stellina615

stellina615 has 1 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology, Psych.

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1. VP shunt...yikes

   stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

   Hi guys! Thanks for all the replies. Reviewed the sloshing again today with the neurosurgeon, who directed the day nurse to the CT scan of the pt's brain. I took a peek at it myself. About 40% of...

2. VP shunt...yikes

   stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

   To clarify, I heard the sloshing as the pt was quickly putting his head back onto the pillow from an upright sitting position, not when he was sitting still. Thanks for any

3. VP shunt...yikes

   stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi guys, Today I had a pt come up from the PACU who was s/p VP shunt revision. Apparently his previous VP shunt had had a crack in it, and was leaking CSF fluid. For the pt, this manifested as...

4. Burnout

   stellina615 replied to peaceful nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I find that I'm more invested in my nursing care when I'm doing a good job of taking care of myself. When I work hard to make sure I have enough time to sleep enough, eat properly, spend time with...

5. Body Bags

   stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I apologize for asking such a strange question, but I'm wondering what different facilities use for body bags or other post-mortem shrouding supplies. I recently had to pronounce time of death for...

6. Sooo...What are you doing with your MSN?

   stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to everyone for their responses! I'd love to hear more stories of what people are doing with their MSNs. I've attached the description of the program of study. I also emailed my advisor to...

7. Sooo...What are you doing with your MSN?

   stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone! Just got the good news this week that I was accepted into the MSN program I've been hoping for. The university I was accepted into offers 3 tracks within the Masters of Science in...

8. UNH Direct Entry Masters Program

   stellina615 replied to cpike's topic in General Nursing

   Hi guys! I realize that this post was last updated about a year ago, but I'm wondering if either of you (or anyone else) have further thoughts or opinions on the graduate nursing program at UNH. I'm...

9. OK, Cultural question here, please forgive the stupidity.

   stellina615 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Alabama Nursing

   If you're trying a make some kind of valid point, then perhaps you should cut the snarkiness and use a little more respect when addressing other nurses, especially nurses who are going out of their...

10. "Think" about what you say!!!

    stellina615 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    Michigangirl, Thanks for this post. You make a really good point. I do see what other posters mean about not being too hard on yourself, but recently I've had a couple incidences where family...

11. Do nurses still get signing bonuses?

    stellina615 replied to Idaho Murse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to get the discussion off track too much, but I live in New England and I'm not familiar with the border towns in Texas that some of the posters have described. I'm sorry if this is an...

12. NH market for new nurses

    stellina615 replied to butterflymel6's topic in General Nursing

    From what I can tell, things haven't improved much. We haven't had layoffs at our hospitals since the summer, but there's nothing in the way of increased job availability, either. Hospitals...

13. Why do I have such a bad feeling about this?

    stellina615 replied to greenclover's topic in General Nursing

    One of the important lessons I've learned from more seasoned nurses is to go with my gut feelings. It seems like you're already leaning towards trying to get yourself out of this negative...

14. Have you ever had a pt that you knew in real life?

    stellina615 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, taking care of someone you know isn't really an option...if administration finds out that you've been in the medical record of someone you know outside of the hospital context, then...

15. DAU?

    stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last week, we had a patient on my unit (a locked psych facility), who began to appear sedated to a degree that wasn't consistent with her prescribed meds. We suspected that one of her visitors had...