wndblws

wndblws has 15 years experience and specializes in CCU, ICU, ED, Home Health.

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1. Bariatric Patients

   wndblws replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

   We have one lady we had to transport 2 hours to a major hospital with a CT scanner that would take her weight and that hospital says when their CT scanner was done they used one at the Zoo. Some major zoo's have equipment for the larger animals that...

2. NPSG compliance

   wndblws replied to wndblws's topic in Emergency

   We have decided to implement a sign off sheet by the person taking the specimen to the lab that the specimen was drawn and labeled at bedside using patient identifiers. We are taking a lot of flack from this but due to a mislabeled specimen a few wee...

3. "medical clearance" for jail....how to handle?

   wndblws replied to JKL33's topic in Emergency

   If their VS are stable and they have no complaints they go. Unfortunately we usually get the ones with the "I don't want to go to jail chest pain" after a cardiac panel comes back OK off they go!

4. Freaky Things

   wndblws replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

   One of the ICU's I worked in had a room where I saw someone standing over the bed of a comatose vented pateint, at first I thought it was the resp therapist, next thing I know the resp therapist came walking into the unit. I was telling another nurse...

5. Attention all 50 states: what is your nursing ratio? please post!

   wndblws replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   It can vary from hospital to hospital but in my ED day shift ratios are 1-3 if you have a trauma room and 1-5 for the rest of the ED including fast track in after 11p it goes to 1-5, then 1-7 after 3a. Hopefully things slow down after 3a so not all t...

6. NPSG compliance

   wndblws posted a topic in Emergency

   I have been concerned with patient safety and compliance with NPSG's. In the ED I currently work in I find that it is common practice to carry unlabel med filled syringes to pt bedside, lab tubes are not labeled at the bedside causing many errors and...