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begalli

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  1. LOL!! :rotfl: Sorry, I couldn't help it, but isn't is Tweety!! Thanks for the laugh, and I hope you don't mind it being at your expense
  2. Acls Online

    Even for a someone who's been coding people for 20+ years?I renewed my BLS for Healthcare Providers this way. It was
  3. CVVHD, we need it

    I'm surprised the place doesn't have it. My goodness, to be the receiving hospital of a patient already that sick. Does the receiving hospital use the same docs as yours? I know our docs would put up...
  4. Professional Service to the Public

    Whew! That's a doozie! When's the paper
  5. respiratory student here....need to ask a question

    I wouldn't dare touch or change vent settings. I mean, I disconnect for suctioning, silence alarms, push buttons to see numbers, but never change anything...neither do our docs (they try..but we stop...
  6. respiratory student here....need to ask a question

    Our nursing class was so steep, an 84 was bordering on a C or it quite possibly could have been a C. (It's been a while.) For some reason the number 96 haunts
  7. respiratory student here....need to ask a question

    Also, don't hesitate to ask the docs questions, especially if your clinicals are in a teaching
  8. respiratory student here....need to ask a question

    I know ya do!! Good
  9. respiratory student here....need to ask a question

    I think that especially in critical care and I would imagine the OR, RN's are fiercly protective of their patients. You could say that the RN is the boss of the patient and knows...
  10. respiratory student here....need to ask a question

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  11. Do RNs have to take PA's order?

    Hm, allele and I must work on very similar CT units. Ditto exactly what he/she said (less the NP part). I think our PA's have got it made. I think what they do is awesome and the pay is outstanding....
  12. We were a very close class of 16 (started with 18 but two didn't make it). I made a couple of life-long friends during nursing school. Two weeks after graduation 8 of us jumped on a Carnival Cruise...
  13. Hmm. This is very interesting. First, I'm surprised that it seems most pinning ceremonies that have been talked about here are part of the commencement or graduation itself from the school? Unless the...
  14. Are you nursing where you thought you'd be?

    I went into nursing thinking that I'd do ER. Ended up in ICU. I'm completely
  15. Our pinning ceremony was completely up to us. Thought up, planned, excuted, and funded by our class. We chose which instructors we wanted to place the pin on us and the other instructors were invited...
  16. Would you ever sue for malpractice?

    Would I ever sue for malpractice? Yes, without hesitation. It's not about the money, but can be when the negligence results in the loss of income or expenses, or loss that would not have otherwise...
  17. Nursing care plans.. who uses them??

    Your first sentence pretty much sums it up. We don't actually look at the careplans to plan our work. And JCAHO is the only reason we have these careplans and update them daily (which takes all of a...
  18. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Here's one. When my dad was sick in the hospital I would travel to see him every few weeks for four months (~3800 miles round trip ). Every single time I went, whether he was in the ICU or on the...
  19. Nursing care plans.. who uses them??

    Are you all really NOT required to update your careplans daily? Ours are very simple. In the computer we have dozens and dozens of careplans. We just click on the one we need, for example CABG. It...
  20. Explanation of an Acuity System

    Here is an example of a very basic Patient Classification System (PCS). It is a system that measures patient needs and nursing care required to meet those needs. It includes the severity of the...
  21. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    ALWAYS follow your gut instincts. If you have a gut feeling that something just doesn't seem right with your patient, then 99.9% of the time there's something wrong. Put on your thinking cap, use your...
  22. puncture wound... what to do?

    Glad you took her in and kitty does deserve a safe
  23. Nursing care plans.. who uses them??

    JCAHO standards require nursing plans of care for all hospitalized patients. A clinical pathway is a very common plan of care. Though we know what the plan of care is for patients, we don't need to...
  24. puncture wound... what to do?

    I would at least call your child's doctor to see what they have to say. Has your cat had all it's
  25. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    AND concentrations and the volume that's left to be infused. Nothing worse than responding to a pump alarm to find out your bag has run dry (especially vasopressors and