veegeern BSN, RN

veegeern is a BSN, RN and specializes in Internal Medicine Unit.

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1. low o2 sats after ORIF?

   veegeern replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

   Pain or sedation resulting in shallow breathing or slowed respiration rate? I've seen it with other procedures.

2. Time allowed for medication administration changing.

   veegeern replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

   :yeahthat: Most of ours have multiple tablets, and many take them 1 at a time. A couple of our nurses will crush meds for these to save time, but I really hate to do this if the patient can swallow. :smackingf

3. Time allowed for medication administration changing.

   veegeern replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to all who have already responded. I see that there a those who have either always been held to the 1 hour standard, or have gone to the 1 hour standard. As an entire floor, it is a challenge to give our medications within the 2 hour time fra...

4. Time allowed for medication administration changing.

   veegeern posted a topic in General Nursing

   An e-mail went out today from the Pharmacy head stating that a (hospital) corporate wide change went into effect today. Until today, a medication could be given up to 1 hour before or as much as 1 hour after the scheduled time without it being consi...

5. Blood in the IV

   veegeern replied to sunshineonleith's topic in Emergency

   I have seen this with gravity flow, especially with INTs in the upper arm or when a patient is gettiing out of bed. Have only seen this happen with a pump when the MD ordered a rate of 20 ml/h, and then it only was partially up the tube.

6. CDiff Smell?

   veegeern replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

   My husband had a "different" odor to his breath before his thyroid cancer was diagnosed and treated. Don't know if it was the cancer or the impaired metabolism that gave off the odor. My grandfather had prostate ca. with mets to the bone. He had a...

7. Anyone see tonights "ER" Episode?

   veegeern replied to RNstudentBrian's topic in Men

   I took a quick count of nurses who also happen to be male in my rather small, rural, southern facility. I counted 13 without even trying. If any of them are gay, then their wives and children are in for a big surprise sometime later in life. :icon_...

8. Enraged (venting)

   veegeern replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

   Funny how we never see things like this in the national news. As opposed to nurses that kill their patients...

9. What part of pt care gets overlooked most often

   veegeern replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   Definitely oral care. Changing any tubing including feeding tubing runs a close 2nd. Usually gets done by certain nurses consistently, and not done by others consistently. Our assessment screen flags IV sites that are over 72 hours old (computeriz...

10. Enraged (venting)

    veegeern replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    To the OP: I am so sorry that you found yourself in this situation. You say that you lost your cool, but I say that you kept it. You did what you had to do to protect yourself and to make the pt let go of you. End of story. You did not beat, to...

11. Destruction at work: What have YOU broken?

    veegeern replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    as a new grad, i did both of these!:trout: i was in a hurry and failed to note that i had incorrectly connected the tubing to the cannister. fortunately, our wall suction has a one way valve, so the secretions didn't make it into the system. i now ...

12. How to maintain/preserve an IV site?

    veegeern replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

    KVO fluids makes sense. Just had never heard of flushing with 50 ml saline. I have chosen to use 10 ml for certain abx and after phenergan. Thanks to everyone who replied!!

13. How to maintain/preserve an IV site?

    veegeern replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Georgia. Hep flush is only used for central lines in our facility. Saline flush only for peripheral IVs.

14. How to maintain/preserve an IV site?

    veegeern posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our facility protocol is to flush IV sites q 8 hrs with 3 ml NS if the site is not being used. We also flush with 3 ml NS before and after IV med admin. Had a patient receiving multiple IV antibiotics. The patient's site was being moved about every ...

15. Is It Possible To Get Back Into Med/surg?

    veegeern replied to cat123's topic in Med-Surg

    I personally can't imagine coming back into nursing after that many years, and I'm basing my opinion on the volume of new information that I've had to assimilate since I became a nurse almost 3 years ago. After 30 years, I think it would be like sta...