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  1. "Slow" codes

    txdude35 replied to txdude35's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your input. I agree that the docs many times aren't as straightforward as they could be and and have witnessed occasions where the doctor has given the family hope where, in reality, there...

  2. "Slow" codes

    txdude35 replied to txdude35's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for your input. I agree that the docs many times aren't as straightforward as they could be and and have witnessed occasions where the doctor has given the family hope where, in reality, there...

  3. Arterial/Central Line-CVP Transducer ?

    txdude35 replied to walk6miles's topic in MICU, SICU

    The color of the dead-ender cap is obviously much more important than patient care. Bravo for having their priorities in

  4. I'm starting to hate my patients...

    txdude35 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Ok, maybe that's a little harsh but some of them are getting on my last remaining nerve. I've had my license for a year now and have worked pretty much exclusively in the ICU. I love having the...

  5. I'm starting to hate my patients...

    txdude35 replied to txdude35's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for your input, but don't misunderstand me- I love what I do, and could think of no other specialty that interests me enough to move. I've just had a rash of whiny patients lately and wanted...

  6. I'm starting to hate my patients...

    txdude35 replied to txdude35's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks all for the replies. I guess one of the insidious things about diabetes is that they really don't feel sick until things start falling off, and those that have been noncompliant for years are...

  7. 7 weeks off orientation: First death. (Need support..)

    txdude35 replied to swedishnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been in the ICU for about a year now, and my first death was terrible. For days I questioned myself what I could have done differently, but the answer was "nothing." She was 94 years old and...

  8. bed baths

    txdude35 replied to Chip_04's topic in MICU, SICU

    I had the misguided notion that I didn't need to learn it. Since I planned on going to the ED, I managed to avoid it. :nuke: I'm making up for it now, though. And to the OP- as pointed out by...

  9. bed baths

    txdude35 replied to Chip_04's topic in MICU, SICU

    I thought I was doing great by making it through nursing school without giving a single bed bath. Now as an ICU RN on the night shift I do it every night to at least 2 patients. As stated...

  10. Feel pretty good right now!

    txdude35 replied to nursepenny's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a student asking a relevant question in order to sharpen my diagnostic skills and develop my ability to "connect the dots" with all the assessment data. I have had enough experience over the...

  11. Feel pretty good right now!

    txdude35 replied to nursepenny's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone?

  12. Feel pretty good right now!

    txdude35 replied to nursepenny's topic in General Nursing

    Nice catch. I'm a student going in to my preceptorship, so one question. The BP of 191/108 was something you routinely see with a headache and it didn't raise any red flags by itself? Seems like...

  13. A&P not really helpful in nursing school!

    txdude35 replied to bioniclewoman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm confused. What kind of program are you in? You say you don't need the material b/c an LVN doesn't use it, but your classmate worked as an LVN for 5 years already? Whatever program you're in,...

  14. On top of the world right now

    txdude35 replied to txdude35's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks all. Nrsbtrfly, special thanks to you for the heads up on the

  15. On top of the world right now

    txdude35 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm a student in my 7th semester (of 8), and today I finished my clinical rotation in the ICU of the only level I trauma center in my region. GREAT experience. The cool thing is that as I was going...

  16. Prioritization Question

    txdude35 replied to AllieRat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You're right, of course, but this is "questionland" not real life. After many battles over questions like this with my profs, they keep telling me that the writers want to know that you know that...

  17. Prioritization Question

    txdude35 replied to AllieRat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Win98, I used to beat my head against the wall on questions like this until my professors beat it into me to take the question for what it says, no "woulda, coulda, shoulda"... the question is what it...

  18. Question about shock

    txdude35 replied to Kns124's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look at the choices and it's ez to rule out the incorrect ones... "Irregular pulse" and "slow respirations" are too vague-they could mean anything. Hyperemia, an excess of blood in a particular area,...

  19. I'm a new MICU RN and not liking it!

    txdude35 replied to Kitty-MayRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I just finished a clinical rotation in the MSICU, and it took a lot out of me some days. I've seen more death in the last month and a half than I ever really cared to (especially the kids-those were...