Word of advice to my fellow nurses...please, please, please think before giving hypertensive medications. For some reason, the dayshift nurse felt it appropriate to give Atenolol and Lisinopril to a patient with a BP of approx 92/45. NOT A GOOD IDEA! I had him by the time the meds kicked in with a BP of 62/38. Being an experienced nurse, I knew that a bolus was necessary & got the intervention started quickly.....I don't even want to imagine what the alternative might have been.
Work is going pretty well. I just celebrated my 1 yr anniv at this hospital I switched over to. It went by quickly. I also get a raise this month...sweet.
It has been outrageously hot & humid this month. We're talking like 99 degrees, but with the heat index...more like 105. Ugh. Too hot for me.
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Welcome back!!! Glad that you were able to handle the BP before the patient tanked out on you!
Congrats on your 1 year--it certainly went by quick!!!!
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