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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. 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...

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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,...

  7. 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...

  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. 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...

  10. 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...

  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...

  16. Assessment Techniques

    oneillk1 replied to fiestygirl's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree, I am relatively newto ICU also, but by knowing why you are doing what you are doing you can potentially pick up mistakes before they happen. Also.... check the lines and the connections (why...

  17. Tips on making that ICU bed look perfect after a bath

    oneillk1 replied to bluesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you so much for this, our unit protocol says hair wash MINIMUM of weekly, but whenever I ask my colleagues how to do it, the standard answer is 'oh don't worry about that". It just seems like...

  18. sextuplets

    oneillk1 replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I know where I work they wouldn't have.... anything under 25 weeks is considered a miscarriage. I have personally seen them pack up an OR that was set up for a c-section, after they recalculated the...

  19. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    oneillk1 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love the attempts at pronouncing medical terms. I recently had a relative phone the ICU and ask when her brother was getting his tracheomity. Fortunately it was a phone call because I'm not sure I...

  20. Nursing 10 years ago

    oneillk1 replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm I knew I still lived in the 90s! We still have hand cranked beds in most wards in the hospital (though fortunately not in ICU) I wear tailored pants and shirt in ICU, although scrubs are an...

  21. My poor co-worker!

    oneillk1 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Exactly, the same thing happens where I work, (I am in ICU and have never worked in my hospital before this, my only ward experience was as a new grad for three months in an elective orthopaedic ward,...

  22. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    oneillk1 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient last week, really sad case actually, the father had been driving the two teenage daughters and wa sin MVA, he was fine but one daughter was brain dead, other daughter (16yo) was head...

  23. we're pregnant

    oneillk1 replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I totally, agree, when a man can come to me and show me his growing uterus, he can say "we're pregnant". Until then..... sorry mate! We are having a baby is ok.... If your partner broke her leg would...

  24. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    oneillk1 replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    Over 300 systolic on an arterial line... got to 300 then just said +++ (obviously the transducer won't read anything above that!). Don't know what it was on manual, we were kinda busy at that point!...

  25. #%@&$ Flu Shot!

    oneillk1 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am with you, I have had 2 flu shots in the past 10 years, both times I have had horrible fatigue, muscle aches, and susceptibility to every cold virus. The first time I thought it was just a bad...