cardiacmadeline RN

cardiacmadeline has 6 years experience as a RN and specializes in cardiothoracic surgery.

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1. Holding Antihypertiensives

   cardiacmadeline replied to jamiejohnson2007's topic in Patient Medications

   That's so sad! It amazes me how many nurses, including seasoned ones, don't understand how medications work and why their patients are receiving them. I see this too many times with beta blockers...

2. Bedrest post angio?

   cardiacmadeline replied to LilMissAlwaysCurious's topic in General Nursing

   Bedrest time can also vary based on the type of closure device used--Angioseal, Perclose (?), manual pressure, etc. I've seen a patient bleed a week after his

3. Coreg med and no heart rate parameters?

   cardiacmadeline replied to amber7591's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I agree with psu, one of my biggest pet peeves is when nurses hold Coreg based on BP and HR and not seeing the big picture. I see his baseline HR was in the 50's and that he had been on it for...

4. Coreg med and no heart rate parameters?

   cardiacmadeline replied to amber7591's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   What was the patient's baseline heart rate? Was the coreg a new medication or had the patient been on it

5. Medication Errors?

   cardiacmadeline replied to Monica08's topic in General Nursing

   I have seen a nebulizer med given iv. It wasnt a common drug, I can't remember what it was. I don't recall anything happening to the

6. Bedside Reporting starting Monday :(((

   cardiacmadeline replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I have tried to have a positive attitude about bedside report, but I hate it! I waste time looking for the offgoing nurse, and then I am told what I already know because I just read the chart! Now,...

7. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

   cardiacmadeline replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

   What if the patient coded? We have allowed a couple of people to sleep over and bring a cot in the room, but I tell them we need to have enough room in case something does happen like a code. I once...

8. In honor of 9/11.... what was it like as a nurse?

   cardiacmadeline replied to A&OxNone's topic in General Nursing

   It was my first semester of nursing school. 9/11 was the first day my clinical group was to meet. I was home studying and had no idea what was going on. My husband came home because they had...

9. range order rationale

   cardiacmadeline replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

   If I was a doctor and received a phone call from a nurse asking to give a second norco to a patient still in pain after receiving one pill and there is an order that says you can give 2 pills, I would...

10. Is EPIC coming to your facility??....

    cardiacmadeline replied to NYRN08's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You are logging on so much into EPIC throughout the shift, you will have many chances to see that you have new orders. The icon telling you there are new orders should pop up on the first

11. The 5 things you love & hate about being an RN

    cardiacmadeline replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    Love: 1) My cardiac and thoracic surgery patients 2) My coworkers (99% of them) 3) My pay and benefits, able to live comfortably 4) My elderly patients 5) The fact that I am not sitting behind a...

12. What is the lowest HGB you have seen?

    cardiacmadeline replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    2.4-patient totally

13. Is EPIC coming to your facility??....

    cardiacmadeline replied to NYRN08's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Pretty much everything can be scanned in, including tele strips and 12 leads, making it very easy for a doc to interpret when they are elsewhere in the hospital. As far as new orders, an icon will...

14. Never driving to work in snow again

    cardiacmadeline replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I live 45 minutes from work and drive a small car, nothing fancy. I have never had to call in for snow in the last 7 years. I stay up to date with the weather and road conditions. We shovel...

15. asking for meds?

    cardiacmadeline replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you on this one. If my patient is taking prn pain meds every 4 hours, I will keep track of their next dose and bring it to their room so they don't have to call and ask for it. It's...