Palpitations

Palpitations

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  1. Laryngospasm

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

    Well I'm pretty sure that they are laryngospasms. I have a history of having hypomagnesemia and hypocalcemia and I'm s/p tracheostomy 1/15/2004. While I was in ICU, after the thyroidectomy, they...

  2. Laryngospasm

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

    Thanks a lot! That's it. I thought that I was turning into a narc head! I could take Aquabid without relief, inhalers without relief, but every time that I would stop taking the Lortab...there it was...

  3. Has anyone ever refused an assignment?

    Palpitations posted a topic in General Nursing

    If you have ever refused an assignment, would you please relate what the circumstances were and what happened to you (repercussions) for refusing the

  4. Has anyone ever refused an assignment?

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, hag, they have probably lined a trash can with the objection forms. I don't even think that they bother to read them, but at least, your butt is covered in case something goes wrong. When I...

  5. Has anyone ever refused an assignment?

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in General Nursing

    The really sad thing is that you don't have any recourse. You can explain until you're blue in the face the reason why you refused an assignment, but it won't do any good. The powers that be don't...

  6. Has anyone ever refused an assignment?

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in General Nursing

    I've read that a supervisor/manager could be held accountable for delegating duties to a person that was not qualified to do the

  7. Has anyone ever refused an assignment?

    Palpitations replied to Palpitations's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting, you would tell them that they could be fired, but you would not tell them that they could lose their license for accepting an assignment that was beyond their scope of duties? That's...

  8. 8 hour shift vs. 12 hour shift - your opinion...

    Palpitations replied to TovaFlynn's topic in General Nursing

    Twelve hour shifts were just too long for me. I found that they were extremely exhausting when I was sick, when I had a patient that was giving me the blues, and when I was just having a day from...