sapphire18

sapphire18 specializes in ICU.

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1. CERNER

   sapphire18 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Epic >>>>>>>>>>

2. Patient waking up during CPR

   sapphire18 replied to LisaStone's topic in General Nursing

   I recently had a young patient wake up during compressions...same thing as above, lost his pulse when we stopped compressions...restarted compressions and he woke up again...very disturbing. He made...

3. USC(south carolina) CRNA 2019 cohort

   sapphire18 replied to tnann866's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I did not get in, either. Sorry, been stalking this thread

4. Central line

   sapphire18 replied to dcwang's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   PICC = peripherally inserted central catheter. Yes it is a central

5. What annoys you most in your daily tasks?

   sapphire18 replied to mangi's topic in General Nursing

   Oh and taking out the trash or changing full sharps boxes

6. What annoys you most in your daily tasks?

   sapphire18 replied to mangi's topic in General Nursing

   Catering to family/visitors. Explaining every step I take or every titration I make, every med I give, every assessment i do, or every output I measure to family/visitors. Ridiculous nonsensical...

7. What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

   sapphire18 replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry but no ICU nurse would/should accept 5 or even 4 patients. Sounds like this is a step-down

8. What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

   sapphire18 replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

   Specialty ICU at a regional trauma center in the Southeast: 1:2 or 1:1, 1:3 if short-staffed

9. Does your ICU use CHG wipes for bathing patients?

   sapphire18 replied to fatrabbit's topic in Critical Care

   All pts in the ICU where I work are required to get a CHG wipe "bath" every 24 hours, we don't have basins or any other kind of

10. Sterile Water for Enteral Feeding Tubes?

    sapphire18 replied to med_geek's topic in Critical Care

    ?!?!?

11. The Doc said this can't happen!???

    sapphire18 replied to qaqueen's topic in Critical Care

    WOW that's a long time to be

12. Medication error

    sapphire18 replied to Rainy day RN's topic in Patient Medications

    As a newbie I gave double the dose of an antiarrhythmic bolus IVP- I was being rushed by the charge nurse/monitor RN and the bag it came in was not marked as a partial dose ... Def a systems error but...

13. Depressed self-referral to ED

    sapphire18 replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of how ALL psych pts in my state are handcuffed when being transported to an outside

14. Is this normal?

    sapphire18 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At my teaching hospital, as at any other, the residents perform procedures such as central line insertions, trialysis insertions, a lines, etc. For the majority of these procedures, the residents are...

15. Brian Short News

    sapphire18 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Just in complete shock. The length of this thread is a testimony to the legacy Brian has created here. Allnurses has taught me so much about so much, not just nursing. I only got to meet him in...