zambezi BSN, RN

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    Help with Caring Behaviors.

    zambezi replied to Nurse2B2005's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with memphispanda....it is the little things and the "usual stuff" that go into caring, it is these things that the patient will remember. In addition to what panada said, I think that part of...
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    My Life with a Nurse: A Man's Perspective

    zambezi replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    This absolutely cracks me up...it is so perfect! I am printing it and bringing it to
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    Looking for CCM position Florence/Eugene area relocating from PA.

    zambezi replied to melemuse's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I don't know anything about what you are asking but I just wanted to say welcome to Oregon! It is a beautiful state. I live in Eugene for a couple of years...very outdoorsy, but bring a raincoat. Hope...
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    Residual NMBA in cellsaver

    zambezi replied to g8rlimey's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    back to the start of the thread mentioning cell saver...we use cell saver in our open heart unit if we have greater than 600cc/hr out in a post op patient. It is on our standing orders, but only one...
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    nursing schools in Oregon

    zambezi replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Oregon Nursing

    The four campuses of OHSU are "the hill" (portland--main campus), Ashland, Klamath Falls, and Eastern Oregon. I think that K falls is doing away with their program but I am not quite sure. Anyway, I...
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    nursing schools in Oregon

    zambezi replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I graduated from OHSU...if you have any questions, please feel free to pm me...There are four (but mabye soom three) campuses across the state. I didn't know about the program that states that you...
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    Antacids

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

    All of our post of heart patients receive pepcid/reglan IV. When PO, they take protonix/reglan. We have inapsine ordered for nausea unless there are QTc
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    What are the skills and qualities of a great critical care nurse?

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

    Didn't read your entire question...as far as skills and qualities go, i would say the ability to think quickly, use critical thinking skills, being able to look at the entire clinical picture IE: the...
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    What are the skills and qualities of a great critical care nurse?

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

    Hey Caroline...I posted this for another thread, but this is what I do on a regular basis as a CCU nurse... It is a great job IMHO, the technology, autonomy, and teamwork is great. Caring for patients...
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    What do ER and Acute Care NP's Do?

    zambezi replied to edogs334's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Along the same lines--are there any NPs that are "specialized" to work in a critical care area?? We have PA and RN first assist that work in our unit...if I were an NP would I just have to find a...
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    Whats your fav sleep mask?

    zambezi replied to katie345's topic in General Nursing

    I just use dark curtins and fan....the fan is a must have for me. I work two days on, two days off, four days on, six days off. IMHO this is a great schedule, the two days gets me warmed up, then the...
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    Need info. on getting a job before graduation

    zambezi replied to RN123456789's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I personally do not work in NICU/LD...however, the hiring process is similar for each unit. My advice would we to call the NM for the unit that you are interested in...the sooner the better, IMHO. Ask...
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    Question-Open Heart Anesthesia??

    zambezi posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hello...I work in a CCU...we a trying to revamp our extubation protocols for our open hearts, trying to extubate them quicker (3-4 hours) Our patients usually come back on a fentanyl gtt...sometimes...
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    After a long hard day do you...............

    zambezi replied to orca1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As long as your did your best there is nothing else you can do at the time other than learn from your experience so you can do better (again your best) the next time. I was new (still am...) just over...
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    Question-Open Heart Anesthesia??

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

    I agree that fast tracking is not for everyone, especially with the increasing incidence of octagenarians and sicker patients having surgery. However, our CNS and surgeons are promoting it when...
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    Unlicensed personnel calling in prescriptions?!

    zambezi replied to bassbird's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I also work part time at a clinic...the MAs call in RXs all the time, in fact, the clinic does not even have an RN that works there (other than me, and I only do clinical trials and am very part time...
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    Recovery of OR patients in CCU

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

    I work in a CCU, we recover all of our open hearts in the unit, they never go to pacu...Our unit is on the third floor...OR is on the first...we have an elevator that goes directly from the OR to our...
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    CVICU open visitation

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

    We do not allow family to stay the night in the room...our rooms are not really big enough for family to stay anyhow...family is allowed to stay in the waiting room/conference rooms...we also have a...
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    CVICU open visitation

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

    We have a fairly open visitation policy in my unit. The only time we are "closed" is at change of shift, both morning and night. Exceptions can be made by the RN if something is going on and the...
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    etomidate

    zambezi replied to TinyNurse's topic in Emergency

    We use etomidate in our CCU prior to intubation...the RN pushes
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    Do you use the trendelenberg position?

    zambezi replied to wishingmary's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have also heard that there is no clinical evidence that support this...it seems like I read something about this not too long ago on the boards...i use it if my patients bp dumps, I have used it in...
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    ICU ratios????

    zambezi replied to a_clay's topic in General Nursing

    We are usually 1:2, 1:1 if it is a very complicated patient or fresh post op heart (well we keep that 1:1 for as long as wel can anyway...I have been doubled with fresh hearts if we are
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    Renerian's thread "Worksheets from your shift..." uppdated w/ a poll

    zambezi replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    I usually leave my worksheet for the day shift...They can then see what I have done. I am pretty anal and write my patient history down as well...(critical care usually only 1-2 patients), this way...
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    Reasons that I'm glad I'm a Nurse

    zambezi replied to Noney's topic in General Nursing

    This is a great thread Noney. I like being a nurse (all of one year so far!) for lots of reasons. I like the complexity of it, being able to think, to see something not quite right and taking steps to...
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    Anyone sick of working weekends????

    zambezi replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind weekends...but I can see how I might if my husband had every weekend off and those were his only days off. I work every other weekend, my husbands day off are sunday and monday...we we...