traumalover

traumalover RN

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  1. APAP Supp?

    traumalover replied to nursesaurus's topic in Patient Medications

    I bet you're fun at parties. I don't wear panties, I have a set of brass ones I carry in my pocket. Part of my lesser education. You know, I think I work with you. And I do not think we are friends....

  2. APAP Supp?

    traumalover replied to nursesaurus's topic in Patient Medications

    I am glad too. It makes dealing with people like yourself so much easier since my little mind can finally figure out what you mean. Hooray! Thank you for my educating me! Have you thought about...

  3. APAP Supp?

    traumalover replied to nursesaurus's topic in Patient Medications

    Really? It took me 3.7 seconds to google the word sarcastic and another 1.8 to google condescending. spellcheck included. I am very impressed with

  4. insulin drip protocol for mixing/priming: how do you mix it?

    traumalover replied to TraumaJunkieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Our policy is to prime with 50mls, same rationale, that the insulin will stick to the tubing. we mix 250 units in

  5. Patients Making Up Lies

    traumalover replied to Honeynurse's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:laughing my you know what

  6. Over it.

    traumalover replied to NightNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

  7. Let me tell you how my night went last night...

    traumalover replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I have had that night. It really irks me when they put someone in charge who is not ready! I don't charge much because I don't like it. At my hospital we get four freaking apache points for an...

  8. Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    traumalover replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    I should be happy they didn't bring more!!!!! If they brought something every day of the week I would go up (another size)! on the bright side, nights all brought in a dish, veggies, salsa, etc and we...

  9. Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    traumalover replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital gave us....a happy nurses week in our weekly paper.

  10. Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    traumalover replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    We got two bags in the ICU...each contained a snack pack of Cheez-Its, a package of Starburst, Stride gum, ad a bag of pretzels. And the people we rent our bariatric beds brought it. And there were...

  11. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

    traumalover replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

    Once, when I was in middle school, I swiped a pack of Skittles from a gas station on a dare. Ignorant thing to do. Didn't get caught. Also, I work with someone who had their license suspended for a...

  12. Abdominal Hysterectomy & Bilateral Salpingoophrectomy

    traumalover replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Nursing

    Many patients have a small amt red drainage on their surgical dressing. If it is not getting bigger I would surely not call it, but mention it on rounds. catheter,

  13. Ethical dilemmas encountered by nurses

    traumalover replied to julschris7's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Rescinding DNR orders because the pt can no longer speak for their self and their family is now in charge. Very angry still about that one. Would explain but gets me very upset, suffice to say, the 81...

  14. Night shift duty is it better than days???

    traumalover replied to stylishgurl's topic in General Nursing

    I did three years on days and am on nights now when I relocated, and I LOVE NIGHTS. Fun people, less family, no administration, no pt/ot/speech....and in the ICU if it's busy it's usually a really...

  15. What is the highest temp you have seen?

    traumalover replied to momthenRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    107.1. malignant hyperthermia. Turned him around, heard he did well. Wasn't my pt, but a coworker-little fuzzy on the

  16. To the RN I just had hospital orientation with today....

    traumalover replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a total pt care ICU and give AWESOME bed baths as well as manage critically ill pts all shift long and I am equally proud of

  17. got yelled at today- for volunteering

    traumalover replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sad to say as I read this thread there are people I'm ashamed to be in this profession with. Again, we can all disagree, but I see nothing constructive in some of this replies, just plain...

  18. got yelled at today- for volunteering

    traumalover replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck, OP! I don't think you need to apologize for your post. Supposedly, this site is here to ask questions and receive CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Sadly, that doesn't always happen. Stay strong....

  19. got yelled at today- for volunteering

    traumalover replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha! Couldn't have said it better

  20. Sudden VTACH to VFIB

    traumalover replied to Rise Against's topic in General Nursing

    it could have been any number of things, tension pneumothorax, PE (PE's can be a PEA, or brady arrest, but also can be v tach)collapsed or ruptured graft, a clot in any of the grafts or coronary...

  21. Starting out in ICU

    traumalover replied to seniorstudent123's topic in General Nursing

    I started in ICU 7 years ago and the best advice I can give is be organized!!! Flow sheets are awesome if you find a good one. Also, be a sponge. When you don't understand something ask why....

  22. The worst code you've seen?

    traumalover replied to jesshopper12's topic in General Nursing

    8 year old boy shot in a drive by...chest cracked in the trauma room, prolonged code, got a junctional ryhtym and a pulse, went to or. He died on the table while they were trying to get him on...

  23. Lost my first ICU patient today

    traumalover replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry your pt died. It will happen the longer you are in ICU and take sicker and sicker patients. Please take comfort in the fact palliative care was initiated and she did not suffer a prolonged...

  24. Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    traumalover replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps we feel differently, to each their own, but no pt will receive meds, IV starts, blood draws, dressing changes, accuchecks without me or their instructor there. Can they do their assessment,...

  25. Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    traumalover replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Also, I don't let nursing students give meds, draw blood, or stick them for even a glucose if I/m not there, as well as get them up, or zero lines, or anything I consider it would be easy to mistake....