I am currently in "charge" of any invasive cardiac procedures at my hospital including cath lab and stress lab. One of my cardiologists wants to change his adenosine cardiolyte stress test from a 6...
In our ICU though its only 10 beds, we do a group report. It was not what I was use to when I came here; however it works. It allows everyone working to get report. We do just about everything on...
What I dont understand is why they QA'd you for being safe not just your back but your patients own safety. In Texas, there is something in with the state Not the nursing board about workplace safety...
We use Meditech and once our staff was trained they like it. The ER is the only one that doesnt really like. However we are getting the ER Module that is similar to the TSheets so they will like it...
We have Meditech. Currently our students are allowed to do everything. They are assigned as svn1, svn2 . we switch who is who every semester. We also have 2 different schools that come so it does get...
Our hospital which is in Texas too is now going to Accountabilty agreement. We have had certain issues that are falling to the wayside one of them being getting an allergy band on every pt. So my CNO...
I too have the job of training all tele techs along with all new ICU nurses in EKG. I had a manual that my manager at the time wanted me to use. IT didnt do the job. So I wrote one that covers...
I had to develop one when we got a cath lab to do diagnostic only heart caths. basically the doctor inserts it. we apply TAO on it and cover it with a tegaderm. Occasionally we have to put a sandbag...
We dont do adenosines on COPD. He wants to give a smaller dose 0.56 mg/kg and do it over 4 minutes. I was just wanting to talk to someone that does it as a 4 minute
At our hospital, it is the nurse's responsibility to make sure the home medication list is as complete and accurate as possible. We then give it to the doctor to mark which ones they want to continue...
My first one was 9 # 8 oz and was over 21 inches. My mom said she looked like a giant in the newborn nursery next to the 4 #. She is now six and is over 53 inches tall. My second one was 11 # 23...
sscathlab replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor
When I had a patient once ask if he was going to die, I told him on my shift. It was too much paperwork. He felt more comfortable after that good laugh.:gandalf:
I work in a rural hospital too where our floors are understaffed but they do not put a L&D pt on the med-surg floor. They will put some pregnant patients on the floor but not if they are in
I was one of those new grads who went straight to ICU at a hospital with an internship program, with specific critical care classesfor all new grads working in the ICUor the CCU. I was on orientation...
I started to charge 9 months after I graduated from school. The Texas Board of Nurses now states that a new grad can not charge for 6 months after they have graduated; It seems to put less pressure on...
When I started in ICU 10 years ago, a friend of mine was interning at Parkland Hospital in Dallas and they used the following book for most of the classes: CRITICAL CARE SKILLS A CLINICAL HANDBOOK BY...
sscathlab replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU
When I started in ICU 10 years ago, a friend of mine was interning at Parkland Hospital in Dallas and they used the following book for most of the classes: CRITICAL CARE SKILLS A CLINICAL HANDBOOK BY...
I recommend the website RNCEUS.com. It does multiple ceu classes, though you dont have to pay for the information. You can look at the different rhythms and it explains them in simple