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  1. Triple H therapy

    fins replied to Epona's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Where I work we will at times keep MAPs as high as 110, assuming the aneurysm is well secured. The stroke that you're trying to prevent is an ischemic stroke due to the vasospasm clamping down the...

  2. The patient who wouldn't stop screaming...

    fins replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of heard-hearted, spiteful burn-out nurse are you anyway???!!! I can't believe that you could be so insensitive to someone who was obviously in emotional distress!!! You sound like the type...

  3. Am I wrong because i don't want to do CNA duites

    fins replied to zoeyzoe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to say whether you're right or wrong. All I'm going to say is, that in the absence of legislation, the facility is going to do what they can get away with. I'm not saying be grateful for...

  4. So uhh...stockings?

    fins replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    There are certain things that men just don't do. Wearing stockings is about six of them. Underarmour support tights, or something like that. All of the support, none of the

  5. i sign your paycheck !!

    fins replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    You sign my paycheck? Well, with the crappy pay you're giving me, you're lucky you're even getting care this

  6. Would you join the Army Nurse Corps? Why or Why not?

    fins replied to clc19k30's topic in General Nursing

    I'd join tomorrow, but I've had a hip replacement, which I was told was

  7. Three things...

    fins replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    Never again: 1. Put a fat man on and off a CT table. 2. Run down to a stat head CT at 6:35 because the resident blew me off when I said the patient had mental status change and needed a head CT at...

  8. dropped lung during central line

    fins replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    I've had it happen three times - twice on the same patient. Never use a central line before the chest x-ray is

  9. Triple H therapy

    fins replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we will at times keep MAPs as high as 110, assuming the aneurysm is well secured. The stroke that you're trying to prevent is an ischemic stroke due to the vasospasm clamping down the...

  10. Just Because You're a Nurse

    fins replied to Jaybird310's topic in General Nursing

    I would always give them what I thought it was, together with the most frightening fatal diagnosis possible - "well, Mom, it could be your sinuses, or you could have ruptured a cerebral aneurysm. Are...

  11. Only 50% pass the 2nd time

    fins replied to scubadooII's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If it's any consolation at all, I used to work with a nurse who had to take the exam 3 times. Actually, she may have failed three times, and passed on the fourth, I forget. Anyway, she's one of the...

  12. Who Has the Best Accelerated BSN Program in Philadelphia?

    fins replied to smariej14's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Jefferson FACT program has a very low attrition rate, and an almost 100% NCLEX pass rate. Drexel also has a very high NCLEX pass rate, but (I've heard) a much higher attrition rate. Penn's program...

  13. Deal or No Deal - Naughty Nurse

    fins replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Let me think. I know offhand six nurses that have banged married docs that they work with. I see thongs sticking out of scrubs. There are T-shirts painted on that don't meet the scrub bottoms. When I...

  14. Nursing job with the criminally/violent psychitric patients

    fins replied to EzraRn's topic in Forensic

    Or you could just work in any ED on a Saturday

  15. Dr.s throwing their weight around...............

    fins replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure that he wanted to file a complaint because you bruised his ego? Maybe he wanted to write you up because you violated isolation to save your patient's life. Either way he's pretty much an...

  16. Drawing Labs without an order

    fins replied to umnurs's topic in Emergency

    There's a scene in the movie Casablanca, when the police captain closes Rick's bar. When asked why he replies that he was "shocked to find out that there is gambling going on at Rick's." Just then,...

  17. all PACU RNs Wrote up!

    fins replied to jrgrad1912's topic in PACU

    Just wait until the new policy causes some OR backup because anesthesia hasn't written the d/c orders yet and PACU is full - I'm sure they'll make that your fault, too

  18. heh.. i need a girlfriend apparently.

    fins replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    Everybody is missing an important point. The instructor was his GI/GU instructor, and he said he barely passed. Obviously, she was giving him academic advice - he needs a girlfriend so that he can do...

  19. Can Anyone Tell Me WHY.......

    fins replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why am I doing post-mortem care on the 55 year-old deacon who was visited every day by family, friends, and people from his congregation, and giving discharge instructions to the crack wh*re who is...

  20. RN's in hospitals. What is the worst part of your job?

    fins replied to GCTMT's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest peeve is being held accountable for things over which I have no

  21. Intermitant or continuous suction for salem sump NGT?

    fins replied to stalsrn's topic in General Nursing

    The reason that single lumen NG tubes aren't put to continuous suction is so that the vacuum doesn't pull it against the stomach wall, damaging tissue. The second lumen of the salem sump allows air to...

  22. patients eyes moving back and forth horizontally... dying?

    fins replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    This IS usually an indication of brain stem damage, but it isn't the Doll's Eye reflex. The Doll's Eye reflex is a normal finding. If you hold a patient's eyes open, then turn the head, the eyes will...

  23. Worst doctors orders ever received

    fins replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    My favorite was when I was told to maintain pt's MAP at 97. Not 90-100, not 95-105, but 97. I can titrate drips ok, but can't I please have a

  24. Leaving the Inner-city-ER-guilt? Advice please..

    fins replied to RNAsh's topic in Emergency

    I guarantee you, if the hospital where you work needed to reduce payroll, they would jettison you without a shred of guilt. You owe them (and your patients) your best efforts on the days you worked....

  25. Myths in Healthcare

    fins replied to advocateforsafety's topic in General Nursing

    "Many of the poor people in this country work LONGER and WAY HARDER THAN NURSING HOURS than you do and still can't get adequate insurance." You don't know how many hours I work, so you don't know that...