tatara

tatara

psychiatric nursing, med/surg adult care

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  1. Mannitol: IV bolus or as side drip?

    tatara posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Some doctors order Mannitol as side drip, many as IV bolus. From my understanding Mannitol should be given rapidly as in IV bolus to achieve diffusion and reduce swelling through diuresis. I'm not...

  2. Do people really look up at nurses?

    tatara posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever came across those old censored/Mediaographic videos and posters with main characters dressed or identified as nurses? During the 70's, media greatly influenced the society to view the...

  3. Dingy Barney

    tatara posted a topic in General Nursing

    Attachment to inanimate object, say a toy, is cute and acceptable to a certain degree especially among hospitalized children who are in a great deal of stress. Cuddling a teddy bear is comforting and...

  4. Update on Sally

    tatara posted a topic in General Nursing

    She passed away last night. Sally, that sweet little child with dingy Barney developed massive UGIB. Her platelet count dropped from 51 to 22 in just a matter of 6 hours. She was trasferred to PICU,...

  5. Gross Question....

    tatara replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    I often get to care for burn patients who can't afford regular debridement. I tell you, the smell haunts me even at sleep! I would spray cologne to a sheet of 4x8 gauze, line it inside my N95, and...

  6. Update on Sally

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. It kills many children (even adults) here in the Philippines. Cases peak during rainy/wet season when mosquitoes breed easily. In some cases, fever is the only...

  7. Being a Nurse for a Killer

    tatara replied to Stickyrunner325's topic in General Nursing

    I think of lawyers who have to stand by the side of self-confessed criminals to defend them and their human rights. Nurses care, they don't

  8. Dingy Barney

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    She passed away last night. Sally*, that sweet little child with dingy Barney developed massive UGIB. Her platelet count dropped from 51 to 22 in just a matter of 6 hours. She was trasferred to PICU,...

  9. Dingy Barney

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    I remember she was in good mood last night when I told her: " I see that you really love Barney, huh?" she suddenly she threw me a fierce look, with eyes blazing haha! My only concern is that Barney...

  10. If No Luck Trying to Straight Cath, Obtain Urine Sample from the Wet Pad?

    tatara replied to Zen123's topic in General Nursing

    Urine C&S sample from wet pads? No way. Your effort will be useless. That idea from a supervisor? Are you sure she knows what she's talking about or did she read and understand the...

  11. Image Conscious

    tatara replied to noellepage2000's topic in General Nursing

    Sad but real. Those hypocrites may comment anything they want about me and with how I do my job. They can stay cool as long as they want and get promoted, I don't care at all. My patients are my...

  12. Best advice

    tatara replied to whawk's topic in General Nursing

    Being a Nurse is a commitment. You will tirelessly be always giving part of yourself to the vocation. Once you get into nursing, no matter if you finish the program or not, even if you retire early...

  13. Best advice

    tatara replied to whawk's topic in General Nursing

    I say, with all respect, please explore this site. Read on and you'll get answers. You'll be

  14. My day was ok until

    tatara replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    What we do as nurses? We breathe life to patients. We don't just get tired, we die inside when as we care for others, we leave our children behind; when as we comfort the sick and dying, we get home...

  15. New grad starts IVs!

    tatara replied to CCLOUD9's topic in General Nursing

    Venflon and

  16. My daughter brought home head lice and...

    tatara replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    They say it is but normal for happy, sociable kids to have head lice at some point during their childhood because prevention is sometimes close to impossible. They have to mingle, to play, to...

  17. Patient in rigor mortis

    tatara posted a topic in General Nursing

    My friend is really in trouble! Her patient was already in some degree of rigor mortis when she got in the room. For what she said, she made rounds to take routine vital signs at 4 in the morning when...

  18. Patient in rigor mortis

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    Cardiac compression was initially done but as far as I know they didn't do much as the patient was obviously been dead hours before they arrived. There was a watcher who was asleep the whole time. My...

  19. Patient in rigor mortis

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    Patient was fine at midnight and was dead by 0400. My friend said the neck was already stiff as well as the fingers when she discovered that her patient was unresponsive. It was cold inside the room...

  20. Patient in rigor mortis

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

  21. Patient in rigor mortis

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that sometimes onco patients get a little ****** off when I check on them at night in the middle of their sleep- they tend to be irritable and would complain that I am disrupting their...

  22. CPR on bed.

    tatara replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    At one point, I had 2 simultaneous codes within my shift. While the code99 team was on their way, I used stainless steel food tray (bottom side up) as back board upon initiating cardiac resuscitation....

  23. How would you handle this?

    tatara posted a topic in General Nursing

    A 38 year-old elective surgery patient scheduled as 1st case the following morning (6:00) was admitted the night before. He was to undergo Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. He came in with his...

  24. How would you handle this?

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    That's how they do it in our hosp when patient is scheduled very early in the morning. Patient has to be in the OR 1 hour prior to schedule (5am), all prepared for surgery. No "room reservation"...

  25. Survey....working over.

    tatara replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    8 hour regular shift + 9 hours extension = 17 hours of no shower, no underwear change, no extra white clinical uniform, and no sleep, all work. I reported for work at 2pm, supposed to be out by 10pm....