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  1. Filter needle when drawing from vials or not?

    heart queen replied to sharann's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Only use them for the ampules. I'm sure there are other instances where I'd need

  2. Dress or scrubs? Females ONLY!!!!

    heart queen replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have one caribbean blue dress, the first time I had to hike it up to my waist to climb on a bed to do CPR, it went in the

  3. Eat Before You Get Here!

    heart queen replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Just last night I was fumed because all our diabetic late night snacks were "missing". So I posted a sign on the fridge that said .. "Attention, fridge only stocked once a day in the am, If you are...

  4. Chest compressions on open heart pt/sternectomy?

    heart queen replied to graciev's topic in MICU, SICU

    we do compressions until the surgeon arrives and usually cracks the

  5. feelings about double rooms

    heart queen replied to starryx2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A recent run of c diff and MRSA. you never know who's infected. BP cuffs, you accidently touch B bed without washing hands , the tech taking vitals does not wash hands in between each patient... it...

  6. Problem tech- she keeps telling pts she's a nurse.

    heart queen replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    After approacing the tech and telling her NO more, and that this conversation would be shared with NM due to it's severity, I would follow up with my patients each shift by introducing self as RN and...

  7. Floating all the time, very low census

    heart queen replied to CCURN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked a PURE CCU late april into may way always low census. In fact we had closed the 10 bed unit several times, a few days each time. I now work in a mixed CCU/micu, 28 beds, only 14...

  8. Fluid Overload questions

    heart queen replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    stevierae, yup, No manual transducing unless your in an older facility, yes, sorry to say, back with 80's technology. For some ungodly reason, this is considered a higher level of care, fewer and...

  9. Dealing with MD's

    heart queen replied to plane's topic in General Nursing

    also, "If I was to grab another nurse to hear your response... would you want to repeat it?" My favorite with the ultimate butts', "can you please repeat that so I can quote you

  10. Dealing with MD's

    heart queen replied to plane's topic in General Nursing

    I may be in the minority, but I just keep getting nicer and nicer and nicer. It displaces their alter EGO and they just end up looking like an orifice. NO I NEVER take abuse, that's when I cut 'em...

  11. I wish I'd have known....B4 nursing school

    heart queen replied to ARmickie's topic in General Nursing

    That there are NO patients who have read "the book", and follow some obscene clinical course undescribed by any nursing or medical book. That you have to have the thickest skin, the softest heart and...

  12. "Gone Postal"

    heart queen replied to Lysa's topic in General Nursing

    T-tom, you're such a mess, where' ya been all my nursing career :rotfl: Now there is something called EAP, employee assistive program where I work. Not every angry, abusive nurse needs to be fired,...

  13. What patient phrase today made your day great?

    heart queen replied to Rnn2003's topic in General Nursing

    I'VE HAD TWO TODAY! I've taken care of these two older guys for the past 4 nights in a row... on day two one requested me for every shift that I worked saying "not only do I enjoy you taking care of...

  14. Fluid Overload questions

    heart queen replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did GREAT! I agree that CVP monitoring is especially helpful, drop a central line and transduce it.. but this patient was most likely on the floor, not even a tele unit... from what I've...

  15. sick nurses

    heart queen replied to Lauriek's topic in General Nursing

    It took me several years to wise up and stop being a martyr comming in sick. Once I was STUPID enough to allow a coworker to give me an IM of compazine because my vomiting was so intractable... in 30...

  16. ER and defibrillators, what the deal?

    heart queen replied to jakemj8402's topic in General Nursing

    The most experience the ER gets is responding to the codes on the floors. In the ICU, we code and especially the CCU, we defib quite a bit, at least one of six shifts, and then it seems ALL night...

  17. Use of peripheral inserted central catheters ( PICC )

    heart queen replied to TREBORICUNURSE's topic in MICU, SICU

    Now I'n not 100% sure what type of ultrasound, but is is a cmall portable one that PICU nurses use to find

  18. Do you arrest abusive patients?

    heart queen replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    My old facility's secutity had that hand's off approach. They were NOT allowed to TOUCH any patient, period. Well, here I am in the ICU with a 2PC (2 psyc. docs. legally commit them for 24 hours,...

  19. Use of peripheral inserted central catheters ( PICC )

    heart queen replied to TREBORICUNURSE's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our unit is long term, heart transplant, we use ALOT of PICC's. we have IV team who are credentialed in inserting them, just call a consult. They use ultrasound to determine vein flow and assess for...

  20. chest tubes

    heart queen replied to ethelbsnrn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Are you referring to having the patient to walll suction, then the h2o suction? Now our CVICU did this first. no matter how high you turn up the wall suction, the patient will receive only the...

  21. If ONE more person tells me......

    heart queen replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Emergency

    My experience is ICU, but I have worked a limited few ER shifts via floating. But regardless, this is the same argument that any nurse wanting to goto ICU needs 1 year of floor exp. I could say the...

  22. Nurses who don't take the time to care: have you seen examples?

    heart queen replied to np2b's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have never found it to take more time to make my patients laugh or smile. I feel better about myself, my shift and have a blast with my patients, even during those bad nights. But I did not leave...

  23. Can nurses in the US really work a straight 24 hour shift??

    heart queen replied to care bear's topic in General Nursing

    Our automated time clock automaticaly punches you out after 16 hrs., Imagine the ruckus when payroll had to adjust it to 22 hrs because there were two crashing patients for several hours, one call in...

  24. pulling rank

    heart queen replied to transplant's topic in General Nursing

    I have pulled rank to the point of calling the administrators on call, several times. You just keep on going up that ladder saying, okay, just letting you know I'm not satisfied and I'm calling ........

  25. 4 year old bipolar????????

    heart queen replied to TinyNurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Tom,wouldn't even know where to begin, so I'm hesitant to make you defensive and even firmer in these beliefs. :uhoh21: While my experience had the psyc. hesitant to give a formal diagnosis until age...