fiveofpeep

fiveofpeep

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  1. You Might Be a Neuro Nurse If. . .

    fiveofpeep replied to Lola77's topic in Neurological

    ^ hehe sooo

  2. Supply shortages

    fiveofpeep replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    yeah pillows are a hot commodity where I work. sometimes I will get a new admit and have no pillows so I have to make a pillow from blankets

  3. Reporting to ICU

    fiveofpeep replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    my hospital runs levo and dop peripherally so we really could do okay for at least the night with 2Ivs with chicken feet attached to

  4. Medication Shortages

    fiveofpeep replied to registerednutrn's topic in General Nursing

    weve been out of morphine and only have 4mg and 10mg which is a PITA! we also dont stock lasix on the floor anymore d/t a shortage a few months back we had a propofol shortage, idk if it was MJ...

  5. Sacramento Area Nursing

    fiveofpeep replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in California Nursing

    dont come here unless you have a job lined up. its

  6. Disheartened

    fiveofpeep replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    come to

  7. I prefer working with new grads,or non-hospital nurses

    fiveofpeep replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    im a new grad and I actually really digg the old timers in my unit. they have a different perspective and the ones in my unit arent so

  8. nurses attacking nurses

    fiveofpeep replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

    I seriously could have written this myself. It's almost scary how similar our situations

  9. Highest temp you've seen?

    fiveofpeep replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    107 for me too. It was a neuro patient with brain stem

  10. nurses attacking nurses

    fiveofpeep replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

    my unit is like this too. my boss talks about other nurses behind their backs and it makes me insecure, knowing that she does the same to me too. night shift is pretty lax about writing up day shift...

  11. Reporting to ICU

    fiveofpeep replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    ^ great post, but regarding IVs the reason we like you guys to give us two is because we are used to having central lines so if a tough stick comes in it will take us about an hour to get access when...

  12. What to expect in Neurosurgery Nursing

    fiveofpeep replied to irsbear's topic in General Nursing

    is it neurosurgical icu or step down? that will make a difference in the

  13. General IV Filter question

    fiveofpeep replied to mlbdestined's topic in General Nursing

    hahaha so true!! Ive made quite a few crystal gardens atop my iv

  14. Any night shifters split the difference?

    fiveofpeep replied to I see you RN's topic in General Nursing

    ^ I average a lot of extra sleep on nights off too. hehehe sometimes I marathon sleep in preparation of a long stretch of nights and roll into work with 14hrs under my

  15. dayshifters please please please...

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in General Nursing

    FOREWARNING: this is a rant. I understand not all dayshifters do this. I just need to get this off my chest so I dont call back and ream the nurse who woke me up. Dayshifters, Please as a common...

  16. Reporting to ICU

    fiveofpeep replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    That's because most critical care RNs (myself included) are generally neurotic, anal, perfectionistic, detail-oriented, obsessive compulsive, hypercritical, control freaks --that's what makes us such...

  17. Felt like a complete idiot at work yesterday

    fiveofpeep replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    yes but it's also important to utilize nursing autonomy and save the patient while calling the md. I am shocked the supervisor didnt increase the O2 or change to a VM or NRB while the RN called the...

  18. non-rebreather mask with brain air

    fiveofpeep replied to hummingbird1314's topic in Critical Care

    I have heard this too and we do it at our

  19. Yahoo once again touting RN Jobs

    fiveofpeep replied to MedicLifelineRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have also noticed a trend in ICU positions where they used to say 1yr experience required and now it says

  20. How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    fiveofpeep replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Students

    man I have enough trouble keeping neuro patients from grabbing my wobbly bits and making proposals just as I am that the last thing I want to do is throw some sexy up in the

  21. therapeutic hypothermia

    fiveofpeep replied to Phylis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    well the skin beneath it will be red from the skin's response to the cooling. is that what you

  22. dayshifters please please please...

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Nursing

    thanks everyone for understanding and for so many great solutions! I did train my boss. She used to call for every little thing and now I have her emailing me so I just check my email with dread every...

  23. I am so glad I work night shift

    fiveofpeep replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift all the

  24. What is an irregular heart beat???

    fiveofpeep replied to deenasao's topic in First Year After Licensure

    that is kind of a hard question to answer on here. It sounds like you need to review rhythm interpretation. rhythms may be irregular due to ectopy alone, if the underlying rhythm is sinus for example...

  25. Family Centered Care ICU

    fiveofpeep replied to rmf146's topic in MICU, SICU

    we are a family centered unit and what really helps is just to enforce the rules strictly so that family members cant manipulate the staff we strictly enforce only one person staying over night,...