LoraLou

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  1. Icu/open Heart Staffing

    LoraLou replied to littlecheese's topic in MICU, SICU

    Usually our staffing is one nurse to two patients occasionally 3 depending on staffing and acuity, most of the time its 1:2, now our OHRU is a totally separate unit but with the same nurses so its a...

  2. ACLS not encouraged?

    LoraLou replied to DKMRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    technically at our hospital nurses are not supposed to start acls protocol before a doctor is in the room (were a teaching hospital with residents/interns in house overnight), however, in reality we...

  3. peripheral dopamine...eek!

    LoraLou replied to cvryder's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    at our hospital i believe the policy is that a cvl must be placed within 12 hours of starting a vasoactive medication (dopa, neo, etc) that way if someone is posibly just needing short term help they...

  4. HESI Exam Poll (Please Respond)

    LoraLou replied to boomer1's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in June 2004 from Wright State University (dayton, Ohio) We were required to take the HESI to pass however it did not count towards our grade. I cannot remember what number we had to have...

  5. Bird Flu pandemic and you.

    LoraLou replied to Dinith88's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with angie, if its pandemic i could just as easily pick it up anywhere on the streets, unless you totally quarantine yourself theres no way of knowing where you picked it up...from a neighbor...

  6. MBT or Danskos?

    LoraLou replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    personally i just got danskos about two weeks ago and love them but i've never tried MBT so i can't offer an opinion on

  7. Practice during nursing school?

    LoraLou replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    i never did, but maybe if you asked? I

  8. eICU

    LoraLou replied to patccrn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Most of the time at least in the eicu that is in my area the nurses just watch the trending and don't get much more involved in the care, i work night shift so they will call if the notice something...

  9. DNR Question

    LoraLou replied to mjscan_07's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The laws of DNR vary from state to state. In my state theres full code, DNR-CCA (comfort care arrest) and DNR-CC (comfort care). A CCA is everything up until the heart stops, you can push ACLS drugs,...

  10. How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    LoraLou replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    not weird ones, ones you've

  11. Let's play a little game...

    LoraLou replied to amber32123's topic in Nursing Humor

    i had none my parents paid for half i paid for

  12. Blood Glucose of 1700!!!

    LoraLou replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I admited a patient from the ER with a sugar that was 2600 verified by 2 different lab tests and the patient walked from the ER gurney to the ICU bed by his own power with just a little bit of...

  13. Figuring out how to contact the physician

    LoraLou replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    luckily i work in a teaching hospital in an ICU, so there are intensivists during the day, and when i'm working nights i have the intern that I have to call, who if they have a problem will call the...

  14. Need information on MSN critical care programs

    LoraLou replied to rhp123's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have my bsn working in an icu, i had thought going through that I would go straight through to get my msn, but I think so much of nursing is learned through actual bedside care, i cannot imagine...

  15. eICU

    LoraLou replied to patccrn's topic in MICU, SICU

    eICU is electronic ICU, nurses and occasionally docs are watching over cameras and watching trends of patients from another location. My hospital has had eICU for about a year now with many mixed...

  16. Is this a normal policy?

    LoraLou replied to DaFreak71's topic in General Nursing

    [quote name=lostdruid If he works a dayshift in addition to his regularly scheduled shifts, he gets night time pay. : Adri[/quote] then he gets more than I do at my hospital, I work 7p-7a is i come...

  17. Hesitantly excited!?!?!

    LoraLou replied to angelfire280's topic in General Nursing

    you're right one year of school is not long enough to learn all you need to know to be a nurse, but on that same note neither is four. Just make sure you watch for a job that will give you a good...

  18. diluting I.V lasix

    LoraLou replied to ADN2003's topic in General Nursing

    we usually do at my hospital. it is supposedly tough on

  19. eICU

    LoraLou posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I was wondering how many people have experience with the electronic ICU. We have had this for a short while at our hospital and for the most part I like it. I have used them for orders when interns...

  20. shaving cream to clean dirty butts??

    LoraLou replied to old heart's topic in General Nursing

    I've not used it on dirty butts but i have used it for stinky feet and pits. It works like a

  21. Use of Morphine for end of life comfort

    LoraLou replied to Wicherubgirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

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  22. Communication help?

    LoraLou replied to kbutton3's topic in General Nursing

    I am also a very shy person, however for some reason when I am working its different I can go into a patients room and talk to them and their families without any difficulties. Outside of work i am...

  23. Question about first jobs out of school

    LoraLou replied to jamst149's topic in General Nursing

    It depends, its getting more common i think to be able to go into ICU first, at least in my area. I was able to do so, i first went through a fellowship program where i took more classes on diseases...

  24. Smoking while on O2-bad idea

    LoraLou replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    hey i took care of a patient in school on the burn unit who was smoking with his o2 on and blew up his face....apparently they said he'd been in before for the same

  25. RN's and the dreaded clinical experience...

    LoraLou replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    unfortunately, in my experience at least, i didn't get a real handle on what nursing experience was until my last semester when my school did a practicum where we followed a nurses schedule for a...