JHUBRAIN

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1. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

   Me too! That is why I love this board!

2. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

   Great response - Thank you so much!!

3. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

   We do a lot of sclerosing - and getting the talc back out. Also we get a lot of the pyothorax folks. Sometimes it is so thick. We see it more once suction has been turned off (like going to Rad or something) and when suction gets reattached.

4. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

   To prevent it from clotting off. Sometimes they icky stuff gets caught in thoraic cath. They had a PA doing it and he just recently quit. I have only had to have it done twice.

5. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Students

   Hi everyone - The interventional Rad group is wanting to start having the floor nurses start flushing their chest tubes they place. I have never done this and the others on our floors are not real happy about either. There is no policy in place as ...

6. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

   JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism

   i knew it!!! hey two thumbs way up to allnurses for doing what they did!!

7. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

   JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism

   Well said

8. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

   JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism

   I think you are way off - and your anger towards the nurses show. If I may - what dept to you work in?

9. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

   JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism

   Good Luck to you all!

10. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism

    I am following this with much awe - Good luck to all of you - Fight for your rights!

11. Use of Prisoners in Drug Trials

    JHUBRAIN replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    The job of an IRB is to protect the study particpants no matter were they are (even in prison). Most IRB study presentation paperwork has a part on it about "special populations" and prison inmates fall into that. I don't think any IRB would allow s...

12. Should there be a limit on trying to pass NCLEX?

    JHUBRAIN replied to 2ndCareerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with this. There should be a limit - or there are no standards. If someone could just retake - retake - retake until on the 12th time they pass - maybe nursing is really not for them. The same should hold true for MDs as well. I c...

13. Critical Meds on MEDSURG

    JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Nursing

    All great points. The nurse will have to be ACLS to do these. Inservices will be done with a yearly compentencies as well. Great conversation. Thanks to all

14. Critical Meds on MEDSURG

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone - I have a question and am hoping you can help. Do any of you know what your policys are regarding "critical Meds" on a medsurg floor. The meds I am interested in are Amiodarone - Diltiazem - Dobutamine-Eptifibatide. Now the patient...

15. attiitudes on caring for Chronic pain patient

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Students

    Hello all - I was wondering if you could share you thoughts about your attitudes on caring for chronic pain patients and end of life patients - do you prefer one over the other and if so why - I am working on a project and was hoping to get a few oth...