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1. Cipro and ITP. What would you do?

   tmd76 replied to tmd76's topic in Emergency

   I am not meeting with the doctor and director.....just the director. My director has already emailed me and told me not to worry, that I did nothing wrong. He just wants to discuss this with me (I think because I was really upset when I emailed him t...

2. Cipro and ITP. What would you do?

   tmd76 replied to tmd76's topic in Emergency

   Thank you so much for that article. I just read over it, and realized that it says that you cannot give quinine to a patient with ITP. I do think it was the infection that caused this, but I wonder if that doctor is not confused. He is thinking quino...

3. Cipro and ITP. What would you do?

   tmd76 replied to tmd76's topic in Emergency

   Update: I emailed my director, he had already gotten all the info from the doctor and my charge nurse. He said I did nothing wrong but he still wants to talk to me about it face to face, so he asked that I come see him when I work again. He said he a...

4. Cipro and ITP. What would you do?

   tmd76 replied to tmd76's topic in Emergency

   Yeah, this doctor is very well known for doing this. He does not like me anyways because we had a fallout because I didn't do something that he forgot to write orders for. He wrote orders on a patient 1 hr after they were discharged home from the ER....

5. Cipro and ITP. What would you do?

   tmd76 replied to tmd76's topic in Emergency

   It is not so much the director wanting to discuss it, but that doctor called down to the ER 5 times yesterday after the patient ended up in ICU..just harrassing the charge nurse and saying "you guys better get on this". He wants me in trouble.

6. Cipro and ITP

   tmd76 replied to tmd76's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much, I will give this reference to my director. Some of the other ER docs already told me that it is too far of a stretch to say that Cipro could be the cause. They said usually the Quinolones will cause a severe drop in BP, which did n...

7. Cipro and ITP

   tmd76 replied to tmd76's topic in General Nursing

   That is what I am trying to find out. I don't feel like this could be my fault. I am trying to research and see if there is any relationship between Cipro and ITP. I think this guy was a code waiting to happen. All the other nurses I work with agree ...

8. Cipro and ITP. What would you do?

   tmd76 posted a topic in Emergency

   I have been a nurse for going on 3 years now, I have in my 10th month of ER nursing. I have had a recent fall out with a pulmonologist at the hospital I am at, and tonight I had another issue with him. I had a patient come in today with history of IT...

9. Cipro and ITP

   tmd76 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for going on 3 years now, I have in my 10th month of ER nursing. I have had a recent fall out with a pulmonologist at the hospital I am at, and tonight I had another issue with him. I had a patient come in today with history of IT...

10. Houston and Austin Hospitals: It's almost that time!

    tmd76 replied to Bortaz's topic in Texas

    I lived in a small town (Lockhart) about 30-45 minute drive, more than I would want to commute anymore. Traffic wasn't too bad because I left so early in the morning, and then got home so late (I worked 7am-7pm), it was just a long drive. The cost of...

11. Please Help me decide what job to take!!!!!!

    tmd76 replied to smiles&prayers's topic in Texas

    accidental post

12. Houston and Austin Hospitals: It's almost that time!

    tmd76 replied to Bortaz's topic in Texas

    I recently moved from Austin area, I worked in Austin, but commuted from a small town south of there. I worked at Brackenridge Hospital (the Regional trauma center), it is part of the Seton Network. The hospital was GREAT, I would never have left, bu...

13. May Grads! Where are you working?

    tmd76 replied to studentnurserachel's topic in General Students

    Trauma, the one I wanted..YAY!!!

14. May/June 06 Grads!

    tmd76 replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Students

    Grats everyone. My final is April 13th, pinning/graduation is May 11th...I already got a job, start May 8th. Yay!!!

15. Standard precautions ignored

    tmd76 replied to Pattiecake's topic in General Nursing

    That reminds me of an MD I used to work for...he was a real tight-wad when it came to supplies, he would take is gloves off nicely and reuse them. I was working as a medical assistant for him, and he walked in and saw me throwing my gloves away. He p...