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1. sedation and driving

   patsue53 replied to bkleja's topic in Gastroenterology

   Noone receiving sedation should be allowed to drive home. Our patients are told they are not to drive for 12 hours. If they don't have a driver we allow them to use a delivery service that charges...

2. Reconstitution of India Ink

   patsue53 replied to Endo Diva's topic in Gastroenterology

   We use SPOT too. Mixing that india ink is nasty. I'd say make yourself a hero and introduce your new unit to

3. Switching Jobs

   patsue53 replied to JanetO's topic in Gastroenterology

   Hey Janet, who are you calling old!? :chuckle I'm 50 years old, I've worked in Endo for 8 years and held my CGRN for almost 5 years. Colons and Endos on healthy or slightly sick individuals don't...

4. post colonoscopy position

   patsue53 replied to JEEMA's topic in Gastroenterology

   We usually just tell our patients that it will be easier to expel the air if they stay on their left side.......but then I tell mine that they can lay however they're comfortable. We don't have a...

5. Propofol

   patsue53 replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

   I think you should review the definition of conscious sedation....or moderate sedation which I believe is the current preferred terminology. All the RN's in our department are required to be ACLS...

6. Calling all GI nurses !!

   patsue53 replied to EndoRN's topic in Gastroenterology

   This article explains it better than I can. I know that it causes respiratory distress with cyanosis and when blood is drawn it looks like chocolate milk. It's treated with IV Methylline blue. I've...

7. Calling all GI nurses !!

   patsue53 replied to EndoRN's topic in Gastroenterology

   We've all been trained in recognizing and treating methemoglobanemia but I've never seen it. I think it's very VERY rare. I'm surprised your docs have stopped using Cetacaine because of it. Do you...

8. Calling all GI nurses !!

   patsue53 replied to EndoRN's topic in Gastroenterology

   Never done an ERCP? There are days when I wish I could say that! LOL There's alot of technical skill and coordination involved with wires in an ERCP. The medicating is conscious sedation, but gets...

9. Calling all GI nurses !!

   patsue53 replied to EndoRN's topic in Gastroenterology

   HI Amy...thanks for asking! :) I've been working in GI for about 7 years now. I've had my CGRN for 4 years. I really love it, but do get tired of the call. I don't mind Saturday's so much because...

10. This is "how" Nurses divert drugs for their own use.

    patsue53 replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    In 1996 my father was dying of lung cancer. The nurse at the cancer center called and asked my stepmother to please bring in my father's medications as she needed some information off the bottles. My...

11. Do you wear gloves

    patsue53 replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    I think this subject has been handled very well. The reasons for wearing gloves and hand-washing have been thoroughly explaned and defended. Why any nurse in this day and age would expose themselves...

12. Staffing...

    patsue53 replied to jamta's topic in Gastroenterology

    I work in a hospital lab and our open ours are 7:30 to 4:30 (I think....doesn't really seem to matter what our hours frankly.) But we have nurses starting at staggered times starting at 6:30 and the...

13. Propofol

    patsue53 replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Only anesthesia administers Propofol in our endo lab and like ButtRN I'm more than thankful! We typically use versed and demerol...occasionally fentanyl...and morphine or nubain if the patient is...

14. endoscope numeric markings

    patsue53 replied to geeceejay's topic in Gastroenterology

    geeceejay, the numerical markings on the scope are guidelines and NOT definitive place markers. After you've been in the field for a while you'll be able to recognize (most of the time, but not always...

15. What was most embarrassing moment as a nurse?

    patsue53 replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    My co-worker had to cath a male patient in his 50's who of course had to have an enlarged prostate. So she asks for help and they go into the room to insert the cath. After a while we hear the guy...