Sugarcoma

Sugarcoma RN

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  1. Abandoned Patients?

    Sugarcoma replied to Cardiolyte's topic in MICU, SICU

    A group of us have tried to implement change and we have been successful in some respects, but staffing remains an issue. It is quite disheartening. I have been looking for some time now but in my...

  2. Abandoned Patients?

    Sugarcoma replied to Cardiolyte's topic in MICU, SICU

    A decompensating patient or code on the floor is handled by whoever has the time to help/respond. If no one volunteers it is on the charge. I do feel it is unsafe at times. Luckily I have some...

  3. Abandoned Patients?

    Sugarcoma replied to Cardiolyte's topic in MICU, SICU

    Not all of us are lucky enough to work on units with resource nurses and I have NEVER worked anywhere where charge does not get a full patient load. Most of our charges are stuck in their own rooms...

  4. What is the worst hardship/story you have ever seen/heard in your nursing career?

    Sugarcoma replied to succinate's topic in General Nursing

    NurseDirtyBird, I had the same thought. I hate liking these posts as well. I am sad for the people who had to experience it and the nurses who had to witness and now have to carry

  5. What is the worst hardship/story you have ever seen/heard in your nursing career?

    Sugarcoma replied to succinate's topic in General Nursing

    Grntea your story just breaks my heart. I was a pre-teen back in those days. My best friend had leukemia and for a year she had to receive thrice weekly massive transfusions. I am sure you know...

  6. What is the worst hardship/story you have ever seen/heard in your nursing career?

    Sugarcoma replied to succinate's topic in General Nursing

    So many horrible stories it is hard to choose. From those whose horrors were self-inflicted to those who did nothing to earn their suffering. We had a young mother, drug addict, left her stash out...

  7. VAMP on CVP lines

    Sugarcoma replied to AmorFati's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yes meanmaryjean. No matter whether I use alcohol swabs or clorhexidine scrubs it seems that a small amount of transfer remains glued to the port and it drives me crazy. Family has remarked about it...

  8. Abandoned Patients?

    Sugarcoma replied to Cardiolyte's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have to take our own patients and leave the other one or two with another RN as well. It is hit or miss on my unit as it all depends on who you are near. Some nurses are very conscientious and...

  9. Beginner's Blues?

    Sugarcoma replied to jrsRN07's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is a clear cut case of growing pains in my opinion. Welcome to the ICU. It is terrifying isn't it? I can remember vividly how it felt. I was convinced that at any moment my manager was going...

  10. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

    Sugarcoma replied to jane82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Dear OP, There is absolutely no way to say that you caused this patient's death. DIB has so many many causes. This patient's history of CABG with trach still requiring O2 to support oxygenation...

  11. You won't believe.....

    Sugarcoma replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, perhaps I missed something here? I didn't read every response. What I got from the OP was that she was in the BREAK room, reading. Break room as in taking a break. A student comes in and...

  12. Seizure activity during re-warming phase of hypothermia

    Sugarcoma replied to Sugarcoma's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Basically the research I have done has said that myoclonus is probably a combination of subcortical and cortical, and that it is a result of severe hypoxia. Nothing that explains why it happens...

  13. Is nursing as bad as some say???

    Sugarcoma replied to #scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Esme12, a brilliant, eloquent, and dead on summation of the current state in nursing.

  14. The student loan bubble is starting to burst

    Sugarcoma replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know quite a few people in my area who have defaulted on student loans, car loans, mortgages, etc. Most of these people are professionals of one type or another whose jobs have been lost to...

  15. Being directed to get a patients son a ride home

    Sugarcoma replied to unappreciatedrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a parent I whole-heartedly agree with other posters who have mentioned it is NOT APPROPRIATE to send a 13 year old off in a cab or on a bus by themselves. As a nurse who has worked in an inner-city...

  16. "I don't want an admit..."

    Sugarcoma replied to MessyMomma's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Admissions. The bane of the charge nurses existence. Everyone loves their charge nurse until there's an admit on the way. I frequently hear the "I don't want an admit" line as well. My response is...

  17. Small children visiting patients in the critical care setting... thoughts??

    Sugarcoma replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Critical Care

    I too have very mixed feelings about this issue. On one hand, I do believe that hospitals or at least certain parts of the hospital do harbor more germs than a public restroom just due to the...

  18. I Lost a Medication: Controlled Substance

    Sugarcoma replied to GreenApplesauce's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes this happens. More often than you would believe. Worst case scenario is that you will be drug tested. They may monitor your pyxis pulls a little more closely. You may have to meet with the...

  19. No call/ No show

    Sugarcoma replied to Redder's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that this policy is beyond ridiculous. Every job I have held the policy has been 2 hours, however exceptions can and are made routinely. We have had nurses get into accidents on the way in,...

  20. Help please...new specialty. Awful nurses.

    Sugarcoma replied to LandD_RN_chica's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It makes life miserable when you find yourself on this type of unit. I wish I could tell you some sure fire way to handle this, that would make your work life easier. I cannot. I have dealt with...

  21. ICU Overflow, What Happens Then?

    Sugarcoma replied to BrandonB779's topic in MICU, SICU

    ICU beds should be treated as a precious commodity. Literally the availability of that bed and the RN that accompanies it can mean life or death for another human being! These beds should not be...

  22. Charge nurse asking me to lie

    Sugarcoma replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You have gotten some great advice. This floor sounds like the usual short-staffed everyone running around like chickens with their heads cut off environment common to med-surg. The fact that your...

  23. My heartache and hiatus...

    Sugarcoma replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

    I am so very sorry for your loss and would like to wish you peace and comfort. Be kind to yourself and give yourself as much time as necessary to recover from the loss of your

  24. Nurses' perceptions of patients with borderline personality disorder - lit review

    Sugarcoma replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Leslie this is a very excellent point!!! Most of the frustrations I have had dealing with BPD patients has been in relation to staff. It is extremely important that ALL staff be on the same page in...

  25. What nurses don't hear often enough

    Sugarcoma replied to Wheels28's topic in Nurses Rock

    Just had a crappy shift with a couple of difficult patient's/families. Drove home thinking "why did I ever think I wanted to be a nurse, I would rather do anything else!" Reading this post almost...