MaryAnn_RN

MaryAnn_RN

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  1. Got Yelled at by MD.

    I don't think so...their sharps, they clean up. I don't mind cleaning up after a procedure but will not pick up other people's sharps, nor do I expect others to clean up after me. As for shouting,...
  2. ICU new grad survival kit!

    As someone who has worked on wards and HDU/ICU I would say do whatever you feel will be the best fit. You will learn wherever you go, but ICU can be very demanding. Some people feel more comfortable...
  3. skirts

    Our uniforms are provided by the Trust, we can wear either scrubs (ICU) or dresses, or tunic/trousers. Almost everyone seems to wear the trousers, few wear dresses. I wore the dress a couple of times...
  4. Which of these books are beneficial?

    I would look for the best A&P book that you can - Tortora was
  5. Scary Story

    The worst bipap error I recall is the nurse that transferred a pt to us on Bipap through the Vision machine. The nurse didn't realise it wouldn't work if not plugged in (ours has no battery back up)...
  6. Personality Type and Nursing

    INFJ
  7. Student nurse gave IV pot, patient died.

    In my Trust we have potassium in the HDU, ICU and Theatres, don't know about A&E. I work in ICU. We have small prediluted bags of potassium, 1mmol per ml, each bag contains 60mmols. They are used...
  8. Fillipino nurses, their way of doing things abroad

    I've been privileged to work with nurses (and doctors) from many different countries. I have had mostly positive experiences and am proud to count my Fillipino nurse colleagues as friends,
  9. Is ICU too challenging for new grads?

    ICU is a wonderful place to work, no day is ever the same. You will learn to be the best nurse that you can be. If you have a passion for critical care and are prepared to work hard then go for it....
  10. Our census is very low, canceled right and left

    A couple of weeks ago we had ONE patient in our ICU. Was I bored or what, would loved to have gone home. We have had low census here for weeks now, usually have a couple of empty beds, and holding on...
  11. Cpr

    Had my CPR annual update today and asked the training officer. He hadn't heard of this either. Incidentally we are both left handed and both automatically put right hand down
  12. I bet you don't see this every day.

    That is so true, as a student it seemed the world consisted of nothing other than our group and getting through. Once we graduated we all went our separate ways. Out of 73 in my group I see one on an...
  13. Cpr

    Had to try, so have just 'resussed' the cushion on our sofa and automatically used my dominant hand on
  14. How do you address your patients?

    I say good morning Mr/Mrs as appropriate, I'm Mary your nurse today/tonight. Then ask them how they would like to be addressed. Invariably they say call them by their first name, but I only use it...
  15. My DH has medication on regular prescription; the pharmacist recommended that we get a pre-payment certificate at £27.85 for three months. http://www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/ppc_intro.htm We were paying...
  16. I've made it

    i'm totally with you on not letting the trust dictate your learning needs. my first level 3 course was the ou mentorship course, and i was in their first intake. it was called k350, level 3, 15...
  17. I've made it

    :ancong!::ancong!::ancong!: Ayla, well done, really chuffed for you. If you are thinking about your degree, before you spend any of your own money it would be worth asking for funding from your...
  18. My first ward was a bit like that. I found a friendly health care assistant and stuck to her like glue. She taught me loads. Actually the RNs taught me something as well...to always treat student...
  19. Whatever career path you follow remember it is YOU that will be working in that career: not your mother or father. Parental pressure can be very difficult to deal with, especially at such a young age....
  20. Appropriate to go to funeral?

    I have only attended one patients funeral, he had been on our unit for about 3 months. He was a prickly old soul at times but we got on well and his son asked me to go to the funeral. I wore a dress...
  21. nurses as patients

    We were on holiday in Florida this month when we were involved in an car accident. I have to say that everyone was fantastic: police, paramedics, and later the RNs and the doctors in the hospital. I...
  22. Am I limiting my options?

    There may be opportunities to change your branch, in fact I did this (learning disability to adult). However if you feel a vocation towards mental health then follow your heart. Your husband-to-be...
  23. I can't believe she said that

    I remember staff nurses like that when I was a student, soon worked out that they couldn't answer rather than wouldn't ... on the whole,
  24. For short term ventilation ie post op warm and wean we routinely use HMEs, and we try to avoid the use of humidified circuits unless it is absolutely necessary. HMEs can get waterlogged surprisingly...
  25. venting: fetal demise

    Yesterday I was priveliged to care for a patient and her family. She had undergone an emergency C Section and the baby was very sick but alive. He died at one day old just after he had been...