NurseBoricua

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1. Chest Tubes and Clamping

   NurseBoricua replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

   1. Do not clamp chest tube 2. make sure there is order to allow off suction, for ambulation and xray. 3. Can order portable suction device, or get portable xray ( I usually do the second). 4. And...

2. Ever leave work crying?

   NurseBoricua replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   New Ccu RN, I had a similar experience when I started as a new SICU RN. It took me four hours of phone calls to finally get my sedation and my lines from the resident. Like your situation, the...

3. Taking Call

   NurseBoricua replied to Kansas_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   The big kicker is when people routinely call in because they know there are two nurses on call that