hawaiicarl BSN, RN

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    What nurse life-hacks do you have to offer?

    hawaiicarl replied to Purple_roses's topic in Nurses Rock

    Ngt coiling in the mouth? Use 18Fr NGT more rigid less coiling. Still coiling? Get a cup of ice water, attach the syringe, suck ice water in and out of the ngt, then while it is stiff, curve the...
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    What nurse life-hacks do you have to offer?

    hawaiicarl replied to Purple_roses's topic in Nurses Rock

    For the smell, grab two yellow masks, and a pt tube of toothpaste, put the first mask on put toothpaste on the inside of the second mask, put the second mask on. This stops you from getting...
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    Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    hawaiicarl replied to ixchel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    On average, 6 miles a 12 hour shift in the ICU, but when we go into overflow, and open a satellite unit, this number more than doubles.
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    NEW TO ICU

    hawaiicarl replied to Nola504's topic in Critical Care

    Aloha! Your post is an excellent example of how NOT to orient new critical care nurses. In addition to a critical care course of some kind, which it seems you have not completed; there should be a 6...