gracie65

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1. Infection Prevention Misinformation

   gracie65 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in COVID

   Dear God.....I WORK in public health, so I thought I'd heard everything. It's astounding to me on a daily basis, how "dumb" we've become as a nation, and how gross incompetence is ignored, or even worse, promoted. And not just in our jobs, but obviou...

2. Questions about morning blood sugars/insulin

   gracie65 replied to Logracia's topic in General Nursing

   As a nurse and a Type 1 myself for 49 years, I have a problem with facilities that stick to straight time schedules. Taking blood sugars AND giving insulin at 0700 and then not getting food until 30 minutes later, can be a huge problem. I would like ...

3. Knowledge Brush-up: The Four Types of Diabetic Neuropathy

   gracie65 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a Type I diabetic for 49 years. I was recently diagnosed with Charcot Foot in a slightly abnormal presentation. I did not have the onset symptoms and mine appeared after a septic abscess formed in my foot, caused by small bone chips. I had ...

4. What made your jaw drop

   gracie65 replied to DextersDisciple's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have any good PCA "jaw drop" stories, but I do have an end-of-life one. Had a pt. who was admitted with respiratory distress and it became apparent shortly thereafter that they wouldn't last much longer. Pt. was now on continuous BiPap wear a...

5. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   gracie65 replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   We were working an awful holiday weekend. Within 4 hours we had 3 admits, all female, all over 300 pounds, and none of them could walk (medical conditions) and all were on psych meds. The most manic of the three was having a full blown panic attack w...

6. Type 1 4-year-old low!

   gracie65 replied to chasinRT's topic in School

   As a "former" child diabetic (Type I, diagnosed at age 4) and now an RN, I really feel your pain on this one. Syrup or cake frosting were good choices as they can be placed in the cheeks or under the tongue, especially if he wouldn't eat anything. It...

7. Under the Covers: My Experience With Post-op Pain Control

   gracie65 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   I had minor surgery a year ago, and was offered 1-Norco 5/325 or a Motrin after I woke up from anesthesia for a pain rating of an "8." Seriously? I think with all of the recent concern over opioid overuse and abuse, pain control has become less of a ...

8. Being Deposed - Help!

   gracie65 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Whatever advice you choose to follow, my only advice is document EVERYTHING! Makes copies of all correspondence, note any phone calls made regarding this, the time, date and who you talked to, copies of any email, text or other correspondence, etc. Y...

9. Do You Have a Toxic Boss? (eyeroll)

   gracie65 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   Was this author working at our hospital? Conflicts/stress with our boss has been the primary reason we lost 18 nursing staff last year. Of course none of them said anything about it in the exit interview because the HR person was "besties" with the t...

10. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

    gracie65 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

    Had a mentally-challenged pt. pull out an IV and then defacate in the bed, so came into room with diarrhea AND blood flowing off of bed onto floor. Had to use Hoyer to lift pt. up, clean and change the bed, clean the floor (housekeeping not available...