Silver_Girl

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1. I just did chest compressions for the first time

   Silver_Girl replied to Silver_Girl's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for your support everyone! Even though I know I didn't kill her, it helps to have the extra reaffirmation from everyone. I was very lucky to have such supportive coworkers around during the code, especially my old preceptor who is especially...

2. I just did chest compressions for the first time

   Silver_Girl posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new grad (started in Sept) in the ICU and I've seen codes before, but this week was the first time MY patient coded. It was a couple days ago but I still feel sort of traumatized by it so I'm venting here. Background info: It was a 90+ year ...

3. Reusing IV tubing - An infection control issue?

   Silver_Girl replied to navalnurse's topic in MICU

   Ditto for our institution.

4. Antibiotic retention enemas??

   Silver_Girl replied to Silver_Girl's topic in MICU

   Thanks for your responses everyone! The flexiseal idea sounds like it could work. The 3 way foley catheter was probably too skinny for the enema. We have flexiseals but I never noticed an infusion port on ours before...I'll have to go investigate....

5. Antibiotic retention enemas??

   Silver_Girl posted a topic in MICU

   I'm a new ICU nurse and 2 days ago I gave my first ever enema, period. But it was apparently a really weird enema, 0.5 of Vanco in 1L NS to be retained for 60 minutes, was my order. The patient had major C. Diff colitis and was on IV Flagyl and PO ...

6. Injuries

   Silver_Girl replied to shellsgogreen's topic in New Nurse

   I have weird "injuries"... My first knuckle on my middle fingers & index fingers are calloused from pulling sheets under patients. I had a GIANT giant bruise on my right mid thigh and scattered ones all over my left thigh and it freaked me out b...

7. Soooooo..... I made my first med error & I feel awful!!!

   Silver_Girl replied to eccentricRN's topic in General Nursing

   *big hug* Thanks for sharing your story, you're 100% not alone. I'm also a brand new nurse, and made my very first med error the second week of orientation...I was so frazzled and behind on everything and I accidentally OD'ed my patient on Colace. ...

8. Negotiating visiting hours

   Silver_Girl replied to marie7217's topic in MICU

   The difference in visiting policies across units is pretty interesting...on our unit our visiting hours are techncially 30 minutes every 2 hours until about 9pm. However, recently our unit had a move towards open visiting hours and family-oriented c...

9. Monitor and IV pump Alarms, I hear them im my sleep

   Silver_Girl replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU

   YES this happens to me too. Makes it hard to leave work at work like so many people recommend. Walking out of the hospital I still hear the beeps of SpO2 monitors not picking up, the panic alarm, the IV pumps going off like this freakish symphony l...

10. Lowest blood sugar you have seen

    Silver_Girl replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lowest I've seen was 10 on an awake but agitated/disoriented patient who was terminal and obviously going to die pretty imminently. Got an amp of D50, brought it up to 30. Got another amp of D50, but by then his sugar was the least of his worries.

11. Giving Report

    Silver_Girl replied to spejsa's topic in New Nurse

    Hey, thanks for starting this thread! I work in an ICU so it might be a little different, but here's how we usually do it: (and I'm using this post to help me organize my thoughts as well...I always feel scattered when info overlaps sections of repo...

12. Does every new nurse need to start on med surg?

    Silver_Girl replied to jc449's topic in New Nurse

    I don't think so. I've had the opposite experience of some other people on here...I'm a brand new grad in my first year in the ICU, and I love it. I couldn't imagine working on another floor. Yes, it is incredibly stressful and scary at times and ...