typical

typical has 5 years experience and specializes in stroke unit, trauma, ENT, MS, ED.

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1. The every year Snow thread

   typical replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

   I spent 4 hours getting home the night CT got a blizzard the week of halloween in 2011 and knocked out power to half the state for 10 days. My car got stuck 4 times, and I had to reroute numerous times due to downed power lines, downed trees and aba...

2. Standardized Code Environments

   typical replied to typical's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much! That seems like the right thing to do from an infection control standpoint. We recently had a whole debacle around supply drawers in patient rooms....the end result was that the infection control department told us they had to go. I...

3. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   typical replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I've been to certain hospitals where the nurses leave a tape recorded report, other places where they leave a note on the kardex....all in lieu of verbal nurse to nurse report. I wasn't a fan of either method. However, my old hospital did not give ...

4. Standardized Code Environments

   typical replied to typical's topic in General Nursing

   Do you know if they turn over ALL of the stock inside the drawers accessed?

5. Euthanasia! your opinions needed please

   typical replied to 81shelbay's topic in General Nursing

   I worked neuro trauma for 4 years right out of nursing school...a small stint in a high volume ED and am now a med surg educator. I have to say after my experience working with severe traumas and terminal diagnoses like glioblastomas, I am, 100% for ...

6. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   typical replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   My current hospital is beginning to implement standardized report format. We're definitely getting push back from ER because our standardized format is essentially a head to toe. I have trouble commiserating with them though. I've worked both high...

7. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   typical replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I used to work at a large teaching hospital in the northeast who did not give report for patients being admitted from the ER. You only got report if the patient was being admitted to a step down or ICU. Otherwise, the RN was simply told the patient...

8. Standardized Code Environments

   typical posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello There, I've noticed of late that my current hospital doesn't have a standard operating procedure for where the code cart goes and who has access to it during a code. Instead, I notice during codes that everyone in the room seems to have their ...