grbrico

grbrico

CCU, ICU, Cardio Pul', Hospice

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About grbrico

grbrico has 5 years experience and specializes in CCU, ICU, Cardio Pul', Hospice.


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  1. At night, I dress up as a Nurse :)

    I LOVE being a night nurse.... not having to "deal" with administration except through email, or doctors unless I call them... our worlds maybe be different... but I will never work day time... I have...
  2. Too Short for ICU Nursing?

    I am 5'1. ahem... Im not going to give my weight..LOL... but I have never had a problem working in ICU. I have rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalga as well. Never once had I a problem with working...
  3. Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    We use atropine gtts for emergencies and keep those in a comfort box. But Scop patches work even better. We use the Atropine gtts (typically opthalmic gtts) under the tounge... 2 gtts every 4 hours...
  4. Question from new hospice nurse

    I agree with Irish there.... it does sound like a bad case of terminal agitation... and I had one of those about a three months ago.. it still haunts me... no matter what we did, we could not ease...
  5. Calling all Paducah, KY Nurses!

    Howdy... Graduated gosh.. going on 6 years ago.. dang the time flies.... Not so competitive in the spring.. because... I imagine... you dont walk graduation.. I mean you can... I started spring... and...
  6. Question from new hospice nurse

    Well, what don't you like about it... it does take some getting used to its a different nursing entirely. I mean there is still the bedside but in the field, you are on your own most of the time,...
  7. Question from new hospice nurse

    Where I come from our medical directors are pretty quick to take our judgement when it comes to a patient out of pain control. We would have them on a gtt at home before going inpatient. There have...
  8. Greetings... Hospice Nurse Falling Apart

    Thanks for the input.. I have always carried extra insurance since the day I received my nursing license... thank you for suggesting that.. hopefully someone who read this who didn't have it... will...
  9. New Grad going into Hospice

    Its wonderful that you feel this way now. I too would have to worry for you in the field being new grad. This is no reflection on being a new grad whatsoever... we all were at one time. However....
  10. Even though I do not have mine... I do plan to get it. Monetary reimbursement is great and all of that... but just think of the knowledge base you will have... and the good you can do for all of your...
  11. Do you call the doctor EVERY time

    lol... Im reading this post because I am a hospice nurse.. and quite frankly... I write a lot of orders.... but in my defence... the orders I write are from standing orders in which we have a ton of...
  12. Medicine disposal

    In our agency, we use quickcrete concrete, not sure of the resource... but from what I understand we are no longer to flush meds down the toliet or rinse down the drain due to chemical residue that...
  13. Hi.. its me again.. the nurse falling apart. I talked with a manager today... explained feeling so stressed and that I am crying all the time... "Well sometimes Hospice is not for everyone" Let me put...
  14. Day in the life of a hospice nurse

    LOL... sure... I can give this a whirl. Call report line from home.. because I dont have time to sit at the office... because I just a call that my pt has died. jump into my clothes I laid out the...
  15. Hi all, I moved to Hospice from the ICU last year, mainly because I feel I have had a calling to this field. And quite frankly I do. (When things go right...LMAO) Our Hospice has been hit pretty...