psychomachia replied to R!XTER's topic in Emergency
http://www.rncentral.com/nursing-library/careplans/100_really_useful_web_sites_for_nurses A long list of nursing web sites. Some good, some not...you decide.
My favorite line from the movie "Clueless": Dan Hedaya as Cher's father Mel: "Hey you! Anything happens to my daughter, I've got a .45 and a shovel. I doubt anybody would miss you."
psychomachia replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing
And the "nursing theory" classes I took for my BSN were very helpful too... they made me realize I could endure any form of torture and brainwashing...
psychomachia replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing
Hmmmm....another way to "P" off the floor....he hee hhee...just d/c the IV before sendin' 'em up and tell 'em it infiltrated...yea...that's what I'll do if they gripe about the placement...let 'em start their own IVs...heehehehhehheee...next time you...
psychomachia replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing
OK. But apparently it's OK to gripe about ER nurses and not about med-surge?? Like I said before, some of it was in jest, some not...If I hit a nerve, perhaps I wasn't too far off the base...or maybe your retort was in haste and you didn't read what ...
psychomachia replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing
Just goes to show you can't please all the nurses all of the time... But I'll take a chance and offer my "enlightening" reasons why the AC is sometimes the site of choice: 1. Easy to start when you're behind and up to you a** in patients who all thin...
I speak "Drunk"... It's a well known dialect that is often heard in ERs around the world and usually starts with a denial statement, such as "I schwear I ownleeeee had twoooooo beeeeeeerrrrrrssssss..." It's a very strange language in that it can inco...
psychomachia replied to KristinWW's topic in General Nursing
You're right, phlebitis should be warm and an infiltrate cold, but like everything in nursing - the patients don't know or follow the rules... If the site is cold compared to the surrounding tissues, and you don't get a blood return from the catheter...