simboka

simboka

Member

  • Content

    109

  • Visitors

    4,068

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    3

All Content by simboka

  1. How can I tell if they're trauma shears?

    simboka replied to Schweet's topic in Emergency

    Make sure they feel sturdy, I've had shears that looked like a duck, but felt like I could bend

  2. facebook and HIPPA

    simboka replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    The deception here almost bothers me the most. Looking over your shoulder too much increases your risk of walking into a

  3. ED safety... Bit of a rant

    simboka replied to edrn09's topic in Emergency

    Oh, but to get to the original point... one option unionize. Now I'm not an unquestioning for or against them, but this sounds like a perfect use. How do the other staff

  4. ED safety... Bit of a rant

    simboka replied to edrn09's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, I noticed that too

  5. Pt.s threatening bad feedback on customer service surveys

    simboka replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

  6. manual disimpaction

    simboka replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    Could be worse, could be a manual disimpaction of the other

  7. Coding visitors?

    simboka replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    This actually happened just last week on our floor. Pt just got to floor from ED, husband was found down and blue, called a code, and our nurses made a save (Go team!). But anyway, our policy for...

  8. Holiday Pay Policy

    simboka replied to theatredork's topic in General Nursing

    Our pay is literally the 24hrs, midnight to midnight, of the holiday. Pay benefit is only like 2 or 2.5$/hr, but you get an additional 7.5hrs to tack onto a paycheck (doesn't add towards getting...

  9. Nurse Vs Daughter! Help Me!!!

    simboka replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe send your grandparents a simple letter telling about who you just met and that you tried to send a letter but didn't hear back from him. And ask if they could forward it to him for you. That way...

  10. The Suicide Tourist

    simboka replied to JRD2002's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school in Illinois, and I think I remember one of my instructors saying the state BON declared that nurses must professionally be against assissted suicide...maybe I'm not remembering that...

  11. Beta-blocker administraion error?

    simboka replied to Bosco15's topic in General Nursing

    Well what was their vitals after admin? SBP 190, hr 150, sure sounds like they needed them, so where's this doubt coming

  12. Making Acetylcysteine bearable?

    simboka replied to kaliRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried juice in the nebulizer? j/k While I've not ever done nebs (RT does them at my facility), I'm just trying to think through what I've done to mask smells in the past, the best I can think...

  13. Caught a big med error!

    simboka replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    That's the point of bedside

  14. Embarrassing/Clumsy Moments!

    simboka replied to BKCinNOLA's topic in Nursing Humor

    During report and when I'm just talking to my patients, I'll stand in the door way with the door half-open, and I regularly turn and hit the side of the

  15. Light reading on workplace violence

    simboka replied to cb_rn's topic in General Nursing

    "Is a knuckle sandwhich within their diet orders?" Most of our incidents (inpatient gen med/tele/onc) are from confused pts being combative. either hitting, sometimes kicking, or pinching/scratching....

  16. inappropriate sinus tach

    simboka replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Cardiology consult, different Beta blockers, starting a calcium channel blocker, looking into what "cardiac history" the family has, ruling out other reasons why they'd be tachy is where I would...

  17. Knowledge or Information Hoarding

    simboka replied to LisaDNP's topic in General Nursing

    Never if pt safety is a concern! Will I let them take a min to figure out why the pump's still beeping at them when I can see the clamped line? Yeah, but if they don't see it soon, I'll point it out....

  18. Shift to shift dynamics, gotta love 'em!

    simboka replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's often the debate for me, pt's sleep vs. getting all my (paper) work done. That leaves stuffing everything in for the few hours beginning and ending the shift to try and let my pts sleep. (still...

  19. Quick question about ivs and young children....

    simboka replied to FiduciaRN's topic in Pediatric

    The bevel-down technique This guy's a good writer and I enjoy his blog (A Day In The Life of An Ambulance Driver) lots of good stories, and does throw some good technical posts and links to his other...

  20. Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    simboka replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    *bumped* Can you

  21. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    simboka replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "If you insist that you are not to be woken up over night for silly things like vitals, labs, or meds, don't expect me to respond to your call light over night." Are you sure that wasn't a seizure?...

  22. Go to school in one state & get license from another state???

    simboka replied to AniraP's topic in General Nursing

    Simple, but at least with me it seemed to take a little longer for all the paperwork to go through. If you'd ask me two years ago, I could've told you all the steps, but more or less, whereever all...

  23. Is it safe to do CPR outside of work????

    simboka replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    I would do it, as long as the scene was safe of course I would definately pose the response to your instructor about if her child were laying in the street. My question is this: was she telling that...

  24. First Aid Question

    simboka replied to tri-rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious what his rationale for keeping the shoe on would be: "because that's what you're supposed to do?" (aka: uneducated concerning injury/illness assessment and care) vs "if it's not too bad,...

  25. Things you only learn on the floor...

    simboka replied to leonurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals are not sparkling clean places of rest! (definately don't seem like it when an honest 1/3 of your floor's pt are on isolation for