Month: October 2006

  • Strike Breaker?

    Should nurses cover for the housekeeping and food service staff when they go on strike? Our hospital is facing a possible strike by the service workers. In the event of a strike, the hospital is requiring the nursing staff to fill in for the services workers. That means that I am required to sign up…

  • My First Cardioversion

    It seems like every time I take a class (and there are many offered at GHOAT), whatever I have learned about I will soon see in action in the MICU. Last week I took the ACLS certification course. So naturally I came to work the next day fully expecting to either shock someone or perhaps…

  • Angels in the MICU?

    I did not have a good feeling about this patient. She was what was known as a “trainwreck,” something wrong with every system. Had an operation, many complications, slow recovery, rehab in a nursing home. When I went in to assess her though, she was not intubated and was able to communicate her needs to…