Katie91

Katie91 has 16 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, ID, Oncology, Ortho.

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1. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

   Katie91 replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

   BCgradnurse, Thank you for your reply and I do respect your stance on the subject. It is certainly all of our responsibilities to do what we feel is best for the patient and quite frankly, the licenses we've worked so hard for! Listening to our gut...

2. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

   Katie91 replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

   BC Gradnurse, A few of your comments concern me a bit, so I would like to address them individually. -The patient you have described walking at a fast pace into your clinic may have a chronic pain issue. Please forgive me if I am wrong, but as you k...

3. Nurses' Rights

   Katie91 replied to wishingmary2's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you on all points! However, tort reform has kept the frivolous law suits at bay... somewhat. It's still out of control, but not as much as 10-15 years ago. And yes, we should counter-sue and we CAN instead of going into the fetal posi...

4. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

   Katie91 replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

   Anne, I just want to say thank you for your post ~ you are very brave for sharing your personal experience with us. Hugs to you!!

5. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

   Katie91 replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

   We can't feel another person's pain...period. Particularly in the case of chronic pain, we can't count on physiologic s/s (ie. high B/P) because the patient has acclimated to the pain over a long period of time. If the pain med is ordered, I give it...

6. Nurses' Rights

   Katie91 replied to wishingmary2's topic in General Nursing

   How horrible!! It's really come down to the "inmates running the asylum". We have NO rights. My guess is that the complaint came from a drug seeker not getting her dilaudid RTC on the dot like he/she thought he/she should. I'm just sayin'. What ...

7. what to take nursing or pharmacy??

   Katie91 replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

   pharmacy = $$$ But it depends upon what her personality is. That's a tough decision! How about nursing with a minor in Marketing so she can become a pharmacy rep??? Now we're talking BIG money!!!

8. I guess I've become sensitized to nursing.

   Katie91 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

   Bless your heart :redbeathe I've seen way too many nurses become DE-sensitized and it makes me really sad. When that happens, it's time to move on to another field ~ when we stop feeling others' pain, we become ineffective. Not a good situation!!

9. Vacutainers and PICC lines

   Katie91 replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

   10ML syringes only. You can control the negative pressure easier without risk of collapsing the line

10. MRSA isolation... should it be done for years?

    Katie91 replied to fetch33's topic in Disease

    This happens ALL of the time in my facility and yes, we all find it rediculous. If the pt has no signs of active infection and their MRSA of the nares is neg on the current admission, why exactly are we doing this??? I did look up the protocol on ...

11. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    Katie91 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    Wow, this really does sound unfair to you and the other AM nurse, but here's the thing... it sounds to me as if your DON has a very good reason for doing this. She may be putting that other nurse on the day shift to observe her very carfully due t...

12. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    Katie91 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    mrskellrd, That's so disturbing to me that you are encountering this in a Children's hospital of all places I agree with you and nurseforlife when you both say the bad one's really stand out. And yes, you can set a good example by showing how much ...

13. In Bed with Dying Patient

    Katie91 replied to interleukin's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Mrs. E, Thank you so much for sharing your story about your husband, and I'm so sorry for your loss. :icon_hug: During my mom's last days, whenever I got her to sit on the side of the bed and we were "knee to knee" holding each other, she would ...

14. In Bed with Dying Patient

    Katie91 replied to interleukin's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Interleukin, I happened upon your story by accident, but of course, there are no accidents. I needed to read this message as well. It's so beautifully obvious by the number of "thank you's" your message received that you touched all of us and ...

15. New Grad wants to be an Oncology RN

    Katie91 replied to FromNH2VAwherenext's topic in Oncology

    Hi chessie9, Prayer is such a personal thing. And no, you shouldn't do it if you're uncomfortable with it, and you should ALWAYS ask the pt's or families permission before you pray with them, or it can turn out to be a real awkward situation! End of...