Fluids, flotsam and jetsam, oh my!

That was the story of one of our shifts.

Need D5 1/2NS, which is one of the more popular fluids on our unit? Gotta run around to find it. Those supply people must have had a bad day because no one at Madison had more than one lonely bag.

I deal with lots of fluids and stuff--urine, sputum, feces, but every nurse has a weakness for one. Mine is vomit. I'm not phobic, mind you, I just don't like being there for it, or dumping it, but I had to do that the other night when one of our people got sick, right before shift change. Patient got his PRN Compazine but was still retching away an hour later. I got to pass him on to the next shift for a fluid order. Too bad he didn't have his PICC anymore...he's a terrible stick.

More to come...stay tuned.