I think you've completely missed the point with your sarcastic exaggerations. Team dynamics ARE important to saving lives. If they weren't important, ACLS courses wouldn't emphasize them so much....
I agree with Do-over. In ACLS, team dynamics are very important. We are taught to give instructions clearly and calmly and not to raise our voices. It might seem odd, but basic human courtesies...
I was already hired on a stroke unit and went through the interview process about a month ago, which was great. I felt prepared and confident during this interview! At this time, the manager only had...
Thank you for all of your comments. This advice was really helpful. I do value the practical experience thing because it is the only way one can actually make the theory useful.... Without practical...
I've got a question about preceptorship... I've often heard that a preceptor prefers a preceptee who "does not act like he or she knows everything." But... how do I strike the right balance? Should...
I feel so down about my preceptorship and need some motivation/guidance! How is it possible that I've done so well in all my clinicals, and now I'm told that I am at risk for failure? I'm so...
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I feel so down about my preceptorship and need some motivation/guidance! How is it possible that I've done so well in all my clinicals, and now I'm told that I am at risk for failure? I'm so...
How do you manage thirst? I've been swabbing the patient's mouth with ice water and then suctioning. Can you ever swab without suctioning? For example if the mucosal glands are extremely dry and...
Thanks for the feedback... While I agree that all nurses should work nights, sometimes the short turn arounds are unhealthy. I will have to wake up at 2 am on Friday to make it to the conference on...
Is this something that I should be able to do? - Go to a critical care conference from 7am to 1630 on a Friday in another city with 3 hours total commute time - Then go to clinical for the night shift...
My patient is supposed to be extubated today, and I was looking for nursing research or review articles on how to best care for the extubated patient (I'm on night shift). I haven't found any info on...
Thanks for the advice. This has been helpful, and I will try to look at the bigger picture here. It can be confusing when, in all my other clinicals, I have been responsible for documentation and...
I'm concerned about the 2 very different approaches that my preceptors have. By the 2nd day, my first preceptor wanted me to do almost all of the patient care and documentation, as well as...
Is this mainly for metablic acidosis? Or also for respiratory acidosis? Or both? My drug guide says metabolic acidosis, which makes sense since bicarb levels are lowered in metabolic acidosis....