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at our hospital the policey is to clear vol q8. and to write down #attempts and # injection q shift. that is the policey but i dont know that it gets done that way all the time hope this helps.

susanmary I LOVE MY JOB I REPEAT I LOVE MY JOB... i work in a dedicated trauma icu 23 bed unit. work is very demanding but i can work 12 hours and feel as if i've really made a difference. trauma affects everyone it does not discriminate. its goes after the rich and poor young and old. families and patients go through terrible experiences but i've seen the "dead" walk and the rock stable die. i truely love my work i enjoy bedside nursing and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world

first and formost with the last reply. it really wasn't up to the nurse manager to call a meeting for the whole staff what at the nurse's right to privacy?? i have a restriction placed on me for narcotics but it was gambling that got me there. i have a problem with gambling but i'm under contract for 3 years. the main issue with my nurse manager was privacy she had to inform the charge nurse's that i was under contract but that was all anything else that was told had to come from my mouth. the wonderful thing is that as part of my recovery i needed to tell the world what happened to me and how i managed to overcome. i did it with the help of gamblers anonymous and all the support i have gotten from my peers. so support them and give them encouragement you never know when the shoe might be on the other foot.

+ gag & projectile cough. the trach is at least 8 days old. his rationale was thats the way i have always done it. i really wasnt trying to question his authority but it went against everything i have learned in my short career. i just wanted some input from others and make sure things havent changed>> thanks for the reply

help please i'm in a real jam. i work in a dedicated trauma icu 23 bed at a level 1 trauma center and we have stirred up a huge debate. when a pt has a trach and goes from a vent to a atc do you or do you not deflate the cuff?? there seems to be ongoing struggle as to what is right all of a sudden. i have been nursing for 4 years and have always let the cuff down and now my new resident swears you leave it up?? i can see leaving it up when a pt is eating but otherwise aren't they at a increased risk of plugging off if the cuff is up?? thanks in advance for your input.

hang in there it will all be worth it if you stay. nursing can and is a wonderful fullfilling career. just hang in there. you can do it. it is a little different but talk it over with your teachers and have a little faith you can do it...!!!!!!!!