WalkieTalkie

WalkieTalkie RN

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  1. In Shock about Missing Narcotics

    WalkieTalkie replied to LHH1996's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, what a terrible situation. Obviously this lady has a problem, and many people have trusted her (heck, she's the one you would go to if you suspected a co-worker was diverting!). It's a crappy...

  2. Quinidine: Do most nurses measure QRS interval before giving drug?

    WalkieTalkie replied to RealNurseMom's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that's exactly why I gave it. We had a patient who was in VT for about a week before his family withdrew care on him. Amiodarone and lidocane gtts didn't convert him either. His BP was 90s...

  3. Discovering incompatible IVPB's with primary lines - anyone else notice this a lot?

    WalkieTalkie replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We only hang ranitidine and insulin with TPN/lipids. Some of our TPN has the ranitidine added in

  4. Discovering incompatible IVPB's with primary lines - anyone else notice this a lot?

    WalkieTalkie replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually this isn't as bad as you think. We use Micromedex at work and I was always told that this was the case. However, I hadn't actually looked it up. I has a patient the other night who was on...

  5. Quinidine: Do most nurses measure QRS interval before giving drug?

    WalkieTalkie replied to RealNurseMom's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that's old school. I work in a CVICU, and I've only ever seen it given

  6. How high have you titrated levophed?

    WalkieTalkie replied to racing-mom4's topic in MICU, SICU

    WowZAAA! Did increasing the gtts beyond their max actually increase his

  7. Nursing Responsibilities

    WalkieTalkie replied to oldfashionedlove's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? If I'm available I help with this. I hate it, but I help. I mean, I really hate even the notion of "bedpan" but it's just as much my responsibility as it is the tech's! I should know, I...

  8. Sigma Theta Tau membership

    WalkieTalkie replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, but we have a very active chapter here. I usually go to a nice dinner at least once a month, and we are always doing community projects. It's too bad that your chapter isn't

  9. Will the nursing field become saturated with new graduate nurses in a few years?

    WalkieTalkie replied to mariposabella's topic in General Nursing

    I was a new grad in the ICU. It helped that I had been a CNA for 9 years prior. My CNA experience started in a LTC facility. I also worked as a secretary in medical billing and an admissions clerk....

  10. Day shift vs Night shift...the battle continues???

    WalkieTalkie replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    We do all of our baths at night unless the patient is alert/oriented and not on the vent or sedation. Even then, I do those types of patients' (usually people ready to transfer, post-op CABGs, etc)...

  11. Colour-coded hospital bracelets

    WalkieTalkie replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, it's all that and one more step. Each blood band has a unique number on it. The unique number is sent to blood bank with the initial type and cross (also good for 3 days). When we get the...

  12. Reamed for ordering an ethics consult

    WalkieTalkie replied to WalkieTalkie's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to let everyone know what happened with this situation. Monday morning, the ethics committee did meet with the family and the docs. The docs managed to talk the family out of making...

  13. What nursing preprequisite(s) did you struggle in the most?

    WalkieTalkie replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    Chemistry is definitely my enemy. It's not that I don't understand it, I just have a problem with equations and stupid math mistakes. I transpose numbers frequently. I don't have problems with...

  14. Colour-coded hospital bracelets

    WalkieTalkie replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    The bands we use to identify the patient to their crossmatched

  15. Colour-coded hospital bracelets

    WalkieTalkie replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I like this idea. Right now all of our allergy bracelets are green despite if they say "allergies" or "NKDA." Our blood bands are red, and our regular patient bands are white. We put orange socks...

  16. 2.5 GPA

    WalkieTalkie replied to reformedlibrarian's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm in the same boat as the OP. I have around a 2.something GPA from the first time I went to school. I didn't finish that degree and went to community college to do my pre-reqs for nursing school....

  17. Abd CT : PO contrast vs IV contrast

    WalkieTalkie replied to saphyre's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, we don't have the technology to allow the docs to put in orders at our hospital yet, and I work at a large, major teaching

  18. Weight Watchers and Curves

    WalkieTalkie replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I did Weight Watchers... started in July 2007. I did it online, never went to any meetings. I lost 35 pounds and I've kept it off

  19. Abd CT : PO contrast vs IV contrast

    WalkieTalkie replied to saphyre's topic in General Nursing

    Was the patient's creatinine

  20. Nurse with bipolar disorder or adhd?

    WalkieTalkie replied to nursedudekl's topic in General Nursing

    I have AD/HD and I work without

  21. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

    WalkieTalkie replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a cement truck roll right in front of me before. I stopped and went over. The driver was obviously pinned by the engine, and there were glass shards everywhere preventing me from even entering...

  22. Reamed for ordering an ethics consult

    WalkieTalkie replied to WalkieTalkie's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to thank everyone for their support regarding this. You've pretty much reiterated what everyone else has been telling me. I do have to go back to work tonight, so I will see what...

  23. Reamed for ordering an ethics consult

    WalkieTalkie replied to WalkieTalkie's topic in General Nursing

    The manager was in a meeting this morning, but my charge nurse did let her know of the situation in case the surgery team tries to single me out and make it look like I did something wrong. I'm sure...

  24. creigton

    WalkieTalkie replied to dmskoka's topic in General Nursing

    The Nebraska Medical Center does have a new grad program which includes a 3 month nurse residency program.

  25. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Yeah, when I worked in the ER I actually said this all the time, whether or not the patient was allowed to. I don't smoke, and I don't want to be exposed to your secondhand smoke, so you can wait...