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  1. Doctor's attitudes

    cardiacfreak replied to Soliloquy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes the doctor yells whether you are prepared or not. One night around 0200 my patient was having a lot of pain. He had had a CABG 8 days prior and was slow to progress. The surgeon who was...

  2. Medication safety with nurses

    cardiacfreak replied to flynnjackson's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My facility uses CPOE (computerized physician order entry) so most of our medications are entered in the computer by the physician, however, sometimes hand written orders are done. If the nurse and...

  3. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    I assume he was, I am not certain because he was not my patient. I only assume he was because that would be common practice for afib without contraindications for

  4. Swan-Ganz catheters in PCU

    cardiacfreak replied to Lev's topic in Cardiac

    No, only in

  5. If You Give a Patient a Cookie

    cardiacfreak replied to Mully's topic in Nursing Humor

    Did you follow me around

  6. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    cardiacfreak replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unfortunately yes, it was in the middle of night shift. Second year

  7. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    cardiacfreak replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh my gosh, I am so sorry this happened to

  8. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    OH, my

  9. Reality Shock

    cardiacfreak replied to JLH86229's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    We all have went through the "reality check", it is part of nursing. It will take about a year before you are actually comfortable working as a nurse. Just remember every nurse before you felt the...

  10. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    Hold up! I was at home in bed when this happened. This was told to me by another nurse. I plan on taking this to the ethics

  11. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    cardiacfreak replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a nurse hang Primacor and run it in as an antibiotic (200m/hr). Thankfully he survived, when the nurse was questioned she stated she thought it was an antibiotic. It clearly stated on the bag...

  12. I quit my job

    cardiacfreak replied to prettymica's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Good for

  13. I don't think I can afford to get my BSN?

    cardiacfreak replied to Tinkk's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Just a few suggestions. Start researching for grants, loans, and scholarships. I don't know what state you live in but have you talked to the university about financial aid through the government?...

  14. Change of Major (Stressed - Needing Advice)

    cardiacfreak replied to Cg37387n's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You will find that there are some people who think nurses are not smart enough to be doctors. I think I am actually smarter because I don't get multiple phone calls in the middle of the night. Good...

  15. Need thoughtful opinion

    cardiacfreak replied to Goldenhare's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We do bedside reporting, if the patient has family or other visitors in the room we ask if it is okay to discuss his/her care in front of the visitors. If it is not okay we politely ask the visitors...

  16. Reprimanded for reporting medication errors and so much more

    cardiacfreak replied to reprimanded's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    OP, I hope we haven't scared you off of this forum. Your last sentence was "I need to know what should I do". We are only trying to help you. I know it seems we all ganged up on you, but believe me...

  17. They said it couldn't be done...

    cardiacfreak replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    But you can get a candy

  18. Reprimanded for reporting medication errors and so much more

    cardiacfreak replied to reprimanded's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I went back and reread through the threads and this is what jumped out at me. 1. ..."I noticed that another student failed to give insulin to a patient. So before the end of shift I went over the...

  19. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I am also a shoe freak I am not sure why the nurse didn't speak up. She is a good nurse, however, I think she dropped the ball on this one. I can't really speak for her, but when I asked...

  20. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    I will, and thanks for the support. I'm amazed that the other nurses, including my manager, don't seem to be as concerned about it as I

  21. The time of the year when people do crazy things...

    cardiacfreak replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    In nursing school when I was doing my ER rotation a woman came in with a light bulb somewhere it shouldn't have

  22. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    Jadelpn also posted the same comment, thank you for the advise. I plan to do this right

  23. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that a DNR does not mean "do nothing", but the plan was to discharge to a LTC with hospice. He was not symptomatic with the atrial fibrillation and his rate was

  24. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't think of that, thank

  25. I can't believe the MD did that

    cardiacfreak replied to cardiacfreak's topic in General Nursing

    Me too, and if the doctor thought the patient would not do well on versed then the procedure should not have been carried