Surgical Hrt RN

Surgical Hrt RN

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  1. Everything Happens For a Reason

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to Surgical Hrt RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!!!!!! I appreciate it!

  2. Bivad

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to TraumaQueen's topic in MICU, SICU

    Rshore, This has been my experience as well. A BIG majority of the LVAD/BIVAD patients we have done have not been planned. These patients do horribly. They bleed, and bleed, and bleed, and get an...

  3. Servo 900c

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to nowplayingEDRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey there, I work in the Adult Surgical Heart Unit. We recover pt's post-op CABG. Because these patients are typically fast track wean to extubate patients, we use the Servo 900. I know that the...

  4. nipride toxicity

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to andolini's topic in MICU, SICU

    Whenever a patient is experiencing neuro changes while on Nipride suspect toxicity!!!!! We just had a patient that this happened to. She was on Nipride for several days and became almost...

  5. Wow, this made me mad! Got my licks in though, didn't I?

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to MarkHammerschmidt's topic in General Nursing

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Talk about being p@@@ed off!!!!! That is such a load of crap! I can't even begin to tell you how many mistakes I have corrected!!!! Just the other day, one of these ying-yangs...

  6. Everyone works with a drama queen.

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know.......our job is hard enough without having to deal with all that BS. There are drama queens in every unit across the country and the world! What are we to do? I have worked in several...

  7. Vent!

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    As an ICU RN, I can't tell you how many times this happens! It really makes me angry. I have seen patients with bladders the size of basketballs, and no one has cathed them! It is so incredibly...

  8. Critical care question re:PA pressures

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    This patient probably needed Primacor to lower his SVR and PA pressures. He has what seems to be pulmonary hypertension. When we recover these AAA patients, they almost always are on Primacor to...

  9. Like your acrylic nails??.......

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to nowplayingEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    We just recently had a policy put into effect where I work on this very subject. There was a rash of sternal infections that broke out and epidemiology was called in. They found the culprit.....yuckky...

  10. Additional pay for being in charge or precepting orientees?

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    WE get a measly 50 cents per hour for charge and a big fat zero for precepting. I precept ALL the time. Just when I finish with one I have another orientee waiting. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely...

  11. What is Aorta Dissection?

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to kwagner_51's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    An Aortic Dissection is a tear in the aorta. Usually it is related to the same things that cause heart disease, and it carries a VERY high mortality rate. There are 2 types of dissections, Type I and...

  12. Do all surgeons think that they are Gods?

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to angiebaby's topic in General Nursing

    The unit I work in has really great surgeons....except one is a real jerk! He has a HUGE God complex. Those are the ones you have to ignore. The other 3 are wonderful, really good teachers, patient,...

  13. Ever leave work crying?

    Surgical Hrt RN replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey CCU, WE have all been there. I have been at this for 5 years and I can relate. You did all you could, you notified the doc and he chose what to do. Where I work the RN's wear badges that have a...