Trulytam

Did this patient have any other condition or diagnosis other than the burns and diabetes? I had a burn patient on the tele floor and it was his entire back but we had to deal with the underlining issue of cardiac prior to transferring him to a burn unit.

I transferred after my second semester and it was fairly easy but it depends on the school.

Wouldnt platelet counts hydration and anticoagulation all play a factor

Well if the person was fluid sensitive it would be a problem. And ha ha yeah vanco is common but not as much as ancef, rocephin and arithromycin

Was this patient receiving iv fluids? Well since stool softeners take water from the body to perform their action and vomiting brings on dehydration thats why they dont mix. But guaranteed they are giving the patient iv hydration and monitoring electrolytes maybe even cardiac rhythms ~ So thats why it isnt a problem but if at home patient takes both becomes severely dehydrated and hyperkalemic (high potassium) and as a result have real cardiac issues

I graduated this last december and im part of a float pool that floats to postpartum, medsurg, er,tele, icu,flex,cancer center and telemetry. Thats a ton of constant orientation but all of medicine evolves around constant education. You will honestly have to evaluate your educational expectations but make sure you remain active in the learning process. If someones doing a procedure you have never seen performed tag along. Communicate, ask questions, sometimes you have to force the educational process..

Interestingly enough we are having the same sort of debate at my hospital. I work for the float pool so i travel to the majority of the departments. I noticed that the med surg department used the tubing that came up from pharmacy but it didnt work on the pump they then eye the drips and monitor that with nine other critical patients. Yet a more critical unit in the same facility uses their own fashioned tubing and pharmacy doesnt even send anything to that floor. With their created tubing it infuses on the pump without complications. Their method: take a primary line add a spike adaptor and a filter to the end of the tubing.