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  1. Transfer routine...

    suetje replied to IamRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    You are right to trust your gut feelings. In our unit, if this had happened, since the pt. was still in SICU, I would have used one of the pain meds from the ICU med sheet, such as a little opf...

  2. how gross & messy is nursing REALLY?

    suetje replied to amyrae76's topic in Nursing Career

    Come on! Most of us who have pets deal with the same stuff. That's why there is such a thing as handwashing, and gloves, and gowns and scrubs! We used to have this dialysis procedure where the...

  3. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

    suetje replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Career

    Yup,me too. Really happy to have chosen this profession. After almost 20 years at one institution (in the ICU!) I keep coming back to work, on my weekends off from the corporate job! Why? Because it...

  4. What are your duties when working in SICU?

    suetje replied to Gisele's topic in MICU, SICU

    Are you for real???? Of COURSE we deal directly with these things! who else would?? How would you assess your pt. if you are not around to see what is going on? Sound like you are not in the proper...

  5. ECMO

    suetje replied to nrsen99's topic in MICU, SICU

    You can check the literature, but the success rates for Adult ECMO is still about 55%. Still, with this 50% success we DO see pts. go home. We get a lot of Legionelle and pneumonia, and we had a...