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  1. 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,...

  2. malignant hyperthermia

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

    not anymore...he's

  3. 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...

  4. 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....

  5. 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...

  6. 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....

  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...

  16. Another Forced into Charge Role

    ICUBecky replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    gotcha hoolahan...my mistake. still i would take $12 extra per

  17. Another Forced into Charge Role

    ICUBecky replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    oh yeah... $12/hour is great....lucky girl. we don't get

  18. Another Forced into Charge Role

    ICUBecky replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    hi kona!! i feel your pain. but, like i said i was charge nurse for a week last week and i survived. it was hard, took a lot of thinking and getting bi**hed at, and my brain was fried by the end of...

  19. Right handed? Left handed? Spell? Can't spell?

    ICUBecky replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    south paw here... can spell really well. it was my best subject in elementary school. i am also a freak about

  20. Primacor drip

    ICUBecky replied to Genista's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    oh yeah...i forgot. you should post this thread on the CCU BB. i'm sure lots of ppl can give you

  21. Primacor drip

    ICUBecky replied to Genista's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    i work in the CCU/heart failure/pre-heart transplant unit and give this gtt all of the time!! if the person is brand new to this drug and we just start it we monitor q15x4, q30X2, and then hourly...

  22. Bad day at clinical

    ICUBecky replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

    what that nurse did really sucks. she is simply "eating the young", and obviously doesn't remember what it was like when she was a new student nurse. i have been out of school for a little over a...

  23. Stethoscopes

    ICUBecky replied to Lisa32's topic in General Nursing

    i like littman too! but DO NOT get the lightweight one. it sucks. couldn't hear crap. luckily, i laid it down somewhere and someone stole it. so it gave me an excuse to by the master classic II....

  24. I need info on post angio bed rest

    ICUBecky replied to Morph's topic in Cardiac

    sheaths: lay flat, pull sheath, lay flat for # hours as size of sheath i.E. 6 fr. sheath =6 hours laying flat. then end of BR...unless on integrelin, reopro, ect. angioseal: 2 hours BR perclose: 1-2...