Call me crazy, but when I walked into my patient's room and saw all this, I got excited.....
Salem Sump to wall suction- bilious drainage
Jejunostomy tube- acting as feeding tube with Osmolyte @ 60cc/hr
Trachestomy- #6 shiley, cuffed
Right femoral arterial line
Right femoral triple lumen catheter- Brown: CVP; Blue: Insulin, TPN, & Lipids; White: Ativan, Fentanyl, Dopamine,& Levophed
Left femoral triple lumen catheter- Brown: Sodium Bicaronate; Blue: Polymixin/Tobramycin/Linezolid; White-heparin drip
Foley Catheter-transducing bladder pressures
Rectal tube-(ah, do you need a description?)
Wound Vac to Abdomen
Wound Vac to right and left foot
3 canisters to wall suction- weeping wound bed drainage
There was a point in time, not too long ago, where patients like this made me shudder with fear. However, at some point in the last 16 months, I became a nurse- a real nurse. One who's excited at the challange of caring for the sickest patients, helping them along the fine line between life and death. Yes my loyal reader
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