Maevish

Maevish ASN, RN

ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU

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  1. Oscillating ventilation

    Maevish replied to putmetosleep's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yeah they use it on adults in our ICU as well, but all the RTs say it's primarily used in peds. We don't see them very often

  2. Zeroing the transducer...help?!

    Maevish replied to cwhitebn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Also, wait for the '0' on the screen before putting the cap back on

  3. Ativan IVP given undiluted into central line.

    Maevish replied to Septic Boy's topic in MICU, SICU

    I dilute it because it says to in the drug book and since that was my bible in nursing school it's just

  4. Did this ever happen to you?

    Maevish replied to stram87's topic in Critical Care

    Growing "nursing balls" is hard to do....I think mine are just now descending ***** :-) I think we've all done things like that on different levels simply because we weren't courageous enough or...

  5. Levo and pH

    Maevish replied to Maevish's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Okay, I'm remembering a little more now: She had an art line that was put in in as they were sewing her up from the C-Section right in the OR, but that was it until they were able to get a PICC in an...

  6. Levo and pH

    Maevish replied to Maevish's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I haven't been on here for awhile and seeing all these replies is great! I think I had failed to mention that after she'd gotten 8L NS and a couple units of blood (before the "stat" echo) that her EF...

  7. Wondering what my/our responsibility is in this case

    Maevish posted a topic in California Nursing

    I realize this should maybe go in the Patient Safety forum, but I need the info in regards to California so I thought this might be ok. I had a patient in our ICU who was sedated and not doing very...

  8. Advice on pt with open chest Please!

    Maevish replied to sweetart4988's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yeah I've always heard that the mediastinal chest tubes can have bubbling anyways, but I'm glad you said something cause I don't have as much experience in this area as I would like (HATE CTs and...

  9. Advice on pt with open chest Please!

    Maevish replied to sweetart4988's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Sorry, guess I misunderstood. The constant bubbling in an open heart (ore any open chest surgery as far as I understand--and someone please correct me if I'm wrong ) is because the air that got...

  10. New + very stressed = really need some help!

    Maevish replied to BNE103's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Working in the ICU is tough...we do a lot of stuff and you can go from relaxed to a nervous nelly in 3 seconds flat. that goes for all the emotions though. When I think I'm getting too stressed out...

  11. what are common times to run IV's in ?

    Maevish replied to Amy10BSN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Where I work we have to run 10mEq K over an hour, Mg 2g over 2 hours, and Calcium over 15 min. I wonder why our times are so different from other facilities?

  12. therapeutic hypothermia

    Maevish replied to Phylis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We use it a lot and I've seen it do some amazing things. We use cooling blankets and a lot of the nurses use icepacks, but I've recently found out that that's not a good thing to do, and once in a...

  13. Advice on pt with open chest Please!

    Maevish replied to sweetart4988's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Usually bubbling is due to a leak somewhere, you just have to find out where it's coming from. You can check all the connections to make sure they're not loose or off, if you check the tubing for...

  14. Levo and pH

    Maevish replied to Maevish's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks for the explanations! One thing though, I went to an amazing, all-day cardiac class and learned a ton. The only thing is, no one ever mentions the necessity of having a near-normal pH so that...

  15. Help! New nurse and arterial lines!

    Maevish replied to new nurse stl's topic in Critical Care

    You know what? For some reason unknown to me, I also had a hard time with this, and even now, I still see nurses pause and think before they turn a stopcock one way or the other. When you have a pt...

  16. your hired!..yay!! now i think i'm gonna puke

    Maevish replied to persephone714's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    funny how that happens....you're dying for a job, then when you get it, you swear you're really gonna die from the

  17. John Muir, anyone?

    Maevish posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hey there, I was just wondering if any of you worked at John Muir Medical Center and if you liked it because I'm thinking about working there in about a year or so.

  18. yesterday was FIRST day! is this how it always is?

    Maevish replied to ncriverrat's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! I don't really have an answer for you, but I'm in my last semester and I had a nurse EXACTLY like that and it really freaked me out! I'll be checking back on this

  19. About to "graduate"....

    Maevish posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hey all, I was wondering if any of you could help me out with my situation: I transferred to my current school in January and I just found out that the Dean of Nursing here was supposed to refer me to...

  20. New grad question for all you pros out there :)

    Maevish posted a topic in Nursing Career

    i'm going to be graduating in december and i want to work either in ob or the er, but i've heard it's better to get med-surg experience first. i know that's probably true, but i hate m/s and was...

  21. New grad question for all you pros out there :)

    Maevish posted a topic in Nursing Career

    i'm going to be graduating in december and i want to work either in ob or the er, but i've heard it's better to get med-surg experience first. i know that's probably true, but i hate m/s and was...

  22. New grad question for all you pros out there :)

    Maevish replied to Maevish's topic in Nursing Career

    thanks a lot...i never really considered the fact that most of the people who were telling me to get the m/s experience were, in fact m/s nurses! i'm such a