Respiratory were on top with him, they were giving him medications, breathing treatments, suctioning him, but the mucus is inside the chest, he just could not cough it up. He has been given medications to thin it but he just have a poor cough reflex....
Just had a baby 3 days ago, did you guys use paid parental leave and short term disability concurrently?? My hospital policy offers up to 12 weeks paid parental leave. I've been approved for 6 weeks, I'm still pending for the other 6 weeks bonding ti...
I've been a nurse for almost 5 years and this was my first Code Blue on my patients.
Quick hx on my pt who coded, he is a dialysis pt, anuric. He came in for GI bleed. MD r/o that it's possibly from his hemorrhoids since his hgb is at 10 and has...
I found out that the reason why they did not take this patient was because they were short staffed in the ICU and since he was "sort of stabilized" that they did not want to keep him yet 😔😔
My little background: I work in a progressive care unit/telemetry. I've been working at my hospital for about 5 months. I have been a nurse for about 5 years mostly working in subacute rehab then have recently transitioned to acute care at hospital s...
I just started working in a telemetry/step-down ICU unit. It has been 2 weeks post orientation I'm not a new nurse but it is my first time working at a hospital setting. I had a pt who was admitted due to COPD exacerbation (non-smoker, family member...
I would probably do some self-evaluation and ask myself why I failed the first and second time. Sometimes, you know why and you have the answer to that question. I would suggest to never give up. I would probably step back for a little bit, work as a...
Dani_Mila replied to lizdimi54873's topic in General Nursing
It's definitely a learning curve for me. I still don't know when to call the doctor or what, at my other job if we need to doctor we cal the house sup and he comes and check the patient. It is really difficult also there are things I've never encount...
OP, I know this is an old post but I feel like I am in a similar situation. I am on my 4th week and I have been handling 2 patients still. However, I do sometimes help out with one of my preceptor's patient with assessments/meds/documentation, so som...
Dani_Mila replied to lizdimi54873's topic in General Nursing
Show is your transition so far? I'm in the same predicament. I work in acute rehab and got a job in the hospital and I feel so lost. People are nice but they do give you that "newbie" look. I am definitely overwhelmed to the point that I'm having sec...
Oh absolutely! Whatever goes in your mind is the same for me. I am worried as well on if the new coworkers will be helpful or how they will treat newcomers. So far, I've seen most of them asking each other if they need help so that's a start, but the...
I know what you mean. I'm rusty too with lung sounds. Heck, I need to learn how to read EKG strips because one my floor everyone is on cardiac monitors. I'm also rusty with head to toe assessments. At the rehab/LTC, we mostly do focused unless you ge...
My hospital is very small too. It's a community hospital. I would also maybe try to review things you don't remember.I bought a med surg book that I'm going to try to review since there are a lot of things I have forgotten because I don't use it whil...
Hi how are you! Congrats btw about your new job! 5 weeks is not enough in my opinion. My friend who also went from LTC to a stepdown unit said it should be at least 10 weeks. I was given 8 weeks with an additional of another week if needed. You need ...