oneillk1

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1. Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

   oneillk1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   :uhoh3:We had this issue... admittedly some staff were seen by the family of the patient making a personal call on their phone. So now we have a blanket ban on cel phones in our unit. BUT! We received...

2. What do you wish for in a break room?

   oneillk1 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

   Enough power so the fridge, toaster, sandwich press, dishwasher, hot water boiler and two microwaves can run at the same time without shorting anything out! And yes it was me that caused people to...

3. Neuro ICU - Withdrawl of life support...is this so wrong?

   oneillk1 replied to Nacki's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   Could it have been for the comfort of the family rather than the comfort of teh

4. Fetal death after maternal death

   oneillk1 replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I know that from a critical care perspective, if the MAP is below 50 then we are looking at ischaemia. Ie Uterus, placenta. And that is not even taking into account the resistance from

5. How to handle family coping..

   oneillk1 replied to RN1982's topic in MICU, SICU

   I usually say something along the lines of "we are keeping a close eye on 'x' but at the moment we are a bit more concerned by y and z." And take it from there, sometimes the families accept that,...

6. Theatrical makeup ala tammy faye baker

   oneillk1 replied to elizadream's topic in MICU, SICU

   If there is concern about the FALSE eyelashes falling in the sterile field what abtout the natural ones... a hair from her eyebrow, a flake of skin..... Is she working in theatre??? On the other hald...

7. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

   oneillk1 replied to Natef26's topic in General Nursing

   We get 1:1 ventilated, sometimes 2:1 unventilated, sometimes 3:2 unventilated or even 1:2 if the patient is really sick (that is patient : nurse) The only time we ever have more than 1 ventilated...

8. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

   oneillk1 replied to Natef26's topic in MICU, SICU

   We get 1:1 ventilated, sometimes 2:1 unventilated, sometimes 3:2 unventilated or even 1:2 if the patient is really sick (that is patient : nurse) The only time we ever have more than 1 ventilated...

9. Medical Negligence??? (Long)

   oneillk1 replied to oneillk1's topic in MICU, SICU

   Australian, but I suppose we have the same system here as there (or similar) Thanks for that feedback, I just didn't know if perhaps I had overreacted. I personally thought I hadn't but I think a lot...

10. Medical Negligence??? (Long)

    oneillk1 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi I would really like some feedback on an incident that occurred yesterday. I was looking after my non ventilated patient, 8 days post a vascular procedure who had been extubated for one day. When I...

11. What do patients say that irks you?

    oneillk1 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK me again, I know this is totally un on/gyn related but I loved this call. Had the 180kg man in ICU, on a ventilator for 3 days, basically had respiratory failure cos he was too fat to breathe... hx...

12. What do patients say that irks you?

    oneillk1 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

13. What do patients say that irks you?

    oneillk1 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ROTFLMAO!!!! On a similar vein (gee I keep doing that on this thread!) is: When is my brother going to have his

14. ICU Nurses with OCD!!!

    oneillk1 replied to nursern20's topic in MICU, SICU

    yes and no... on one hand it is intensive care, I personally get very wound up and annoyed if the things that I need to do my job are not there. Such as the duck bill masks... my patient has...

15. Heparinized vs Nonheparinzed saline in arterial lines

    oneillk1 replied to saranurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    In the dark depths of australia we use heparinised saline for transduced art and cvp lines unles contraindicated ie pt has Hitts. However changes in practice seem to take a long time to get down...