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  1. So how common are nursing Unions?

    rstewart replied to VaMedic's topic in General Nursing

  2. Re: NG tube irrigations

    rstewart replied to rck213's topic in General Nursing

    You know I forgot there is one class of patient we get in critical care for which the use of sterile water does have some evidenced based support: those who are severely immunocompromised. Hospital...

  3. Re: NG tube irrigations

    rstewart replied to rck213's topic in General Nursing

    I am assuming that the original poster's question refers to the routine maintenance of an NG tube post-op; (ie. What solution should be used to keep an NG tube patent when hooked up to suction?) This...

  4. Hospital Acuities.........or NOT!!!

    rstewart replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience acuities are not particularly useful. If each unit has clear admitting and transfer/discharge criteria for their patients, then making uniform/fair asssignments should not be a...

  5. Ccrn

    rstewart replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Questions not as hard as they used to be, you say?.....figures! I expected as much, a further dumbing down of nursing. As in the ACLS course which everyone passes. As in an exam for a professional...

  6. Ccrn

    rstewart replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any words of advice. I do have words of praise and encouragement. I think it is a wonderful thing that you are doing for your patients, particularly in light of the lack of meaningful...

  7. Sick call policy

    rstewart replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    How timely----the most recent addition to our Communication Book is a copy of our facility's scheduling/staffing policy, all 10 pages of it. Highlighted in yellow was the requirement to work the...

  8. Anybody work in a religious hospital?

    rstewart replied to delirium's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently working in a Catholic facility and I would for the most part agree with the previous posters. I do have a couple of points to add. As I went up the ladder in the hospital, the prayers...

  9. Ventriculostomy/ICP question

    rstewart replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    This is a good question......of course I define a good question as one which has puzzled me in the past or present. lol Actually, there is more than one correct answer or I should say there are...

  10. Is your salary keeping up with your staff's?

    rstewart replied to ACNORN's topic in Nurse Management

    Nursing management can be extremely difficult----which is why I got out. There is no shortage of nurse managers. The shortage is at the bedside and that is where the attention is focused. You are...

  11. Depressed and beginning to hate my job

    rstewart replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    At risk of appearing unsupportive, here is my opinion: A serum K+ of 6.1 (assuming this is not a dialysis patient) in most facilities would be a panic/critical value----prompt medical attention may...

  12. nimodipine

    rstewart replied to rails's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Much of the apparent confusion on this thread is the result of participants practicing in different countries. In the United States Nimodipine (branded Nimotop) is available in capsule form. Outside...

  13. chest tube removal

    rstewart replied to corkyrn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The fact is if you pull enough chest tubes you will experience a complication. After witnessing a couple of major bleeds over the course of my career I would have to say that this is one task I will...

  14. Torsedas ?

    rstewart replied to RNConnieF's topic in General Nursing

    Ya wanna see a great example of torsades?.......just pair the drug Tikosyn with any number of common drugs which it interacts

  15. Nurses negligent in Minnesota

    rstewart replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly wouldn't want my fingerprints anywhere on that patient's chart. I'm afraid that those nurses are in a good deal of trouble. Regardless of the reason for the discrepency between the two...