fiveofpeep

fiveofpeep

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  1. Too Short for ICU Nursing?

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

    do neonatal

  2. Very new to neuro...help!

    fiveofpeep replied to MeTheRN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    our neuro surgeons are much worse than the cv surgeons hehe as a new grad in a surgical icu that deals mostly with neuro, my biggest kernel of advice is to religiously do your full hourly neuro...

  3. CMS Visit: "Your in my way - My patient is more important than this petty bull"

    fiveofpeep replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    way to

  4. Are smart pumps smart?

    fiveofpeep replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be great if you had to double check when you input drugs/conc. We have had mistakes between dopamine and dobutamine for

  5. how to deal with this intensivist

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    well I took responsibility because as a new grad I was having trouble with criticism and I learned over time that what they expect from you is to basically throw yourself under the bus and offer no...

  6. Are smart pumps smart?

    fiveofpeep replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    oh and an important safety concern is the concentration make sure the nurse plugs in the concentration correctly! I have found meds incorrectly programmed countless times so that the patient is really...

  7. How many of you hate your job?

    fiveofpeep replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    to the OP: are you actually working as a nurse right now? I love my job when Im getting to help save lives and see an impact in my patient's condition. I dont always love being blamed for everything,...

  8. Turning Patients

    fiveofpeep replied to Sg0223RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    It defies logic to me. When you stuff a pillow under them you are putting a flat pressure-point-inducing surface on top of a continuously moving surface that reduces pressure points. So basically you...

  9. Turning Patients

    fiveofpeep replied to Sg0223RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    If management has the time to hound you about turning each time, they better push up their sleeves and get in there and turn the patient to see what you are going

  10. Wrong label on drip..suggestions?

    fiveofpeep replied to Da_Milk_of_Amnesia's topic in MICU, SICU

    was it 450mg in 250mls? I had a similar experience last week and the concentration and dose to patient were same but volume was

  11. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    fiveofpeep replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    me too! I usually explain my prioritization to family/patients when they ask for something and I veto their request till later. IE "I want to get this heparin gtt started now so that can get cooking...

  12. A little HX please

    fiveofpeep replied to nebrgirl's topic in General Nursing

    where I work, we are very very short but dont have the money to train. I think that is the general consensus. there is a shortage of experienced nurses and a shortage of money to pay those who are not...

  13. Does this follow ACLS guidelines?

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

    Im curious to hear some people's answers regarding this too. Good

  14. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    fiveofpeep replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I struggle with this quite a bit as a new nurse. Some times I feel like I am totally failing at customer service in the first few hours of my shift because I am so busy doing what I have to do and...

  15. I am an American.

    fiveofpeep replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :yeah:

  16. Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    fiveofpeep replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    I do the stairs on my break. Exercise and

  17. New to ICU? What have you learn so far?

    fiveofpeep replied to RN28MD's topic in MICU, SICU

    dont forget to check your chest tubes to see if the water seal chamber is at the prescribed level no matter how swamped you may be, turn your patients. I followed one newbie RN like myself who...

  18. How time efficient are you?

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

    yeah slowly you will see that you improve, and just when you feel like each day is going smoothly and everything is early and on time, they will start to give you the harder patients and then you will...

  19. Current Nurses.. Please Help In Answering These Questions

    fiveofpeep replied to healthcare4life's topic in MICU, SICU

    HOLY BEGEESUS THESE ARE ALOT OF QUESTIONS! I'll answer them but if you want more responses you should cut the list down. * How did you decide on your profession? When did you decide on your...

  20. Getting Pulled?

    fiveofpeep replied to gretchmorr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we take turns. whoever gets floated gets marked on a list and we go through each person so everyone gets their turn. people can also volunteer. if we float out of our specialty we get paid extra...

  21. remembering why we do what we do

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    So the other day, I totally got the shaft and got a horrible assignment with a patient completely crashing and a new admit coming at the same time. I was grumpy and annoyed but pushed through. I...

  22. LUKAS compressor/resuscitation device

    fiveofpeep replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    we have one and never use it. it's supposed to float between our ICUs to test it out, but no one ever thinks to use it when stuff hits the fan also, Id advice putting it on while wearing gloves. I was...

  23. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    fiveofpeep replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    in school, one of my friends cared for a patient with worms infesting her brain d/t bad pork (ended up dying), and another who won/lost (Im not sure?) at russian

  24. S-BAR

    fiveofpeep replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    yes, they push it, but everyone pretty much does it their own way where we say dx, HPI, mds, plan, assessment. seems to be very

  25. A question for those nursing in a hospital setting.

    fiveofpeep replied to Ericm's topic in General Nursing

    I always knew that critical care was where I want to be. Im very detail oriented and like to do every thing for my patient (I always knew I would go crazy in tele or medsurg because I'd want to do...