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  1. What was IV tubing made of before the invention of plastics?

    JustMe replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no--Dakins and benzoin are still out there! We still use then in our facility routinely! Actually, I use the benzoin and steri-strips to tape the NG tube in place--works better than a bandaid. :)...

  2. What was IV tubing made of before the invention of plastics?

    JustMe replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    I've been around over 25 years now and trained with the old manifold set-up for Swans that came from Central all sterile wrapped. We had to use sterile technique to put the stopcocks on the manifold...

  3. Rapid Response Team

    JustMe replied to Lukestar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our facility just started the RRT program, so it's still being evaluated. The first RRT call took the nurse from CICU for over an hour! We were told it should take no longer than 20 minutes. Obviously...

  4. Rapid Response Team

    JustMe replied to Lukestar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    One of the things we nurses are remiss in doing is debriefing after a traumatic event. I've only seen it done one time and it was really helpful. This might be the time to bring it up. As you probably...

  5. Rapid Response Team

    JustMe replied to Lukestar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I commend you for a job well done! That's exactly what you should have been doing--but I also understand that many floor nurses are badly understaffed to take the time with a really sick patient....

  6. I'm so upset! (warning-long)

    JustMe replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN!!

  7. Rapid Response Team

    JustMe replied to Lukestar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    To those of you who are using the Rapid Response Team: Who is on the team? Everyone mentions an ICU nurse and a respiratory therapist, but are some teams including a physician? We're just now getting...

  8. Engraving Stethoscopes

    JustMe replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    I've never lost a stethoscope. I usually buy a pink one--the doctors are less likely to walk away with a pink stethoscope

  9. Cell phones??

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

    How true! I hadn't thought about the picture phones. Thanks for the technology update!

  10. Magnet?

    JustMe replied to whitetiger74's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like this particular "Magnet" hospital needs to be re-evaluated and their Magnet status pulled. Or maybe some hospitals are calling themselves Magnet when in reality they are not....

  11. I have a misdeamenor

    JustMe replied to SCCgraduateRN's topic in General Nursing

    You'll need to talk to an attorney, but you might be able to have your record expunged, meaning wiped clean. I have had nursing students ask me to write letters to the Board of Nursing to testify to...

  12. Magnet?

    JustMe replied to whitetiger74's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't work for a Magnet hosptial, I wish I did. You can go to the ANA website and check out the evaluation process. If your nurses are NOT involved in obtaining Magnet status, your hospital...

  13. Rapid Response Team

    JustMe replied to Lukestar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I work in a 9-bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. We were just notified yesterday that the hospital intends to institute the RRT. Guess who gets to go? The CICU nurse of course. Even though the charge...

  14. What squicks you out?

    JustMe replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I can usually handle just about anything--til I worked per diem in ER. I had a guy come in with a bellyache. Said he hadn't had a BM in NINE DAYS!!! The Doc ordered an HHH enema and the charge nurse...

  15. Safest/economical place to live in CA?

    JustMe replied to X-treme's topic in California Nursing

    I live near shodobe (see posting) in the Central Valley, but housing is becoming unaffordable to middle income families. Nice thing about California, our salaries usually mirror the cost of living....

  16. jaw click

    JustMe replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    My husband had a clicking in his ears when he walked on hard surfaces. Xrays showed his temporomandibular joint on one side was eroding. Many years ago the dentist said he would need to have his jaw...

  17. Have you been injured by a doctor?

    JustMe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering--is there anybody out there who has been injured by a doctor? Or do you know of anyone injured by a doctor? I mean--a chart thrown at them, or worse a scalpel? :uhoh21: Has anyone been...

  18. Have you been injured by a doctor?

    JustMe replied to JustMe's topic in General Nursing

    No, not doing research. But read about a lawsuit against a doc on another website "Placebo Journal" (heard of it?) and Dr. Doug was incensed that a doctor would be sued for "bullying." I think he (Dr....

  19. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    JustMe replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    Sorry you feel the way you do. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. That's the great thing about our country,

  20. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    JustMe replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    Do you remember the RCT squabble? The AMA came up with this brilliant idea that they would invent registered care technologists to "help" the nursing shortage without asking nursing for its input. ANA...

  21. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    JustMe replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    Do you belong to ANA? Are you active? Do you write your congressmen/women with information that is factual and shows common sense? If you want results from your organization, then

  22. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    JustMe replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    You have to remember that we have a Republican Congress. ANA is working as best they can within the system. ANA also took a giant step a few years ago and formed the UAN, the union for nurses within...

  23. Calif RN disagrees with CNA in many ways. Am I alone?

    JustMe replied to imkw_np's topic in California Nursing

    I was there when the union took over CNA and disaffiliated from ANA. The union people (mostly Kaiser nurses--they have a very good communication network) told the membership a bunch of lies about ANA,...

  24. CNA spending dues money in Hawai

    JustMe replied to Hawaii RN's topic in California Nursing

    How right you are! CNA has gone off the deep end. Since disaffiliating with ANA, it is nothing but a union. But don't think Hawaii is special--CNA is doing this all over the country. Yes, I am furious...

  25. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

    JustMe replied to CWhite's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    i read a summary of the abstract. wow! we have pretty good luck with the devices, but it has a lot to do with the skill of the cardiologist, i think. and how many times the doc had to stick the groin...