Sunflowerinsc

Sunflowerinsc ADN, RN

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About Sunflowerinsc

Sunflowerinsc has 46 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in Med/Surg.


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  1. Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    And not just LOOK at the patient, talk to him, touch him. I've seen nurses look at the monitor and go on with out a glance to the real person. You can tell a lot also just by touching a person's arm . The monitor will tell you a lot but it has to mat...
  2. Multi-dose insulin vials

    Communal inhalers? Really? Bad enough to still have multi dose vials of insulin ,but inhalers?? I'll be sure to take mine from home with me .
  3. So I kind of messed up

    What are you saying? Isn't basic grammar, capital letters, periods,paragraphs taught anymore?
  4. How do you remember all of the nursing considerations for meds?

    It's not the "class" your taking in school they are talking about. It's the class of the medication ,meaning how it's used. You'll see antihytensive listed as "class" and then broken down such as beta- blockers ,calcium channel blocker , and so on t...
  5. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Where is the poster? He should have enough information for all the homework to be done! And we've had a good time talking about the "old days"
  6. Home Health: Need Help

    Is the patient in the hospital now? I'm not sure by your post. If he is, how did the hospital weigh him ? Hospital beds have a build in scale or if not the hoyer lift does.
  7. PCTs who just don't care....

    I don't know if the PCT doesn't care ,but I know she/he isn't doing her job. So why is she still there? Where is the charge nurse ?
  8. New Nurse Wants Your Experiences.

    Most have done all those things you wrote about ,and not just as a new nurse, including the "wrong holed straight cath". Happens more that you know! Sounds like you're doing well. Learn from each and keep on going, 4 more months will pass before you ...
  9. Clipping nails at nurse's station

    Or at home
  10. About to quit med-surg

    Three months and just off orientation hardly gives you time to really get a feel of it. It may seems like it will never get better but it will . It sounds like you are planing to resign without notice. That's not good . Maybe you need to ask for a e...
  11. Searching for first RN job question!

    Don't think that patients sleep all night. No matter what unit it is, they are sick ,need assistance , aren't at home and need help. Nursing care goes on .
  12. CNO Registration

    CNO , stands for what?
  13. Medication drawer keys

    The medications are in a built in drawer in each pts room , the lock takes a code to open. No keys. When we did have a key they never were taken home by any staff.
  14. Unsafe Staffing/Mandated Time

    What are the labor laws of your state? I guess you aren't in a union . I'd find out the laws from your states labor board.
  15. IV therapy

    Arm board, haven't seen one for years and years!