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mced

ER, OPEN HEART RECOVERY

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  1. Male staff-Female Pt. - ECG

    If it is a true emergency, I will do it myself (don't really care how pendulous their breasts are, I just heave them out of the way and hope the leads stick). If it is a typical "emergency", I will...
  2. G-Tube Feedings and loose stools

    Patients on tube feed always have diarrhea. Thats how they get back at you. If I were you I would call, V.O. whatever you need to do to get a rectal tube. Insert tube and the problem is solved....
  3. Who does your IABPs

    Thats interesting TennRN2004, I have never heard of an RT running or for that matter even having anything to do with an IABP. I do not think it would be that difficult to explain and teach to an RT,...
  4. "Don't Send Anyone Out!"

    Do you think that sending a gomer to an emergency department equals a higher level of care? Remember the XIII Law: The delivery of medical care is to do as little as
  5. foley catheter question

    Sounds kind of kinky....I think you might be posting on the wrong
  6. foley catheter question

    30french 3-way, Coude if you have one. That is what I try to use. Most guys love it and come back asking for
  7. V-tach question

    Oh, forgot the why part. Most beta blockers will block circulating catecholamines such as norepinephrine, epinephrine, etc... and have a membrane stabilizing effect that decrease the chances of...
  8. V-tach question

    I would suggest a load of amiodarone to break the V-tach followed by a beta-1 blocker such as metoprolol once they were in a more life-sustaining
  9. I would not worry too much about studying Happygrad06. It is my opinion that the main purpose of nursing school is to ensure that you pass the NCLEX. If you made it through school you should do just...
  10. Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

    We frequently have days in open heart recovery when only male nurses and male techs are working. I guess we fit in well on the unit. I do not think the patients we recover have any adverse...
  11. Ambulance Personnel and wait times

    I pull shifts in a 50+ bed ED where it is not unusual for 4-6 rescues to be waiting in our bay. We triage the patients as you bring them in and will find a way to get a bed if the patient is truly on...
  12. Main Problem In The Nursing Field?

    1) Female nurses stabbing each other in the back day in and day out. 2) Need to make the BSN degree the standard for all entry level RN's. ASN and diplomma RNs are good nurses, but having so many...
  13. Trouble with Narcan

    Narcan is a great drug. Just make sure that you or EMS has restrained the patient prior to administration. Same goes for
  14. Male Nursing

    Yes you bathe "nude" patients in nursing school. The good news however is that you get to see some interesting tattoos. If you go into the ER this will not be something you will deal with. Hardest...
  15. Need advice quickly

    It seems to me that your "friend" is trying to hold you
  16. Police Killed Our Patient

    "psych SWAT team", I like that idea. Maybe they could use tasers with prefilled syringes of haloperidol. This of course could only be utilized by officers who have completed some sort of sensitivity...
  17. Roll Call UNF 2006

    Im ready, cannot wait to get the required reading material this Monday. Looks like
  18. Recommended Req'd reading before NS?

    Relax man, nursing school is not that hard. I would recommend, The House Of God. Hilarious book but kind of an old school view of