NurseRatched67

NurseRatched67 specializes in Women's Health, Oncology.

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1. zofran question

   NurseRatched67 replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in Medications

   Used as a 15 minute premedication IVPB in chemo patients. I have never seen it as continuous.....

2. Nurse not seeming to care

   NurseRatched67 replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

   Make sure you document what you saw and what you did (report it to the RN). You did exactly the right thing, just make sure you cover you butt by documenting the blood on the sheets and that you brought it to the nurses attention.

3. When should an infusion pump indicate an alarm

   NurseRatched67 replied to djmac's topic in General Nursing

   I think most RN's on here will tell you that the pumps beep TOO MUCH! To clarify your situation...yes the pump will be if you are trying to infuse a piggyback without the clamp on that line open. Let's say you have a mainline (line A) of .9NS infusi...

4. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

   NurseRatched67 replied to nursingstudent424's topic in New Nurse

   Here's a little trick I learned. I have a little solid tin of a perfume called "Karma" by a company called LUSH. I keep it in my pocket and if I have to clean some one up..I take a litte and rub it under my nose (then wash my hands of course!). It ...

5. Moving to Chicago

   NurseRatched67 replied to Sparty435's topic in Illinois

   Hi, I live on the north side of Chicago, just north of the Lakeview area. The two area's you mention are different in their proximity to the downtown area. Lincoln Park will be closer to downtown then Lakeview. Both areas are nice and have good ...

6. Drawing Blood From PICC Lines

   NurseRatched67 replied to rileygrl11's topic in Safety

   I work in outpatient Oncology. We change dressings on PICC lines and draw labs using nothing smaller then a 10cc syringe. We flush with NS 5-6ml, then drawback and waste 5ml-6ml, then switch syringe and draw labs. We put vacutainer device on draw...

7. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

   NurseRatched67 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

   Not going to happen...unless they want the largest population of nurses in the field currently (45 years of age and up with ADN's) to all leave nursing? The ANA has pushed this agenda for years, claiming that a BSN will give more credibility to the n...

8. Yelled at nursing station by doctor

   NurseRatched67 replied to longjourneydream's topic in New Nurse

   I agree with the poster above that you need to look at this as a learning experience. I would write down in a journal everything that transpired that day....from your overload of patients, to the lack of CNA assistance to the doctors response. Find a...

9. THE WORST Experience/night of my life!

   NurseRatched67 replied to emmie08's topic in New Nurse

   I'm sorry...the appropriate response from the nurse you asked should have been more along the lines of... "That level is not usually compatible with life"..followed by..."Let's go look at his labs" and see what's going on. Or..."maybe it's an error (...

10. Older nurses jealous of new young nurses?

    NurseRatched67 replied to smileysenior's topic in New Nurse

    We need to have a more open, constructive dialogue on how this problem can be solved as a whole. RN's that say new grads are cocky? That's a double standard really. We want new grads to come in confident and rarr'in to go if you know what I mean....

11. Medical oncology vs. Oncology

    NurseRatched67 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in Oncology

    This may help clear things up for you.. Oncology is oncology. The differentiating factors are if you are looking at "sub specialties" in oncology. For instance...if a patient is diagnosed with an abdominal "mass", then they may be referred to a "sur...

12. sweat relief?

    NurseRatched67 replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever considered Botox injections for excessive sweating? I know they do them under the arms, and for palm sweating as well.

13. Jobs in Chicago

    NurseRatched67 replied to Catch-22 RN's topic in Illinois

    The "westside" of the city is actually quite rough. However, if you are really talking "western" suburbs of Chicago, that is totally different. Apartments in the city itself, can range from 1000 a month or more on the Northside to 2000+ in the downt...

14. You Know You're a Nurse When...

    NurseRatched67 replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

    I'm so glad to find someone else who feels the same way I do! I can watch a surgical film about GI surgery, while eating spaghetti and meatballs...but I can't watch any "slasher" type horror movies.

15. The Doctor Visit

    NurseRatched67 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

    Two doctors and an HMO manager died and lined up at the pearly gates for admission to heaven. St. Peter asked them to identify themselves. One doctor stepped forward and said, "I was a pediatric spine surgeon and helped kids overcome their deformiti...