Croc's is really popular with our anesthesia residents. I think they're kinda cool but I can't afford a pair. So I just bought 2 cute pairs (silver and purple with gems) that looks exactly like it in...
Thanks very much for the post and for the tips! Hmmm... high cost of living you say? How about the people who live there? How are they like? I'm sorry, I don't have the slightest idea what kind of...
Mayotski replied to lots_of_luv's topic in Philippines
Mayotski here, currently in Manila. Practicing my chosen profession for 2 and a half years now and hopefully I could process my IELTS application early next
Any information about this hospital? I'm in the Philippines and GUH will be my employer in a few years. What are my expectation in Washington, DC? The cost/ standard of living there? Your viewpoints...
I just had my 24 hour duty Thursday last week. I was the 2pm-10pm nurse and our SICU then was a full house. There was no one to relieve me, I have to cater to 2 SICU patients and 2 PACU patients alone...
1. Does your PACU allow visitors? No. I'm very strict in implementing this unit policy. Relatives are sometimes pain the ass. (kidding) 2. If so, under what circumstances? i.e. peds cases only,...
In our set-up, the anesthesia resident accompanies the patient to the PACU together w/ the circulating nurse and the transporter. It's the circu nurse who does the endoresement but sometimes the...
I was crosstrained in our SICU for four and a half months before my former supervisor actually assigned me in the PACU (PACU and SICU in our hospital are actually one area but we in the PACU only...
Thanks mommatrauma! So all I need is 5ml of NSS for the dilution. Cool. However I haven't had the chance to prepare the esomeprazole drip yet. Looking forward to it.
Thanks for the information. The esomeprazole/IV (Nexium) comes in a powder preparation, so you have to do the mixing before administering it to your patient. And we don't have an IV medication book...
I just got assigned in a general ward (I used to be in the Nursery and NICU for a year) and I wanna know how do you prepare esomeprazole 40mg/IV? How many mL of isotonic solution/ sterile water do you...
Hi everyone! I'm a newbie and this is my 1st post in the board. :) We don't wear printed scrub suits here, only the pedia resident doctors use them. The color of our uniform is aqua green with our...