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piv's q7 days, art lines q4 days, central lines q7 days. checkout ww.cdc.gov for the government recommendations

how ironic I folow the same nursing theory as Zoe. I remember theory a little from school. Then I forgot it because truely it does not matter. You try to treat everyone the same reguardless of race, creed, color, religion , or sexual orientation. They all basically say basically same thing using different words. Iknow I am like the rest of youand when my patient is not doing well I think hmmmm, which nursing theory would beappropriate to best help my patient, NOT!!!!!!!!

we use insulin and ativan gtt routionely in ICU. Insulin with sliding scale however the scale is written Q1-4 hrs. Ativan gtt for sedation of some ventilated patients if they are too restless or are paralized. I have seen 1 alcohol gtt a few years ago as a way to easy ETOH'er through severe DT's. vitals on the unit are standard Q1 hr. Check sedation Q2-4 Hrs using ramsey scale. standard policy in our facility is all medication infusions must be on IVAC's.

I work 8p-8a for now. Why?, because it was the easiet way for me to get a position in the icu. I just have to wait it out for a few months until someone leaves. turnover is about 20% and I know of 3 people lookking to leave after april.

thanks everyone for your imput. we do chem codes also. The reasoning others gave like the patient is too fragile to be intubated or have chest compressions done is a little suspect to me. the reason I feel this way is according to our intensivist you are doing nothing for the patient if you are giving them but not doing chest compressions to circulate them?

The hospital I currently work at has 3 types of code status. Code A, wants everything done. Code C, do not recessitate. Code B which lets the families and patient pick and choose what they want and do not want. Some examples are intubation, feedings, blood products, defibrillation, dialysis. Is this normal across the country and for the members from other countries across the world. Do you agree or disagree with giving so many options, and why?

Are all these thing the reason for the nrsing shortage maybe, maybe not if you new your history you would know that things cycle every few years this is not the first nor will it be the last shortage remember that there have been shotages in the 1900', 1910's,1920's, 1940's, 1960's and 1980's and again now in the 21st century get a grip and stop speculating abou the shortage one of the big reason throughout history has been the poor salaries we are paid and the working conditions. Its sad that what we were fighting against 100 years ago is the same things we are fighting forr now. Although the profession is caddy and down right crappy in its treatment of each other you can't blame the shortage on that.

This whole post is exactly whats wrng with nursing. Way to much bickering and fighting about who is better. It does not really matter we are all here to do a job, take care of patients and one of the big reasons we are not taken seriouly is because we are so poorly organized and are to busy fighhting among our selves to see the big picture, But thats what happens when you have a profession dominated by women. My post and that comment may offend some of you, however if you look at some of the posts on this site and talk to your collegues they will tell you the same thing. As far as the BSN thing goes it might help us be taken more seriously who knows it is only been being said for 30 odd years that it should be the entrance level and today the only state in which it is true is North Dakota. theres a promising future. It all comes down to this it willnever change ADN's and diploma nurses make up 64% of RN's so quit b***hing and if you don't like it move to North Dakota population roughly somewhere between 650,000 and 700,000. in contrast Michigan has 111,000 registered nurses

This whole post is exactly whats wrng with nursing. Way to much bickering and fighting about who is better. It does not really matter we are all here to do a job, take care of patients and one of the big reasons we are not taken seriouly is because we are so poorly organized and are to busy fighhting among our selves to see the big picture, But thats what happens when you have a profession dominated by women. My post and that comment may offend some of you, however if you look at some of the posts on this site and talk to your collegues they will tell you the same thing. As far as the BSN thing goes it might help us be taken more seriously who knows it is only been being said for 30 odd years that it should be the entrance level and today the only state in which it is true is North Dakota. theres a promising future. It all comes down to this it willnever change ADN's and diploma nurses make up 64% of RN's so quit b***hing and if you don't like it move to North Dakota population roughly somewhere between 650,000 and 700,000. in contrast Michigan has 111,000 registered nurses

hi yana... it depends on where you are. the hospital I work at here in michigan the starting salary for new grads is $17.85.Look at shift diff and the other benefits the hospital offers. As you probably already know most hospitals do not pay differant for ADN, BSN, or diploma, if that is important to you check around some hospitals do. The best way to find out about these things in your area is to look in the paper and call some of the hospitals in your area or the area you want to live. I hope this is helpful to you good luck with school

Yesterday i took care of a pt with a oxymetric swan. I have worked on the unit as an RN since july and it is the 1st one I have seen. the older staff says it is the first one they have seen in about 3 years. how often do the rest of you see them and are they used properly.

hi Ducky... I work 4a to 4p. it gives me 4 hours of the quiet of mn but also gives me the access to the doctors to pick their brains an dincrease my knowledge base. the best of both worlds to me . i still get home early enough to do things. I just have to go to bed by 9p.

Hi all... I work in a 12 bed med/surg icu in michigan.On our unit if the patient is unstable and needs to go off the unit for tests it is st the discretion of the Intensivist. If we do have to go usually 2 nurses plus respitory travel with the patient.If a code is called in that area the 2 nurses run the code until the docs arrive and then we fal into our normal roles. The thing that scares me all the time is that our travel monitors do not have defibrillators. If the pt codes enroute we are supposed to sstop right there and start cpr and wait for the docs and a crash cart. Wealway travel with 1 each of atropine,epi, and lidocaine o2 ambu bag with mask regardless of if the pt is intubated or not and the monitor,o this

Having went the ADN route, I am now in a BSN completion program and may go on to my MSN. In my experiance I wish I would have just went for the BSN instead of taking the long route. It took me just as long to get my ADN as it took my fiance to get her BSN. If you are planning on going on skip the ADN program and go for it.