Dinith88

Dinith88

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  1. Rapid Response Team and Families

    Dinith88 replied to Grumpy's Girl's topic in MICU, SICU

    I still think it's a dumb idea...and a wee slap in the face of the floor nurses. The message is clear: "...you may not be as good as assessing a patient/situation as the family is..." :argue:...

  2. ecg pauses

    Dinith88 replied to vwb1's topic in Cardiac

    Actually, when you're talking pauses you should be measuring R to R, or the 'peak' of the QRS to 'peak' of the next QRS. You'll see pauses in different heart blocks (where there can be more than one...

  3. Eicu

    Dinith88 replied to nyck76's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well worth the 10 bazillion

  4. Eicu

    Dinith88 replied to nyck76's topic in MICU, SICU

    I 100% disagree with you about this. I think you'll find it will falter and go away in the end...or (more likely) be limited to places with poorly-distributed resources and/or people (administration)...

  5. From ED TO ICU

    Dinith88 replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    There will be differences. These are a few of them... 1) Unlike the ED, there probably wont be an MD in the unit all the time (outside of big teaching centers, etc). 2) You will be expected to be a...

  6. arterial & venous sheath

    Dinith88 replied to boknoy26's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Many times the sheaths are on top of one another...(appearing more proximal and distal rather than medial and lateral). So...i think (like the other poster mentioned) a better way is to transduce...

  7. orthostatic hypotension

    Dinith88 replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    That wont help. Blood patches are done for bad dural headaches d/t csf leaks, etc. It wont help postural hypotension. Injecting a tablespoon(roughly) of blood into someone's spinal column may help to...

  8. orthostatic hypotension

    Dinith88 replied to chadash's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Chadash, Your idea is a good one...but teds wont help a patient with such severe orthostatic bp. May help with venous congestion and edema of the lower extremeties but wont prevent big drops in...

  9. Eicu

    Dinith88 replied to nyck76's topic in MICU, SICU

    Actually, the E-I-E-I-O-ICU is specific to veterinary(sp?) medicine. The EICU is an 'Electronic ICU' and the nurse working there is basically a tele-tech on steroids. It's a useless concept (in my...

  10. Gift for a friend going into nursing?

    Dinith88 replied to friendofanurse's topic in General Nursing

    A huge bottle of Excedrin and/or Motrin and... A huge bottle of Tums and/or pepcid and... A huge coffee mug

  11. What's with telemetry????

    Dinith88 replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in Cardiac

    Ach! Teflon Tom, i wasnt speaking of tele in general...only the dumb statement made by an interviewer about her own unit. Should have been handled/worded better by her...in my opinion. An effective...

  12. What's with telemetry????

    Dinith88 replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in Cardiac

    No. That translates into "...we're a bunch of beeeeches here...with complexes and we're likely to be orifice-faces to you...or anyone else...so if you're smart you wont subject yourself to our stupid...

  13. EF of 78-88%

    Dinith88 replied to emersushea's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. You're 100% correct in this

  14. EF of 78-88%

    Dinith88 replied to emersushea's topic in General Nursing

    Another spin on this.... The EF measures the percentage of blood ejected from the left ventricle....but not WHERE the blood is being ejected to. With this in mind, sometimes in bad MR (mitral...

  15. Intubation

    Dinith88 replied to rnwithtof's topic in General Nursing

  16. What do you like about being an ICU RN?

    Dinith88 replied to jspacegirl's topic in MICU, SICU

    This may not help you in an interview...but...what i (and many other) ICU nurses like the best is that 'the buck stops here'. You work with the sickest of the sick. NO other unit or department is like...

  17. am i getting burnt out?? long one!

    Dinith88 replied to sweetsmiles2007's topic in MICU, SICU

    'Deep end of the suckage pool'... (i feel like i'm stuck there sometimes...like when my alarm goes off in the

  18. am i getting burnt out?? long one!

    Dinith88 replied to sweetsmiles2007's topic in MICU, SICU

    You're so young and just starting on your nursing 'journey'...so i wouldn't jump to any conclusion that you're 'burnt out'...(thats kind-of a vague term anyway)... But...the vibe i get from your post...

  19. Is E-coli this rapid???

    Dinith88 replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Next time look at the ABG's if you're not comfortable with the pulse-oximeter saturation... And like others have said you personally couldnt have done anything to change this persons outcome. MODS...

  20. Need feedback

    Dinith88 replied to KQ777's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    'catecholamine engorged' Thats a phrase i'm gonna start using!... And by the way, an ex-lap at the bedside is about as hard-core as it

  21. sick and tired of defending working in geriatrics..

    Dinith88 replied to ulmaulma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in ICU and am truly convinced that LTC nurses are just as "good" as any other nurse. I am also convinved that anyone who disrespects or otherwise 'looks down' on LTC/geriatric nurses are simply...

  22. Need feedback

    Dinith88 replied to KQ777's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yes. During code situations. At this point it's typically a lost cause...so wont really hurt anything. Patient died right? (if not then maybe wide open levo 'helped' ?? ) Were you expecting the...

  23. ICU nurses impact on paitients and their families...?

    Dinith88 replied to CourtneyMc18's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    First of all, the'emotional and compassionate side' of being a nurse applies to all areas of nursing...not soley the ICU. You would be better served to post this question on the general nursing forum....

  24. Rapid Response Team and Families

    Dinith88 replied to Grumpy's Girl's topic in MICU, SICU

    If this is a common occurence at your hospital then yes families probably need to call RRT's. Or better yet, stay away from your hospital! :typing That nurse was retarded. Hopefully the rest of your...

  25. Rapid Response Team and Families

    Dinith88 replied to Grumpy's Girl's topic in MICU, SICU

    Just a bit? I agree with you. It would be nice to have dedicated RRT with no patients. NOw...if you can lobby for this and convince hospital administrators across the nation... A pipe dream i'm...