clou

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1. Whoa! Crazy ProTime/INR

   clou replied to Roy Fokker's topic in General Nursing

   I had an admit a while ago, male in his 50's. He was W/C bound, fell out of his W/C on a steak knife that stabbed him in the chest. He received a stab wound below his right nipple. He didn't come to the floor until approx 48hrs later because the stab...

2. Nurses with a hx of Med Surg Experience

   clou replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a LPN who has worked on a Med-Surg floor for almost 6 years. I've learned so many assessment tools, procedures, ETC. I don't know if I would've ever learned so much valuable information et such a variety of information in any other specialty.

3. Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

   clou replied to Fairlythere's topic in Uniform/Gear

   The PCT's use "datascopes" but I (I'm an LPN who works in a small hospital)don't always trust them. If someone reports an "out of whack" reading, I ask them to recheck, especially the blood pressures, manually. Sometimes the machines are accurate, an...