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  1. management of digital (toe) necrosis due to levophed

    blueheaven replied to ccyoung's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've not seen it very often, but when it happens usually the person is on a totally outrageous dose (far above recommended dose). We have guideliines as far as maxing out on the pressors. We...

  2. Baltimore safety

    blueheaven replied to 2008el's topic in Maryland Nursing

    LOLOL...like changing the name changes the clientele that lives there!!!! The one thing I don't understand since I moved here is WHY on earth tear down the areas where all the violence goes on and...

  3. Anyone know this condition?

    blueheaven replied to nursedudeforchrist's topic in General Nursing

    panniculitis, its where the skin fold of the abdomen flops over and the skin rubs together and causes infections. I'm trying to think of the name of the condition of the disease that a patient of...

  4. Nurses with Hepatitis C

    blueheaven replied to Seank's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A friend of mine who went to work at a local hospital, found out that she had Hep C because it was part of her pre employment workup. (She's been a nurse since the dark ages, like me) Fortunately she...

  5. Anyone Work at Thomas Memorial in Sth Charleston?

    blueheaven replied to chloeysmom's topic in General Nursing

    I interviewed and toured at Thomas 6 years ago and since it is a smaller facility than CAMC there will probably be a bit of a salary difference but they were going to work with me on scheduling since...

  6. No nurses, pt died.

    blueheaven replied to mandi131's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Document document document!!!!! CYA. Was an incident report filled out?? Did the MD throw a fit?? Where is the supervisor/DON in all of this or is she in the dark or ignoring it? People wonder...

  7. Nurses with Hepatitis C

    blueheaven replied to Seank's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hep C testing is done by most employers when the person goes for their physical. You got to be honest about it and tell them. We have a couple nurses who work on my unit who have Hep and they have...

  8. MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    blueheaven replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know it was the morphine that caused him to be "knocked out???" I'm not trying to be devil's advocate here but also a little understanding of CO2 narcosis would be appropriate. Without ABGs...

  9. Heroic measures on a full DNR pt?

    blueheaven replied to jbp0529's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an ICU setting at a large teaching hospital (1000+ beds). Lately there has been this mindset among the docs regarding how far we should go when a pt with an in-hospital "do no resuscitate"...

  10. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    blueheaven replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    GEEZE!!! I know how it is!!!! Fortunately in my hospital when we get a person who is on the methadone program, the clinic which is at our hospital has to be notified and most of the treating docs...

  11. DNR bracelet with DNR written on it. HIPAA???

    blueheaven replied to FireStarterRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It is a huge deal, I transferred a patient to regular floor one time, and 2 hours later they called a code for her room, I ran down the stairs before they could really get going...she was a DNR, they...

  12. DNR bracelet with DNR written on it. HIPAA???

    blueheaven replied to FireStarterRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Here in MD we have a bracelet we place on pts. who are being transported to another facility that has written DNR in small lettering along with a legal document that states the same. One of the more...

  13. What is happening in Southern Ohio??

    blueheaven replied to barefootlady's topic in Ohio Nursing

    It wasn't so much the paperwork, it was the additional money to pay to the state of WV to have them send the information to KY. The money I had to send to St. Mary's to have them send a transcript...

  14. unsafe MD

    blueheaven replied to girlgizmo's topic in General Nursing

    Yes the nurse manager will hear about it!! LOL It all gets back to CYA. This exactly what I did when I worked in a small community hospital. I had no qualms about going up the food chain when I...

  15. Does anyone else feel guilty when your sick?

    blueheaven replied to blondeern's topic in General Nursing

    Boy you sure cut through the crap there to the truth!!!!!!!! The first hospital I worked for did that very thing. I was a new nurse too. I worked OT out the ears (because they NEEDED me) busted my...

  16. Does anyone else feel guilty when your sick?

    blueheaven replied to blondeern's topic in General Nursing

    Put yourself in your coworkers shoes, or your patients shoes...would you want to have someone barfing, or sneezing, coughing etc around you??? I used to think that the unit would fall apart on the...

  17. Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    blueheaven replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    We tend to vent to each other in a place away from the bedside (usually in the nurses report room). I have noticed that we get "runs" of rude patients...then it will change and we get nice patients...

  18. What is happening in Southern Ohio??

    blueheaven replied to barefootlady's topic in Ohio Nursing

    When I move back to the area, I am going to possibly go to SOMC, tried to get a job with KDMC after River Valley closed and for some reason they wouldn't hire me and they wouldn't even let me work...

  19. ARH strike!!!!

    blueheaven replied to barefootlady's topic in General Nursing

    No but one of my cousins did...many of my family members live in Mercer and Wyoming Counties. 12 hour shifts would save the hospital money...you would think that would perk their ears up a

  20. Where's all the great jobs?

    blueheaven replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    talked to a friend from Huntington this weekend, she is so tired of all of the crap with nursing she told me she can't hardly make herself go to work now. Clinically depressed??? Caregiver...

  21. Rapid Response Team and Families

    blueheaven replied to Grumpy's Girl's topic in MICU, SICU

    What you say is true. Then there is the idiot family who screamed "We need some help in here" and I was 8 months pregnant and fell on my stomach trying to get to a patient who needed a bedpan!!! One...

  22. Rapid Response Team and Families

    blueheaven replied to Grumpy's Girl's topic in MICU, SICU

    I know of too many times that if a family could have called the RRT in, code situations may have been avoided. On a personal note, a friend of mine (who is a nurse) was staying with his father in the...

  23. Where's all the great jobs?

    blueheaven replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    She going to Holzer? or Portsmouth? I am sure I can put you in contact with some of my former coworkers that will have nothing good to say any of them. Is this weekend job in addition to her job...

  24. Where's all the great jobs?

    blueheaven replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    I loved Cabell Huntington and some units there are better to work on than others (just like everywhere else) I see you work at PICU there. When I was there, I loved the critical care areas and the...

  25. Where's all the great jobs?

    blueheaven replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    Tell me about the politics at Cabell!!!!!!!! There used to be a LOT of politics at River Park too!!!!!!!!!! How many patients are too many? BUT!! I never wanted to work in administration nor ever...