ilikesharpthings

ilikesharpthings

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  1. Meaning of your username?

    ilikesharpthings replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    I played the tuba. Also, I was a 98 lb girl in high school. Awesome, nerdy

  2. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    ilikesharpthings replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    I just made this same list (in a slightly different order)! Do we work together...?

  3. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    ilikesharpthings replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Levophed, propofol, fentanyl, protonix, and lovenox. MSICU if you couldn't

  4. What nursing task do you loathe???

    ilikesharpthings replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, i hate ears

  5. Meaning of your username?

    ilikesharpthings replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    I like sharp

  6. CPR on the floors

    ilikesharpthings replied to Sallysame's topic in General Nursing

    You have intubated people on the

  7. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    ilikesharpthings replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    For some reason, I cannot handle ear wax. Ugh. So

  8. Is She Artistic or Autistic?

    ilikesharpthings replied to Donna Maheady's topic in General Nursing

    What a lovely, beautifully-written tribute to your daughter, who sounds remarkable! She is fortunate to have parents who see her for who she is and recognize the many gifts she has to

  9. Reflections after my first code

    ilikesharpthings posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Patient was scheduled for an elective, outpatient surgery. Woke up early to shower, and fell to the ground, breathless and weak. Wife called 911. Pt coded in ambulance. Coded again in ED. A third time...

  10. Reflections after my first code

    ilikesharpthings replied to ilikesharpthings's topic in MICU, SICU

    For some reason this person wasn't cooled per the therapeutic hypothermia protocol - as I understand it is was because he was a PEA arrest and very hemodynamically unstable - but I don't know for...

  11. Reflections after my first code

    ilikesharpthings replied to ilikesharpthings's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm sure his death was very multifactorial. He had no CHF hx, and the echo tech was on their way when he coded, so the echo wasn't ever done to confirm that his heart was damaged. The rapid bedside...

  12. CRRT-effluent bag nightmare

    ilikesharpthings replied to ericaolsen's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In my ICU, I rig up a IV pole near the in-cabinet toilet in the room. I tape a suction tubing up by the top hook and drape it into the toilet. Then I hang the effluent bag and hook the tubing to the...

  13. IV PGB by gravity Q.

    ilikesharpthings replied to Fancypants09's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Raise the ivpb higher or lower the maintenance. Also, sometimes maintenance fluid will back up into the piggyback

  14. Wait after the interview...

    ilikesharpthings replied to caseyuptonurse's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    They could be in the process of obtaining your background check or references before they make an offer. That process can be

  15. What did you want to specialize in vs. What you want to specialize in now

    ilikesharpthings replied to Candace_Mk's topic in General Students

    I thought I wanted L&D or peds. Now work in an adult MSICU and love it! Wanna stay as far away from OB and peds as I

  16. How to learn to start IVs?

    ilikesharpthings replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small hospital with one IV nurse each shift who puts in PICCs and does all central line dressing changes. They are also available to start peripheral IVs if needed. So many nurses just...

  17. Novice nurse no-nos

    ilikesharpthings replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    What does mean? I see this a lot, colons on either side of a word and I can't figure out what it means!

  18. All about the bling...

    ilikesharpthings replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I have the pink restricted limb band on

  19. The "Q" Word and Other Mysteries

    ilikesharpthings replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was having such a "Q word" day at work today. Never said the word itself, but someone must have because about an hour before shift change I got an ICU transfer, then I had to respond to 3 RRTs...

  20. Exclusive pumping/hospital RNs that pump

    ilikesharpthings replied to CharmantUn's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12 hr days on a med/tele floor and usually took 3 pumping breaks (the middle one was in conjunction with lunch and I had a hands free set up so I could eat while I pumped). Most of my coworkers...

  21. Nurse patient ratio?!??

    ilikesharpthings replied to carolinaRN80's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm in Oregon, on a med-tele floor. We have a 1:4 ratio, 1:5-6 on nights. It's pretty great! I don't know how you guys do it with 7-8

  22. Mantra?... Whats yours??...

    ilikesharpthings replied to PrayingToPass's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'" -

  23. Is your hospital in the Arctic Zone?

    ilikesharpthings replied to Joe V's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I recently brought a 70-something post-op patient a couple of warm blankets and she said, "oh honey, at my age that is better than sex!". ☺️Cracked me

  24. Ataxia vs weakness

    ilikesharpthings posted a topic in Neurological

    Can someone please help me to understand scoring for ataxia using the NIHSS? If a person has limb drift in both arm and leg unilaterally, how do you determine whether the "clumsiness" is "out of...

  25. What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    ilikesharpthings replied to bekahinpink's topic in General Nursing

    ISTJ - med c