Sounds like you may have Compassion Fatigue. Take a vacation and someone else suggested or go and pamper yourself with a spa day. I get that way at times when our Press Ganey scores come out. We...
Hang up! You do not have to put up with this verbal abuse. Just tell him that you are unable to carry on a conversation with him while he is so upset. Then hang up. I have seen it done and it...
We keep our patients who are on HFV paralyzed utilizing a train of 4 to titrate their vec drip. They are also on sedation drips also. I am from CA incase you were interested as to how diffrent states...
We use a system called WinPFS. It is an Acuity, Productivity and Benchmaking system. I am not sure how they came up with the numbers that are assigned to the diffrent sections but for us it is...
There is some discussion in our PICU about the continued use of Heparin in our art and cvp lines. What is the practice out there in other PICUs? Have you had many cases of Heparin Induced...
I am sorry for your loss. I will never forget a comment that was made to me 2 days after I was accepted into a nursing program. You see I watch my son get hit by a car. I was frozen and didn't...