CritterLover BSN, RN

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    Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    CritterLover replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    see lots of really low bps on people who are dying......we should proabably take the art lines out of the dnrs.... i'm not sure of the highest. had a renal patient who was carried in (by two people,...
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    9 months to plan this...buy a camera!

    CritterLover replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

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    Do you use filtered needles for Im injections

    CritterLover replied to ceen's topic in Emergency

    i doesn't matter if you are giving the meds iv or im. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]if you are drawing out of a glass ampule, you use a filter needle. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]then you...
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    Insurance: The Urban Legend.

    CritterLover replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    i wonder how they get away with this? i'm trying to remember when emtala really went into effect (in a practical sense) when i first started working in the er, the order of things was registration...
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    Insurance: The Urban Legend.

    CritterLover replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    it doesn't surprise me at all that things are different in ltc. there is no way medicaid is paying $4600 a month for those rooms. if they don't cater to the private pay patients, they'll lose them....
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    Insurance: The Urban Legend.

    CritterLover replied to Zizka's topic in General Nursing

    mlos, i completely agree with both of your posts on this thread. (i'm only quoting the above one because i can't quite figure out the multiple-quote function ) it really bothers me that every time...
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    You experienced ED nurses will get a kick out of this.....

    CritterLover replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

    had a patient's very demanding family member come to the desk saturday night because "he's been here 3 hours and hasn't seen a doctor yet. when is the doctor going to be in. and he needs to eat." we...
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    ER or ICU for the New Grad

    CritterLover replied to scholar's topic in General Nursing

    i've done both er and icu. i started out in the icu, and now no longer work icu but work in the er part time. unless you absolutely know that er is for you, and that you don't want to do anything...
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    ED admitting orders

    CritterLover replied to bill4745's topic in Emergency

    not how we do it at all. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]er doc talks to the admitting physician by phone, and they decide what orders the patient needs. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]then the er...
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    Feeling beat up in the ER

    CritterLover replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    i have to pretty much agree with this post. supportive coworkers, especially supportive superviors, are key. you need good coworkers that share your frustrations over the bs that comes in and gets...
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    Angry mom treated rotten in ER today

    CritterLover replied to Purple Princess's topic in Emergency

    i think that was probably the usual disclaimer "if you are not better in xyz amount of time/begin to feel worse....return to the er." we do it all the time -- tell people to f/u with their pmd, but to...
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    Angry mom treated rotten in ER today

    CritterLover replied to Purple Princess's topic in Emergency

    i have to agree with those who say it sounds as though your mother needs a new gyn. i first read this post this morning while i was at work. i don't post at work, so i had to wait until i got home...
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    Am I crazy?

    CritterLover replied to artsy3's topic in General Nursing

    well, first of all, know that many begin a career in nursing in their 30's and 40's. when i was in nursing school, many of my classmates were over 35. and there is no way that your education in psych...
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    Company email:does your facility have it?

    CritterLover replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    i once worked for a hospital that used meditech, and we all had email that we were required to check, and they monitored what you read. the hospital system i now work for also has a groupwise-based...
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    Signing out AMA

    CritterLover replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    baring a court order, hospitals can't. ltc facilities, however, are a different story. i'd think it would depend on why the patient left ama, and how the whole situation went. doesn't sound like it...
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    Weekend RN option

    CritterLover replied to RNMommy2's topic in General Nursing

    it varies place to place. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]where i work, there are two options. one, you get a higher amount, (set -- not based on experience) as your base pay. then, you also get the...
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    Insulin drip?

    CritterLover replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    hourly (at least) while on a drip. i think our icus have a protocol similar to those described above, but we don't use it in er. how we run our drip depends on what doc is ordering it -- sometimes a...
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    heplock needle size

    CritterLover replied to greenbean's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, everyone, have to agree with the above. these are the infusion nurse society standards, which everyone who practices iv therapy is held to, not just those who are crnis. rationale: smaller...
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    Enraged (venting)

    CritterLover replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    :yeahthat:
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    Eeeeeewwwww!

    CritterLover replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    i, too, saw this when i was a nursing assistant. too new to be assertive and say something, i just cringed. though she was not orienting me, she did have senority, and though i knew it was wrong, i...
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    Ang

    CritterLover replied to ajcy's topic in General Nursing

    how comfortable are you with your telemetry skills? any peds experience? there are telemetry monitoring companies that pay nurses to monitor kids at home. they activate an "event" button when...
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    How are you judgemental?

    CritterLover replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    there can be a difference between laughing at a patient and laughing at the situation. this weekend, we had a very drunk man come in with c/o change in mental status. his etoh level was 0.433 (43%...
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    Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    CritterLover replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    ya know, the thing about sprains and strains is that they really are defult diagnoses. pt comes in with pain and/or swelling, maybe a hx of mild/moderate trauma. if there isn't any radiologic evidence...
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    They did a c-section without anesthesia

    CritterLover replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

    many hosptials do not have 24 hr on site anesthesia, not just rural hospitals. i work in a failry small, inner-city hospital. while we do have 24 hr crna coverage (due to the ob unit), we do not have...
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    Critical Care Nurses

    CritterLover replied to lexigia's topic in General Nursing

    unless you live in an area where nicu jobs are really competetive, i doubt you will be getting any tests/difficult interview questions. and since they are interviewing you as a new grad, i don't think...