LoveActually

LoveActually

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  1. a new grad's gripes

    LoveActually posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I really hate it when the ED brings me a pt. on levo, takes them off the pump, doesn't tell me, and leaves the room, and then I take a pressure and the BP is TANKED, and I'm like CRAP! THE LEVO isn't...

  2. New grad in ICU needing advice

    LoveActually replied to pinkynbd99's topic in MICU, SICU

    First of all....6 months orientation, you are lucky, embrace it and make the most of it! I had a little less than 4. Remember that it's hard being new (especially a new grad in the ICU!), and everyone...

  3. ICU visiting hours.. What is reasonable?

    LoveActually replied to TigerGalLE's topic in MICU, SICU

    For the most part families don't bother me. When I need them to step out so I can do an assessment, procedure, or just plain old need to think without distraction, or if I need to reduce the amount of...

  4. everyone is stumped

    LoveActually replied to **LaurelRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    why no nitro or

  5. titrating pressors

    LoveActually replied to turnforthenurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    The only way I'm titrating in mL's is if it's Diltiazem which equals mg's anway. I ALWAYS titrate mcg/min or mcg/kg/min ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS. Titrating by 5 mL's may be way too much or not enough...

  6. New Grad in ICU?

    LoveActually replied to whit16's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think a big factor in success or not has to do with your orientation & amount of education (duh). I had 6 weeks orientation on telemetry & 8 weeks in ICU both with amazing preceptors. I went...

  7. Nursing vs Occupational Therapy as a career?

    LoveActually replied to greenykilt's topic in General Nursing

    My sister is going for OT. I think it sounds horrendously boooorrrrrrringggg

  8. ICU Psychosis ?????

    LoveActually replied to loricatus's topic in MICU, SICU

    Can't Reglan do weird things to some people? From Wikipedia, so you KNOW it has to be the truth! Common adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with metoclopramide therapy include: restlessness,...

  9. Step-down ICU (IMC) or straight to ICU?

    LoveActually replied to libbyjeanne's topic in MICU, SICU

    As Nike says, Just Do it! "Go big or go

  10. ICU politics for a workplace newbie

    LoveActually replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    When I feel like I'm going to say something potentially stupid, I start out by saying, "Ok guys don't laugh at me, but...?" OR "This may sound REALLY idiotic...but?" Or "this may sound really dumb,...

  11. ICU politics for a workplace newbie

    LoveActually replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    Unless you are saying something good, of

  12. Proning

    LoveActually replied to nightshift82's topic in MICU, SICU

    In addition to helping with the pressures, and recruiting different lung feels, proning with a bed works wonders for mobilizing all that crap in the lungs and sinuses. We don't keep them only prone,...

  13. How do you calculate your CVP's?

    LoveActually replied to detroitdano's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ok this is going to sound dumb, but I look at the CVP monitor, after zeroing & flushing it, if the patient has one! No one has ever asked me to calculate it, nor have I learned how to as of yet....

  14. ICU Gtt Cheat Sheet Wanted!

    LoveActually replied to shannonFNP's topic in MICU, SICU

    all of that is on our 'vasoactive medication' order sets, so unless the doc orders otherwise, we go by what is on the order set. and then I go and make a drip table on the computer, and print it out....

  15. I actually like being a CNA - should I become an RN?

    LoveActually replied to HospiceCarer's topic in General Nursing

    FYI, you can't be an RN and work as an aide, unless you give up your license. I have worked as an aide, and am now an RN. They are not two totally different things, but something that's all...

  16. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    LoveActually replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    Don't usually see it, but aw it happen the other day...the nurse they gave the assignment to was agreeable, a very good and very experienced nurse, and the CM had her

  17. med error and Sick about it

    LoveActually replied to hello2you's topic in General Nursing

    ahhh clonazepam klonopin prolly helped bring down the BP anyway, especially even if the pt was a wee bit anxious =) just curious how you were able to even *get* the wrong med though...did the patient...

  18. RN to MD, has anyone done this?

    LoveActually replied to Loux's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a GREAT idea! You're so young, why not do both? And who knows, maybe you become a nurse, LOVE it, and go on to become an advanced practice nurse! OR you still go to med school, but can...

  19. Where is the caring and advocacy for ME when I really need it????

    LoveActually posted a topic in General Nursing

    My sister died unexpectedly yesterday. I am flying a red eye home tonight. I am so hysterical & I HATE flying. Like hate it to the point where I have diarrhea, throw up, feel like I'm going to...

  20. Tired of being FAT and having low self esteem

    LoveActually replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP, I would stick to addiction support, and not look for it here necessarily. You flat out said "addiction" in your first sentence, and did not get appropriate responses to that, but you got a...

  21. Where is the caring and advocacy for ME when I really need it????

    LoveActually replied to LoveActually's topic in General Nursing

    You must be joking? What's a good use for xanax if flight/anxiety coupled with the death of a loved one is not a good enough excuse?! Like I mentioned, I asked for a few xanax, not a whole collection....

  22. If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

    LoveActually replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had the intra-nasal flu-mist months ago. No side effects. I had a seasonal flu vaccine too & got an ENORMOUS, painful hemotoma from

  23. does night shift make you fat?

    LoveActually replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    No I lost weight. I've been working nights for 5 months and I'm a new nurse. I bring healthy things to eat at night. I know how many calories I'm consuming in the 14 hours I am gone. When I get home...

  24. Proning

    LoveActually replied to nightshift82's topic in MICU, SICU

    We prone all the time with rotoprone beds. Seen a few miracles happen after their

  25. Tired of being FAT and having low self esteem

    LoveActually replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever tried a 12-step program? I did/do it for alcoholism. And when I drank, I didn't care about what I ate. I have been sober 2 1/2 years now, with no desire to drink, and weigh 25 pounds...