nurse kratchet

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1. mask for MRSA?

   nurse kratchet replied to Flynurse's topic in Disease

   if it's colonized no precautions are needed. sorry.

2. mask for MRSA?

   nurse kratchet replied to Flynurse's topic in Disease

   no one mentioned , is the mrsa colonized? if so no precautions are needed.

3. help my res. is in severe pain!

   nurse kratchet replied to nurse kratchet's topic in Hospice

   well i finally found the source of res pain ,spinal stenosis,degenerative discs with fragments located in the spinal canal,osteomylitis.res on duragesic 125mg and also had a spinal block. doing much better now! thanks for all your concern!

4. Incidience of falls .

   nurse kratchet replied to sweetnurse11's topic in Geriatric

   our facility also uses alot of low beds,mats,sensor alarms,motion detectors geri hip pants etc... but my question is when a res. is in a low bed with a mat on the floor rolls oob with no injury. is that an incident report? where i previously worked ...

5. tips for holding onto stethescopes at work?

   nurse kratchet replied to kats's topic in General Nursing

   my reply is a little different. i really don't get along with our lazy a$$ 11-7 nurse i guess because i ask too many questions that she can't answer when getting report .well one day i left my stethascope at work only to find the tubing slit. could n...

6. chest pain

   nurse kratchet replied to PATAPON's topic in Safety

   well said, fedupnurse

7. Inquiring Minds Want To Know: Outrageous Orders!

   nurse kratchet replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   we have a chf pt on aspiration precautions with no gag reflex that nurses must supervise with all meals. order ,lasix 40 mg if pt eats more than 50% which she barely eats at all. dnr but needless to say she's out to the hospital q week in chf and p...

8. help my res. is in severe pain!

   nurse kratchet replied to nurse kratchet's topic in Hospice

   res.doing much better today.because she was finnally medicated continuosly throughout previos shifts.oh and i forgot she has a duragesic 50mcg which doesn't help. and quinine sulfate260mg the goofy nurse on 11-7 though gave the quinine out of complia...

9. Long term care surveys

   nurse kratchet replied to KlareRN's topic in Geriatric

   our facility recently went bankrupt and was bought out by another co. state had to come in to clear us in order for the sale to go thruand did! place was in shambles didn't even have supplies because bills weren't paid. i was told when state comes in...

10. help my res. is in severe pain!

    nurse kratchet posted a topic in Hospice

    here's my problem. i have a res. which i'm pretty sure has bone ca. a month and a half ago this women [an old RN i might add.] was up excersizing doing leg lifts at the rails in the hallway everyday knew what day her b-12 shot was due etc.. took tyl...

11. Anyone else addicted?

    nurse kratchet replied to proud2bme's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE THIS SITE,!!!!!! I just found all nurses and i can't stop i tell you i just can't stop. i come home from work i run around to get everything done just to get to my computer,AND THEN THE HUSBAND walks in the door! he's not to happy because w...

12. medication

    nurse kratchet replied to tigger2sassy's topic in Safety

    #1 who was responsible for reordering res. med.? we have that same problem all the time. some nurses are really don't care what happens @ the end of their shift. we also are not to borrow narcs ,but what i have done if i didn't have it in the E box ...