NursingAgainstdaOdds

NursingAgainstdaOdds has 2 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg/Tele, ER.

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1. Assessment & Monitoring, ETOH+ (and some questions about Geodon)

   NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in Emergency

   Not speaking to a pt in withdrawal, though there is always that possibility, particularly when they end-up in the ED for 13 hours ... I am talking about a typical highly intoxicated pt who is being monitored in the ED. I also end-up having a lot of ...

2. Assessment & Monitoring, ETOH+ (and some questions about Geodon)

   NursingAgainstdaOdds posted a topic in Emergency

   Does anyone have some good resources on assessment and monitoring of intoxicated patients? Like everybody, we have an extraordinary number of these types of patients, and I would like to brush-up my monitoring and documentation. We also have a lot ...

3. What is the name of this book I've seen mentioned on here???

   NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

   Yep, it's Nursing Against the Odds (see username ). Great read. I wish there were more books on nursing in a similar vein...

4. What would you do in my situation? just looking for opinions.

   NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to Nina2bRN's topic in General Nursing

   YARGH! Insurance companies are so evil! This kind of behavior on their part really should be illegal.

5. I just can't believe this one!

   NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

   I'm glad you stood up for yourself and your co-workers. Hope your sore body heals-up well, and certain people learn their lesson.

6. Blowing IV's - what am I doing wrong?

   NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to mommybess's topic in Ob/Gyn

   If you are blowing them when you are advancing the catheter, you might try popping the tourniquet first, then advancing. Because you don't do IVs very often, it may be taking you a little longer, and a lot of pressure is building-up in the vein prio...

7. From med/surg to ED nursing

   NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to bubba04's topic in General Nursing

   LOL why on earth did you think it'd be easy? I just went from medical/telemetry to the ED. I am having a blast. I really don't feel the pace is faster than the floor I worked on - the patient turn-over is obviously faster, but the pace is the sam...

8. My first 12hr shift !

   NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to DerekDoug's topic in General Nursing

   Well, the best way I get through long shifts - Don't think about it. Last month, I did a 17 h shift (13 on my floor, plus 4 for a class in clinical on another unit). When I thought of "10 hr to go" or "halfway through", it was just discouraging. ...

9. Was anyone poor before becoming a nurse?

   NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

   Hoo boy, that sounds familiar! On my very first day of nursing school, and my very last day of nursing school, and many times in between, my power was shut-off. We had the same issues. We've been struggling since DH and I got married. He's an im...

10. Commute times

    NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently working a job w/ a 30 minute commute ... often a 45 minute commute in winter d/t snow. I just took a new job with a 1 hr commute, a lot of it on back roads, but the increase in salary and better working conditions makes it worth it. We...

11. IV tubing....why don't you recap it?

    NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    When I enter a room to start an infusion, 50% of the time the tubing is turned-around on itself and screwed onto the port. WHAT? How is that even remotely a good idea? Why even bother? Now, I automatically take new tubing in, unless the last infu...

12. This is really getting under my skin

    NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to jennjen512's topic in General Nursing

    I'd report her ASAP. She needs to be knocked down a few notches - I can't imagine what other sage advice she's handing-out to other patients. Glad to hear your sister went for medical tx. It sounded more like a hematoma to me than a DVT, but who ...

13. Can Aides Pass Meds?

    NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to PiperLPN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, I worked as a nursing assistant, and did a full med pass on 12-18 patients a day. It was an adult home, and they somehow got away with it by "training" the aides to do so (for me this involved a one-page test) and calli...

14. Please note...

    NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to KatzchenLSW's topic in General Nursing

    We have an MD who will always write "Social Work consult - discharge planning" no matter how many times we tell him Discharge Planners are nurses. DC planning and SW work closely with one another, for obvious reasons, but it is actually done by the ...

15. "You take the BUS to work!"

    NursingAgainstdaOdds replied to abbaking's topic in Relations

    I would LOVE to take public transportation to work. I hate driving. I used to take the bus to work, and I loved the time to myself. Now that I'm an obsessive knitter, I'd also enjoy taking a bus so I could knit on the way in and way home. That wo...