ca43

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1. Spin off of dating patients. RN's dating docs?

   ca43 replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

   He may not be comfortable having your other co-workers know that you are dating (peer pressure and all that stuff). Check out his reaction the next time its just the two of you, at breakfast or doing something that has nothing to do with work.

2. Witnessed a terrible death last night--pls help me...

   ca43 replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

   a couple of things might have helped, ativan as well as MS if restless, Atropine gtts SL are very helpful for the gurgle. The simplest thing might simply have been to reposition your patient, lots of times lying on the back with head hyperextended c...

3. pain management after surgery

   ca43 replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Nursing

   Fentanyl is an agonist, Toradol is an anti-agonist, in other words the toradol and fentanyl were to some degree canceling each other out. Also if I was understanding you correctly this pt was used to getting vicodin on a regular basis before surgery ...

4. Home care vs. LTC

   ca43 replied to jerseyRN's topic in Hospice

   If you go into the long term care facilities with the idea of helping rather than increasing the workload for them most facility nurses are very grateful for the assistance. By this I mean, make the doctor contacts for them instead of requesting they...

5. Question about PRN Ativan...

   ca43 replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

   Any COPDer who is receiveing Ativan at those doses is probably terminal and the goal would be to let him have it. A thought howerver, Often starting them on low doses of MS until you can see what they need to bring comfort and then converting to long...

6. How do you deal with death?

   ca43 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a nurse for 21 years and in the last ten I have worked in Hospice. I expect my patients to die and the goal is to give them a peaceful death. I don't think this job would work for me if I was not comfortable with my own feelings on life and...