Biffbradford

Biffbradford

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  1. ICU ERRORS

    Tell the surgeons directly or via their NPs. THAT will agitate the bees nest! Ultimately they are the ones who need to know that their patients are being taken care of
  2. We had a similar system at the last hospital I worked at. Being a nurse myself, I never used it, instead I got up and walked into the room to find out what they needed. Saved a step. (someone's gotta...
  3. Failure to maintain sats on ventilator

    Post surgical? Wasn't tamponade? Could be a P.E. How did it all turn
  4. Give me your insight...

    Certainly there is repetition, that's how you get good at doing things. Everybody is going to have their own opinion and you need to form your own. You can't control the past, but the future is yours...
  5. Constavac blood reinfusion systems

    What kind of place do you work at? Quick search on Google shows this to be some sort of 'blood
  6. Which watch to buy

    I like the Walmart which watches too. You never know where that watch will end
  7. The Insanity That Is APA in Nursing School

    Personally, I must say that I really appreciate reading something written by someone who is schooled in writing as opposed to the CRAP that is floating around the internet. Whether I agree with you or...
  8. Still Uncomfortable

    Nah, you'll get it. Hang in there if you still enjoy it. If you REALLY want to be bagging patients all the time and running codes ... then look for a level 1 trauma hospital. (where's the smiley...
  9. Malignant hyperthermia education

    In my 14 years of ICU experience, I've never had any formal education on it. In fact, I never saw it until this past year, and then saw it (distantly) twice. Pretty much learned it on the fly but the...
  10. Old nurse, New BSN, MED ERROR

    Gotta ask ... what was the bag? D5W w/ 20kcl instead of 0.9n/s? Dobutamine instead of
  11. PATIENT posting pictures on Facebook

    The patient was from out of town? How did you find
  12. Waking up in the OR

    I was given a bedside transesophogeal echo once ... they said they gave me 10mg of Versed and I was still fighting them (I am a big guy so no surprise there). Luckily I don't remember a thing. Had to...
  13. What's your background? If medical billing sounds interesting, then find a program that looks interesting and find out what you need to have in order to start. They should be more than willing to...
  14. Aren't You just Incredibly Proud?

    I have a nice set of accomplishment for what I have achieved and what I have done, but it's not like I've walked on the
  15. Waking up in the OR

    Here's my politically incorrect, but very truthful answer from an ICU RN point of view: What happens in O.R. stays in O.R. O.R. staff can be very tight lipped about what goes on back there. Usually,...
  16. Open Heart Training

    I don't think you will find any external training for hearts (I could be wrong) What i would do is keep offering your assistance on the fresh hearts and absorb as you go. I know that many nurses can...
  17. Do you like working weekends? Holidays?

    Seriously? Ha Ha Ha!! Good one. How about six 12 hour night shifts in a row smack dab over Christmas with work being an hour's drive away? THAT's working a
  18. You know you've been a nurse too long when...

    You go shopping at Walgreens and someone opens a fire door out back or something and you think they just called a
  19. Any recommendation on ICU apps

    Personally, I wouldn't trust an "app" in CVICU. Calling the thoracic surgeon at 3am for something and they ask "where did you come up with that???" Uhhhh .... Call the pharmacist, ask an experienced...
  20. male pts who pull out foleys?

    Was he complaining of any pain? Probably not. You can tell them until you're blue in the face
  21. A "full" light blue top tube

    In nursing school, they teach you to fill to the line on each tube, but never WHY. Often during orientation, new hires get a 50 cent tour of the lab and pharmacy, so here's an idea ... show new nurses...
  22. Coreg, dig, bradycardia

    Bingo. What's the blood pressure? (which is what the doc will
  23. When we were doing bolus cardiac outputs, we always used normal saline because I suppose that's what the manufacturer stated to use. There is a computation constant that had to be used, and maybe it's...
  24. Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

    "Hey, thanks a lot for coming up and fixing the refrigerator in the break room. We really appreciate it. Do you suppose that you could come back up and PLUG IT
  25. How serious was the charge? What was the