zambezi BSN, RN

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    Flolan

    zambezi replied to heart queen's topic in MICU, SICU

    We don't use this at my hospital. In fact, I have never even heard of it. What is it?
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    Flight_Attendant

    zambezi replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I don't know anyone that has done this. I do know few flight attendants and they seem to enjoy it. However, if it is the pain and suffering that you want to get away from, this may work....
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    Postpartum Loss in ICU

    zambezi replied to nay537's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our ICU went though this fairly recently as well. I think that seeing something like this is one of the hardest things...it is supposed to be such a happy time. I can't even imagine what that must be...
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    Charting Bloopers

    zambezi replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have seen this happen--more than once. It is not
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    What are the Typical Shifts in Your Part of the Country?

    zambezi replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    Ok--that would be the end of me. Waking up at 145am to go to work--I don t think so...it this case...I think that "night shift" the 1500-300a shift would be sooooo much
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    Wake up...Are you in pain?

    zambezi replied to sharann's topic in Pain Management

    I care for a lot of patients post heart surgery. Once extubated, we use IV meds until the patient can tolerate PO meds. Once, the patient tolerates PO meds...I will usually keep them up about every...
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    What are the Typical Shifts in Your Part of the Country?

    zambezi replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    In my area, the majority of shifts are 07-19 and 19-07 there are a (very)limited number of people that do either 07-1500 or 1500-2300. We get paid for a 36 hour week. If we pick up an extra 8 hour...
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    Non-pharmacological Interventions for Pain

    zambezi replied to gwenith's topic in Pain Management

    I work in CCU, we often have post-surgical patients and post PTCA patients that usually have to lie fairly straight for up to six hours... The methods that I use most are slow, deep breathing, warm...
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    ICU websites

    zambezi replied to gwenith's topic in MICU, SICU

    Another on hemodynamic monitoring
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    Toradol

    zambezi replied to BlueBear's topic in Orthopedic

    Toradol is on our standing orders for our post-open heart patients. Some of our exclusion criteria include hx of peptic ulcer disease, creat >1.2, allergy to NSAIDS, and a few others...it is too...
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    Relocating From Cali

    zambezi replied to edib1's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Forrest Grove is a little town, kind of near the center of Oregon, right off of I-5...I don't know if there is a hospital there or not...it is about 20-30 minutes (thats a guess) away from Eugene by...
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    Please help me guys!!

    zambezi replied to meandragonbrett's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hey Brett--Just post this thread at SDN--I am sure that you will get lots of reponse (might want to bring a flame retardant suit though...). Good luck with your
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    A question for new or fairly recent grads...

    zambezi replied to SN-RN-HA's topic in General Nursing

    I am a fairly recent grad (7-02)...I found work full time right out of school. I really enjoy working as an RN, I enjoy the staff and the unit I work in. I think that right now it is fairly easy to...
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    Anyone ever heard of...

    zambezi posted a topic in Travel

    Aureus or Favorite nurses??? Anyway, I am thinking of doing some local traveling in my state and was wondering if anyone has worked with either of these two companies? I am only looking to do per diem...
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    RNs, Bedbaths, I&O & Linen Changes

    zambezi replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    If you work in critical care, you will do these things yourself (at least at my
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    Anyone ever heard of...

    zambezi replied to zambezi's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the replies--It seems that Favorties Nurses, is the biggest agency in my area. We have quite a few nurses that I work with doing per diem with them...and most of them have good things to...
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    What do you do when....?

    zambezi replied to Seelo's topic in General Nursing

    I put all of my ABX on a pump--even if I overset the amount to be infused, the pump beeps--shows "air in line" at the pump site (of which there is at least a foot of tubing after) and will not...
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    Cardizem and dreams...really vivid dreams!

    zambezi replied to boggle's topic in General Nursing

    Along the same lines-but different drug--(not trying to hijack the thread) Has anyone heard of propofol giving people sexual dreams--this question is asked seriously--I swear I have heard this but it...
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    What do you do when....?

    zambezi replied to Seelo's topic in General Nursing

    I usually run the piggyback on it's own and then flush the line--unless I have a tko line already hooked up. If I have the line hep-locked, I don't see any reason to use 1000cc NS bag--if for some...
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    A weighty issue

    zambezi replied to Spicey1's topic in General Nursing

    Took the words out of my mouth! Head, actually, since I am not reading the posts outloud to myself :chuckle Actually--I feel pressured to eat better by my staff members--all of whom are on diets. I...
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    Any helpful hints on Fluid and Electrolytes ????

    zambezi replied to ICUNurse11's topic in Florida Nursing

    the easiest way for me to learn them was to actually see them...but you need to be in clinicals for this. If you are in clinical already, I would try to take a renal patient, look over the labs for a...
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    Up Keep on Skills

    zambezi replied to SerenaT's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I think that this a really important point. When I was in school we had an educator that was very good--a great teacher, very smart...not so good when it came to the current flow of hospital nursing...
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    Am I the ONLY person who had trouble just making a bed to nursing standards?

    zambezi replied to Roland's topic in General Students

    It's funny that this was brought up...Just this week at work I was talking to another RN telling them I had hated making beds in nursing school clinicals. Well--I do it all the time now. I work in...
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    In my CNA course guys are not allowed to provide care to female residents during...

    zambezi replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that males should be able to care for females--unless of course there are outstanding circumstances (and hopefully more men will enter the profession so male patients will have the same...
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    +My first patient on a ballooon pump...

    zambezi replied to Noney's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just out of curiosity...we have been using datascope but are trialing the new arrow pumps right now (they are so pretty!). More importantly, the fiberoptics, set up, and general use of it are quite...