gizelda196

gizelda196

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  1. "Slow" codes

    gizelda196 replied to txdude35's topic in General Nursing

    and how many times have you lived though this scenario: The family asked you questions. you tell them in your experience with dealing with the pt that is "dead in the bed, on a vent, and pressors with...

  2. "Slow" codes

    gizelda196 replied to txdude35's topic in MICU, SICU

    and how many times have you lived though this scenario: The family asked you questions. you tell them in your experience with dealing with the pt that is "dead in the bed, on a vent, and pressors with...

  3. I'm so scared to put in my 2 week notice

    gizelda196 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Leaving is always a scary thing! I left a job I worked at for over 10 years in a community I grew up in. A job where I loved my coworkers, my patients ,my families .Where I knew every one on every...

  4. Leep

    gizelda196 replied to gizelda196's topic in Ob/Gyn

    YIKES!! the lidocaine into my cervix is a scary thought!!!!! Did you happen to have any very anxious women? Lol I know I sound like a huge chicken ! I am really not I had 2 baby's natural .My second...

  5. Leep

    gizelda196 replied to gizelda196's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks so much for getting back to me! I am really having a lot of anxiety over this( if you couldn't tell) I plan on asking for a script for Valium when I go in to speak with the doc prior to this...

  6. Carotids

    gizelda196 replied to ccrnjen's topic in MICU, SICU

    we always get the cea's

  7. failed med test

    gizelda196 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Jacho is coming OH MY :{ Well I had no med ICU drug calc med test in my education file So I get handed one and I failed miserably. I admit I have not used hand written calcs in a long time. My old...

  8. failed med test

    gizelda196 replied to gizelda196's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi thanks. I went to barnes and noble and found a small pocket drug calc book there is now 7 of us in all . We can use calculators and references on tuesday am. Atleast I am not alone in this...

  9. 86 y/o nurse body builder!

    gizelda196 replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    blows my mind ! some one else already said this ....

  10. PLEASE HELP!!! so embarassed about sweating!

    gizelda196 replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

    Drysol saved my life. I had an embarrassing underarm sweat since I hit puberty. no matter how much antiperspirant i used it never stopped huge wet patches under my arms. I wore black for a long time...

  11. Stethoscopes

    gizelda196 replied to intothemoon's topic in MICU, SICU

    I love my DRG. The only thing is not to use the anti microbial cover. They get air in them that back up into you ears . Stick with the reg diaphragm covers. they run about 120. So far it is the best...

  12. Need help with this Case Study

    gizelda196 replied to UCCBRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would look at that chest tube more closely! Call the surgeon stat. As for filling this tank I would first start with a squeak of neo . Lungs are always kept DRY. The chest tube findings are...

  13. sedation protocol mechanically ventilated patient

    gizelda196 replied to rookreck's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The nurses in my hospital always write the policies One is usually chosen and then she "recruits" help from her peers. committees are formed . It is very rewarding in that hospitals are nurse run and...

  14. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    gizelda196 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY!

  15. Your dying wishes?

    gizelda196 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    ditto plus NO FEEDING

  16. trying to avoid burnout

    gizelda196 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need a vacation ! Anyone have recomendations for a nice quiet relaxing place where I can just pull up a beach chair and sit all day long. No site seeing ,no shopping, no tourist ,no kids(I have 2...

  17. open visitation in icu??

    gizelda196 replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    WHOAAAAAAAAA. Settle down there. I have been on both sides of locked and unlocked units. I have to say that now we are locked and have gained a little control over or unit. I have post about this...

  18. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    gizelda196 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    some people just should not be behind the wheel period never mind behind the wheel if they suffer snow anxiety or road rage. i am sorry , if you choose to work in the middle a blizzard that is your...

  19. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    gizelda196 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It is definitely a judgement call. I know a few nurses who have such anxiety that for them to get behind a wheel would be the biggest mistake. They stay home and we understand. After all we are human...

  20. You might be in the medical field if....

    gizelda196 replied to bethin's topic in Nursing Humor

  21. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    gizelda196 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Timothy Great Post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  22. Lunesta vs. Ambien

    gizelda196 replied to ER-RN2's topic in General Nursing

    I have aweful insomnia.I was prescibed Lunesta. I love it. I am not hung over like I was as I was drugging myself with benedryl to sleep.After taking it for 2 weeks straight I sleep without meds now....

  23. Tufts/NEMC?

    gizelda196 replied to leo_bsn's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    OMG I was a nursing student on ellison 12. A wicked awesome nurse named carolyn was our instructor. Those nurses were the best nurses I ever worked with. They loved students and when something was...

  24. Anyone from Boston or Northeast

    gizelda196 replied to mhall76's topic in Nursing Career

    Born and breed in southie. I now live south of Boston but still in the harbour.(nantasket).My commute to Boston is not to bad , But I work nights. I had my babies at the Brigham. They have a tunnel to...

  25. Flu Shot: Does It Help You?

    gizelda196 replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    I never get a flu shot. I haven't had the flu since my first year of nursing school (90 or 91) and before that I can't remember The last one. Now watch i'll catch it this year becuase I talked about...