Heather56

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1. To flush or not to flush...advice please.

   Heather56 replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

   Were I work, Victoria bc, we have well written P & P for use of subcu butterflies. A differrent one is used for each med and they are primed with the particular med so no flushing. as the med is sitting in the subcutaneous tissue and slowly be...

2. Please use some common sense on Facebook.

   Heather56 replied to KungFuFtr's topic in General Nursing

   One of my professors told us that you should never put anything on the computer or cellphone that you wouldn't want on the front page of the newspaper.

3. The Daughter, The Patient, The Mother, and The Woman

   Heather56 replied to W2BANU's topic in General Nursing

   "Because what she had was not something she learned from a book or a class, it was something deeper harder to define, something that comes from experience, from life, from a heart that is unafraid of pain yet does not dismiss it. That is the kind of ...

4. How's the job prospective? I heard there is a hiring freeze

   Heather56 replied to mrnursing's topic in International

   Vancouver Island Health Authority has 164 registered nurse and psych nurse positions posted this week on it's public postings, that's not counting internal postings. VIHA covers vancouver island and some areas on the mainland.

5. After what year can an RN student work as an LPN?

   Heather56 replied to newstudentinbc's topic in International

   I'm sorry Fiona59 has had such bad experiences with ESNs. We have had them in the er I work in and, although there can be exceptions, generally they are very helpful. I would certainly recommend going for your RN and forgetting the LPN route. Go...

6. Can I refuse the assignment if....

   Heather56 replied to butterfly2009's topic in International

   I've been almost relieved to see a familiar face when waking in PAR or on the floor. I have also looked after co-workers and others I know. I've looked after family members of friends and they seem to be happy to see someone they know. I think it ...

7. Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

   Heather56 replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

   This is a hard issue to answer as we don't know the circunstances. I know, though, that in the job qualifications for nursing jobs at my place of work is that the applicant have the "physical ability to perform the duties of the position"

8. Nurses & Emergency Scenes

   Heather56 replied to rnffemtguy's topic in General Nursing

   In BC canada the only one who can give instruction to the paramedic is the er doctor at the receiving hospital. Certainly no other health professional including drs have any say at the scene. I have to say that having been the one stuck in the car ...

9. Finally Made It!!!! Now what???

   Heather56 replied to rninmi's topic in Recovery

   best of luck to you minmi, just don't get ahead of yourself, I'm sure you know all the sayings!

10. If you could invent nursing supplies, what would it be?

    Heather56 replied to rn2bn07's topic in General Nursing

    for at triage in the er a biometric scanner that you can scan a person and immediatly get a diagnosis. If the person hasn't anything wrong or only shows up as a minor cold or such you can then instanly transport them out to the dept, where I'll lea...

11. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    Heather56 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I know we've all had the pt who's allergic to most pain meds. I am one of those who is actually allergic to all nsaids, I have severe asthmatic reactions to them. It's fairly common with people who have asthma and nasal polyps. I certainly have go...

12. A Generation of Wimps?

    Heather56 replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    First I would just like to say I am not under any circumstances advocating alcohol or drug abuse. However, that said, we see alot of young people in the ER who are experimenting. There are some times of year where it's particularly bad such as the...

13. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    Heather56 replied to BeenThereDoneThat74's topic in New Nurse

    Managing my time was the most difficult thing for me. No amount of school training can prepare you for all the things that crop up during a shift. One thing I took from my training was med checks. With frequent news artlicles about med errors it's...

14. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    Heather56 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm bad with remembering names so use "Dear" alot with patients. Being 51 I can get away with it with both young and old. I have never had a negative reaction to using dear however numerous times I have been corrected when I've used Mrs with an eld...

15. Yelling, screaming and ducking the cranky triaged patients

    Heather56 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Last night had a patient come in with a rash. brought him in out of the wr to a chair right away as I was concerned about scabies. Pt proceeded to make rude comments to me everytime I walked by him. After he had been in the dept for 20 min heard a lo...