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  1. ECMO---cannulation techniques?

    stevierae posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I hope I have posted this in the right section----I didn't see one for Cath Lab. I know ECMO is occasionally done in ICU settings (for adults) and, of course, in PICU or NICU for pediatric patients....

  2. I am in an absolute state of panic right now... need help

    stevierae replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto the excellent suggestions of seeking help from employee assistance. I would start keeping a paper trail--starting with a journal--of both your physical and emotional symptoms. Go to occupational...

  3. Is it a JP or is it a Blake?

    stevierae replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    NO. That is incorrect; sorry. In the case of a Jackson Pratt vs. a Blake, the reservoir is not what defines the drain--the drain itself (and whether it is flat or round) defines the drain. The...

  4. Is it a JP or is it a Blake?

    stevierae replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    JPs (Jackson-Pratts) are flat. Blakes are round. Most everybody requests a JP in the OR, and that's what most of us are used to---not sure where in the country they are used to using Blakes instead of...

  5. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    stevierae replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    No kidding. Consider Parkland---renowned for high-risk perinatal care and high-risk births. Consider the fact that they just passed a lifting law, to make patient care safer AND help to eliminate...

  6. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    stevierae replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    We all experience frustration with the chronic "fibromyalgia" and other vague symptomatology chronic pain patients who use hospital emergency rooms as convenience clinics. Some of these people are...

  7. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    stevierae replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Then why---WHY-------would you push Dilaudid on this manipulative a**hole----even though you and the doctor both KNEW he was faking? WHY would the MD order it? WHY would you give it? I would have...

  8. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    stevierae replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Man, I must be wroking in the wrong hospitals-----all this food available to patients and, particularly, to their visitors 24-7. Wherever I have worked, we are stuck with the vending machines when...

  9. Obstetric fistula--an epidemic in Ethiopia

    stevierae posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I came across this link today while reading a letter in the New York Times. I do know about femal genital mutilation, but I did not know about this tragic complication of unattended childbirth,...

  10. Obstetric fistula--an epidemic in Ethiopia

    stevierae replied to stevierae's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Right; I didn't mean to insinuate that squatting causes fistulas (that's just their traditional way of delivering there,) --the point I was trying to make is that these poor girls have unattended,...

  11. Staph Aureus question

    stevierae replied to bloodmonster's topic in Infectious Disease

    I am not sure where he got "fracture" but I do know that COMMUNITY acquired MRSA is a huge problem---don't know if it's considered an epidemic yet, but I know my OWN gym has posters everywhere---and I...

  12. Decertification Petition Filed Against the California Nurses Association

    stevierae replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    CA RNs----does anyone know if the RN to patient ratio in CA med-surg units is now 1:5, or is it still 1:6? When will the new mandate go into effect if it's still 1:6? I imagine many hospitals are...

  13. Decertification Petition Filed Against the California Nurses Association

    stevierae replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sherwood, I am convinced that you are either middle management or upper management, although you vigorously deny it. You tend to speak the same "management-speak" they all

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    stevierae replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Beautiful story, Beth. You will make a great nurse!

  15. Nasty medical students

    stevierae replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    We rarely, if ever, have problems with residents (and NEVER medical students) in the operating room. They know that the R.N. is in charge of the room, and they know that they are expendable---the...

  16. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    stevierae replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    I read something interesting in an MD forum today. It was about reporting drug seekers. In the ER forum here, there have been posts from RNs who state that it is against the law to report drug...

  17. Any Texas PACU RNs here?

    stevierae posted a topic in PACU

    Just a question---I was told by a TX colleague that your state nurse practice act does not mandate any specific RN to patient ratios, (as are mandated in CA.) I understand this--CA is the only state...

  18. medicines from Mexico

    stevierae replied to mtnmom's topic in Emergency

    Wow, moonshadeau, what an adorable baby pictured as your avatar! Is he yours? He looks to be about----what--9 months? Little

  19. What do patients say that irks you?

    stevierae replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, that's when you call security to escort them out. Why woud "poorly behaved people who refuse to leave "willingly or quietly" be given any extra accomodation or consideration? And why would...

  20. What do patients say that irks you?

    stevierae replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WTF?! Why were they even ALLOWED in your snack kitchen? Why does even ONE person need a meal voucher----haven't they known for 9 months this day was coming? Couldn't they set aside enough to buy a...

  21. Our baby was stillborn... Please help me understand

    stevierae replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gosh--so true; so true. I am so glad you and your husband have each other to lean on, and that he did not lose YOU, as well. I can still remember every detail of the amniotic fluid embolism event I...

  22. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    stevierae replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Ah, gerbiling----a well-known urban legend; usually attributed (falsely) to a very well-known and very handsome movie star who shall go unnamed here. This urban legend's been around since the early...

  23. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    stevierae replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Do you have an urgent care clinic, where he can be seen, have a "RapidStrep" throat culture, and be started on antibiotics, if needed? I don't like to mess with Group A Beta Strep, for ANY reason....

  24. Sad and confused

    stevierae replied to javanurse2000's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nursewendy, I feel so badly for you. I haven't read through all the pages of posts as yet, nor do I recall the ice storm incident----however, did this facility not have an inclement weather policy?...

  25. Apricot Seed Kernals and effects

    stevierae replied to schoona's topic in Emergency

    I think that apricot pits (as well as apple seeds) have either cyanide or orificenic in them; can't recall which. Of course, most people don't make it a habit to ingest large amounts of apple seeds,...