royreba

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1. Ideas for a New Unit

   royreba replied to CCU NRS's topic in CCU

   Space!!! You need rooms big enough that you can fit your vent, IABP,swan cart and a stat cart in at one time. I get so annoyed when you can barely get around your equipment to defib someone. I like the idea of having stocked cupboards in the room wi...

2. Innapropriate comment at CODE?

   royreba replied to Dinith88's topic in CCU

   We recently had this discussion at work. A new grad described my coworkers as unprofessional during a code. Apparently she felt we should never laugh, even when something really funny happens. She came to me for support since I was in charge and was ...

3. Evil People

   royreba replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

   I think that management needs to take a look at the abuse of families as a major issue in nurse retainment. I have seen many nurses leave the bedside because of the constant abuse of family, patients and physicians. The unit I work on now is really g...

4. Potassium Dilemma

   royreba replied to cecelynn's topic in CCU

   Hello! Where I work we give 10MeQ/hr to nontele pts, 20MEQ/hr to floor pts on tele and 40MEQ/hr to unit pts with central lines. We ususally replace po and IV at the same time if the patient is very low. The lowest K I have treated was around 1.8, I g...