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When Your Preceptee is a Know-it-All
Share Article By 0900 on the first day of orientation with her preceptee, Sheila knew, and groaned inwardly. Her preceptee, Kyle, was a know-it-all. During rounds on their patient in the designated COVID-19 ICU unit, the intensivist musingly mentioned transfusion. Kyle spoke up excitedly, “Oh, you mean convalescent plasma transfusion? It looks promising. I read that it can be useful in the treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19.
Asking ‘Why’ During Your First Year of Nursing and Beyond
Share Article Two nursing professionals explain the importance of staying curious and challenging the status quo to provide the best patient care. By Adrianne Duvall, DNP, APRN, CNEcl, FNP-BC and Chaney Landgraf, MSN, RN, CNE, CCRN In our experiences as clinicians and educators, neither of us has ever met a successful nurse who’s satisfied with the status quo. Nurses share a spirit of inquiry—a drive to know why and a refusal to accept care decisions due to tradition or convention.
Admin/Clerical Staff in Scrubs, Observing Procedures
I'm an RN in a hospital-based surgery clinic. Other hospital-based surgical specialties share our suite and hold clinic as well. Across our outpatient organization, there is a black-and-white policy that only clinical staff wear scrubs. However, a surgery scheduler for another specialty has begun showing up to work in scrubs for the past couple of weeks.
Critical care Q
35 year old female came in with MVC from ER complaints of pain and discomfort in the abdo. PMHX: IVDU, C-section, G3P3, Anemia In total patient received Hydromorphone 2mg IVP x3 in ED, Fentanyl 100mcg IVP VS: Temp 98, HR 40s Sinus Bradycardia, RR 36s, BP 110/60, Spo2 88% room Air Labs include: Na135 K4.0 Glucose3.5 Creatinine90 Hgb80 PLT355 INR1.2 1) Please tell me what is happening to the patient? 2) What are your priority assessments? 3) Name your nursing interventions?
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