PiPhi2004

PiPhi2004

Trauma ICU, Surgical ICU, Medical ICU

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  1. Overdoses

    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 definitely shes at huge risk for aspiration!
  2. Labs and vasopressors..new icu nurse needs advice

    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 would check to see if anything can run together so y...
  3. The Dreaded Death Bath and a Moral/Ethical Dilemma?

    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 are too busy with other priorities than about get...
  4. what?...q 15 NIBPs with an art line???

    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 problems with the art line, then sure.
  5. Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    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 or decide what can wait for the next shift. If yo...
  6. How high have you titrated levophed?

    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 problem.
  7. Introductions

    You have no idea how much I agree with this! I work per diem, so my pay is pretty good at $36/hr. However, it ISNT WORTH IT!!!! I worked down south in NC for a year before coming back home to be with family, and frankly I wish I would've stayed ther...
  8. Huntington vs Charleston hospitals, salary?

    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 soon, or I would run to Huntington too!
  9. How often do you get sick?

    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 I'm married and living with a lot less people I rar...
  10. You cant be fashionable for 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 must abide by them, but you can always add little...
  11. Question about Becoming a CRNA

    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 get bathed everyday where I'm at and we have to d...
  12. AAA rupture

    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 they obviously want you to know? Next time I have ...
  13. Am I wrong because i don't want to do CNA duites

    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 RN" I also think a 5-6 patient assignment is pretty...
  14. Does anyone else get tired of the meetings?

    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 meetings and need to be discussed. I think they are ...
  15. Higher incidence of depression among nurses

    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 depression than men, and as we all know, nursing is...
  16. shouldnt precepting be teaching , not working?

    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 personally sit down and talk to you preceptor and make som...
  17. I do not want to go back

    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 made me sick. It is really hard being so young (...
  18. 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 about 9pm that night so needless to say I missed th...
  19. On my own after 2 days?!?

    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 for 2 days and on the second day my preceptor basic...
  20. Three things...

    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, MDs with the God complex, disappearing CNAs. In a ...
  21. Three things...

    I'm the exact opposite, give me the poop, take away the secretions!
  22. On-call at home and police wake you up?

    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 I was a no show and they had no way of contacting ...
  23. On my own after 2 days?!?

    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 just felt that I would have someone double-checkin...
  24. Do you raid the patient fridge?

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

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