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  1. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    Palpitations replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Night vs Day Gray vs pale blue Who vs Whom Me vs I Y'all vs youse Pair vs pear ii vs 2 Nice vs friendly Love vs Agape

  2. Woman Warns Against Anesthesia Awareness

    Palpitations replied to nursebedlam's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I know that I was scared to death when I awoke in MICU and found that I was on a ventilator. I couldn't talk and I didn't KNOW that I was in MICU. The nurses didn't bother to tell me where I was at....

  3. Demerol is passe?? Can anyone fill me in?

    Palpitations replied to steel magnolia's topic in Pain Management

    When I was fresh post-op for a thyroidectomy, I remember being in #10 pain when I awoke. I asked the nurse "What did you give me, Narcan?". She said "I have given you a 100 mgs. of Demerol!" I told...

  4. 20/20 Report on VA system

    Palpitations replied to Peeps Mcarthur's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, that is what happens to a lot of

  5. I need a job

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in Nursing Career

    I called an agency that I used to work for and asked them about reactivation. They said that I would have to start out all over again (filling out paperwork and all), but what gets me is that they...

  6. I need a job

    Palpitations posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am in a big predicament. I loss my job last year in August due to health related absences. Since then, I've had a surgery that resulted in several complications. I had a trach for about 3 months....

  7. I need a job

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi Renee, I got an offer for a job interview in Fort Worth, but I live in Kansas. What is Fort Worth like? I own a home, but I may have to move to save my career. That's a good idea about stating...

  8. Speaking of restraints.....

    Palpitations replied to louloubell1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What happens when the patient is being injured by the equipment that you're supposed to be protecting him with? Or when the patient tries to tell you that he/she is in distress and can't because you...

  9. Nurses and extubation

    Palpitations posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would like to know if nurses or allowed to extubate patients without having the anesthesiologist around? Or if nurses have intubated patients without having and anesthesiologist around? Is a CRNA...

  10. 20/20 Report on VA system

    Palpitations replied to Peeps Mcarthur's topic in General Nursing

    When you hear a report about how "nurse's mistakes are killing patients", I want you to remember this report on the VA and see how it reflects on you. It just stabs you in the heart! Ugh! Keep in...

  11. 20/20 Report on VA system

    Palpitations replied to Peeps Mcarthur's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not forget that you can get bad care anywhere. My husband is a veteran. He's been disabled since 1984. The VA here in town can have some of the most advanced technology and at the other end...

  12. ABG question

    Palpitations replied to Whisper's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/mltr/presentations/ABG's-Interpret.html

  13. ABG question

    Palpitations replied to Whisper's topic in General Nursing

    I was never any good at chemistry, but I think that this web page can help you. http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/GasLaw/PressureConversions.html

  14. Nurses and extubation

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    you took care of a patient that had gonorrhea in his/her trach? now, that is nasty! i'm sure that you went in the room with a face mask and gloves on! i know with my trach, when i coughed, i could...

  15. Another intubation question

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The PACU nurse told my girls to not be "shocked" by my appearance, that they would be "helping me to breathe"; when I was brought out, my daughters said that I was intubated and being "bagged". This...

  16. Another intubation question

    Palpitations posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Some of you are familiar with my ordeal, but I'll just relate it again (not the whole story) so you can get the gist of it. I had an emergency surgery for a seroma/hematoma that had formed in my...

  17. Nurses and extubation

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yeah, I can back you up on that! I had one! Every damn time I tried to lay down to go to sleep, I'd have to get right back up to suction the darn thing! If it wasn't that, I was changing the...

  18. Another intubation question

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was hypoxemic that's why they consulted the pulmonologist and sent me to MICU. My husband said that I was in PACU for at least an hour. The surgery lasted about 40 minutes. One more thing, when my...

  19. extubating deep

    Palpitations replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    CRHSrn, I had to be intubated. It was not fun. Whoever intubated me, intubated my right mainstem bronchus. My left lung collapsed. I awoke in MICU on a ventilator ***WIDE AWAKE***. I didn't know...

  20. I find this disturbing

    Palpitations replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    He better make sure that those patient's are not in need of care. He may find himself in court accused of patient abandonment. He needs to give them the letter or notice in time enough to find...

  21. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Palpitations replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you where he's at, and he works night shift, too! He wears jogging pants, with a T-shirt, with an old nurse's lab coat over it. You won't be able to miss the beard when he leans over to do...

  22. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Palpitations replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses that dress like slobs! I can't stand to see nurses come in those stirrup stretch pants or dingy uniforms or no uniform. While I was in the hospital in ICU, very sedated, I had a male nurse...

  23. Laryngospasm

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Smiling RU, I think I understand what you are saying now. You thought that because I had a trach that it would stop the laryngospasms. Right? It doesn't stop the largyngospasms....it keeps it from...

  24. Laryngospasm

    Palpitations posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Does anyone here know why Lortab helps prevent laryngospasms? I recently received a tracheostomy due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis, and have been having laryngospasms post surgery. I noticed...

  25. Laryngospasm

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't understand the pathophysiology of them either. I just know that I have them. I guess that you'll have to experience it to understand it. What do you call it when someone's airway is...