Florence NightinFAIL BSN, RN

I'm a PACU nurse that has been redeployed to ICU a few times past 3 months. I'm wondering for the weight based infusions, what weight do you guys enter and how often do you update? Actual weight, ideal weight or lean body weight? So far, I've taken o...

Thanks for the responses all. Marienm, that makes so much sense. Thank you.

Does the weight not change for those patients who are in ICU for weeks or months? Since they are getting tube feeds, their weight gain would be due to more than edema.

Switched from medical surgical before the pandemic with 4-5 acute patients to maximum 2 patients on PACU. Will never go back to regular bedside. PACU is EXTREMELY BUSY. I might have 6-8 patients a day, but maximum TWO AT ONE TIME. So it's mange...

http://www.icufaqs.org/ If found this site helpful. I loved it so much, I ordered the book.

Let me just ask... Were any of these patient's wealthy and you were hoping they will leave you something in their will? Otherwise it doesn't make sense. Event the most LOVING offspring don't do what you do.

You lost me at nightly foot soak and 2 hours to get to bed.

After all, they are just sent back home to quarantine and rest anyway. That’s such a waste of a test. Everyone is already being told what kind of distancing and precautions to take. I feel like those tests are wasted of either asymptomatic individual...

What if you refuse? What can they do? Would they really fire or send you home when they are desperate for nurses?

If I had the resources, I would not feel an iota of guilt in quitting. Not an atom's weight. They are already training your replacement.

Please tell me you called the police and forced him to let you in? PLEASE. The audacity! I don't know your situation, but that day he would go from "domestic partner" to an "ex" until I could safely move out. This is one of the saddest posts I've rea...

Good luck. I'm nervous starting a new job during the pandemic too. I'll be going for orientation for PACU but they will be sending me to ICU so I'm not sure how that will effect my orientation. I already had the classroom portion of the orientation c...

Have any of you seen this or it happened to you? Due to the coronavirus scare, elective surgeries are being halted and some PACU nurses are being quickly oriented and floated to ICU units to help with the shortages. Can they say no? I would like to...

This is what I used for med-surg. It's for 4 patients, I doubled it and print it double-sided to account for discharges and new admits. Please share your own brain sheets. It's always helpful to see how others organize their cheat/report sheets. me...

I'm one of those people who are obsessed with making my own brain sheet template. I used ideas from my unit, Google and from all-nurses. Attached for anyone interested. Please share your own files if you can. I'm always interested in seeing other's ...

I'm still in training so I have no clue. I should probably check that first LOL. Thanks.

Hello, I've been nursing for 10 years in med-surg and currently going through critical care training to work in PACU. For the past ten years, my life has depended on brain/cheat sheets to get through the shift. Is there such a thing in the PACU? I k...

Thank you for the responses.

I created this after literally looking through more than ten online versions. The trick is to use them as inspiration and make it your own to fit your specific needs. ICU_cheatsheetMAIN.docx

Hello, Before posting this I tried searching google and allnurses forums but I wasn't able to find answers to my questions so I hope you guys can help! (What happened to the search function anyway, or did I go blind?) 2 questions: 1) I recently had a...

so i recently went from a big city, teaching hospital where i was spoiled with, among other things, the latest equipment/machines, pcas, iv team, etc...and best of all endless pen supplies for staff. :heartbeat at my new small, dingy, community hospi...

I just got a call about prebooking me for ___ TBU. I wanted to know what TBU meant before calling them back. Thanks!

An IV kept on beeping on one of my patients. I checked the site - looked great, no redness, swelling, fluid discharge. I flushed the line, changed the tubing to no avail. Would keep saying "downstream occulusion". Anyway, finally called the nurse. Sh...

Do you check pedal pulses on all your patient's regardless of their diagnosis or history? Example: for a pt that came in with diarrhea and is otherwise independent with history/risk factor for dvt/PE/PVD. I was discussing head to toe assessment with ...