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  1. Drug Titration Programs

    JSRN81 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I was wondering if any o fyou out there use computer software to do your drug titration tables, and what type of software is it? Recently we had a change over in our monitoring systems and the...

  2. Drug Titration Programs

    JSRN81 replied to JSRN81's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for the replies. I am still working on it. I am aware of a few errors already. Luckily they have only been "underdosing" thus far. However, most seem to be getting the hang of it now, which...

  3. Drug Titration Programs

    JSRN81 replied to JSRN81's topic in MICU, SICU

    Actually, I am too. The new monitors do some calculations, they are just set up differently than our previous monitors/program. I actually had one individual ask me to make her a list(she didn't...

  4. Wearing scrubs home??

    JSRN81 replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    My shoes don't go into my house...but the rest of my stuff does. Our hospital does not provide scrubs, nor do they provide a place to change and keep your belongings. On the same token...I'm hoping...

  5. Oddest things found in a patient!

    JSRN81 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't ask!!!!! All I know is that that was his official diagnosis!! It was quite a few years ago, so it wasn't recently.

  6. Oddest things found in a patient!

    JSRN81 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    We had a guy one time with lead poisoning because he stuck a pencil up his because he couldn't pee....yeah, stick a pencil in there buddy, don't pick anything hollow like a straw...a pencil might...

  7. nurse not giving her meds.. should she be fired?

    JSRN81 replied to cant_not's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that a person must consent before having a placebo, which means that they could sign a general consent for a treatment that says that may, or may not receive a placebo instead of the actual...

  8. Help!! Need some personal advice (not really medical advice)...

    JSRN81 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I just need some opinions as to what to do about this situation, besides freak out. On Tuesday I went in for surgery to have my submadibular gland removed. In January, my allergist felt a...

  9. Nurses Week

    JSRN81 replied to jonear2's topic in General Nursing

    Our facilities celebreates nurses week quite well actually. The nurse managers hand out cards and presents (usually a pen, or calculator, note pad or something....last year we got pedometers). They...

  10. Oddest things found in a patient!

    JSRN81 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've got three stories... The first one about me...when I was two, I stuck a piece of yellow chiclet gum up my nose. When my parents asked me why, I told them "Petey did it!" Mind you, Petey was our...

  11. HELP!!! Has anyone done this? Advice needed

    JSRN81 replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    At our facility, holidays are worked on a rotational basis. You have a "holiday partner" for which you work one holiday, they work the other (on one, off one). The following year, it is switched...

  12. How to handle nurses who "Don't get it"....? (Kind of long)

    JSRN81 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I ran into a situation last night that I wasn't quite sure how to handle. I work in a CCU/MICU and was in charge last night, which is actually the norm. Anyway, a fellow nurse, who is rather new,...

  13. How to handle nurses who "Don't get it"....? (Kind of long)

    JSRN81 replied to JSRN81's topic in MICU, SICU

    tjsmom123: I'm glad that you found confidence in what I said. I truly hope that your experience is a great one, and remember, its what you make of it too!! I haven't had a chance to work very much...

  14. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    JSRN81 replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    Today I learned that there is at least one nurse manager, one director of critical care (MD), and at least 3 committees full of people who reviewed a policy and not one of them can spell the word...

  15. Hmm...."You don't have to run"...no?

    JSRN81 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Today I went to a Code Blue on a medical / oncology floor. Turns out that the doc did a pleural tap and according to him he pulled off 3.5 liters of fluid and then the patient coded (v-fib arrest)....

  16. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    JSRN81 replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    The other night (at 1am mind you)....I was helping another nurse bring her patient to CT Scan and as we were going down, her I-Med kept beeping. Anyway, I saw her keep pushing a few buttons and then...

  17. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    JSRN81 replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of weeks ago we had a kid who almost died because of a fentanyl patch. He didn't freeze it, but he did scrape the gel off and chew on it. After we saved his life and discharged him, the...

  18. Hmm...."You don't have to run"...no?

    JSRN81 replied to JSRN81's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yea....I'm 4'11"...my steps aren't that big! Plus....I acted as the gopher, not giving patient care....but when the PA is standing there with sterile gloves waiting to put his chest tube in and I...

  19. Anyone finish shift and not return to job?

    JSRN81 replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in General Nursing

    While I understand where you're coming from, I think it would be best for you to give your two weeks notice, unless you feel the situation is too unsafe and you are risking your life, your patient's...

  20. Critical care experience before ER?

    JSRN81 replied to supernova004's topic in Emergency

    At our facility, at least 6 months of critical care or other acute care experience is recommended before working in the ER. We have two "internships" available for new grads every year, and they...

  21. 800lbs plus man

    JSRN81 replied to ak47m203's topic in General Nursing

    We recently had one that weight upwards of 700lbs. We had to order all special equiptment for him and he ended up being trached because we could not intubate him when we needed to because of his neck...

  22. Complications from a CT scan???

    JSRN81 replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Sheri!!!! I too had a CT scan last week (r/o enlarged lymph node vs. parotid gland mass) with contrast. Needless to say, I felt terrible the rest of the day and into the night. I am so glad you...

  23. Ruptured pulmonary artery

    JSRN81 replied to sharann's topic in Cardiac

    Our Chief of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ruptured a PA about a year ago when he was attempting a PCWP. At our facility, we do not wedge following an open-heart, whether it be a valve or bypass unless we...

  24. Any expereince with patient controlled oral analgesic

    JSRN81 replied to roey's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is a totally new concept to me. How does one exercise the 5 (or 6, depending on where you are) Rights of medication adminstration with this? I have never heard of it, and I am supposing you use...

  25. Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    JSRN81 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with calling to the specific unit, just not the EXACT room number. They used to call just wing and floor, say E5 or A6 south, but now they actually all it to A607b or something like that.