WalkieTalkie

WalkieTalkie RN

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  1. night shift workers how much sleep do you really get?

    WalkieTalkie replied to blondnursey's topic in General Nursing

    I sleep best during the day... definitely not at night. Now, if everything was open 24

  2. Who reads your charting?

    WalkieTalkie replied to Texas Tornado's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, with our new computer system, I do see some docs reading my narratives... it's actually nice because then they have a clue about what the patient's night was

  3. cardiomyopathy with ef of 10%

    WalkieTalkie replied to gentle's topic in General Nursing

    Well yes, they were not brady and minimally symptomatic. You're right, it's all about the clinical

  4. Dating Coworkers??

    WalkieTalkie replied to SweetLemon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've seen (and been in) the good, the bad, and the ugly, when it comes to relationships at work. I personally think it's better if you at least date outside your unit. There's much less chance for...

  5. Vit. B12 shots

    WalkieTalkie replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you are tired due to psychosocial reasons, not B12 deficiency... I guess my point would be this: Why fix something that's not broken?...

  6. Chlohexidine bathing to reduce catheter-related blood stream infections

    WalkieTalkie replied to PICC ACE's topic in MICU, SICU

    Not that I know of... eventually we will be rolling out the study to daily usage. I think they are trying to see if M-W-F is sufficient, or if daily bathing prevents more infections. I think it's...

  7. Chlohexidine bathing to reduce catheter-related blood stream infections

    WalkieTalkie replied to PICC ACE's topic in MICU, SICU

    We are doing the same M-W-F bathing and at some point we will start daily baths to see if it reduces infection

  8. cardiomyopathy with ef of 10%

    WalkieTalkie replied to gentle's topic in General Nursing

    We give lasix to this type of patient all the time... that being said, we also have a Pyxis full of all types of albumin :) As for the Coreg - yes. I have never held Coreg, even for pressures in the...

  9. Need input on how to get help for Manic family member

    WalkieTalkie replied to waitingforthedream's topic in General Nursing

    We have the same problem with my aunt... she's actually a doctor and was board certified in internal and emergency medicine. She exhibits schizophrenic traits and there is nothing we can do for her....

  10. Anyone ever been recognized on AN ?

    WalkieTalkie replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I found a tech I work with on here by her description and comments. I still haven't told her because it doesn't really matter to me, and I don't know her very well yet. I would assume that anyone on...

  11. Cortisol Stim Test

    WalkieTalkie replied to gcj95's topic in MICU, SICU

    The ACTH is done to screen septic patients for adrenal insufficiency. However, it is now recommended to give low-dose steroids despite what the results of this test may be. The test may be more...

  12. Your favorite nursing gadget?

    WalkieTalkie replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Does the Flexiseal

  13. Racist Patients

    WalkieTalkie replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some old bag of a patient was being mean to one of our African American techs once. She asked "You African, boy?" He said "No, I'm NEBRASKAN." LOL, she didn't even know what to say after that

  14. Do you always state that you are a nurse?

    WalkieTalkie replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    I try not to, but sometimes it comes up. For example, my mom had a cervical fusion and was vomiting post-op (she's a pharmacist). I put the call light on for her and the nurse came in and eventually...

  15. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    The newest and dumbest thing that CMS has stipulated at my hospital, is that techs can no longer stock saline flushes in our drawers. Apparently they aren't "competent" enough to do this. Several of...

  16. Denied employement d/t Adderall????????

    WalkieTalkie replied to smstar1996's topic in General Nursing

    I take this medication for AD/HD and I have never had a problem with UDS. I have always taken in my current bottle. You should not have a problem either. In addition, most drug screens these days...

  17. Does working during nursing school help new grads get jobs?

    WalkieTalkie replied to moofy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hospitals and the like are more likely to hire "insiders" who have worked as CNAs for a multitude of reasons. For one thing, it costs a lot less to train them as they have already been through the...

  18. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I never realized that techs doing finger sticks was such a controversial subject. Are the same people who are upset over this upset when an UAP also known as a phlebotomist comes in and draws their...

  19. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, no offense taken. A "safe set" is an extension which connects to the pressure tubing. 10 ml of blood is drawn back into a syringe device and then locked off - that's the "waste." There are...

  20. Nursing School Dilemma

    WalkieTalkie replied to annasmomlisa's topic in General Nursing

    Get the training... for one thing, it will get your foot in the door for a possible LPN job later. The other aspect you need to consider is the experience. Nothing helps out students better than...

  21. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    We have 2 patients. We are not allowed to put "safe sets" on anything but arterial lines (guess our central line infection rates were going up from people improperly utizlizing it or something). I...

  22. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Heh, your lab must be a lot faster than ours... or do you actually have a bedside machine that can interpret plasma glucose instead of whole blood? If we ever have to draw hourly glucoses, we are...

  23. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

    WalkieTalkie replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    If the day shift nurse states that the patient "has been fine all day" then you will have a crappy night, guaranteed. The sedation that they discontinued at 1800 because the patient wasn't doing...

  24. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    75% of our patients in the ICU have Q1-2 hr glucoses, and if they are not Q1-2, nearly all patients have at least Q4-6 hr ones. Thankfully our techs do them. I couldn't even imagine trying to keep...

  25. Crazy Family Member!

    WalkieTalkie replied to scooby72's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still a proponent of aresolized Versed blowers for hospital