all4schwa

all4schwa

Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown

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  1. What country do you dream of working abroad?

    all4schwa replied to happystar's topic in General Nursing

    Netherlands,

  2. big bad nursing myths busted

    all4schwa replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    This drives me crazy!! Sorry, but I'm gonna have to use that one!! j/k Yuck! Of course, you know, sterotypes usually do have a grain of truth to them....or else why would so many people say these...

  3. nailbed pressure

    all4schwa replied to gasmaster's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Yes, it does make sense. I knew that extension was 'worse,' but didn't really know

  4. what to do on days off

    all4schwa replied to sunneeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I stay out late going to see my favorite bands, sleep in, clean my house, go to Curves, walk the dog, shop, read books, watch the shows I dvr'd while I was working/sleeping, lots of time online;...

  5. Diabetis as 6th vital signs

    all4schwa replied to RNLULULABAMBA's topic in General Nursing

    they saying goes that pain is the 5th, but if you include T, P, R, BP and saO2, that's

  6. Ethical ???

    all4schwa replied to nurseguinness's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    good explanation,

  7. how can you learn to get by with less sleep (night shifter)

    all4schwa replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's important to sleep all day between shifts, if I were on days, I would sleep all night between shifts. What I like to do it get up early on my first day off, the only way to do this is...

  8. forgot to flush iv

    all4schwa replied to big apple's topic in General Nursing

    :roll:rotfl::roll

  9. Fingerstick Glucose Testing-Do Alcohol Wipes Interfere w/ Results?

    all4schwa replied to PsychRN-Kris's topic in General Nursing

    Alcohol will give you false low. Where I work they say that washing with soap and water may be preferable to waiting for alcohol to dry. But if you have clean 2x2 ready to dry up any blood, I cant...

  10. Norwiegan scabes?

    all4schwa replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    What a mess!! My heart goes out to you and everyone involved,

  11. Gloves in the hall

    all4schwa replied to brwneyegal's topic in General Nursing

    That's funny, me too! I do in facilities where that is possible. For instance, the place I worked for the longest time, had big hampers that were three in one. They were big and bulky and it wasn't...

  12. Almost 3 years now....

    all4schwa replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    That's a neat

  13. New syringe every day?

    all4schwa replied to MNNurseCorps's topic in General Nursing

    I've noticed that the Kangaroo bags will just quit running when they're old...sticky on the inside, I

  14. Being called "Nurse".

    all4schwa replied to PsychRN-Kris's topic in General Nursing

    I had a NH pt that was 90-some yrs old that called us all sister and I never knew

  15. Gloves in the hall

    all4schwa replied to brwneyegal's topic in General Nursing

    As an aide, I was most likely to wrap everything in what was least contaminated (like a bath towell) and carry my little package one-handed to the linen hamper. Then lose the glove and wash. The only...

  16. Visiting hours, whose job to enforce them???

    all4schwa replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    This is a big problem on my unit. On admission we review the policy. There is an overhead page, then we reiterate the policy for them. We have very small rooms with two pts a piece. It is not...

  17. nailbed pressure

    all4schwa replied to gasmaster's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    When is it that you are applying the orbital pressure during the psuedo seizure, during or

  18. DVT prophylaxis orders

    all4schwa replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Patient Medications

    It's part of our admission, along with flu/pneumonia vaccinations. Our unit specifically, keeps SCD machines on every bed and the sleeves on the unit. That way, we dont have to order them up from...

  19. Report time

    all4schwa replied to NPRoseMona's topic in General Nursing

    The next thing I want to know (whether I find out from the off going, or for myself), is what did that MRI or CT say? I need to know before I assess the pt. I do neuro, so I'm always looking for those...

  20. Ummm..not sure how to ask this but who has experience "digging out" a patient?

    all4schwa replied to LucyLu's topic in General Nursing

    Usually, once youre being called to dig for it, it's "right there," just needs a budge. If you had to go any further than that, you would of course try the aforementioned ideas. Also, if youre at...

  21. do you ever have "stupid" days at work?

    all4schwa replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    1. i never remember their name when i get there. 2. I've done that with the kangaroo bags, I was doing it in the dark and didn't open that indented cap. Sticky! 3. Another thing that makes you feel...

  22. Ummm..not sure how to ask this but who has experience "digging out" a patient?

    all4schwa replied to LucyLu's topic in General Nursing

    You'll find it more in the nursing home where people are more likely to have sluggish

  23. do you ever have "stupid" days at work?

    all4schwa replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    One morning in report, I couldn't for the life of me get out that my patient was aphasic (common on the ol' neuro unit), finally after stuttering about for a sec, I pointed to myself and said, "you...

  24. bigeminy info please!

    all4schwa replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    it's

  25. Crossing professional boundary.

    all4schwa replied to helen21186's topic in General Nursing

    We did a computerized learning thing about our policy that said some warning signs would be something to the effect of "thinking about your patient in ways that dont pertain to their care," and...