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  1. Log Roll/Axial Precaution Question

    kvsherry posted a topic in Neurological

    Hi Guys- I work in a Trauma ICU and we frequently have patients who are either full axial or log roll spinal precautions. My question is this, when you turn your patient to the side, how do you prop...

  2. Best one sentence handoff report

    kvsherry replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Along the same lines, from the surgeon... "you're not going to save

  3. More questions, this time not medical! =-)

    kvsherry replied to Celt42's topic in General Nursing

    Regardless of the program requirements, it would be a good idea to have real world experience prior to the NP. Your chances of being taken seriously without it are

  4. To All Female Nurses ????

    kvsherry replied to xGuYx's topic in General Nursing

    I like working with other guys, until they start getting all bent out of shape and pissy about being called a 'male nurse'. That is what I am because I am trailblazing in a field in which I'm a...

  5. IVPB 5-6hrs of ABX when pt is on cont IVFs

    kvsherry replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    i hope this

  6. I desperately need advice

    kvsherry replied to ElseeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you belong to a union? If so, talk to your rep. Then, since I'm no expert on labor law, I would second the other posters advice about speaking to a lawyer and finding greener pastures right quick....

  7. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    kvsherry replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    First off, let me correct Mr. Singer's 'research'. ICU nurses do, in fact, know the difference between clinically dead/brain dead. Those of us that do talk to our dead patients do so for many of the...

  8. Leveling art line to tragus for cpp???

    kvsherry replied to jimmy_hat's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    With regard to the question about drainage and checking ICP. It depends on your surgeons preference for that particular patient. Some patients, the really sick ones, require having the ICP open to...

  9. Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

    kvsherry replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    my family usually drops the RN bomb. I don't say anything personally unless I am asking for something like lab results. I like the staff to know that they can give me as much information as they are...

  10. You might be a trauma nurse if...............

    kvsherry replied to T14WFLY's topic in Emergency

    you can accurately predict a patients BAC by his

  11. Womens interest in male nurses

    kvsherry replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    yeah, sorry about that, I was trying to reply to something in the middle of the

  12. Womens interest in male nurses

    kvsherry replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

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  13. Male Uniform in nursing

    kvsherry replied to fabiusgile's topic in Men in Nursing

    smartest thing would to say you misspoke and drop it. anyway, back to your original question...Dickie's scrubs work great for me. They sell Unisex (no flaring obviously woman's pants or plunging neck...

  14. Chest tube to suction?

    kvsherry replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    I meant if the patient has a chest tube connected to Pleur evac and wall suction and the CXR showed no pneumothorax. The doctor writes and order saying to turn suction off. Do you just turn suction...

  15. Chest tube to suction?

    kvsherry replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    The risk of the chest tube being off of suction is that what ever is causing the pneumo won't get sucked out. If it's an empyema, blood or something else, it needs to come out, and the suction helps...

  16. How to deal with those family members who are "nurses"?

    kvsherry replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    First off, I would come right out and ask...something to the effect of, "I can't help but notice the scrubs, are you a nurse?" If so, engage her on a professional level. It's obvious that whatever...

  17. Tips for getting into ICU as a new grad?

    kvsherry replied to harborview's topic in MICU, SICU

    jmunrs2010- My advice to you would be to speak to the nurse manager and see if you can leave the float pool and go into ICU full time. If not, the two month preceptorship/capstone would be a huge...

  18. MICU vs SICU-why the rivalry? Can't we all just get along?

    kvsherry replied to sassyrn333's topic in MICU, SICU

    The hospital that I externed in had a combined med/surg ICU. So no rivalry. However, the Neuro ICU one floor up...big time rivalry (same manager). The Neuro ICU nurses hated floating down to ICU and...

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

    kvsherry replied to Be_Moore's topic in MICU, SICU

    Maybe it's just me, but I don't take reimbursements into consideration when I'm caring for my patients. If they can't handle a turn or bath, they don't get one. However, I do document as such and pass...

  20. Why is nursing like this?

    kvsherry replied to shine123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had the same feeling after I completed my orientation in the ICU. I was shocked because I had always had a high level of self confidence but as soon as I was 'on my own' I was terrified. I talked it...

  21. Tips for getting into ICU as a new grad?

    kvsherry replied to harborview's topic in MICU, SICU

    I can not stress enough the importance of prior experience. A job as a nurse tech is almost always an in and a successful externship goes miles to impress. As for CRNA school, I know others said "no"...

  22. Maybe I shouldn't be an ICU nurse - long

    kvsherry replied to bethem's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't know if this helps, but everyone (MDs, RNs, Resp. therapy) told me when I first started, some patients know better than us when they need to be extubated. Apparently, it happens alot and I...

  23. Need advice regarding Nurse Techs

    kvsherry replied to tiskathleen's topic in General Nursing

    UAPs are not allowed to give anything. UAPs are not even allowed to touch IV pumps or change an existing Normal Saline bag (its considered a med). For the externs out there, I don't know if its just...

  24. First Patient Death..How do I deal?

    kvsherry replied to RNXU's topic in MICU, SICU

    You have my sympathy, I am also a new grad in ICU and would not like to be in your shoes. The only thing i can say, from another noobs pov would be to go over it with your preceptor, that is what she...

  25. So nursing is not his thing

    kvsherry replied to ExpensiveBSN's topic in General Nursing

    MPH is not a bad idea, but if he wants, perhaps he should look into CRNA, i have been told that is the highest paying nursing job one can have and limited patient interaction because they are all...