Zee_RN

Zee_RN BSN, RN

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  1. Nurses, do you routinely do beds and baths?

    Zee_RN replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    ICU here too. We only have an aide occasionally. Most of the baths/bed changes are done by the nurses. The aide may be have a few people to bathe but he mostly gets the partials; the completes are...

  2. Medical Mysteries in History ?

    Zee_RN replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Quite a story. I've been to the Frick Museum (years ago) but never heard this story. Thanks for

  3. Double entendres

    Zee_RN replied to ayemmeff's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL! Verrrry

  4. 2 Nurses needed???

    Zee_RN replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It is not a strict policy at my place. It is advised and I frequently have my insulin double checked but not always (depends on who's around!). It's even more of a good idea now, though, because they...

  5. Ccrn

    Zee_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was going to post under the ICU pages of the BB but didn't know where to go...CCU? SICU? MICU? So I'm resorting to the general thread....I know you're out there too. :) I'm going to try sitting...

  6. Ccrn

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I bought the PASS CCRN! by Robin Dennison. I just opened the CD case and the CD is actually broken in half!!! I'm so disappointed; I'm not even sure I have the receipt! I'm going to call Mosby, the...

  7. Patients who refuse to cooperate with medical/nursing treatment....

    Zee_RN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Oh we must have had related patients, deespoohbear. One of my patient for three 12-hour shifts in ICU this weekend was a 300+ woman who had been declining treatment for her HUGE PVD legs with craters...

  8. Speciality Differential?

    Zee_RN replied to Chiaramonte's topic in General Nursing

    No speciality pay in my hospital. No certification pay. Our facility does not pay for education related to certification, CEUs for certification or any other cost associated with

  9. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    Zee_RN replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    I served as Nurse Recruiter for seven months (hated it). I was *supposed* to ask questions like that but I never did. Ewww! I had an interview in the 80s for a Business Manager position with...

  10. semi private vs. private rooms in icu

    Zee_RN replied to samrn32's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in an 18-bed community hospital ICU. We have 8 private rooms and 6 semi-private rooms. I think it is appalling to have semi-private rooms in an ICU; actually, anywhere in a hospital! The...

  11. Dementia/rape trauma syndrome

    Zee_RN replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Cared for an elderly, demented woman who was very docile most of the times. But once you needed to clean up her peri-area, she would begin sobbing and pulling her night gown down and calling "Mother,...

  12. Does your hospital plan for code blue events?

    Zee_RN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Keeping an open bed in ICU: we do, we don't, we do, we don't...It depends on the mood of the day. *sigh* There is no official policy and it depends on who is in charge that day. But lately it's...

  13. Protonix IV

    Zee_RN replied to midwestRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our ICU patients receive Protonix also, IV or PO. It cannot be crushed so those receiving tube feedings must get the IV form. We occasionally use Pepcid. Some patients have problems with pepcid...

  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Zee_RN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Okies, how about the the guy that vomited into his emesis basin during dinner and then soaked it up with the bread from his dinner tray and ate it? True story! The entire nursing station nearly...

  15. Nitro tubing

    Zee_RN replied to 2rntish's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Standard tubing

  16. Amiodarone drip

    Zee_RN replied to fadingyouth's topic in Patient Medications

    DITTO, Fadingyouth!! In our place, getting a central line is like pulling teeth!! Why in the world would any physician allow dopamine, levophed, etc. etc. etc. infuse through peripheral IVs for days...

  17. Has anyone ever heard of this? Can you give me some information on it if you have.

    Zee_RN replied to nursecheryl's topic in General Nursing

    Have seen it in long-term catheter use. Not pretty.

  18. The South African Floor Polisher Massacre -

    Zee_RN replied to betts's topic in General Nursing

    from urbanlegends (snopes.com): "Summer 1996 saw this hilarious yet chilling story take the Internet by storm. In an article purportedly from the 13 June 1996 Cape Times ("Cleaner Polishes Off...

  19. The South African Floor Polisher Massacre -

    Zee_RN replied to betts's topic in General Nursing

    That still sounds very bizarre. Our facility never polishes floor of an occupied room. And our ventilators ALARM when it is unplugged. And the nurses would notice on the alarming monitors that a...

  20. New use for Tylenol?

    Zee_RN replied to mattcastens's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have seen it too. Don't understand it. But I've heard enough people tell me that Tylenol makes them sleepy to know that it does, for some--whether it's pyschological or not, I dunno....

  21. not documented, not done. what does this mean?

    Zee_RN replied to kmahoneyrn's topic in General Nursing

    It is taught in nursing school. It is heard in a court of law. It is heard during your performance evaluation. It is not part of policy stated directly as such but to not document can be a...

  22. Night shift nurses are lazy and NICU isn't real nursing!

    Zee_RN replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question, Nick: In more critical care areas of the hospital, patients are wakened regularly not because we wish to disturb their sleep but because we need to evaulate their status on a...

  23. HELP......I'm having a "dumb" moment!

    Zee_RN replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I'd go with agonal respirations. Which still isn't "a sound." Death rattle is. The term itself just sounds awful,

  24. obituaries

    Zee_RN replied to shannonRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I read the obits. Sometimes that's the only way you know when you can safely mention the name of a frequent

  25. RN to MD....possible or not?

    Zee_RN replied to zinacef's topic in General Nursing

    My father-in-law's cardiologist is a former RN. Two RNs that I work with in ICU are going for their MDs. Many of the female residents here have families and are in medicine as a second career....