PiPhi2004

PiPhi2004

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  1. Overdoses

    PiPhi2004 replied to HeatherISU's topic in MICU, SICU

    LOL if its a 1 on 1 I guess you could, but heck you cant protect her airway for her, even if you're sitting beside her! With compromise in respiratory status she bought herself some tube time, and...

  2. Labs and vasopressors..new icu nurse needs advice

    PiPhi2004 replied to icu26RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    getting an art stick (or any stick) of someone on pressors, especially more than 2 is nearly impossible. If you have enough pressors that you have no access left, then you need an a-line, period. I...

  3. The Dreaded Death Bath and a Moral/Ethical Dilemma?

    PiPhi2004 replied to Be_Moore's topic in MICU, SICU

    We also get the fancy mattress for any patient that is hemodynamically unstable. We still bathe em, its a PTA bath if they can't tolerate more, and realistically if you've got a patient that sick, you...

  4. what?...q 15 NIBPs with an art line???

    PiPhi2004 replied to ICUmama's topic in MICU, SICU

    I know people who do this, we have no policy on it and I have better things to do with my time so I don't do it, plus why have a BP cuff going off q15 on a poor persons arm? Unless you're having...

  5. Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    PiPhi2004 replied to RnM21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Even on my busiest of days I am always able to clock out before 0800, even when I have 3 pt assignments in the ICU, and I've had some bad ones before! I always keep up with my charting and I delegate...

  6. How high have you titrated levophed?

    PiPhi2004 replied to racing-mom4's topic in MICU, SICU

    There are so so so so many things wrong with this. Was anyone helping you at all? Anyone with any experience would've been able to assist you. A high dose of levo is the least of the

  7. Huntington vs Charleston hospitals, salary?

    PiPhi2004 replied to Leanne62499's topic in General Nursing

    Run, dont walk, to Huntington. I am an ICU nurse at CAMC in charleston, it is horrible. My friend is an ICU nurse at St Mary's and she is treated wonderfully. I will be leaving for higher education...

  8. How often do you get sick?

    PiPhi2004 replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in college I think I was sick most of the time, but then again I lived with 20 other girls in a sorority house and we shared bathrooms and kitchens. We passed around EVERYTHING! Now that...

  9. You cant be fashionable for nursing.

    PiPhi2004 replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    I am very young, 23, and I hate looking dowdy at work and while I abide by all dress code rules and regulations, there are ways to still look good at work. To the OP, the rules are the rules, so you...

  10. Question about Becoming a CRNA

    PiPhi2004 replied to cdcd67's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would say ICU nurses do quite a bit of it compared to others. We have no UAPs on our floor so we do all code browns and any vomit, plus in many GI cases we measure gastric contents daily. Patients...

  11. AAA rupture

    PiPhi2004 replied to DMBFAN4EVR's topic in General Nursing

    10000% agree with you on this one. I can't believe they don't spend time on more important things. It kind of annoys me, there are a million things to learn in nursing school and this is something...

  12. Am I wrong because i don't want to do CNA duites

    PiPhi2004 replied to zoeyzoe's topic in General Nursing

    It is one thing if you are too busy to do CNA duties, but your post reads that you don't want to. Let me ask you this, would you be angry if someone told you "I don't want to do LPN duties, I'm an...

  13. Does anyone else get tired of the meetings?

    PiPhi2004 replied to rn-n- 2005's topic in General Nursing

    I really don't mind meetings. I like getting first-hand information about new policies coming soon or near-miss events that we should watch out for. These topics are usually always a part of the...

  14. Higher incidence of depression among nurses

    PiPhi2004 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I do think there is a higher incidence of depression among nurses. First, there is a proven relationship among people who work odd hours and depression. Secondly, there are more women diagnosed with...

  15. shouldnt precepting be teaching , not working?

    PiPhi2004 replied to Venetian's topic in General Nursing

    The ICU is a tough place to hang for a new grad, but my question is, how is the acuity of this ICU? In some places, having a 3:1 isnt a big deal because the patients aren't so sick. I would...

  16. I do not want to go back

    PiPhi2004 replied to 1styearsucks's topic in General Nursing

    I think most people dread working those first few months as an RN. I have just gotten through my 'hell year'. I spent most of that year guzzling the pepto bismol because the thought of going to work...

  17. Have you ever NOT shown up when you were scheduled to work?

    PiPhi2004 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I did it the FIRST day I was off orientation as a new nurse, I was also out of town and my parents lived in the sticks and we didn't have any other phone so I didn't get the call until I got home at...

  18. On my own after 2 days?!?

    PiPhi2004 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I recently relocated to a new area after spending one year in a MICU. I was ready for a little change so I decided to do trauma/surgical ICU in a level 1 trauma hospital. I have worked on the unit...

  19. Three things...

    PiPhi2004 replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the exact opposite, give me the poop, take away the secretions! 1) Torturing patients because family tells us to (even though it is IN WRITING, not what the patient wanted) 2) know-it-all nurses,...

  20. Three things...

    PiPhi2004 replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the exact opposite, give me the poop, take away the

  21. On-call at home and police wake you up?

    PiPhi2004 replied to Conejita's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My first job I lived in a 'big' city and worked at a huge hospital. I wrote down my schedule wrong and had went on a long weekend back home to the country with no cell phone signal. Needless to say...

  22. On my own after 2 days?!?

    PiPhi2004 replied to PiPhi2004's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for all the replies! I was told that I would be on orientation for 1 month and then we could re-evaluate if I needed more or not. I was doing all the care for my patients and that was fine, I...

  23. Do you raid the patient fridge?

    PiPhi2004 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    in the ICU I would love the applesauces! We didn't have much else since so few people ate on our unit, but I would always grab two of those for lunch and life would be

  24. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    PiPhi2004 replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!!!! I would have loved to been a fly on the wall for THAT conversation with his

  25. I got reprimanded at work for not using a bra !

    PiPhi2004 replied to Kath80's topic in General Nursing

    What's a whale