zambezi BSN, RN

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    Jay Leno slams nurses!

    zambezi replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    The joke (which I didn't hear) dosen't really bother me either since it was "just" Jay Leno. He make fun of everyone and everything- that is his job- everytime I have watched Jay Leno (which is never-...
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    Question of the Month: Nursing Faculty Working Part-time in Clinical Settings?

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

    I agree that there should be some sort of connection with current nursing practice. When I was in school we had a clinical instructor that had been out of the field for so long that she didn't know...
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    Turning off your beeper while charting. Wrong or Right? Vote Now.

    zambezi replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I voted that it is wrong (although I suppose each nurse can do what they want with their beeper within hospital policy). I doubt that policy says you can turn off your beeper to chart. If you are...
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    After a hysterectomy, will the patient have normal sexual function?

    zambezi replied to Janinern84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If your friends mom has a computer you can refer her to http://www.hystersisters.com. It is a non medical website, but there is lots of support for women in the pre and post hysterectomy periods. I...
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    Pacific Northwest According 2 Jeff Foxworthy

    zambezi replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    As someone who lives in the Pacific Northwest- I totally understood the whole thing. The coffee parts hit home with me. We have at least one drive through coffee stand per every mile radius. And they...
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    What's the Youngest CAD/MI Pt. You've Had?

    zambezi replied to HillNPStudent's topic in Cardiac

    Youngest I have seen is 18...enzymes etc were all elevated (thankfully fairly mildly)...took the kid to cath lab- clean coronaries...turns out he had an allergic reaction to something which caused...
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    Physician assisted suicide

    zambezi replied to texas_lvn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Oegon has the Death with Dignity Act It is constantly in the news as people are usually trying to overturn the law...Here are some pertinant websites. http://egov.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/index.shtml...
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    Nurses: Delighted or Annoyed by Nursing Students?

    zambezi replied to AthensICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I too enjoy teaching and working with students- most of them anyway. If I have a student, I want a person who wants to learn and is excited or at least willing to try anything that I am going to do...
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    new nurse-i feel useless when a code is called.

    zambezi replied to JulieRN07's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I agree with taking ACLS, it will give you an idea of what is going on and what the "plan" might be. I don't know what kind of unit you work on, but knowing the cardiac rhythms might also help...
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    Charge Nurses

    zambezi replied to trauma_junkie1's topic in General Nursing

    We have a couple of nurses that always do charge when they are working (which no one minds). The rest of us rotate our charge days. Most of us get tired being charge all the time (when we are charge...
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    Repro cancer?

    zambezi replied to michelle95's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know you weren't advocating for skipping paps...And you are right, most people are probably okay with a low risk of invasive disease... This is just a really fresh issue for me... I just wanted to...
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    Amiodarone Admistration Info for a Class

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

    That is what I am saying too! 300 mg IV push- just dilute it in a syringe with 20-30 mL -then push. We don't have premixed syringes yet (I heard they were coming out though?). The times that I have...
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    Amiodarone Admistration Info for a Class

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

    Like I said, it seems that we usually shock the patient out of it. Thinking back, I have pushed it once or twice. But usually (lately anyway) the patient is shocked back into a perfusing rhythm...
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    Amiodarone Admistration Info for a Class

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

    For pulseless VT/VF-defibrillation first- remember the first three successive shocks first! If still pulseless either epi or vasopressin per protocol and consider antiarrhythmics- continue with...
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    Repro cancer?

    zambezi replied to michelle95's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I respectfully disagree with this. If you have HPV, it can remain latent/hidden for many years before it shows. I have had clean paps since I was 18 (thank goodness I still get them!). This year, my...
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    When a baby is born....what does your hospital do?

    zambezi replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We also play Brahams lullaby...you can't really hear it in any of the rooms though. It is always strange how when you have a code or someone dies within the hour another soul is brought into the...
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    Any advice to new ICU (medical / surgical) Nurse?

    zambezi replied to CRNAorBust's topic in MICU, SICU

    First off, Congratulation on getting hired into ICU! :balloons: I think that night shift, while it takes awhile for the body to adjust to, is a great place to learn... As for getting used to 12 hr...
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    12N Sleeping During Break

    zambezi replied to MEDRQST's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't advocate sleeping on the job AT ALL- However, if she is on her unpaid 30 minute break and is available if the staff needs her in an emergency (I think the break room would be considered...
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    What will Cardiac Surgery Stepdown be like?

    zambezi replied to ManyRN2B's topic in Cardiac

    I don't work in our stepdown unit, however, I know that as far as ratios go, our stepdown has a different matrix than medsurg as well...OUr med surg rations are anywhere from 1-5 thru 1-10 (nights) on...
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    Is it possible to transition from ER to ICU?

    zambezi replied to culebra's topic in MICU, SICU

    We had an ER nurse cross train to our CCU. For some reason she never floats up, which is too bad because she is
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    Does anyone here love their job?

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

    I have been an RN for 3 years in a CICU (medical and surgical cardiac). I really do love it. The unit isn't perfect by any means but we have a great staff. I have made so many good friends on the...
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    What do you do for YOU every day, to keep sane..

    zambezi replied to JoBug's topic in General Nursing

    Things I do to unwind: #1 Try not to stress about work in the first place. #2 Workout/spend time outdoors #3 Hang out with my husband (and in many months our new baby) #4 Online- I usually find myself...
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    Nurse on Survivor

    zambezi replied to rogramjet's topic in General Nursing

    I love survivor too...Bobby Jon did look bad- I thought for sure that he was going to pass out. All the guys looked pretty bad...Blake gets into some trouble next time- I wonder if that tree that fell...
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    Nursing in Bend

    zambezi replied to passing thru's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I like bend too, I don't spend too much time there but it is a nice area...Lots of outdoorsy stuff. I don't know much about the nursing situation there, we had one nurse from there and she liked it...
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    Help, new nurse, suffering from Heel Pain.

    zambezi replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    look into gettig some z-coils... http://www.zcoil.com (ugly, i know, but well worth