RYNOBLASTER30 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing
Of course. The health care system is taxing upon all of us. Especially those times when you get the comatose vent patient from the nursing home with a gazillion pressure sores. I get little...
You know, working in the ICU, these medications change so rapidly. I'm busy getting my patient settled and stabilized. I don't have time to find out why/why not the MD didn't continue certain meds....
RYNOBLASTER30 replied to nursern20's topic in MICU, SICU
:monkeydance: Please, I work as a ICU nurse, and we don't need these anal retentive, psychotic nurses. They are the ones who don't leave the patients alone so that they can get much needed rest if...
RYNOBLASTER30 replied to PACU queen's topic in MICU, SICU
Don't forget, depending upon where you work. You might get alot of long termers from the nursing home who are trached, pegged, with numerous pressure sores. Not much fun. These patients are...
RYNOBLASTER30 replied to burn out's topic in MICU, SICU
To be honest with you the changes are not that drastic. Overall mortality for a patient that arrests either in or out of a hospital is about 65%, pretty high. I have been to numerous codes in my...
RYNOBLASTER30 replied to NiceShot's topic in MICU, SICU
Hey, go to a teaching facility. You rarely see that type of inappropriate behavior. The type normally comes from older physicians, not new and younger ones. Just remember, they are made that they...
Forget about it. Come one, you did what was best for the patient at that particular time. It appears as if you acted appropriately. Screw the physician. I mean, these old cranky asses. Remember...
:monkeydance: To be honest with you, i wouldn't have said a thing. That little difference, one time, wasn't going to hurt either of them. Put it behind you and move on. ****