Laurie52

Laurie52 has 36 years experience and specializes in SICU/CVICU.

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1. Disrespectful patient

   Laurie52 replied to hwknrs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Just curious, why admit to ICU if

2. Life, death, and dying.

   Laurie52 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   Paralytic do not alter pupil size or the pupillary light

3. Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

   Laurie52 replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked full time as a bedside nurse since 1974 except for a recent medical leave. I still learn new things. I have great coworker's, they have my back and I have theirs. My manager is also...

4. ABG Results, Explain this to me....

   Laurie52 replied to MillsAnthonyRNTL's topic in Critical Care

   I would redraw and have it run on a different machine. It doesn't make any sense that a pco2 would be so low with a respiratory rate of 10 to 12 and the fact that it didn't give a saturation is...

5. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   Laurie52 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. There are non so blind as those who will not

6. Atrial pacing above 100 to increase CO/MAP

   Laurie52 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   How do you know this patient had a fluid deficit? From what you describe, this is pretty much standard care s/p CABG. Before you decide you know more than the board certified surgeon who has gone to...

7. Kaiser Permanente nurses begin 7-day strike

   Laurie52 replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   Doesn't California have mandated staffing

8. Should I stay or go? 1st Year RN wanting to quit without another job in place.

   Laurie52 replied to pthelper777's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Do you have anything that resembles a personal code of

9. Triage question

   Laurie52 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

   The 20 year old could have an undiagnosed clotting disorder and a pulmonary embolism. It's too easy to get burned when just looking at the age of the

10. Nurse Bullying

    Laurie52 replied to Slhengy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, you did not give examples. You just said you were bullied. What constitutes being

11. Nurse Bullying

    Laurie52 replied to Slhengy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always thought that the younger nurses were jealous of me because I'm so much closer to retirement. And just to break some of the stereotypes, I'm very techno savvy and can still multitask. Where...

12. New Grad switching from ICU to Health Department internal conflicts

    Laurie52 replied to LiveHappyLiveHealthy's topic in Public, Community Health

    How long was your

13. Second Thoughts about Nursing

    Laurie52 replied to acbamy55's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a 3rd year nursing student I decided to switch majors and get a double history and literature major. My father said that's fine if I know how I was going to support myself. I stayed in...

14. Paramedics and palliative care

    Laurie52 replied to Countrynurse17's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    If you had overdosed her with a narcotic her pupils would have been constricted. She was probably dying which must had been expected if she was

15. Seriously ???

    Laurie52 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    OK, I'm back. I am not a school nurse. I have more confidence in kids than you do. Inflammatory, not really, just a different perspective. I will just leave at