in General Nursing

    neurorachel, I am very sorry that you experienced this level of cruelty. I wish that nurses treated each other more like doctors...... You don't hear them stabbing each other in the back like we do....

  15. Socialized Medicine....WHAT IF?

    APRN. replied to unclebenny20's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here's a scary thought: Imagine that you depended upon the government to give you pay raises instead of the individual hospital? Or how about this: Due to cost cutting measures, you are now losing...

  16. coding a vented patient

    APRN. replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    In my last three worlds, the ACLS code team is activated and run the code while the patients RN stays in the room at the mercy of every one's questions i.e. Last K+,

  17. Help! I can't get a job in the ICU!

    APRN. replied to nursingdude78's topic in MICU, SICU

    Try to look at it this way; when you started your nursing classes, did you find that it might have been a LOT easier if you were able to concentrate on one subject at a time versus having all those...

  18. Hourly rounding... I have the time

    APRN. replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ICU. If this ever came between me and my patient care, I think I would pull my hair out.....then again, this is probably how it could go; "Hi my name is Anne, I'll be your RN...

  19. thoughts on only Paralytic while intubated....

    APRN. replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    Holy Cow Batman! Any nurse who follows through on an order to sustain a patient on a paralytic without sedation is hell bent on getting a chance to check out how well their malpractice insurance...

  20. Smoking on Campus

    APRN. replied to ScrubMan0416's topic in General Nursing

    I personally do not want anyone to die, regardless of how little I think of their disgusting habits. Anyhoo.... When I first went in to nursing, I can remember sitting around the table charting...

  21. Okay, Okay, Okay. Is It A Joke?

    APRN. replied to walk6miles's topic in MICU, SICU

    AMEN to that............. sigh

  22. coding a vented patient

    APRN. replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    When bagging someone off the ventilator in any situation, always remember that the PEEP on the BVM needs to be set to the same PEEP that the ventilator was

  23. Bye, Bye, LPN's

    APRN. replied to gilf7243's topic in LPN to RN

    Here in Northern California, there are very few LVN's in the acute care setting. The last three hospitals that I worked for were actively phasing out LVN's and now I see a trend towards unit...

  24. Crap, I should've paged the MD.

    APRN. replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't beat yourself up about this. Report is for passing on pertinent information. Unless this is a major-university hospital, the labwork for Lyme disease (Lyme Western Blot, Bartonella IGM,...

  25. Sacramento New Grad RNs.... Are You Having A Difficult Time Landing A Job?

    APRN. replied to nurseJ88's topic in California Nursing

    I would recommend going to the manager of the department where you want to work with your resume and completed application (for an open position) in hand and turn those in to him/her with along with a...