Or maybe it was a nurse who doesn't usually work ICU and was already in over his/her head? Some units will pull nurses from stepdown when they're desperate with the intention of only giving them...
Mrs.Rollins replied to APRN.'s topic in MICU, SICU
I agree with many of the other posters. Once you've had to break this kind of news to family often enough (I don't work in a Level I with docs at the bedside 'round the clock; I am frequently the one...
Mrs.Rollins replied to kimbalotz's topic in Nursing Career
This type of thing happens all the time in my facility, unfortunately. We had a rash of nurses a few years ago who wanted to transfer, were completely blocked by their managers, left for another...
Mrs.Rollins replied to MelissaLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I just want to take a moment to congratulate AsystoleRN for a wonderful response. There is so much misinformation about the dying process and hospice care in general within the acute care setting....
Mrs.Rollins replied to sicushells's topic in MICU, SICU
My standard practice (and the policy at my current facility) is to document vitals Q15mins any time I'm titrating pressors. If they've been on low dose pressors (like renal dosing dopamine, for...
Mrs.Rollins replied to Da_Milk_of_Amnesia's topic in MICU, SICU
With our population it's not uncommon for us to run 50-60mcg propofol, 9-10 midazolam, and Fentanyl or Dilaudid gtts and patients to still be awake and actively pulling at ETT/lines/Foleys. We get a...
Mrs.Rollins replied to Rabid Response's topic in MICU, SICU
If you come to the nursing station looking for a patient named "John," and when asked what John's last name is you say, "Well, I don't know. But he's one of my best
Mrs.Rollins replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing
I'm a night-shifter in mid-level acuity ICU with no CNA's. We have to do nightly baths on all our patients, every night. Day shift on my unit is pretty good about cleaning up the patients during the...
Mrs.Rollins replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing
ABG: pH 7.13, pCO2 88, pO2 46, don't remember the HCO3, but it was something equally ridiculous. This patient was not intubated, by the way, and the attending didn't seem to think it was warranted...
Mrs.Rollins replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas Nursing
Actually, only Methodist in The Medical Center requires a BSN; all the other locations will accept ADN. However, Methodist is notorious for almost always choosing BSN over ADN applicants, regardless...
Mrs.Rollins replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas Nursing
If you're planning on working in the Dallas area I'd be a lot more concerned about Group One than about having your BSN. I work in the Houston medical center for one of the big ones (I won't say...