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My tweets
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Friday 29/1/21
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Ja's stories
On the day of the chest drain debacle - I worked with an old colleague Ja who has 2 kids.
- the same one who had 2x c-section because her midwife at an appt decided she didn't have a body type for NVB (and this was in the last 10 yrs so talk about outdated thinking..) Ja had an ecmo case that was super sick and busy and went to IR for a procedure, ( Read more... ) -
Never thought I'd say this...
Things I miss about night shift
-It's a pure set and forget shift. You take handover, plan your night, and 90% of the time you just follow the plan.
Obs. Meds. wash. more meds. more obs. handover again.
Stare at someone hopefully sleeping most of the time. Wake them up for a GCS or by accident opening that packet of N/S 100mls (oops)
- No managers ( Read more... ) -
Nurses make the worst patients
Today's ethical dilemma: do I play florid Christmas carols at the bedside of an intubated, retired 61 yr old nurse who had an attempted suicide (note left).
( The note had strict Do not resuscitate (DNR) and Do not intubate (DNI) instructions and a list of her Power of Attorney (POA) and Next of Kin (NOK) )