moonshadeau ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, APN, NP, CNS

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    Not brain-dead, but ripe for transplant

    moonshadeau replied to gwenith's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I just wanted to point out that before we had "brain death" criteria, the original donation for transplantation came from cadaver organs from the 1960'ish, or non-beating heart donation. DCD came...
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    IV lines

    moonshadeau replied to pupnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

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    IV lines

    moonshadeau replied to pupnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    What I think that you need to separate is that the central line ports on a triple lumen can all be infused into. A CVP is a measurement that comes from the distal port. A central line is the method...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    moonshadeau replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Holy Buckets! I don't know if I can take much more after 23 pages. I think I fell off my chair at least 3 times. I used to work with a nurse who said "I am going to go take my vitals", except...
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    IV lines

    moonshadeau replied to pupnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    No question is ever a dumb question. The CVP sits in the right atria. If we are using a central line, we use the distal port to obtain a reading. Sometimes this is colored blue on the monitor or...
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    Labeling IV lines

    moonshadeau replied to moonshadeau's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks to all. There has been much discussion at our hospital that this practice will no longer be allowed. There is fear that by labeling lines, nurses will not take the time to trace their lines...
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    Fundamental Critical Care Support Course

    moonshadeau replied to phiposurde's topic in MICU, SICU

    No there actually is a FCCS course. It is very good. I took it last year. It tends to be more physician oriented if I remember correctly. Good
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    "Nurse Eater" -Toxic Coworkers

    moonshadeau posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ok, I know that we have all had those people around us when we see that we have to work with that particular person who just makes you feel like you wish you'd called in sick (because you will be sick...
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    How do you document care?

    moonshadeau replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    LASTWORD, what a horrible
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    Unit Problem, Advice from Nurse Mgrs plz!

    moonshadeau replied to NurseJanice's topic in General Nursing

    I will speak to this s someone who does have FMLA in place for intermittant use. When I used ortho-evra patch, I would get terrible cyclical headaches. What I mean by cyclical is that every months a...
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    Difficulty finding clinical sites for online students?

    moonshadeau replied to moonshadeau's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks for the encouragement everyone. It has been a really depressing week in relation. Actually I started this process about nine months ago. It took a long time to get a contract in place....
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    Down time while working

    moonshadeau posted a topic in General Nursing

    When you get down time at work...how rare, but it does occasionally happen, what do you do to keep yourself occupied? Especially on night shift, when there is less people around and less procedures...
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    The Frustrated Learner Thread aka "I HATE studying MORE THAN ___!" All rants welcome!

    moonshadeau replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate studying more than doing manual labor with my husband nagging me for an entire weekend in 90 degree
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    Countdown to Finals- Check in

    moonshadeau posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Finals are approaching faster than I would like. I know I am getting ready to pull my hair out with 4 exams, 1 major paper and a couple of other assignments due in the next 2 weeks. Once I am done,...
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    Thesis or not

    moonshadeau posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Is your MSN program requiring a thesis or something else. Mine apparently has a thesis/research project. Just curious what everyone else is
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    nursing + exercise?

    moonshadeau replied to all4schwa's topic in Health, Stress Management

    After finding our scale that had been packed away for almost 2 years, I made the big mistake of stepping on it. As soon as I did I made an expensive decision that I was going to lose weight. I...
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    Anyone else suffering from the midway blah's?

    moonshadeau posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I don't know about the rest of you but I am certainly suffering from a fair amount of blah half way through my program. I have a ton of reading, papers, and work to do but can't seem to get motivated...
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    Anyone have any experience with allergy testing?

    moonshadeau replied to mandana's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear about your daughter. I had allergy testing but it was a bit different as mine was an ASA challenge. They made me sit and wait in the waiting room for 8.5 hours while they kept giving...
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    Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    moonshadeau posted a topic in General Nursing

    Help! I sit on a new scheduling commitee that is pondering self-scheduling. There is so much negativity in the unit that believe it won't work. I need help to prove them wrong. If anyone has...
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    Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    moonshadeau replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

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    Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    moonshadeau replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    It really is surprising how many different ways that self-scheduling can be administered. The powers that be are pushing hard to have some benefit for senority in place. I could see this getting to...
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    Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    moonshadeau replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    "5. What constitues a weekend? For nights, it's Fri/Sat/Sun nights and for days it's Fri/Sat/Sun You must work 4 weekends shifts a month and one of those has to be a Saturday" RNinTraining- Do you...
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    Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    moonshadeau replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    Elle, WOW 1:1 nursing Sign me up. Thanks for the responses everyone. Keep them
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    Dopamine infused by infusion pumps

    moonshadeau replied to laurentm38's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello Laurent, Yes, we do hang dopamine in bags. It comes in a concentration of 400mg/250mL as the standard concentration. We titrate it like any other drug. It is typically infused 2-20mcg/kg/min...
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    Scenario - Surgical Nurses Please Respond

    moonshadeau replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I would also add cardiovascular status. If you looks like the way he sounds, I'd probably push for a swan line as well. He is still tachycardic, which make me wonder if he isn't dry, or on his way...