I've been in the cath lab for 4 years now and I've never considered it boring or low stress, but to each his own. I personally love it and will stay in the cath lab setting as long as I can. Some...
Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive gene so if the father is not a carrier the child will not have cystic fibrosis but will have a 50% chance of being a carrier themselves (anyone correct me if I'm wrong...
Fem-stops are a disposable/one time use item and should not be re-used on another patient. These devices come in direct contact with blood and I don't think that "washing" them would be adequate! I...
Where I work there isn't a difference in pay based on what area you work in. Pay is based on the number of years you've beeen a nurse. However, I do think that there should be a pay ladder based on...
You've got to love July! One of my favorite new intern stories was when I worked midnights in CCU. I had a patient that was made a DNR and passed away during the night so I had to call the resident...
i don't know of any books off the top of my head but I would encourage you to visit a few good websites I know of, if you haven,t already found them: Cathlab.com and try to ggogle SICP and Wess Todd...
Since I work in the cath lab we have pressure bags all over the place but I would definatley expect that there would be at least a couple on every crash cart. There are times that you need to provide...
Our policy is to get an accucheck on admission for all our same day admissions. If the patient is coming to us from the floor they generally have an accucheck prior to us picking them up, if not we...
Same fight different day. I don't usually even look at ADN vs BSN threads anymore because I just can't stand to see nurses bickering back and forth about who's better, more qualified, etc. I was...
I work in the Chicago area. It is common for the cath labs in this area to run with a mix of RN's, techs and RT's. It is not uncommon to be the only RN in a case especially during a call in. I have...
BJNurse replied to cathlab_wink's topic in Cardiac
If your looking for a non invasive "pad" type device the D-Stat dry has my vote. It is similar to the closur pad but doesn't stick to your fingers and tear apart. I also think that I get better more...
We use the Witt system in our cath lab also. Sometimes we have a RN recording and sometimes a tech records. We have an area for the doctor, nurse and recorder to sign on the Witt documentation....
BJNurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor
These stories are great. Nothing is more entertaining than a room full of nurses talking about their most disgusting moments. Here are a few of my own, hope you enjoy... First one was told to me by...