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  1. Brain Dead Child Discharged to Home With Parents

    stevierae replied to Euskadi1946's topic in Pediatric

    Sounds like he's dead to me. Soon his brain will start to liquefy as atrophy sets in and the brain matter itself is replaced by CSF. They'll see liquid oozing out his ears as this occurs. His heart...

  2. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    one more thing about this endo lab in southern oregon--it is not jcaho accredited. i think that says something. i live in oregon. i am not going to "rest easy" until the practice of nurse...

  3. OR Nurses Giving Conscious Sedation--WHY SHOULD WE?

    stevierae replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    My point is, it's dishonest when informed consent is given to state that the surgeon is doing the operation when the whole thing is actually done by a resident. In some places, particularly in some...

  4. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    So, 2rntish, are you one of those RNs who thinks you are somehow "too good" to do these things? Baths, backrubs, washing and combing hair, cutting nails--all part of good nursing care? I work OR,...

  5. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    When and where in heaven's name did you work ICU that only an MD could wedge a PA line or get a cardiac output from one? Even in the very early '80s, when I was a new RN, that was a NURSING function....

  6. OR Nurses Giving Conscious Sedation--WHY SHOULD WE?

    stevierae replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    This is not our problem to deal with. Why should we enable management--or ANYBODY--to use this as an excuse to pay US less to do more work and take on extra responsibilty? Let them offer a lucrative...

  7. OR Nurses Giving Conscious Sedation--WHY SHOULD WE?

    stevierae replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    Huh, I just came upon this thread, which has not had any activity since February. Well, I have not changed my stance on nurses giving conscious sedation, and here is one of the problems--in too many...

  8. It's evidently too hard for others to help out.

    stevierae replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    Here's a trick: When you put the Foley in and get a urine return, inflate the balloon and then pull the Foley back until it stops. If the balloon has remained inflated, it will stop. If not, it...

  9. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    I'll say it again--there is a HUGE difference in giving Propofol to an airway protected (trach'd or vented) patient than to one with an unprotected airway. In an ICU setting or an ER or OR setting...

  10. It's evidently too hard for others to help out.

    stevierae replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    Gosh, wherever I've worked, we have the opposite problem--too many people in the room falling all over themselves in an attempt to "help." I hate it when someone opens my prep tray or worse my Foley...

  11. My story-hope not to bore

    stevierae replied to Traveler's topic in Pain Management

    Is this similar to a TENS

  12. Scary story of 3 anesthesia related deaths at Scripps

    stevierae posted a topic in Operating Room

    this was in the latest issue of outpatient surgery. damn! i'll bet the or nurses and the pacu nurses complained about this guy--repeatedly--before any action was taken. unfortunately, it always takes...

  13. Bouffant Surgical Caps

    stevierae replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    One more sacred cow.... I haven't really looked at the AORN standards in this regard--chances are they (hte ones making this rule)haven't either--I never could figure out anyone's rationale for not...

  14. Bouffant Surgical Caps

    stevierae replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    Check this out on eBay:

  15. My story-hope not to bore

    stevierae replied to Traveler's topic in Pain Management

    Now, see--your husband would be a good candidate for Percocet, prescribed and monitored by a chronic pain specialist. Another option would be a Duragesic (Fentanyl) patch, which delivers continuous...

  16. Can you belive this???!!!

    stevierae replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, ya know---I used to think of TB as a thing of the past; or, rather, as a 3rd World Country disease--UNTIL the husband of a nurse friend of mine in San Francisco got it a few years back. He was...

  17. Can you belive this???!!!

    stevierae replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Well--you got what you wanted, didn't you? I mean, prescription cough syrup contains codiene, generally, which is an old and very effective cough suppressant and helps you sleep. Had I been the...

  18. My story-hope not to bore

    stevierae replied to Traveler's topic in Pain Management

    Has Meckel's diverticulitis been ruled out? Or chronic PID? Either one almost sounds like what you are describing... Only other advice I have is to get yourself referred to a specialist who...

  19. question re: donors

    stevierae replied to angel03's topic in Operating Room

    Well, I can only speak for what my husband's family SAID was the basis for their beliefs--that is, their Southern Baptist upbringing and the Southern Baptist church they went to every Sunday since...

  20. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    do you think the gonzo nurses are the ones ordering these meds? what i am sick and tired of are nurse consultants who think they know everything about medicine when you are just a nurse. why not let...

  21. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    here's one more official statement, for you gonzo nurses ---especially those at labs like the one in southern oregon--who think that the rules don't apply to them. blown up to 500x its normal size, it...

  22. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    i just took a look at the southern oregon gastroenterology lab site where they do nurse administered propofol. i found it very interesting that the doctors were giving themselves all kinds of pats on...

  23. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    I know that I have posted this before. What I want to know is--why does the gastroenterology lab in Southern Oregon--that prides itself on doing nurse administered propofol-- not have to follow these...

  24. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Exactly right. Don't think you can fall back and use the excuse that, when a tragic, irreversible complication--or even DEATH-- occurs, that you can all of a sudden falll back into your "just a...

  25. Beanies for Preemies and other doantions?

    stevierae replied to luvbittybabies's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, wow! I can't help you with the beanie babies--wait--maybe McDonald's could donate some? They currently have a "Happy Meal" promotion, that includes tiny beanie babies--it's certainly worth...