Dinith88

Dinith88

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  1. Rapid Response Team

    Dinith88 replied to Lukestar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    In a perfect world... Do you then also think that the code-blue nurses should be without patients? It's the same principal (having to rely on her peers to watch patients while away) PHAW! Like that'll...

  2. Rapid Response Team

    Dinith88 replied to Lukestar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Timothy, other than being expected to be nice, do you feel your team is doing a good job or helping? Or are you way too wound-up in your management's presumption that 'icu nurses aren't nice'? Yeah,...

  3. Incompetent tele tech..vent

    Dinith88 replied to sarahRN482's topic in Cardiac

    Point taken. My negative feelings toward tele-techs are probably a result of my never having worked with them. Anyway, about those alarms... The alarms on most(all?) tele systems are usually a little...

  4. Incompetent tele tech..vent

    Dinith88 replied to sarahRN482's topic in Cardiac

    I would hate to rely on tele techs! That unit (all units who utilize these people) seems funny to me..some man sitting in a 'control-room' occaisionally yelling/calling out rhythm changes...like some...

  5. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    Dinith88 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

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  6. Looking like a Nurse

    Dinith88 replied to loserboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm very tough. IN fact...i can probably kick the butts of all the other nurses i work with. If they anger me i just hit them. They leave me alone. ..teasing... You'll do fine. If you have a big...

  7. Patient with pacer/AED is DNR

    Dinith88 replied to oldnewnurse's topic in Cardiac

    This is true. HOwever, in the OP's situation, the device still needs 'deactivated'.Sure, you can keep the magnet handy, HOWEVER you dont want to wait until this poor fellow is shocked (potentially...

  8. Patient with pacer/AED is DNR

    Dinith88 replied to oldnewnurse's topic in Cardiac

    Yes, the rep can 'turn off the device' with a simple non-invasive procedure using one of their fancy portable defib/pacer interrogator-things. (about the size of a suitcase...and about as expensive as...

  9. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    Dinith88 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well put. And also (just to clarify), the 'men being better nurses' comment was a joke Perhaps a bad

  10. Looking for tips on landing an ICU job.

    Dinith88 replied to Roland's topic in MICU, SICU

    ICU's are weird. Most do prefer some type of experience as it makes the transition easier. However, new grads occaisionally get hired because they more easily 'molded' into icu nurses (at least in...

  11. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    Dinith88 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    If you're responding to my posts, i think you need to re-read them as i've never stated this. And i also never stated men shouldn't be OB nurses. The one thing i DO agree with you on is that men can...

  12. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    Dinith88 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hmm. OK, the 'premise' isn't as cut-and-dry as you're painting it. To lump a laboring mother into the same catagory as other 'medical conditions'/illness is overgeneralizing things. It's a no-brainer...

  13. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    Dinith88 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    Dude...(dudes?), That's weird. I will readily admit that i'm unable to fathom the mind-set of men working this specialty.??? OK, maybe nursery and babies and all of that is fine. But...the...

  14. Spots on lung X-ray

    Dinith88 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, "spots" is a very vague (and virtually meaningless) term.. I suppose he could be concerned about a number of different things. It's a shame that he wasn't more up-front or informative....

  15. Pulmonary Artery Catheter and Patients Mobility?

    Dinith88 replied to steini's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Generally, where i work, pt's requiring swans are kept on bedrest as they're usually very sick/unstable... HOWEVER, a big exception are our open-hearts. If stable, we try to sit these people up and...

  16. atelectasis

    Dinith88 replied to nu570's topic in MICU, SICU

    In a none-too-lengthy nutshell (in plain english), think of it this way: Atelectasis most commonly occurs when a person is underventilating her lungs (breathing too shallow) but can also occur in...

  17. Has anyone ever seen a prolapsed rectum?

    Dinith88 replied to angelymick's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! Grab the students! I just crapped and my orifice just turned inside out again... They gotta see

  18. Friend who's meds are making her worse...?

    Dinith88 replied to rambisisking's topic in General Nursing

    I would question the doc's again...and if it were me i'd listen to the psychiatrist ONLY when it comes to her psych-meds. (In children ritalin acts to calm-down the hyper-activity of ADHD... But in...

  19. Do you ever wonder why you are here?

    Dinith88 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    That sucks you're feeling this way. What's funny (to me) is that from your short post, everyone else is tagging you as clinically depressed (ie. 'see a therapist', 'try an anti-depressant', etc). If...

  20. What is your least favorite kind of med-surg patient?

    Dinith88 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My least favorite are... 1) Confused and mobile patients...(once had to practically sit on a patient (for ~6hrs) with a femoral sheath who had a short-term memory of ~20 seconds...was in restraints,...

  21. What we have learned from our patients!!!

    Dinith88 replied to mhull's topic in Emergency

    A man came to our ED in the recent past (i do not work there) BUTT naked...and when someone confronted him at the desk he shouted out " You gotta do something about my knee!!" Does this post belong...

  22. ICU gets differential and not ER??

    Dinith88 replied to jentenrn's topic in Emergency

    I kinda take a little offense to this comment. It shows an ignorance as to what ICU nursing is really about. Yes you're valuable, smart, and all of that....but: 1) in ICU the 'only 2 patients' you...

  23. ICU gets differential and not ER??

    Dinith88 replied to jentenrn's topic in Emergency

    I havent read mosts of the posts...but in my opinion, The reason many institutions (including mine) give differentials to people in certain areas (icu) and not others (er) is simply a matter of supply...

  24. Transcutaneous pacing

    Dinith88 replied to VAC's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    If your mom does not have any symptoms with this heart rate (dizziness, palpitations, etc.), it's probably nothing to worry about. On the other hand if she IS symptomatic then she surely needs seen by...

  25. What's your favorite procedure?

    Dinith88 replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    I like giving cocky ER nurses Hell when they call report... (Especially on cold days, because when they transfer the pt, they're so steamed and red they warm the place up when they wheel in)...