bluesky

bluesky BSN, RN

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  1. Getting dumped on by resource nurse who doesn't like me... what can I do?

    bluesky replied to bluesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for the laugh! That's such a good idea... to document as I go along... never would of thought of that. Aaaaahhh retirement_ wouldn't that be

  2. Maximum time on BiPap

    bluesky posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Could someone tell me why there is a time limitation on

  3. I'm starting to hate ICU nurses

    bluesky replied to Mayflye's topic in MICU, SICU

    I am sorry but as a new grad in SICU I had to hang new norepi bags, shut off feeding pumps (with supination) with the senior nurses just as much as my new grad peers. In fact, of the 6 nurses that...

  4. When circ's go bad...

    bluesky replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank God Polish people don't circ cuz my husband would have been in for a fight if he wanted to circ my son. So, my baby (now 3 1/2) has never had an infection or anything like that. I guess my...

  5. Icu orientatations for new grads?

    bluesky replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    just curious, what unit are you on? i work on

  6. Insulin protocol---Q 1 hour accu checks

    bluesky replied to VAC's topic in MICU, SICU

    Learn something new everyday! I'll have to try this. Thanks. Our hospital starts the gtt for bg>200 and sticks q 2hrs. Guess that's kind of slacking relative to y'all. The VAMP sounds awesome...

  7. Should all nursing students be required to be a CNA for one year?

    bluesky replied to SophieMae's topic in General Nursing

    Nope.

  8. Doc beings medical student without permission

    bluesky replied to BETSRN's topic in General Nursing

  9. Husband appaled when I chose to do nothing

    bluesky replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

  10. Had Anyone Failed The Boards And Had To Work As A Cna???

    bluesky replied to Guest26407's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    A very good and smart friend of mine failed the first time due to a learning disability. She lost her direct entry position into SICU but the hospital (sorry, I don't know about LTC) had her work as...

  11. I feel like a terrible nurse, what should I have done?

    bluesky replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ooooops! Ha ha ha, can you tell I'm not a peds nurse! Sorry I misunderstood.

  12. I feel like a terrible nurse, what should I have done?

    bluesky replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think I would strongly encourage her to followup with her pediatrician with tact but saying the part about XXX is really beyond your scope of practice. In essence you are suggesting a diagnosis...

  13. Family visitation in ICU

    bluesky replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

  14. Family visitation in ICU

    bluesky replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

  15. Family visitation in ICU

    bluesky replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    Gosh what really also blows is when your manager won't back you up after you've been abused because the hospital is currently entertaining the "pt is always right" philosophy undoubtedly started by...

  16. Family visitation in ICU

    bluesky replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh what really also blows is when your manager won't back you up after you've been abused because the hospital is currently entertaining the "pt is always right" philosophy undoubtedly started by...

  17. Family visitation in ICU

    bluesky replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this is an interesting subject. Personally I am extremely liberal with visitors ( while on our 14 bed SICU visiting hours are 9A.M. to 9P.M., individual nurses can go beyond that if they so...

  18. Family visitation in ICU

    bluesky replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well, this is an interesting subject. Personally I am extremely liberal with visitors ( while on our 14 bed SICU visiting hours are 9A.M. to 9P.M., individual nurses can go beyond that if they so...

  19. What do you think about...

    bluesky replied to humiliated's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So why didn't you just go to Med school,

  20. What do you think about...

    bluesky replied to humiliated's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, I guess a great program can create an environment in which a student learns the fundamental values of nursing. But then you're left with the clinical question. It is very doubtful that even...

  21. What do you think about...

    bluesky replied to humiliated's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am probably going to get flamed for this but... it seems to me that if you become an NP without appreciating or embodying the special qualities of nurses, then you're not really bringing that extra...

  22. drinks at the nurses station

    bluesky replied to gamegirlkimmy's topic in Nurse Management

    On my unit it sort of depends what shift you're on and who's on. On nights people basically take their capped drinks to the desks outside the room that we use to keep our flow sheets, etc. I'm not...

  23. Sicu

    bluesky replied to Tina CTICU RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Unstable SICU pts almost inevitably end up on pressors. Lots of drips. You get heads with ventrics, open wounded bellies with wound vacs and associated risks (sepsis, sepsis, sepsis, hemorrhage,...

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

    bluesky replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

    I once gave a chronic hypertensive 30 mg (yup, 6 vials) metropolol IV q 8 hrs and that still just barely touched it (didn't brady her either). Can't remember why she didn't buy herself a Nitro...

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

    bluesky replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

    I was once written up during my senior preceptorship in ER by an internist who was extremely upset that I had to leave her completely stable febrile pt on a bedpan for count em 10 WHOLE minutes when...