Randip Dhesi
December 2021
Randip
Dhesi
,
BSN, RN, CCRN
CCICU
Texas Health Huguley Fort Worth South
Burleson
,
TX
United States
Ren stayed with the patient, reassuring him, and giving us a certain amount of comfort, just by being present throughout the whole ordeal.
Randip Dhesi, BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC Ren, as she is known by all, is one of the smartest and most calm people I have met in the nursing profession. She is self-confident, determined, peaceful, and has a sweet spirit. She exemplifies the scripture from James 1:19 that says, “Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath, for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”
As one of the Team Leaders on the night shift, short stay unit I have depended on Ren to be my backup buddy when we work the same night shift. Recently, we had a patient who was taken off a Cardizem drip earlier that day. The patient had converted back to sinus rhythm in the 60s. He was placed on oral beta-blockers and was going to be discharged home the following day. He wanted to shower, but when he returned to the bed his heart rate went up to greater than 200. The only symptoms he had were light headiness and shortness of breath. His blood pressure was low as well. The on-call physician was called but the NP returned the call and was hesitant to give an IV Beta-blocker. A Rapid Response was called but Ren was the Rapid nurse, and she was already in another Rapid Response on the 4th floor. The NP came to the floor and gave the order for IV metoprolol which did not touch his heart rate. I suggested IV Digoxin, but she was hesitant again. I called the supervisor who said Ren would come to us because they were just leaving the 4th floor. The NP left the floor to talk to the physician. Ren came, very calm, and started troubleshooting. She drew labs to check his electrolytes, she gave another dose of IV Metoprolol. Gave calcium gluconate for his low calcium, replaced magnesium and potassium. His heart rate came down a little but was still high in the 160s. She spoke to the physician about giving Digoxin which he agreed on. Ren stayed with the patient, reassuring him, and giving us a certain amount of comfort, just by being present throughout the whole ordeal. The Cardizem drip was restarted and eventually, the HR came down. Ren returned to her unit when we were comfortable with the patient’s vital signs. Later I found out that she had a patient of her own who was a 1:1. She came back to check up on our patient later, to make sure he was stable. She never complained and was never flustered. Ren helps us every night with IVs to full-blown code blue, I have never seen her overwhelmed. She is our DAISY every night she works.
As one of the Team Leaders on the night shift, short stay unit I have depended on Ren to be my backup buddy when we work the same night shift. Recently, we had a patient who was taken off a Cardizem drip earlier that day. The patient had converted back to sinus rhythm in the 60s. He was placed on oral beta-blockers and was going to be discharged home the following day. He wanted to shower, but when he returned to the bed his heart rate went up to greater than 200. The only symptoms he had were light headiness and shortness of breath. His blood pressure was low as well. The on-call physician was called but the NP returned the call and was hesitant to give an IV Beta-blocker. A Rapid Response was called but Ren was the Rapid nurse, and she was already in another Rapid Response on the 4th floor. The NP came to the floor and gave the order for IV metoprolol which did not touch his heart rate. I suggested IV Digoxin, but she was hesitant again. I called the supervisor who said Ren would come to us because they were just leaving the 4th floor. The NP left the floor to talk to the physician. Ren came, very calm, and started troubleshooting. She drew labs to check his electrolytes, she gave another dose of IV Metoprolol. Gave calcium gluconate for his low calcium, replaced magnesium and potassium. His heart rate came down a little but was still high in the 160s. She spoke to the physician about giving Digoxin which he agreed on. Ren stayed with the patient, reassuring him, and giving us a certain amount of comfort, just by being present throughout the whole ordeal. The Cardizem drip was restarted and eventually, the HR came down. Ren returned to her unit when we were comfortable with the patient’s vital signs. Later I found out that she had a patient of her own who was a 1:1. She came back to check up on our patient later, to make sure he was stable. She never complained and was never flustered. Ren helps us every night with IVs to full-blown code blue, I have never seen her overwhelmed. She is our DAISY every night she works.