WalkieTalkie

WalkieTalkie RN

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  1. specimen with medicine?

    WalkieTalkie replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    :barf01:

  2. Terminated because of my Attention Deficit Disorder

    WalkieTalkie replied to LPN&momof3's topic in General Nursing

    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...

    WalkieTalkie replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    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...

    WalkieTalkie replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    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

    WalkieTalkie replied to veryangrynurse's topic in General Nursing

    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....

    WalkieTalkie replied to Patiently Waiting KS's topic in General Nursing

    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"?

    WalkieTalkie replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    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

    WalkieTalkie replied to jo716's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    WalkieTalkie replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    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

    WalkieTalkie replied to JB2007's topic in General Nursing

    Take a scheduled vacation or a "mental health day"... they can do

  11. SLED (Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis)

    WalkieTalkie replied to AmyCardsNP's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    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?

    WalkieTalkie replied to nursingdude78's topic in MICU, SICU

    I found this article while looking for something on SvO2:

  13. significance of central ABG

    WalkieTalkie replied to reisling's topic in MICU, SICU

    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

    WalkieTalkie replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    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. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    WalkieTalkie replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    WalkieTalkie replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Good question. I am curious

  17. Pentobarb coma nurse to patient ratio

    WalkieTalkie replied to standout22's topic in MICU, SICU

    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

    WalkieTalkie replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General 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...

    WalkieTalkie replied to i.care's topic in General Nursing

    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

    WalkieTalkie replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General 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....?

    WalkieTalkie replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in General Nursing

    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

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

    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.

    WalkieTalkie replied to its1mc's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    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

    WalkieTalkie replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    WalkieTalkie replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, a side affect of niacin is flushing of the