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maolin

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  1. Crap, I should've paged the MD.

    maolin replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Many times I will leave a postit note for the MD in the MD prog notes - usually an FYI or request for comfort orders, etc - that way you know the doc is informed and don't have to rely on the message...

  2. Telemetry vs. Cardiac Stepdown at Brack in Austin

    maolin replied to abbabask's topic in Texas Nursing

    You're going to see a LOT of indigent & homeless @ Seton's ER as well - fresh off the street many times (not always cleaned, buffed & puffed, as they will become once admitted). All Seton...

  3. Telemetry vs. Cardiac Stepdown at Brack in Austin

    maolin replied to abbabask's topic in Texas Nursing

    I still say do stepdown. Again, the ratios are better and there is more "controlled chaos" on a unit vs. the ER (this said from a recovering EMS adrenaline junkie). There are great reasons to work ER...

  4. Telemetry vs. Cardiac Stepdown at Brack in Austin

    maolin replied to abbabask's topic in Texas Nursing

    I vote for Stepdown/PCU. While it's a cardiac specialty unit, you're going to have a lot of comorbids with those patients. It will be easier for you to do a tele/IM from there then the other way...

  5. I work in one of the worst region in the US

    maolin replied to Foxfour's topic in Texas Nursing

    Taco palenque! Just about the only great thing about The Valley. My pseudospouse is from Brownsville. We drive down there from Austin 3-4 times a year. And I dread it every time. Though I haven't...

  6. Tax home ?

    maolin posted a topic in Travel

    Greetings, I have been doing a ton of research & reading lately about travel nursing and am about the take the plunge. So I'll likely be a regular poster in the travel forum now. Travel nursing...

  7. Leaving a new orientee RN on the floor alone

    maolin replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to add that aside from the smoker issue you have, you are upset because you were drowning and hardly able to keep up, while this nurse was caught up, done charting and had the gall to take a...

  8. nurses leaving the floor

    maolin replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    So, let me get this right....you were left to oversee the other nurses' patients while they attended this event, but you weren't even aware they were going to be gone...and for 2 hours?!?! I'm...

  9. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    maolin replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    they're not all bad... on an IMC unit... "May I help you?" "I'm ready to go to sleep and just wanted to tell you I love you. See you in the morning" "We love you too. Sweet dreams." My fav call light...

  10. You know when your hospital orientation is terminated when...

    maolin replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    ...when your preceptor corners you in the supply room, sticks her finger in your face and procedes to cuss you out and promising you won't make it thru orientation. And you have no idea what you did...

  11. How can I explain to a LOL

    maolin replied to kimmie4476's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps a bipap might help in this case - the pt will feel like she's getting the amt of air she's been begging for and it will help her blow off all that extra co2. Some ativan and or morphine might...

  12. anybody else have this problem

    maolin replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    excellent point. many of our forgein born docs with hard to pronouce names allow us address them by abreviated nick names - it's easier for the patients and staff - who likes their name butchered? the...

  13. Perfectionist - will I ever be able to handle bedside nursing?!

    maolin replied to imanedrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd caution you about spreading yourself too thin and taking on another job, even though it sounds like HH will be more to your liking. Given the stress and anxiety of your MS job, you need to take...

  14. letter to manager appropriate, regarding transfer?

    maolin replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I agree face to face, and align your reason to the effect of you have learned a lot there, but feel it's time to expand your skillset...etc. I find this is most receptive and garners support from your...

  15. How to interupt: X-Rays & EKG

    maolin replied to X-treme's topic in General Nursing

    I found EKG's Made Easy most helpful in learning to interpret rhythms. I would also like to suggest sitting with your facility's monitor tech for a few hours and practice measuring out the strips,...

  16. What would you do in this case?

    maolin replied to al7139's topic in Cardiac

    Good call on holding back on the morphine - at least you had some parameters to work with and he was able to get some pain relief - it wasn't a 6mg or nothing. I'm curious, did he have any PO med...

  17. dealing with cramps

    maolin replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    I had a surprising amout of relief after taking a flexril along with a couple of IB (for an injured back, but happened to be on my period at the time) - pharmocologically, it's a skeletal muscle...

  18. IV Lasix

    maolin replied to AussieKylie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It can be given undiluted and each 40mg pushed over 1-2min. Gahart's IV drug book is an excellent reference to have

  19. Help with a debate: What color is blood?

    maolin replied to nursemommyof3's topic in General Students

    varying shades of purple - maroon to

  20. Urgent Advice Needed

    maolin replied to CRV's topic in General Nursing

    What a nightmare! In hindsight, I would have invoked safe harbor when the weight of the assignment became clear, and especially when given an admit. That would have demanded the attention of your CoC...

  21. need some nurse to nurse medical advice

    maolin replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I think that the recent flood of call in's on my unit and working short the last 2 weeks would have been avoided if that first RN would have simply called in sick instead of being a martyr...

  22. Has anyone been to UOP?

    maolin replied to NICUrn2B's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Heehee- you know you're a nurse when you read this post as asking if I've been to the toilet. UOP = "urine output" in my world. Since this is the DL forum, I'm assuming you are actually referring to...

  23. Introduced as "The Nurse"

    maolin replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    All. The.

  24. Starting night shift...

    maolin replied to samarooni's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a nightshifter and I love it. It's funny that you said the noc crew look tired - I often think to myself that the day crew always look worn out - both coming and going. I love night shift. I tend...

  25. Question regarding Medications administration in regard with food etc.. (Please help)

    maolin replied to MomenTs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Some meds need to be taken on empty stomach because the molecules from the med could combine with certain foods and render it useless because it's been inactivated. Also, to avoid potentially toxic...