twss2323

twss2323 specializes in ICU.

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1. Help! Career Fair Activity

   twss2323 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Long time follower/lurker of AN. Rarely a poster. Anywho. I’m presenting at a career fair at a high school on Friday. It’ll be small sessions where groups of students come to my table at once. Im...

2. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

   twss2323 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   "Hey, let me out of these things (in reference to restraints) so I can bust out of here and get us some McDonalds" "You don't have any money, how are you gonna get McDonalds" "Well with your money, of...

3. Fill In The Blank...

   twss2323 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   "I feel like something isn't

4. Choose Your Favorite TV Nurse

   twss2323 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Jesse on Code Black. So many nurses on these shows don't play a part more than "yes, Doctor", but he actually plays more of a nursing role AND he keeps the residents in line--and I love

5. NGT/Intubation

   twss2323 replied to gonzo1's topic in Critical Care

   I also believe (let me try and find an article) that it's recommended the tube be oral vs nasal. Nasal tubes can cause sinus infections which can then lead to

6. Allnurses needs nurses

   twss2323 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I just want to chime in that I also think the app deterred a lot of people. I used to get on to AN daily, I was more of a lurker, but would contribute to conversations. Once the app went away, I did...

7. Orders from hell...

   twss2323 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

   Temp/BP/HR/RR Ht Wt q1h How much ya think he's gonna grow or shrink every hour

8. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

   twss2323 replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

   I was checking my patient's gastric residuals, my least favorite thing to do, eck. The pt had a 12 Fr PEG tube, it was tiny. Apparently I got way too ambitious when giving the contents back, I pushed...

9. Northern Arizona University Fall 2017

   twss2323 replied to maddy5's topic in Arizona Nursing

   I graduated from the Tucson campus in December 2015 and I know there's been some small changes, so it might not be accurate information anymore, BUT when I applied/went there if you had applied and...

10. Fluid Resuscitation for Renal Failure/CHF

    twss2323 replied to FazzDazzle's topic in Critical Care

    As other have mentioned, look at the surviving sepsis guidelines. I actually went to an AACN presentation the other day about the sepsis guidelines and CHF/renal patients and fluid resuscitation was a...

11. CPR

    twss2323 replied to Vijayallnurse's topic in Critical Care

    There are certain requirements to cool, to include ROSC within an hour and a GCS score. I can remember the exact score but it's a GCS less than 8 or 12 I believe. If the patient is responsive and...

12. What happened to the app?

    twss2323 replied to twss2323's topic in General Nursing

    Thank

13. What happened to the app?

    twss2323 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please forgive me if there's already a topic on this, I did a search and didn't see anything, but I'm used to using the app not the site so I could have done it wrong. The app was crashed or...

14. The Patient's "Guests"

    twss2323 replied to rnsheri's topic in Nursing Humor

    Please use the quote button when replying to posts so we can follow what you're saying

15. Epinephrine and coronary arteries

    twss2323 replied to miamiheatrn's topic in General Nursing

    I was in a patient's room with 3 doctors in a tricky situation trying to find a solution the other night and the surgeon, who is very well respected and highly regarded piped in and said "have you...