TraumaQueen

TraumaQueen

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  1. How does your unit handle new graduates?

    TraumaQueen replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We are always orienting new graduates, each graduating class.... except one, that I can remember. Hardly any 'experienced' nurses apply to our unit. We are an incredibly intense unit with lots going...

  2. Need a good ICU book

    TraumaQueen replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I too have the handbook of hemodynamic monitoring. I found it very easy to read. On other book I bought is wonderful, and is titled The ICU Book. It explains things in pretty plain language, but...

  3. Need a good ICU book

    TraumaQueen replied to erinnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I too have the handbook of hemodynamic monitoring. I found it very easy to read. On other book I bought is wonderful, and is titled The ICU Book. It explains things in pretty plain language, but...

  4. Stool transplant???

    TraumaQueen replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    You guys are funny. :) It really is kind of gross though. :) The stool sample used in our unit reportably had whole pieces of corn in it.

  5. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

    TraumaQueen replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    Respiratory Therapy writes us up for all self-extubations.... so far, I've only had one patient self-extubate.... but they first give you the chance to write yourself up, so you can tell the story,...

  6. returning nurse after 4yrs of sahm

    TraumaQueen replied to sknurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our hospital requires an ICU class while you're on orientation..... You might check and see if the hospital you're wanting to work for has the same thing.

  7. Stool transplant???

    TraumaQueen replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    We did it in our unit...... You take the poo of a relative, and it's tested for transmittable diseases.... and then you pretty much just stir it up with some milk or water until it's like a creamy...

  8. Propofol

    TraumaQueen replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    We use propofol in our unit on a lot of our ventilated traumas that we feel will be extubated early in the morning, because propofol wears off very quickly. We have a titration protocol, and...

  9. Debakey VAD

    TraumaQueen replied to rshores95's topic in MICU, SICU

    This last guy is on 325 MG QD of ASA..... and that's

  10. ICU visiting hours

    TraumaQueen replied to NeuroICURN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Ah, I'm so grateful for our medical director. We have 4 visitations of 30 minutes each, and depending on the situation with a particular patient, we might let a family member stay in to keep them...

  11. ER vs ICU, how did we get there?

    TraumaQueen replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I like the tube system idea the most! :) I work in the SICU, and a lot of times the ED nurses are actually calling report from CT, MRI, Angio..... so, even if it's shift change, it's not like they can...

  12. Debakey VAD

    TraumaQueen replied to rshores95's topic in MICU, SICU

    We've only used the

  13. Bivad

    TraumaQueen replied to TraumaQueen's topic in MICU, SICU

    Oops, I totally forgot about this thread I started! :) I want to thank you all for your replies. I think we were just starting to get down because both of our bivad patients (they were both planned...

  14. Best shoes?

    TraumaQueen replied to AccelBSN04's topic in General Nursing

    I've bought a TON of shoes, trying to find the right shoe for my feet....New Balance, Nike, Adidas, birkenstock, etc.... and so on..... When I bought the Sketchers that I've been wearing recently, I...

  15. ER vs ICU, how did we get there?

    TraumaQueen replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I can't really ever remember any issues between our ICU and the ED..... It's probably because most ED patients either go to CCU, the floor, or MICU..The only thing that comes from our ED to us, in a...

  16. PICC lines

    TraumaQueen replied to Canada911's topic in General Nursing

    I think each hospital usually has its own flush protocol for all the different line types. You might try looking it up on your computer site at work that supplies the protocols for your facility....

  17. How many of your Pts have died in one shift

    TraumaQueen replied to jonas42's topic in General Nursing

    I had two deaths in one night.... I admitted trauma #1, a 15 year old girl with multisystem trauma r/t MVA rollover.... she went PEA 15 minutes after arrival, and we coded her for about 2 minutes...

  18. What do you do when....?

    TraumaQueen replied to Seelo's topic in General Nursing

    Research into the cost of different sizes of Normal Saline bags at our hospital has shown that the smaller bags cost the hospital more $ than the larger bags, and the 1000ml bagswhere I work are only...

  19. Can a short person be a nurse?

    TraumaQueen replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    A LOT of the girls that I work with are somewhere around 5'0" tall, and none of them have a problem! Sometimes it's difficult to reach things that are high, or reach over a large patient to turn them...

  20. What does your post name reflect about you?

    TraumaQueen replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just love Trauma patients. I love the rush of not really knowing what you're going to get when they roll through the door. We do bypass surgeries, valves, IABP, bivads, heartmates, tmr, vsd, AAA,...

  21. Anyone work with a nurse like this......?

    TraumaQueen replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    haha, there must be one of those in EVERY unit....we have one.... we'll call her.....Chloe.... she spends her WHOLE entire day in her patient's rooms making them a nervous wreck by hovering over them...

  22. GETTING WRITTEN UP: What is the most ridiculous thing you have been written up for?

    TraumaQueen replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

    We have a couple of people who like to write up everyone else for stupid stuff... I have written up another nurse at the request of a physician, related to a mistake she made before my shift..... I...

  23. If I were the unit manager...

    TraumaQueen replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you'd all have to move to Kansas! She really is wonderful. This is actually kind of funny, because I felt like I was in the 9th grade when I read it. We have had a lot of issues in our unit...

  24. If I were the unit manager...

    TraumaQueen replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit manager is the bomb diggety! She jumped on board as the manager about 8-9 months ago. She was previously one of 'us'..... so she has lots of experience in our unit, with our types of...

  25. GETTING WRITTEN UP: What is the most ridiculous thing you have been written up for?

    TraumaQueen replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

    We are granted 14 Time Maintenence Requests.... where we can screw up our clocking in, clocking out, transferring cost centers when we get floated.... and I'm not sure what happens at the 14 mark.......