WalkieTalkie

WalkieTalkie RN

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  1. specimen with medicine?

    :barf01:
  2. Terminated because of my Attention Deficit Disorder

    How ignorant. I have ADHD. My co-workers like working with me, and I'd like to think that I'm a damn fine nurse. If anything, all the extra energy I have keeps me on top of
  3. Tossing Your Cookies...

    My personal "tossing cookies" thing is colostomy bags. I've seen and cleaned up everything from GI bleed, c. diff, pseudomonas sputum, rotten crotches, yeasty beasties under large folds, even rotten...
  4. Tossing Your Cookies...

    A very demented patient had just crapped all over her sheets with diarrhea. It was pretty much from mid back to toes. The smell alone was in my top 10 list. I've worked on floors with liver...
  5. Need advise ASAP

    This seems like a case of the whistleblower getting the boot. Sounds like you've done all the right things... unfortunately, you seem to have stirred their pot in the wrong direction Good luck with...
  6. Need Information - Mother on Hospice....

    Have you spoken to any of the Hospice nurses about the death and dying process? When my grandfather was on hospice, they gave us a book about death and dying which was really helpful. I can't recall...
  7. Nurses providing good "service"?

    Sometimes it seems like it doesn't matter if you give good patient care or not. If the patient/family/administration's butts are kissed, and the correct forms and boxes are checked, who cares if...
  8. Auscultating for Bowel Sounds After Surgery

    LOL, one of the books I have says that you should listen to all 4 quadrants--5 minutes per each quadrant. Sorry, I don't have 20 freaking minutes to listen to non-existant or rare bowel sounds on a...
  9. Med Errors- would you report one?

    Yes I have reported both myself and mistakes found from previous shifts. It's the right thing to do, and it can potentially prevent harm in the future. Also, our reporting system is set up to not be...
  10. I do not care anymore

    Take a scheduled vacation or a "mental health day"... they can do
  11. SLED (Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis)

    We do a lot of SLED on my unit. Some with heparin and some with citrate for anticoagulants. Only the citrate SLEDs are 1:1. We also run SLED around the clock until it clots off. We then return the...
  12. Normal CVP?

    I found this article while looking for something on SvO2:
  13. significance of central ABG

    The patient with a low SvO2 is likely shunting blood and therefore not exchanging oxygen with other tissues that need it. The patient is usually mottled at this point in time....
  14. Surge of Flu Cases in Argentina and Chile

    Hah! So funny you would mention this. I just returned from Argentina last Thursday. When we got off the plane in Buenos Aires, we were required to wear N95s and be thermal scanned. People were...
  15. GET OUT OF MY ROOM! Yes, I know your loved one is agitated and wigging out. Well, guess what? HE WAS FINE UNTIL YOU CAME IN HERE and started with waking up your father (who is intubated) and asking...
  16. Has Anyone Ever USED Their Malpractice Insurance?

    Good question. I am curious
  17. Pentobarb coma nurse to patient ratio

    The vec patient would still be 1 nurse to 2 patients. We do 1 nurse to 2 patients with our CRRTs unless it's citrate SLED and then it's 1:1. Our balloon pumps are no different, 1 nurse to 2
  18. Archetypes in Nursing

    This is my friend and I! Most times we work together, something goes wrong. A code, someone being put on ECMO, someone bleeding out, someone falls out of bed, etc. Honestly, for awhile we avoided...
  19. Working out these IV Pumps...

    Heh, obviously you've never had someone before you set the VTBI on a pressor as more than what's in the bag. That's why I always check my pumps at the beginning of the
  20. Archetypes in Nursing

    The Speed Eater The first thing out of this nurse's mouth (even before assignments are made) is "Where are we ordering from tonight? Is anyone going to order? What time are we going to order?" If...
  21. Have you ever made a stupid mistake....?

    Yep, I've actually done this same mistake.... well nearly. My classmate and I flooded the tub room at our first clinical facility. I swear it must be the same model of tub. Not only was there water...
  22. Use some class/compassion

    Ok, but I'm still going to be sarcastic when someone is asking a homework question that can easily be
  23. Becoming a nurse with priors.

    I really wish that minor misdemeanors would be wiped from our records after a certain number of years. My cousin got caught with pot when he was 20. He's now 26, has completed all the requirements...
  24. LVN vs RN

    I thought most schools required a CNA? You should definitely get one, work on a floor and obtain some skills. It will certainly help you along the
  25. Banana Bag -->Hives --> STEMI?

    Actually, a side affect of niacin is flushing of the