I'm a person that is very good (most of the time) of telling a patient what we're going to do so that they can prepare themselves accordingly. I have been hit less times than I have fingers on my one hand, never has it been more than a jab, and MOST ...
shiccy replied to looking_2_head_south's topic in General Nursing
Almost every trauma we get is put on Senna-S when taking PO b/c they are almost always on narcs and/or on bedrest (two hits for the ileus train)... Sometimes we enact a neuro-bowel routine (MOM on day 1, Ducolax day 2, Day 3 is bowel rest, repeat) if...
I take mine off when it gets heavy and place it where I plop for the night for long term charting purposes... We have computerized charting, but it's a pain to log off and log back in b/c it takes >3 minutes each time (multiplied out it becomes ri...
http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1333&bih=657&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=ear+wrinkle+cad&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq= I had to google what you were talking about. I had never heard about this before! From what they'r...
shiccy replied to astudentnurse10's topic in General Nursing
It's actually quite rare to find places that use heparin these days. From what I understand case studies have shown that using heparin to hep-lock vs 0.9NS has no advantages and can actually be very bad for a patient if the line is FLUSHED without as...
shiccy replied to juliekerrmark's topic in Geriatric
First off, as someone else posted, Haldol is *NOT* contraindicated in the elderly, as with *all* antipsychotics/anxiolytics/narcotics/etc it should be used under extreme caution and with strict monitoring. It's better to have a closely monitored pati...
We have text paging as well. We don't have computerized ordering yet in our hospital, so when we text page, what *I* would do is put a room number and the reason for the page. The PA's in house would make a decision on whether it was important or not...
shiccy replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing
This is kind of random, but this is the reason *I* do it. When I talk on the phone, I talk fast. I don't call to bullsh*t with anybody (unless they're already up). This is for multiple reasons, but one of many is a lot of docs don't WANT to listen to...
Coming from not only ICU but also vascular unit, it would be simply unrealistic to do this for our patients. We look at feet/use dopplers every 30 minutes and then every two hours until transfer to the floor. It's just not feasible to do hospital cor...
When I was first reading your post I was asking myself, "I wonder if you've made it clear that what she is doing is ridiculous?" I guess the way (if you're interested in furthering the relationship) is to NOT talk online, but on the phone and just gi...
There are literally at least 10 different threads on this. Use your google skills to search for your specific area, and/or please please please use the search function on the boards
Ca++carbonate is well known to give what called reflexive dyspepsia. That's why on the commercials for things like Zantac they tout how the relief comes quick and stays away rather than other "chewable" alternatives. Personally it gives me extremely ...
I hear that all the time, but it's not the families that say it, it's people that I work with INCLUDING RN's that I went to school with! I never understood it. Course I'm also the one that calls a SPO2 waveform by its monitor name, "Pleth" (As in, "H...
Couldn't agree with you more. Both my signature AND initials look exactly the same each and every time I write them (sans the VERY infrequent times I screw my signature up). Because of this and the fact that I'm pretty sure they keep *darn* good reco...