it just comes with time, you get comfortable with a certain ''unapproachable'' doctor and he becomes at ease with you, once a senior attending is able to see that you're a competent nurse that would...
this thread can go on forever....icu/floor nurses vs er nurses...and you'll hear arguments from both sides but being an icu nurse, i agree on all the points that was said by angie they're pretty much...
never be afraid to give 02 therapy for fear of co2 retention especially if pt is already cyanotic and symptomatic....you always have bipap and vent to fall back
start 2lnc while u page the md just in case the pt's co2 is high cuz of chronic copd just to cover urself, but in reality you'd be better off starting the 02 than using the excuse of a doctor not...
hrtprncss replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in MICU, SICU
don't listen to her, chart at ur own pace when ur done with ur patient care, it's just everyone has preferences when they chart, i do it right after i see a patient, some nurses wait until the...
basically the same thing when residents or attendings put med students on the spot which makes them all nervous....it's a teaching tool that's use where someone is asked about a subject and when they...
But isn't that obvious that's why u can't bring patient's bedside clipboards inside a patient's room, anyways for the better, how many nurses do u see carrying clipboards anyways, i'd get used using...
i dont think there's a way to prepare for nightshift, occasionally i would do a night shift in our icu unit to get some overtime and the only way i could stay awake is if i keep walking around and...
nurse pimping is common during orientation, specially by other nurses who's not orienting you, it's a way to gauge the nurse who's orienting you if they're up to par, or sometimes they just do it just...
you should have told them while u were discussing salaries and u were about to give ur answer wether to take the job or not...usually that's how alot of people that need to go on vacation while...
oh if you're thinking about palliative or hospice care, end of life discussion with family, i assume you have a dnr order already just in case the patient doesn't go into full herniation. well i...
transfer to icu to r/o herniation but first insertion of icp to monitor level and possible administration of mannitol prn. hob high and head straight to drain excess fluid and decrease cerebral...
umm how bout any processes where the ''good lung down'' theory would work where the oxygenation and perfusion in the lungs would be optimized, also left lying position would be preferable for patients...
hrtprncss replied to akhicksfutureRN's topic in General Students
don't quote me on the size differences now come to think of it, it may have been the gauge difference between the auxilliary port and the cvp port on swanz that have differences...i've read it...
my suggestion nip it in the bud as soon as u can, go to ur nurse manager or the head of anesthesiology...if u know ur competent and ur not making mistakes then u shouldn't have to take that. snap...