Hi all, As mamabear mentioned, I have a couple of different assessment/report sheets that I've created over the years - if any of you want to contact me off...
Hi, Cathy, This is something to really consider seriously. I would say that although there are some really positive points for the 1st site, decline it. Too...
Hi all, I am looking to develop a protocol and order sheet that allows physicians and patients/families to choose/decline certain treatments in conjunction...
I would love to see what anyone else may have.? I am always frazzled by the wide array of DNR definitions I see here in the hospital and how doctors and...
At our hospital, the DNR policy has been the responsibility of the ethics committee and medical staff. They review and revise as necessary. Whatever revisions...
De Luna, Evangelina (...
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Dec 1, 2008 9:51 pm
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After being in ICU for 3 years (28 years in other areas) I too had a difficult time figuring out DNR. The way that I have learned to help myself think about it...
As several intensivists have stated in the past, "It's the family that's alive to sue..." So, regardless of pt wishes, we do what family says... Sent from my...
Thanks...I think the biggest problem is that even with a DNR order, Doctors and family members tend to over ride the patients decisions.? Plus, even when they...
I went into emergency room, even in those days that you needed to have at least 5 years of nursing experience. It help me in terms of gaining and refining my...
Lucy Pryor
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Dec 2, 2008 11:10 pm
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basic info adm date, nurse giving report, department, md or mds. and specialty phone number if available, chief complaint in pt own words, diagnosis,...
Lucy Pryor
lucyrb7727@...
Dec 2, 2008 11:14 pm
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Contact an international agency and they have ways of bringing you to the USA Want to Move to the United States? Are you a nurse or allied health professional...
Lucy Pryor
lucyrb7727@...
Dec 2, 2008 11:19 pm
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Have you studied and taken the international RN examin? If you have not that is the first thing that you need to do, you have your listen. If you are...
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Bindu Sebastian
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Dec 3, 2008 4:55 pm
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you can go to usa embassy and be sure they will help you as soon as possible ... From: sameericu <sameericu@...> Subject: hellp me To:...
Hello All, I meant to be setting up a Cardiology Course for General Practitioners (Doctors) and need to come up with a catchy name. I live in Queensland on the...
Hi (-: My first job as an RN-in-Waiting (post exam, pre-results) was at an inner-city hospital with a real hands-on feel on the floor, where I had done a...
blue_ox87
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Dec 4, 2008 1:50 am
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Thank you so much for your candid input. I did not want to go to Ortho; however, after reading your comments, I believe that is where I may go. Again, thank...
Mrs. Cathy A. Henderson
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Dec 4, 2008 10:02 pm
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I can prob forward some info once I get back to TX. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular ... From: "Melody" <medicmel@...> ...
Hello, My first job was working on a surgical floor. I stayed there for 2.5 years. I LOVED the opportunity it gave me to better my nursing skills. It was a ...
... Hope this helps. This is what we use at our hospital. Subject: Do Not Resuscitate Order Policy #: RI 200 Implemented: 6/2/02 Reference(s): Connecticut...
myoung1010@...
Dec 5, 2008 4:43 pm
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Thank you very much. -- Mrs. Cathy A. Henderson 'Thoughts become words. Words become deeds. Deeds become actions. What are your thoughts? ... Hello, My first...
Mrs. Cathy A. Henderson
cathyh@...
Dec 5, 2008 6:40 pm
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I work in ICU and this is what I do patient diagnosis MD/team monitor: onthis side I put things I need respiratory: to do IE: FSG GI: labs...
duffersk@...
Dec 5, 2008 9:35 pm
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*Subject* <CHCC300@Subject>: Fw: Donate a Mammogram I have a favor to ask, it only takes a minute.... The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough...
Please will someone be willing to share a policy on ScVO2 monitoring? Â Tracey Melhuish, MSN, RN Advanced Practice Nurse Holy Cross Hospital Ft Lauderdale ...
I am looking for a policy on Intrathecal Pressure Monitoring for pts post Thoracic Aneurysm Stents in IVR? Thanks  Tracey Melhuish, MSN, RN Advanced...
Hello, all: This is a question regarding a home care IV patient. Although it is not specifically critical care, I hope that the huge resource of experienced...
Hi, Two thoughts: might this be some sort of yeast that adhered to the cath? He could have some asymptomatic yeast that migrated with insertion up the PICC. Or...