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I have heard from friends that once parkland gets in your system that is all it takes. On the other hand it's the baylor way or the highway. What i guess i am trying to say is Baylor is very conformist, parkland you have more autonomy. Being Magnet at MedCity is something as a long-term nurse is very self empowering. Zale unfortunately has fallen into the mismanagement of upper powers that be!! j.

I have heard from friends that once parkland gets in your system that is all it takes. On the other hand it's the baylor way or the highway. What i guess i am trying to say is Baylor is very conformist, parkland you have more autonomy. Being Magnet at MedCity is something as a long-term nurse is very self empowering. Zale unfortunately has fallen into the mismanagement of upper powers that be!! j.

They are both great systems with pros and cons. Weigh both your options. what are you looking to get out of the program?? I did not work at Parkland but i went thru the internship for icu when i worked at Zale Lipshy. It was a great experience and very intensive. These two options are great but in my experience over the years the best mentoring program was Medical City. J.

We use the Heartmate mostly at our facility, but as a bridge to transplant we use the tandem heart procedure. Good and bad results with that!! But we do have an amazing transplant number with these sick folks!!

Great story!!! Sometimes you have that "feeling" not to give up!! I had a similar experience not too long ago!! I have seen my share of too long codes in the ICU, but when you have a patient that walked in with a stomach ache you just can't let it go!! I am now on the cardiac cath team and when you get activated more times then not a code will be involved!! We shocked a gentleman of the young age of 51, 46 times in the ER and 2 more in the hallway on the stretcher to get him to the cath lab!! All in all he was probably down for a good 2 hours. This patient walked out of the hospital 5 days later with no residual neurological deficit and starting another day of the gift of life!! I ALWAYS trust my "feelings" and never feel bad about speaking up and not letting the doc say enough!! j.

Great story!!! Sometimes you have that "feeling" not to give up!! I had a similar experience not too long ago!! I have seen my share of too long codes in the ICU, but when you have a patient that walked in with a stomach ache you just can't let it go!! I am now on the cardiac cath team and when you get activated more times then not a code will be involved!! We shocked a gentleman of the young age of 51, 46 times in the ER and 2 more in the hallway on the stretcher to get him to the cath lab!! All in all he was probably down for a good 2 hours. This patient walked out of the hospital 5 days later with no residual neurological deficit and starting another day of the gift of life!! I ALWAYS trust my "feelings" and never feel bad about speaking up and not letting the doc say enough!! j.

What a coincidence!! Just yesterday i had a bad reaction to an infusion of Vanc!! There was no documented allergy to this antibiotic, but others. The reaction did not start until 15 min. after the infusion was done!! RMS ws present, hypotension, drop in oxygen saturation, tachycardia and respiratory wheezing. Benadryl, solumedrol and small amount of IV epinephrine took care of the situation. Standing orders are a must in any unit when NASTY drugs like vancomycin are given

Wow!! I am suprised the hospital didn't do anything in it's power to keep that from happening!! Our hospital, back in the day, which was on a Wednsday(LOL), heard one small peep about a union and the secret service seemed to come from the catacombs and put a kibosh on the whole thing!!

OOOOHHHH!! This is why sometimes an ICU nurses' dream is a completely sedated and ventilated patient!! Even this is not a holiday if every breath, mouth twitch and finger move is reported by the family as a "major event"!! Sorry!! sometimes things are soo very exhausting!!