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  1. CVVH/CRRT ques.

    first_lobster posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    We just got the Fresinius 2008k CVVH / CRRT/ SLED/ ... machines at work, and I'm wondering if anyone else has had experience with this machine. We're working on our new protocols to go with our new...

  2. Funny Typos

    first_lobster replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Considering I ALWAYS wear my badge on my waist (always have had horrible pictures on badges), I'm pretty sure that he didn't realize that i was a "coodinator". Nope, i kinda noticed him staring, out...

  3. Funny Typos

    first_lobster replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    when I was still a "unit coodinator" (that's what it said on my badge- coodinator), a doc was in late one night writing orders. I want to take them off, and read "mri breast with contrast, r/o cva". I...

  4. What to do?!

    first_lobster replied to EstOyLista's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry it took a second to get back...i am an ICU nurse. I don't have clinical ladder, and I've only been out of school for 4yrs. Not removing my husbands over head from the equation (which takes up...

  5. What to do?!

    first_lobster replied to EstOyLista's topic in General Nursing

    It just sorta seems to me that if you are this wishy-washy about going to med school, then it probably isn't the best place for you. being a physician is getting harder and harder. you mention 60+...

  6. Amiodarone and Cardizem drip??

    first_lobster replied to MedicRN151's topic in Emergency

    Sounds to me like a combo of both failure and sepsis. Why no Dig? Works great for a-fib, increases co, slows the rate. We use it frequently for a-fib c

  7. Most interesting Micro-organism!!

    first_lobster replied to kcstudentnurse06's topic in General Nursing

    We've had a recent rash of acinitobactor baumanii. Also, histoplasmosis is a very interesting

  8. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    first_lobster replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i was asked if a ventilator and a respirator were the same thing. This from the family that wanted to sue us because dad was 98 and dying from end stage chf. Even better, had a sweet little 80...

  9. Postpartum Spanish Terms (Need Assistance please)

    first_lobster replied to azzurra29's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here is all of the spanish that I know: 1. tu tienes une cabeza de caso. (you have a head of cheese) 2. Une mas cervesa/tequila por favor. (one more beer/tequilla, please) 3. Donde esta el bano?...

  10. night shift and dogs

    first_lobster replied to adnstudent2007's topic in General Nursing

    I once came home after a series of nights, while my husband was away at a conference, only to find that my babaies had dug a hole (4x4) in the wall about 6in up on the wall. after that, i left them...

  11. Ideas to help friend who is having double mastectomy

    first_lobster replied to bigsyis's topic in General Nursing

    really, really sorry for your friend. give her our love and prayers. I had a strange thought, and maybe this is agood idea, maybe not. But sorta along the same lines of shaving your head with her,...

  12. How long will someone survive after removal of life support?

    first_lobster replied to GeminiQueen's topic in General Nursing

    Just the other day, I had a patient terminally weaned, from levo and dopa, and the vent, and lived with a pressure in the 40-50's and a sat of50-60% for 5 days. This does happen. people die when they...

  13. Say something or not?

    first_lobster replied to pannie's topic in General Nursing

    You said that you really liked this doctor, so consoder this. At some point, this tech is going to do the same thing to someone else, and then this doctor is going to get sued, and/or another patient...

  14. Good Advice for nubs.

    first_lobster posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking that since it's that time of year, and as a testemony to the fact that we want new nurses to succeed, perhaps we "older" (ha, look at my 4 years) nurses could offer some unsolicited...

  15. Worst visitors ever

    first_lobster replied to Laught3r's topic in Nursing Humor

    We once admitted a drunk guy whom they had found in front of the bar having been beaen quite badly. His sons showed up (this was baout 0300) carrying a CHIHUAHUA!!!!!!. The best part is that the dog...

  16. Good Advice for nubs.

    first_lobster replied to first_lobster's topic in General Nursing

    I'm beginning to feel like my little baby has grown up and gone so, so far astray. I was tryning to get advice for (ahem ) New Nurses, and I got an exposition on grammer, and tangent about the best...

  17. Good Advice for nubs.

    first_lobster replied to first_lobster's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a girl!!!!! anyway, nub is the progression of saying newbie, into n.b. into nub. if you say n.b. fast enough, it sounds like nub. and besides, it got everyone's attention! and for any new nurses...

  18. Feeling jaded...

    first_lobster replied to optimisticSRNA's topic in MICU, SICU

    They told me when I strted that at about 2 years I would start to have burnout, and you bet your sweet bum, at two years I was thinking it was them or me. Dont' worry. this too shall

  19. Best footwear for Nurses

    first_lobster replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in General Nursing

    I wore Birkinstock professionals for a while, but everyone kept complaining that i was walking too loudly (they are really wide and loose fitting, which makes them VERY comfortable, but also very...

  20. ICU difficulty

    first_lobster replied to jackothedrummer1's topic in General Nursing

    We just "upgraded" to the Fresinius 2008k. It's pretty good, but we had trouble with the company (see my thread in MICU/SICU forum). And, no, you won't have any trouble getting a job as an ADN in the...

  21. Did anyone watch 20/20 last night? transgendered children

    first_lobster replied to allantiques4me's topic in General Nursing

    I find this topic fascinating, and this particular fthread refreshing. there is a transgendered (pre-surg) person who works in our hospitals crapateria, and I love her to death. She's just a really...

  22. CVVH/CRRT ques.

    first_lobster replied to first_lobster's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks everyone for your suggestions. We did finally get a class on how to use the machines, after we had a patient end up nine liters positive in a 12 hr shift, and after the head of nursing and our...

  23. Could she do this?

    first_lobster replied to jenni82104's topic in General Nursing

    Reglan increases GI motility. If my pt is already poopin goosey style, I'm not sure I want to increase the gi motility and cause them to poop more. Generally frowned

  24. Why/how did you choose to specialize in your area?

    first_lobster replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not really sure how I picked ICU, I think just because that's where I worked in school. But I've realized that I'm much too additudinal, sarcastic, and generally warped to work anywhere...

  25. Please don't eat your young.

    first_lobster replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

    I just posted the other day over in the MICU area about a student who had overstepped her bounds by asking a patient about meds, when I hadn't even looked at the patient yet. I was really upset when I...