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  1. I need advice about Advil (Lorazepam)

    sorry but correct me if im wrong but isn't klonopin also a benzo, i mean i dont work psych nursing and haven't encountered as much narcotic addicted patients. but is there a study that says klonopin...
  2. I need advice about Advil (Lorazepam)

    i guess sometimes benzo's are needed as a supplement with methadone when it comes to opiod withdrawal therapy, i mean alot of those patients go through alot of physical sx than can lead to anxiety, so...
  3. ughh that site is inundated with residents and med students that's been nurse slapped one too many times. not all are like that though, alot on that site are, i mean really, if u wanna be enraged...
  4. Please define "burn out"

    when u get up in the morning not looking forward to be a nurse anymore. when all u wanna do is just get ur shift over with and get ur paycheck. when u follow orders from a doc just because he told...
  5. Assessment: tricks of the trade...

    bring a thermometer, sthetoscope, your meds from the pyxis, unopened of course, and do your head to toe beginning with vitals, then look at ur patient, listen, then when the basics are done, you can...
  6. You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    it would be a bad shift when u have three call in's, replaced by wonderful and amazing agency nurses who aren't allowed by heart surgeons to take care of any open hearts whatsoever, for whatever...
  7. ICP Transducers

    we only zero and mess with the transducer in the beginning during insertion of evd/icp with the neurosurgeon, u dont need to rezero it, bad idea, at least we're not allowed to. if things go haywire...
  8. ambulate, ambulate, ambulate, alot of wires i know but u can get away with just bringing one pressure bag for the distal port of the swan, clamp the cvp and the cvp and the proximal port and get...
  9. Opinions needed!

    hey, it depends on how eager u r, i always precept new grads and regular nurses who's been on tele floors fo a long time, sometimes and i'm sorry to regular tele nurses, it's easier to precept a new...
  10. Cooling Blankets

    ive seen nurses who puts it under the patient as oppose to on top, i dont really know what the exact rationale of it at least from my standpoint, working in a unit where u can break ur back from...
  11. Verbal abuse by physicians in ICU

    ive come across with some docs who are really very arrogant and usually i let it slide because i know that i can take care of that patient and i know what's going on with that patient, but when i hear...
  12. Use of techs (UAPs) in ICU/CCU

    oh they would be a godsend if they were in the unit settings for some reason they think that since u have a 1 to 1 pt is that ur able to do care for that pt solely by you, but in reality there are...
  13. Cabg, Iabp, Crrt

    i been an open heart and trauma icu rn for ten years, and i think the solution is to take ur own initiative, find a staff nurse from ur unit who can walk u through open heart recovery, iabp and cont...
  14. Fresh Frozen Plasma

    i always tx ffp wide open either by gravity or regular iv max bolus depending upon pt's blood pressure and after following basic tx precautions in the beginning. plt are the only one's that need to...