zambezi BSN, RN

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    Fainting blood donor ?

    zambezi replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    We just had a patient this week who's iv became disconnected so when the patient woke up, there was blood all over the bed. He vagaled himself right into 20 seconds of asystole. atropine brought him...
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    What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    zambezi replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    As others have said, I like to keep my options open, I don't think there is one type of nursing that I just could not do, however: I can't say that I am overly interested in psych--though I kind of...
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    OK, who's working this Thanksgiving?

    zambezi replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    We have people that are working all three this year...and not by choice, we have a new scheduler who pretty much kept everyone on their regular schedules...our schedules happen to fall where if you...
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    Sucking Chest Wound???

    zambezi replied to SCNuttyMeg's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this once, post op day 2 or 3 at the site of a removed CT. Can't remember if dressing was on or off but when noticed the sucking noise we put vaseline gauze with lots of 4x4s on top, taped...
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    Creative Nurses

    zambezi replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    sarah-great pics... I also really enjoy scrapbooking, but I am still kind of new at it. I just got done scrapbooking my wedding. I am a big fan of organizing things and projects. I am sure that my CNS...
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    mandatory annual inservice

    zambezi replied to ackrn's topic in General Nursing

    Our "general session" annual inservice included: sedating medications/side effects/half lives/discharge criteria after use during procedures (this involves all floors because meds like versed, ativan,...
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    Rules for Oregon Drivers

    zambezi replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I have heard to expect quite a bit of snow this weekend, can't remember exactly where in the state though...be careful driving! here is my recent driving pet peeve...slow (and I mean below the speed...
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    How do you deal with "patient-know-it-alls"?

    zambezi replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    Jnette: you crack me up...I'll admit to wanting to give some of the choices you mentioned a couple of times...:rotfl: Hope you feel better.
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    How do you deal with "patient-know-it-alls"?

    zambezi replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    When patient's act like that, I do my best to explain what I am doing...I just figure that the patient is feels a loss of control at being in the hospital and that acting this way makes her/him feel...
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    Rules for Oregon Drivers

    zambezi replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Oregon Nursing

    i live in southern oregon and it has already snowed here once! i heard that it is supposed to snow tomorrow too (but it dosen't stick...) funny rules...except that i am from california (but i was...
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    What on earth have I got???

    zambezi replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    hello :) I don't have any answers as to what you have going on, but I hope you feel better soon...I hate feeling like that!! Take care of
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    Overtime

    zambezi replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we are "allowed" to work our 12 and, if needed, can pick up an extra four hours...i don't believe that we can pick up more. I have only picked up and extra two and after working my 12...
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    Dr's children at pts bedside

    zambezi replied to Stillanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Only one of our docs has brought his kid in...he happened to be on call that night and had taken his daughter (4) to dinner or something and he got called in...I think his wife happened to be out of...
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    Transporting Telemetry Patients off the unit

    zambezi replied to CV CNS CCRN's topic in Cardiac

    In our critical care unit, if the patient is transferred to another floor or to xray/ct/ etc...has to be on tele with acls provider as escort... once the patient gets transferred to our tele unit, i...
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    cheap books

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

    Try http://www.half.com its the ebay of
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    Rough Night...

    zambezi posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Working in critical care, one would think that I we have more patients pass on...but in reality, I really don't get that many. I got report from the day shift on a patient that had been admitted four...
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    My Nocturnal Lifestyle

    zambezi replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    Your description sounds exactly like me!!! (except I don't walk home...) I even live in Oregon! I too had this problem. I seemed to have resolved it by taking a tylenol pm my first one or two nights...
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    Rough Night...

    zambezi replied to zambezi's topic in Nursing Career

    oops!!!posted this in the wrong discussion!!! how do you change forums once it is
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    Atrial Bigeminy?

    zambezi replied to javajunkie's topic in Cardiac

    I have seen this also...Per our protocol, if our patient is having lots of pac's...burts of afib...we digitilize them...(assuming they have not had dig prior...) to prevent
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    no thread specified message

    zambezi replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    I got this message too for awhile. When I got it, there was a "reply box" on the bottom of the page. If I typed into it and hit reply, I would get the message. Seems to be solved now that I hit post...
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    Are Nurses in Danger

    zambezi replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Currently we have a lot of MRSA going around the hospital. Our entire CCU/ICU units RNs, Docs, RTs, Lab etc had to have nasal cultures done...We'll see what happens when we get the results
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    anyone know about strawberry hemangiomas?

    zambezi replied to nursechick182's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A friends daughter had a strawberry hemanginoma on her face, top of her nose, near her eye...it also appeared a day or two after birth. She is one now and it is still there though has shrunk...
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    Docs & Nurses

    zambezi replied to alphafe's topic in General Nursing

    In my unit (CCU), we are also lucky to have good relationships with most of the docs (there are those few though....:) ) Our docs are pretty easy to work with, most listen to us, if we ask for a new...
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    Narcotic storage

    zambezi replied to toronto rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I try to take out as little as possible. So If my patient is orders 4mg/ and for some reason I am giving 2mg, I will pull out the 2mg cartridge. Our dosages come in 2,4,10, and 15. If I do pull out...
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    nursing schools in Oregon

    zambezi replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hello...I agree with what Beth said...also check out the website, it has a lot of good information...the admissions process is competitive, and I would guess there is a waiting list at the schools, I...