sapphire18

sapphire18

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  1. Mast Cell stabilizers

    Homework?
  2. Emergency Hypertension 210/120 mmHg

    Cardene? (can't remember how to spell the generic.) who the heck would give a PO med for a BP >200?!
  3. Survivors Guilt

    I'm watching some coverage of the destruction in the Northeast- hundreds and hundreds of people lost EVERYTHING- I am so grateful to have been lucky enough to not have been nearly as affected by Sandy...
  4. Drug Screen question

    My last 2 jobs have asked for this- med list, along with a complete medical history. Yuck. (Well that's how it felt to
  5. WFI? Did she HANG water (confused how you would do this) or just somehow prime the tubing with it? Just curious, what country are you in? I'm having a hard time understanding this. Or maybe I'm just...
  6. I personally believe that no ICU should have a 3:1 ratio. To answer your other question, you will see many many vents in neuro/trauma
  7. Favortism

    Can you
  8. Drug Screen question

    You should probably throw away medications that are years old and no longer
  9. Injury Preventionist? What's that?

    Lol, really? It sounds made up. I would venture to guess this hospital is sick of paying workers comp
  10. Neurosurgeon. Neuropsychologist. FBI agent. Marine biologist.
  11. young and inexperienced or....?

    You will get used to this stuff with time and experience. I still get shaken up by scared, sick, in pain patients, but it doesn't hit me til afterward. While I'm the nurse and dealing with the...
  12. is this legal

    ...No...
  13. What is
  14. nursing care of recently extubated patient

    Be on the lookout for delirium, esp if they've been intubated for more than like 3 days, lol. Watch the respiratory status VERY closely (duh). Do a full nursing swallow screen before leaving them...
  15. We get a verbal report via telephone and then the nurse accompanies the pt to the unit and more details are given at the bedside PRN. We can look at the pts on the computer, but we don't always have...
  16. I am appalled.

    Next time you ask for directions, don't go into the place you're looking for's competitor. Lol. Pretty sure this is the norm in any business, not just
  17. Hand Hygiene - Code Word (shhh!)

    Our hand sanitizer dispensers are in our rooms...I don't even know how they audit handwashing where I
  18. But, why does the playing field *need* to be
  19. IV narcotics?

    Agree with the above. How did you waste if you only pulled out half of the drug? I know I used to leave it in the vial and then throw it in the sharps, but that is not correct practice...correct...
  20. IMCU - Can someone tell me about it?

    IMCU is where patients go when they need to be closely monitored but may not necessarily need all of the interventions that the ICU could provide. At the two hospitals I've worked at, IMCU takes...
  21. New Customer Service Initiative

    Is this for real?? Hahahahaha. The DEA would LOVE
  22. Does Obamacare 2014 allow only BSRN to sit for NCLEX-RN?

    Just a side note, but I am so sick of seeing the term "Obamacare." It is derogatory. I believe it's called the Affordable Care
  23. Patient assignments by room # not acuity

    Doesn't sound like a particularly good idea to me. The unit can't be THAT big, can it? We should be clustering care anyways as much as possible for the pt's benefit, which cuts down on running around....
  24. Mandatory flu vaccines for staff

    Don't mind the idea of a flu shot (too much), but absolutely HATE not having a choice about it without being out of a job. Oh, well. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do
  25. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    I like working Xmas and Thanksgiving since I don't like those holidays. I'd rather have the "party" holidays off though, like New Years and the 4th of July. In general though, the only holiday I...