ICUBecky

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1. malignant hyperthermia

   ICUBecky replied to ICUBecky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   not anymore...he's

2. malignant hyperthermia

   ICUBecky replied to ICUBecky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   yes tenesmus...he is fully mentating now. kinda sad. he knows how critical he is. at least ppl are telling him the truth though. don't worry...you don't sound horrible....i feel the same way. as...

3. NURSING SCHOOL: Your Biggest Challenge!

   ICUBecky replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

   my biggest challenge...resisting the temptation to go out every night with my non-nursing major friends. i definitely liked to go out!! also, getting up really early in the morning for clinicals....

4. malignant hyperthermia

   ICUBecky replied to ICUBecky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   update on the patient. he is still alive, but continues to have a spiked temp, although down from 106 to 102. no muscle rigidity, ABGs normal. pt awake and following commands. cardiac funtion is...

5. malignant hyperthermia

   ICUBecky replied to ICUBecky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   very interesting. thankyou for your wonderful replies and website postings. guess i should use this pt. as a learning experience...since it looks like it happens in a small percentage of the pt....

6. malignant hyperthermia

   ICUBecky posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   just wondering if anybody here can give me an easy explanation of this phenomenon... my patient last night was diagnosed with this. he was emer. cabg X4, IABP, fentanyl, epi, levophed, dopamine,...

7. EASY ADMISSION CRNA PROGRAMS not ICU advice!

   ICUBecky replied to AnnCRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   AnnCRNA...i think it would be very wise of you to take the CRNA off of your name. YOU have not gone through the hellish program, YOU have not taken the boards, YOU are NOT a CRNA. i think that it is...

8. Anger management

   ICUBecky replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

   hee hee hee! gotta love it, don't you? i had one experience where a nurse did overtime (16 hrs.) realized that that an IV wasn't working at her 0700 assessment (charted it too), but wasn't...

9. cracking at corners of mouth

   ICUBecky replied to Kim-rn's topic in General Nursing

   Ohh...poor girl. I have suffered this same thing. I tried everything for about a month. Carmex, blistex, burts bees, petroleum jelly, neosporin. Then I finally asked a dermatologist. He said, I either...

10. Night shift nurses are lazy and NICU isn't real nursing!

    ICUBecky replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    kristi don't listen to these ppl...you know what you do. i get the same thing btw. our adult ICUs at my hospital. we have a neuro, med/surg, cardio surgical and cardiac ICU. well, i work in cardiac,...

11. Do any fem. nurses here have Stay at Home husbands/SOs ?

    ICUBecky replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    what year is it again? ohhh yeah 2002. women have been fighting for a long time to become equal to their male counterparts. it is a HUGE slap in the face when i hear "it is the WOMAN's job to...

12. Dubhoff insertion???

    ICUBecky replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    just becareful not to puncture a lung. i have seen 3 doctors do this (not a nursing function at my hospital), and cause lots and lots of problems. not good. i don't like

13. Separating work from home life

    ICUBecky replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    brandy, sometimes you just have to leave work saying "i did my best" or even "well...i kept them alive" and never think about it again. when i first started 2 years ago, i was really bad about this,...

14. What Freaks You Out?

    ICUBecky replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    any kind of "centesis", lumbar punctures, epidurals... just watching a large needle being jammed into a body part, and watching the fluid poor out, absolutely makes me sick. i've almost blacked out...

15. spooky spooky spooky

    ICUBecky replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    i have one just like dawnglove's story... a sleeze bag guy has a massive MI and is rushed emergently to the cath lab. well...he must have been really sedated, b/c when he woke up he said to us...