CRNI-ICU20

CRNI-ICU20

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  1. the vultures are circling

    CRNI-ICU20 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Everyone, I had an experience today in the ICU that I work at. One of my patients who was recovering first day post op from a AAA was given a SubQ infusion pump that delivers marcaine to the...

  2. Hello Mr. VIP! I'm your servant nurse for the night!

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Dontcha' just wish you could intubate and sedate all these people for about two weeks???? But then, you'd end up with their wacky noodle families....ugh. Yeah...we get the VIP people too...and it just...

  3. 18 y/o RN!

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    well, she's old enough to be drafted, carry a weapon in the army, sign a contract, have an abortion without her parents knowledge.... She might as well kick butt in nursing!! Good for

  4. religion in the workplace

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday, I went in to answer the call light of a patient who was being cared for by another co-worker. The patient is/intubated, fully awake, and not able to wean off the vent. He was going to be...

  5. Friday the 13th

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to burn out's topic in Nursing Humor

    TEQUILA!! POR FAVOR!! And while you're at it...put a few ounces in that tube feeding over there!! (just kidding)... I am not superstitious but, I do wonder sometimes how in the world people get...

  6. Can you believe this???

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Oh....don't get me started!! When my father passed away about 10 years ago, the manager I worked with at the time was a realllll compassionate one.... I called her as soon as I found out the...

  7. the vultures are circling

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    To those of you who are voicing the situations where a device rep assists a doctor during a procedure, ie stent placements, or orthopedic devices, pain pumps, pacemakers, defibrillators, etc....I...

  8. the vultures are circling

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for the feedback..... I went ahead and called Risk Mngmt. today....they were very happy to hear from me....and said that this was NOT OK!! So....I am glad I did this... God forbid...

  9. Neosynephrine compatibility problem

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to jayjaykay's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would start a separate line and run the Diprivan peripheral, as opposed to running the Neo peripheral....vasoactives are usually very harsh on peripheral veins and the chances of extravasaton or...

  10. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This MA, or whatever she was, was operating on the doctor's license. Whick is legal, but should she injure, maime, or harm a patient, it WILL be his neck....although, there are loopholes, as many...

  11. What would you do?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to JennieO's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of the neighbor that won't go home....or the relatives that cannot find their way to the door....ugh. I am wondering why, since you are staff nursing, why YOU should be the one to...

  12. Round Rock Texas

    CRNI-ICU20 posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hello! All you great nurses!! I am looking for a position in the Austin/Round Rock area.... Has anyone worked there...in Round Rock, and can you tell me what your experiences were like?

  13. Round Rock Texas

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to CRNI-ICU20's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thank you all for the input....and the great advice.....I can't wait to finally feel warm weather....although....as nuts as the weather has been, I am wondering if I should toss the mukluks! Ha!...

  14. Preceptor telling me to cover things up....

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you get a reputation of dishonesty, or even the hint of impropriety with a patient, medications, or orders....as soon as something happens, like drugs missing, or whatever....whom do you suppose...

  15. "Customer service" and nursing

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Customer Service...... Work smarter not harder..... Setting higher benchmarks.... Raising the bar.... Sounds alot more like Madison Ave. advertizing to me, and alot LESS about taking care of the...

  16. Valley Fever (?) - What is that?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to cclife06's topic in Arizona Nursing

    California has a valley fever as well....San Juaquin Valley Fever....found among the mostly farm workers who are breathing the dust of the soils in that area.....alot of them go home to Mexico to...

  17. Rejected

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to sarani's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am sorry for your rejection letter.... But it sounds like you picked yourself up...dusted off the 'ouch' and put yourself into a spot where you are not going to give up.... THAT'S JUST...

  18. Opinion about autism

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    you all are sooo very intuitive and smart people! yes....i am sure that much of this increase has alot to do with all of the combinations of what you mentioned: vaccines, evironmental factors, diet...

  19. Moral Issue Question...

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Thepreacherswife's topic in General Nursing

    To Preacherswife: Unless you have an organ donor team at the scene of your accident, (providing you die that way...) you are probably NOT going to give viable organs to a donor....so much has to be...

  20. religion in the workplace

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to elrondaragorn's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it sad, that one person cannot hold the hand of another when in crisis, and say a prayer, for fear of being sued???? How pathetic is it when our world is so quick to find offense at every turn,...

  21. Anybody here used Mckesson/Cerner/Meditech systems?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to perseus29's topic in Nursing Informatics

    uh huh. The software our hosp. bought for a whopping $23million dollars SEVEN years ago is JUST NOW being put into "go live" mode.... it's called Carelink....I think it is a product of McKesson. In...

  22. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    First: I did not say that the information was being incorrectly reported here... What I was questioning, and what EVERYONE should question is SOURCE of information, something many of you have just...

  23. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Indigo Girl, why are you being so defensive? As a nurse, I would think you would want to learn all you can...and accept truth about things...and be careful of your sources...this is the basis of all...

  24. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Again, I digress. How do you know for sure that the "media" sources you are tapping into are not agenda driven entities.....much like the agenda that Merck is pushing on all young girls in every...

  25. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    My concern is this: This WHOLE thread is a constant daily blog sourced tally of ALLEDGED and supposed flu victims....the problem I have with this is that there is no way to REALLY know for sure if...