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Posted on 3/23/20 at 9:41 pm to Sun God
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 9:43 pm to LSUGBFTL
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ICUs are pretty full at base case which is scary. T
They don't exactly build in anticipation for pandemics
Posted on 3/23/20 at 9:45 pm to fightin tigers
I know they don’t. I’m not saying it’s scary base case. I’m saying it’s a bit scary during a pandemic.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 9:57 pm to fightin tigers
BR general ICU is full of China virus patients, whether confirmed or symptomatic. PPE is running out, nurses are using same gowns all day. Only changing gloves. Some using homemade masks.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 10:12 pm to fightin tigers
When I first started in nursing it was rare to have a 300 lb.patient,if you did it was a guy about 6’6”” tall.About ‘90 started getting a few,2000’s we always had 1or2,one day we had 7 between 300-400 lbs,in a 24 bed unit.They are hell to take care of,have to keep head of bed up at least 45 degrees so they can breathe.They slide down,have to pull them back up in bed and that takes at least 4 nurses,sometimes5-6.
Our hospital was too cheap to hire orderlies,being male I got to pull up,turn or get out of bed most of them.
I knew several nurses that wrecked their backs or tore their rotator cuffs.I was very careful about my back but I had partial tears of both rotator cuffs.The last 2 years I worked I had to sleep in recliner,if I slept in bed I would turn on my side and wake up with my shoulder hurting.
It was a personally rewarding career but I wouldn’t advise a young person wanting to be a nurse to do a direct patient care job.One thing,hospital administrators don’t give 2 shites about the nurses taking care of patients.
Our hospital was too cheap to hire orderlies,being male I got to pull up,turn or get out of bed most of them.
I knew several nurses that wrecked their backs or tore their rotator cuffs.I was very careful about my back but I had partial tears of both rotator cuffs.The last 2 years I worked I had to sleep in recliner,if I slept in bed I would turn on my side and wake up with my shoulder hurting.
It was a personally rewarding career but I wouldn’t advise a young person wanting to be a nurse to do a direct patient care job.One thing,hospital administrators don’t give 2 shites about the nurses taking care of patients.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 10:42 pm to tiger91
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Nurse how’s your facility doing?
I'm not back until Wednesday.
Last I heard...we converted our entirenPeds ER into a COVID-19 unit for suspected/confirmed cases.
And EVERYONE working at the hospital has to now wear a regular mask that we place in a paper bag in between when we are working.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 10:43 pm to Lithium
I love Zdogg 
Posted on 3/23/20 at 10:47 pm to lsunurse
Oh I forgot. Happy birthday.
Hopefully it’s not over run. Any thoughts on masks many people are making? Think they can be disemfected? Or just tossed?
Hopefully it’s not over run. Any thoughts on masks many people are making? Think they can be disemfected? Or just tossed?
This post was edited on 3/23/20 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 3/23/20 at 10:52 pm to FlappingPierre
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looses
How many times is an ICU nurse going to use the wrong word? Maybe you should have a DNR tag so we get more educated nurses helping patients in critical care.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 5:14 am to LSUA 75
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When I first started in nursing it was rare to have a 300 lb.patient,if you did it was a guy about 6’6”” tall.About ‘90 started getting a few,2000’s we always had 1or2,one day we had 7 between 300-400 lbs,in a 24 bed unit.They are hell to take care of,have to keep head of bed up at least 45 degrees so they can breathe.They slide down,have to pull them back up in bed and that takes at least 4 nurses,sometimes5-6.
Our hospital was too cheap to hire orderlies,being male I got to pull up,turn or get out of bed most of them.
I knew several nurses that wrecked their backs or tore their rotator cuffs.I was very careful about my back but I had partial tears of both rotator cuffs.The last 2 years I worked I had to sleep in recliner,if I slept in bed I would turn on my side and wake up with my shoulder hurting.
It was a personally rewarding career but I wouldn’t advise a young person wanting to be a nurse to do a direct patient care job.One thing,hospital administrators don’t give 2 shites about the nurses taking care of patients.
All true and one of the main reasons I'm looking for ways out. Don't feel like killing myself to take care of giant fat-asses. My back hurts already and I'm young. Has a 400 pounder last year that I wasn't helping move and something gave in my back. Spent the weekend on the couch basically unable to move. We have so many 300 pound and up patients its ridiculous.
We all dread them. Just know if you're that big and in a ICU bed and shitting yourself constantly, you're going to be sitting in it a while. We're not going to kill ourselves to clean your hourly.
Posted on 3/24/20 at 6:31 am to EarlyCuyler3
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We all dread them. Just know if you're that big and in a ICU bed and shitting yourself constantly, you're going to be sitting in it a while. We're not going to kill ourselves to clean your hourly.
“Nursing. The caring profession”
Posted on 3/24/20 at 6:39 am to tigerinthebueche
It's a job. It's easy to care from a distance. It's a lot less so when your patient is a raging a-hole and their family is worse. Or when you've ate yourself to the point where it's extremely hard to take care of you.
We care, but we're human. Some days, it's just a job. I clock in, people die, I go home, I sleep great. It's just a different deal than people outside of intensive care work get.
This doesnt even cover what the other guy said. Hospital constantly either handicapping you or complaining about what you're not doing right. Healthcare is just a business like any other. It's about the money.
We care, but we're human. Some days, it's just a job. I clock in, people die, I go home, I sleep great. It's just a different deal than people outside of intensive care work get.
This doesnt even cover what the other guy said. Hospital constantly either handicapping you or complaining about what you're not doing right. Healthcare is just a business like any other. It's about the money.
This post was edited on 3/24/20 at 6:42 am
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