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  1. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    SubSippi replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    I got GERD from my

  2. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    SubSippi replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    So...what do you think would happen if your hugged a patient who had HIV? I generally don't hug my patients either. But I don't hug them all equally If someone in your family had HIV, would you hug...

  3. Interview for Transitional ICU Position

    SubSippi replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Critical Care

    You're brave, I live in fear of having to float. I haaaaaaate

  4. Maternity discrimination

    SubSippi replied to Kmendi's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the facility. Where I work, we are so short on nurses that if someone took a non-FMLA leave of absence, even if their job wasn't guaranteed to still be there, you could pretty much count...

  5. Clinicals - What Not to Do?

    SubSippi replied to meganec17's topic in General Students

    Thank them before you leave. They probably won't notice if you don't, but it always feels good to be

  6. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    SubSippi replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen a patient be treated differently. We use the same precautions regardless, because you can never be positive that a patient doesn't have HIV or Hep C or anything else. I would think...

  7. Interview for Transitional ICU Position

    SubSippi replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Critical Care

    Six would be WAY too much on a cardiac step down, even on nights. If you get offered the job try and see if you can shadow so you can ask nurses questions without the manager staring at them. Taking...

  8. Rhythm debate

    SubSippi replied to MendedHeart's topic in Cardiac

    This is SR with a LBBB. It looks like the extra p waves you are seeing are artifact, or just the notched p wave. F waves are going to be pretty uniform, due to the fact that the same reentry circuit...

  9. Maternity discrimination

    SubSippi replied to Kmendi's topic in General Nursing

    I seriously doubt it was a planned pregnancy, and if it was, then she had to have had a pretty good reason to try to get pregnant in the middle of nursing school. Come on now... OP, it depends on the...

  10. Nurses: How many phone calls do you get per shift?!

    SubSippi replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    CVICU day shift - at least a million calls in a 12 hour shift. Pharmacy and lab are the big ones...family members are a close second. We also get tons of calls from people all over the hospital...

  11. Fingerprinting patients?

    SubSippi replied to sharkbacon's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My bad. Most of us do live in the United States so it's easy to

  12. Fingerprinting patients?

    SubSippi replied to sharkbacon's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm confused...what do you think will happen if your fingerprint is on file? Also, if you're caught accessing a patient's record that you aren't caring for, you get fired. It's a clear HIPAA...

  13. Interview for Transitional ICU Position

    SubSippi replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Critical Care

    Brush up on your basic heart rhythms, and how you'd treat them. You'll see a lot of a-fib after cardiac surgeries, which you treat with IV lopressor and/or amio. A-fib is usually preceded with lots of...

  14. Did I do the right thing?

    SubSippi replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    You definitely did the right thing, a pulse rate of 122 isn't normal for a person who is at rest. Arrhythmias such as SVT and a-fib can cause a high heart rate, and they also will make a lot of...

  15. ideas on correcting med error

    SubSippi replied to chapsam's topic in General Nursing

    In our computer system, the fluids actually say continuous next to them, if that's what they are. If it's just for one bag, it says something like 1000mL normal saline

  16. PVT: Question of Character?

    SubSippi replied to oldandintheway's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The use of poor judgement isn't necessarily a reflection of poor character. It's a matter of maturity...I'm willing to bet that most of these posters fretting over the PVT wouldn't bother with it ten...

  17. Discovered a boo-boo on Social Media

    SubSippi replied to mmc51264's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Unless someone was doing something that was harming a patient, I couldn't imagine wanting to put someone's career in jeopardy. If you were offended by what they said, the more appropriate action would...

  18. Orientation for experienced RNs

    SubSippi replied to tejon's topic in General Nursing

    Before I transferred to the ICU, I had about a year of med/surg, and got six weeks of training. New grads to the ICU get 12-14

  19. I handled this poorly. What would you do?

    SubSippi replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I probably would have done exactly what you did, and would be feeling exactly how you feel about it now. It's tough, because his wife was your patient. I have a feeling that your non-reaction wasn't...

  20. Difficult Orientee

    SubSippi replied to ejnjj143's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She sounds like she might be overwhelmed. I don't precept, but I've had to help train new grads last minute when if someone calls in sick from time to time. There have been a couple of times when a...

  21. How do I get that first elusive acute care job?

    SubSippi replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    One of my high school teachers gave me great advice for proof reading: read it out loud. It helps you notice mistakes that might not register when you're reading something to yourself, even if you've...

  22. Need to vent

    SubSippi replied to Erickap71's topic in General Nursing

    I know it's annoying to have to ask people to do their job, but if you need them to help, you have to ask for it. They either don't realize what they're doing (which is doubtful), or they're taking...

  23. ACDF Anesthesia Techniques and PACU Pain Management-

    SubSippi replied to Nurse_Ratched's topic in PACU

    I don't work in a PACU and have never had a patient with that sort of procedure. I'm in a CVICU, and recover thoracic, vascular, and trauma surgeries, and open hearts. Do you ever give PO oxycodone...

  24. A Rant by a Special Snowflake.

    SubSippi replied to Lulu Belle's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At my facility the people who work in the cafeteria get paid more than the CNAs. CNAs get minimum

  25. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    SubSippi replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Wait what, posted on