CRNI-ICU20

CRNI-ICU20

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  1. Vent..."sedation"

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Okay...so the junior resident ordered yet ANOTHER CT scan on a dying cancer ridden patient because????? what was the PLAN?? Take her to surgery and REMOVE HER ENTIRE CANCER RIDDEN BRAIN??? Put in a...

  2. "You dont look like a Susan Brown" (long)

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    dang! I got my fingers all tangled up...the word is

  3. "You dont look like a Susan Brown" (long)

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    The OP's thread just makes me want to cry....I am sooo sorry this happened to you...to be treated so wrongly....shame on her for having such a blatantly racist and pig headed idealism in her little...

  4. Help for my 19-year old daughter!

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Mz. Mother's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Tweety. Sometimes, a FUO (fever of unknown origin) will persist because of major shock to the body...ie, the surgery, the recovery, the onslaught of heavy antibiotic therapy.... If she's...

  5. Did I do the right thing? *long*

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

    I would NOT have given the pain med.... 22 years experience here... A DEAD PATIENT ISN'T GOING TO NEED PAIN MEDICATION. Breathing and having a heartbeat that perfuses IS the priority in this...

  6. Why oh why

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

    Has anyone here seen the movie "The Fisher King".....Robin Williams?? There's a scene that made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants....it's where he gets his best buddy to disrobe in the middle of...

  7. Harassment?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Okay people, don't forget!! Friday is Hawaiian shirt day....soooooo, feel free to wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt....." ___Office

  8. Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    WELL SAID CAROLADYBELLE!! You make me proud to be a nurse. It would be an honor to work on a "team" with you. Maybe we will "bump" into one another one day...wouldn't that be a hoot??

  9. Am I Just Bein a Baby or should i quit ???

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

    This is an excellent way to burn out quick; make a mistake due to battle fatigue and get sued for it; learn to hate nursing in short order....I would look for something else...soon..... Give TravMed a...

  10. Sen Clinton walks a day in a nurse's shoes

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to bethin's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is a woman who has chosen for professional and personal reasons to remain with a man who has philandered for the entirety of their marriage. While she may be a smart Marxist leaning attorney,...

  11. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Some people view national health care as some sort of government conspiratorial with socialism attached to overthrow the masses....NOT! If that was the case, then one only has to look to our neighbors...

  12. blood products question

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to RachelRN25's topic in General Nursing

    One way to "cover yourself" is to ask the doctor to write a parameter of time for blood infusion when ordering, such as: Give slowly over four hours...or rapid infusion followed by lasix, or give one...

  13. Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    The diminishing statement is: " I must know that most nurses face the same thing." THAT sounds like to the recipient, ie me, that I shouldn't feel so bad about being bullied because it happens to...

  14. Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    So, I hope I am getting this right... You resent that doctors are catered to, literally and figuratively, and nurses are not. You resent that they get LOTS of pampering, and therefore, you don't feel...

  15. Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    Thank you also, Leslie, You are right, it was mental abuse....and it was meant to control and humilliate me....those nurses were part of a "tradition"...much like the hazing that goes on in some frat...

  16. Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    Okay.... I just wonder though, why you blasted the one poster who compared the attitudes of dismissal of these issues as the same that were reminicient of days gone by with rape victims....and then me...

  17. Professional appearance

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's just scarey, isn't it??? LOL! She looks like my old nursing instructor back in th 1970's.....I was gonna say the '70's but I was afraid you all would think 1870's!! ugh! But...my first nursing...

  18. Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    I did read what you said, Sharon, and you said: Oh now really, this is a bit much isn't it? Just because some of us hove not personally observed this behavior on a wide scale (becaue NO ONE denied...

  19. Nurses belligerent towards MDs

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

    OUCH SHARON! Why is it beneath you to extend a hand of support to a new doctor or resident? Are they cryptonite to your species?? I think the poster was trying to help all of us understand the lack of...

  20. Police Killed Our Patient

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

    I also agree with the above posters that in the recent Chicago police using tasers, IT DID KILL THE INDIVIDUAL....he was DOA to the hospital....and was standing up and alive before they...

  21. Police Killed Our Patient

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

    In Chicago, you don't have to be a criminal or be doing something criminal in order to be tasered, or shot, or beat up by a cop or two in a bar on their OFF DUTY HOURS....apparently, Chicago has a BIG...

  22. Professional appearance

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    another good reason that we have male nurses....otherwise they would look like this: m*a*s*h

  23. Professional appearance

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    History of Nursing Uniforms The history of nursing uniforms goes back over a century ago and is a strong part of nursing history itself. Certainly the most famous woman of nursing would be Florence...

  24. Professional appearance

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    does anyone know where the idea of wearing only white uniforms for nursing originated and why???? (test

  25. What do you think??

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

    Being PRECEPTED is different than being INSTRUCTED....this facility seems to have confused the two. OR the nursing instructor does not know HOW to precept nurses. You are not practicing on HER license...