cardiacmadeline

cardiacmadeline RN

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  1. Ahh! Huge mistake

    cardiacmadeline replied to Mattsgrl83's topic in General Nursing

    An anesthesiologist once told me you would need at least the whole length of the IV tubing full of air to do any

  2. Tossing Your Cookies...

    cardiacmadeline replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    This may sound strange coming from a nurse, but I can't handle my husband's bodily fluid. I can handle most stuff at work, but when it comes to his sputum, snot or blood, it makes me want to gag. He...

  3. Support for life support?

    cardiacmadeline replied to ToxicShock's topic in General Nursing

    My family and husband know very well that they are to withdraw life support if I have little or no hope for recovery and will not be able to live a quality life. And I would do the same for them. I...

  4. Girlfriend becoming a nurse - Advice

    cardiacmadeline replied to Legion6789's topic in General Nursing

    You seem like a very supportive boyfriend. I think for most nursing students, and nurses for that matter, it is comforting to know that you have somebody home at the end of the day to listen to you...

  5. Why don't docs send these pt's HOME!?

    cardiacmadeline replied to zofran's topic in General Nursing

    This also happens on my floor a lot too. Maybe the docs are worried about lawsuits. And don't forget about those patient satisfaction scores that are so important nowadays. The hospital wouldn't...

  6. 72 hour per pay period RN contracts....popular?

    cardiacmadeline replied to lab211's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the 12 hour people on our floor work either 32 or 36 houirs a week. I believe we only have 2 people on our floor that actually work 40 hours a week. Our supervisor doesn't even recommend...

  7. Tossing Your Cookies...

    cardiacmadeline replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    GI bleeds and this 90 year old with the absolutely most horrendous pressure ulcer ever. It smelled like stool, I was almost gagging changing that dressing! She died a couple days after being...

  8. If pay was not an issue, would you still be a nurse?

    cardiacmadeline replied to Elizabeth K.'s topic in General Nursing

    If money was no object, I would work part time, 2-3 days a week. But I would also like to be a vet tech, or maybe a professional dog

  9. Survey oriented

    cardiacmadeline replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't even bother looking at our scores anymore. They survey such a small percentage of our patients, that the numbers mean nothing to me. I have better things to worry about than what Mr. Press...

  10. Why does everyone groan when I say I'm going to take a neurosciences position?

    cardiacmadeline replied to GoECU's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the same way. Honestly, neuro scares me. I love my cardiac patients. You are certainly going to learn a lot working in neuro. Good luck to

  11. Starting new tele job soon

    cardiacmadeline replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    Buy Dale Dubin's "Rapid Interpretation of EKG's". Excellent source for learning

  12. administering blood products

    cardiacmadeline replied to ello7's topic in General Nursing

    Blood bank is right. According to the guidelines as stated in the previous post, you have 20 minutes to administer it after receiving it from blood bank and then 4 hours to administer it (from the...

  13. Any words of wisdom please........

    cardiacmadeline replied to summit09's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. You are not going to know everything and that's OK. 90% of what I know today, I learned on the job. My advice for studying is this.....remember you cannot possibly know everything. When I...

  14. Is nursing like this everywhere?

    cardiacmadeline replied to LEM1234's topic in General Nursing

    You did good. Hang in there. Med surg is certainly a

  15. PCA pumps

    cardiacmadeline replied to Mbshil's topic in General Nursing

    If they don't have maintenance fluids running, we run the fluids at 20ml/hr to keep the IV

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

    cardiacmadeline replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    No, we don't give free meals to guests. And don't try to tell me that we do....because we

  17. Is nursing like this everywhere?

    cardiacmadeline replied to LEM1234's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe the nurse should have gone above the resident and called the doctor. I have done that a couple of time when I wasn't satisfied with the resident's orders. If someone has a low K and are on IVF...

  18. What is your first hint that it is gonna be a rough shift

    cardiacmadeline replied to AngelsWings09's topic in General Nursing

    When you walk past the tele moniters on your way into work and see a patient with HR 170's, and hope it isn't your patient, but of course it is your patient. When your unit is the only one with beds...

  19. What is your first hint that it is gonna be a rough shift

    cardiacmadeline replied to AngelsWings09's topic in General Nursing

    When you look at the assignment sheet and see half of the staff requested to not be assigned to the patient in room 3312. You then look at your assignment and realize you are assigned to room

  20. Question: Why don't hospitals color code the scrubs?

    cardiacmadeline replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't mind if our hospital went to color coded scrubs. I wear solid colors all the time anyways. As long as I didn't have to wear a pastel color, I would be fine with it. Or black, there is...

  21. Lantus

    cardiacmadeline replied to LEM1234's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all the above posts and I would have given it also. Lantus does not peak, it is your basal insulin. Just on side note, you should never hold Lantus without a doctor's order. I have...

  22. What's the reason for a RN to be snippy to a new post op pt. ?

    cardiacmadeline replied to momofqc's topic in General Nursing

    I should take back my comment on families helping to reposition. You are right, they probably shouldn't be helping with repositioning. And when I say helping, I mean assisting nursing staff. But if...

  23. What's the reason for a RN to be snippy to a new post op pt. ?

    cardiacmadeline replied to momofqc's topic in General Nursing

    OK, so I know we don't have all the sides of the story. But based on the OP and other posts, I honestly don't see what the OP did wrong. Other than the O2 sats, which I stated before, if it was...

  24. What's the reason for a RN to be snippy to a new post op pt. ?

    cardiacmadeline replied to momofqc's topic in General Nursing

    From your post, I don't think you did anything wrong. You weren't rude, demanding, in the way, etc. If you wanted to help out with her IS, fine, we can't be in every room every hour reminding...

  25. Need Some Wisdom

    cardiacmadeline replied to tishirajan's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm a Dansko nurse, although my current pair are Sanitas (same shoe, different name). Interesting to know Dansko's are now made in