RNintherain

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1. Do you use crit lines?

   RNintherain replied to nursefiggy's topic in Urology

   Critlines work on the same principle as a sat monitor..you initialize it and clip a light sensor onto an add in on the blood line above the kidney and it reads out the current hct, then you set the goal for (usually) 5% above that reading. You then g...

2. Do you use crit lines?

   RNintherain replied to nursefiggy's topic in Urology

   I use critlines whenever my pts dry wt is in question, or if they suddenly start crashing at the end of tx. Holiday time is a good time to use them since pts, like the rest of us, tend to put on wt. Some of our docs call us /c dw for pts and are tota...

3. pillow therapy

   RNintherain replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

   LMAO, thisnurse, I used to ask the doc's if they couldn't write a prn order for pillow therapy for the pia's. (Don't need an order for the families, just privacy.) I was giggling so hard as I read your post that my daughter came in to find out what I...