anurseuk

anurseuk

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  1. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    anurseuk replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    one more... when the pts pco2 is equal or higher than their

  2. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    anurseuk replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    When you come on shift and the defib is next to the patients bed When doing your initial post op head to toe the patient has hands free defib pads in situ When the inotrope concentration in the...

  3. What does your head nurse need to know?

    anurseuk replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    To say THANK YOU more

  4. Code blue: family at bedside????

    anurseuk replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    If my family member were being resusitated I don't think I'd want to be present. Although we try to treat the patient with dignity etc sometimes when you're doing everything you can to save someones...

  5. What do you do to de-stress?

    anurseuk replied to arynberg's topic in General Nursing

    I had a question like this in my last interview and I said, 'I don't really get stressed, at the end of the day it's a job not your life!' And to be honest my personal life has been so stressful of...

  6. Nurses spelling troubles

    anurseuk replied to limarie's topic in General Nursing

    I think you get so bogged down with the shear amount to learn at work things that improve and maintain your spelling are lost... such as reading for fun (non nursing texts!) The more I learn the...

  7. Do big girls and boys really cry??

    anurseuk replied to yinit9278's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, without being judgemental or too 'hard' I don't think that crying infront of patients is appropriate or professional. In times when they themselves want to cry, or when they've recieved...

  8. How does one become assertive in the nursing field?

    anurseuk replied to nicnix's topic in General Nursing

    It's a real shame you feel like this; most of the docs on my unit I'm more than hapy to talk to and they generally speak to us the way we speak to them. Scratching each others backs so to speak. Have...

  9. Nursing School Superlatives

    anurseuk replied to macybones's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sister of the future...

  10. When people say they are nurses but not...

    anurseuk replied to Jacobero's topic in General Nursing

    Yes REALLY bugs me! I work and worked hard to be able to call myself a nurse and that is something I'm proud

  11. getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line

    anurseuk replied to Implacable's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Also if you have wasted a bit too much just make up a new infusion, better for the patient and all

  12. Drips

    anurseuk replied to Nursekat64's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I would say go directly to your units protocol as in the critical cares I've worked in they have been

  13. CPR question

    anurseuk replied to poohbear1968's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    You hopefully would see some sort of output from the arterial line if your in an ITU environment. Much easier when you are because the chances are that your patient will already have multiple...

  14. getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line

    anurseuk replied to Implacable's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If it's a small one I'll flick it so it goes back up the tube into the drip chamber, or i'll disconnect and flush the

  15. Which types of patients should I not take care of while pregnant?

    anurseuk replied to RN 4 U's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not an expert on pregnancy or anything and I'm sure someone else will be able to give you a much broader explanation but I know you CAN look after patients with norweigen scabies (from experience)...

  16. I am getting terminated tomarrow

    anurseuk replied to nl2005's topic in General Nursing

    Let us know how you get on. We're all thinking of

  17. geriatric nursing

    anurseuk replied to dkrooster's topic in General Nursing

    Care of the elderly is very rewarding, this is where I started my career spending the first 8 months on an acute elderly ward post qualifying... to be honest this was not the area I wanted to work, I...

  18. What was your job before you became a nurse?

    anurseuk replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    I was at college with a saturday job in a supermarket cafe.... god I hated

  19. In your experience, the hardest part of being an RN

    anurseuk replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    There are loads of things most probably but right now the main thing for me would be; take oppertunities as the arise (with courses etc) be proactive with your patients, don't be affraid of speaking...

  20. Debunking the night shift myths

    anurseuk replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in critical care now so night shifts are pretty much the same as day shifts, admissions from theatres and other cardiothoracic wards, the unstability of patients in general. But I used to work on...

  21. Why wouldn't you chart this??

    anurseuk replied to Poopsie Gigglebuns's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, for me I'm reading it as the drug has expires on the 23rd (for example) written on it and today is the 23rd so will expire as soon as it's 00.01 on the 24th... so you can give it. If it was a...

  22. chest tube removal

    anurseuk replied to corkyrn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm a 30hour flight away from work but can certainly forward the protocols to you once I'm

  23. Pearls of Wisdom

    anurseuk replied to seanpdent's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thats actually part of our inotrope policy now... it's quite scary when you have a problem with on of your pumps and the patient is inotrope

  24. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    anurseuk replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I fell into it by accident really; I was at college, hating every minute and was advised to have a careers interview... So there I am answering the questions and she put my details into a computer and...

  25. 4 hour code blue

    anurseuk replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck for that; I couldn't work in any other department now. I think you'd really enjoy