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So no idea what "Ao" (That's big A, little letter o) stands for, and neither does anybody I've asked. It's sensor is attached to the the vent's tubing right before it hooks to the ett. It's a mostly flat line that has upward deflection in regards to...

Pt was SOB

Definitely not end-tidal co2. Yeah, everybody just always says "a-oh" and nobody seems to know what it means. Somebody ventured the guess airway output, but that seemed a bit far fetched. *shrug*

I was talking with a coworker about charting. She recalled reading a book in nursing school a number of years before about charting with a title something along the lines of "Something like a nurse, chart like a lawyer". or some permutation along tho...

If they're in a shockable rhythm and the PM/AICD hasn't taken care of it, then it's not doing it's job and might be broken anyway. Now where it would be a little sketchy would be if the pt's rhythm was completely dependent on the PM.

I agree with you, but my thought is this: At that point, the patient's decision maker decided to refuse the treatment of being on the vent. Also, since I assume the doc would still have to come pronounce, the call would've needed to happen anyway. C...

You're thinking about it the wrong way. I'd be willing to bet it doesn't use anything different than adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, probably mostly multiplying and dividing if it's a lot of flow rates. The hard part is figuring out wh...

What gets me is the returning of parental rights when they were removed for completely legitiment reasons. Case in point, very dear family friends were fostering a child whose mother was jailed for drug offenses. Child was less than 1y/o when mom wen...

lol love it

The highest I've seen was 220 or 240mg q8 or 12hrs (don't remember, it was probably 1-2yrs ago), in a pt who wasn't very responsive to lasix. Out policy is in the process of changing, but it used to be 10mg/min, now larger doses are going to be sent ...

I just did the online inservice on this last night, and they mentioned wiping the tops with alcohol. I'd never heard this before, and wasn't in the process of doing this with BCx or IV meds, but I guess I'll have to start. PITA but if it's true about...

Whenever I've heard that, it's been in the context of prostate issues. One of our nurses is starting a new inservice thing for us, educating on the "why"s of evidence based practice. They're specific to our policies, but some things she's looked at a...

I was thinking "q" anything isn't to be used anymore. But out computerized entry system has a "qpm 21". But I would suppose you could do a "qpm cc" for basically, "with dinner," makes sense to me

"Grab me, not the bedside table, I guarantee I'm stronger than it is."

I remember this quote from a nurse's blog I used to read, "Push it as fast as you want, the patient's dead". Now if they weren't dead, then 15+ min is the speed. (Can't help but say, "I'm not dead yet" in my head)

Of course it's a dude saying it, but I'd think you'd want to avoid saying "va-jay-jay"

"What about this situation is reassuring to you?" Is the favorite quote of one of the nurses in charge of our new nurse residency program. And actually, we've recently been getting "armchair quarterback"ed by our management about not calling rapid r...

Our hospital just told us we have to start wiping down our glucometers between patients, it's a pain in the butt when you have 10 min before shift change and three sticks to get. But if there's that serious of a risk...

In a high school trivia tournament, I actually corrected the question reader and gave the point to the other team because the answer on the sheet was ECG. We still won though.

I need to get me one! As for asking about gender preference, I don't let it be an issue. If there's going to be something done to an area covered by a bathing suit, I won't ask preference, but I'll usually make an opportunity for them to speak up. Ju...

I beg to differ: it's completely impossible! (I was changing her CBI bag every hour, thanks to whoever graduated the bath basins!)

Oh yeah, and a course coordinator would be able to answer your questions better than anybody on here (who's not a course coordinator or at least not in some part involved in a school).

If I remember right, at my school, the RN to BSN bridge program was 1-1.5yrs, like two semesters and maybe a summer. But you're right, you're in a bit of a complicated situation with having both a degree and an RN (I assume an RN goes along with that...

Better idea, sharpie

I'd call what we do a "modified beside report". As in, we go through history and assessment outside the room, largely because there's a flip-down tray where we can lean and write, otherwise we'd be writing on our hands. Then after all that's said and...