Malanya

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1. Patients who come in with night bags packed....

   Malanya posted a topic in Emergency

   It seems like a running joke around here -- especially if it's the family who went ahead and packed the bag, cuz... like, they can go home and GET the stuff if it's needed. I just got discharged after a two day stay due to an asthma exac complicated ...

2. Lying about a med to a psych patient

   Malanya replied to cel58's topic in Emergency

   As long as the way the chronic psych patient is wanting to avoid "feeling" is the extreme pain of EPSE, your first reaction would be legit IMHO. While I've never been combative in an ER, a situation did arise where I was given Haldol, and developed ...

3. Worst doctors orders ever received

   Malanya replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

   Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I just have to say those might be the best orders I've seen on this thread!

4. Is this fallout from JCAHO? Recent ER visit...

   Malanya replied to Malanya's topic in Emergency

   See, that's what I meant, sorry, I get my terminology confused sometimes...

5. Is this fallout from JCAHO? Recent ER visit...

   Malanya replied to Malanya's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for all your thoughts, and I hadn't thought about Toradol possibly adding a contribution to the exac. My PCP said the cxr was okay except for a bit of cloudiness in the lower right lung that may be scarring from pneumonia when I was younger....

6. Is this fallout from JCAHO? Recent ER visit...

   Malanya posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi, it's been awhile. Hope you guys are keeping on keeping on. I've been doing fairly well, but my asthma has been requiring more vigilance to keep it fully under control lately, and it doesn't seem to take much to get me sick. I had to go to the ...

7. How about a thread for baby names you liked?

   Malanya replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hate to bump old threads but people always comment on awful names, it'd be cool to see some more good ones. We're kind of stuck in picking names -- I'd love to name a son after my grandfather, but I won't stick a child with Marvin or Clarence. (Well...

8. Co-sleeping?

   Malanya replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm not a mom yet. So I can't say what I say as a mom, or as a nurse yet because I'm still a student. In our family, cosleeping would be unsafe. We have a waterbed with a mattress pad on top of it. I am a light sleeper but I also toss and turn. My...

9. REAL Pain or ADDICTION?

   Malanya replied to captain morgan's topic in Hospice

   I saw this thread. I'm still a student, so my thoughts may be based on the merry glow of knowledge with no experience yet... But if a patient is in hospice care, the goal is amelioration of suffering, improving quality of life, and comfort until the...

10. "IM doesn't work for me"

    Malanya replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    I apologize if my question brought down the mood. If you don't laugh you cry, I know that. I certainly wasn't trying to tell anyone not to laugh. Believe me on that, please.

11. "IM doesn't work for me"

    Malanya replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm fairly large (4'11 and 180) so I can understand the issue. Like other people said, sounds like the needle didn't actually get into muscle. Fortunately I don't have much fat over my glutes as opposed to my thighs and stomach, so I haven't had th...

12. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    Malanya replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    I don't know if this is correct, but I would guess "brought in by ambulance". (Still a student myself, so I am still trying to learn all of the acronyms that everybody uses, don't know if I'm right...)

13. Fibromyalgia

    Malanya replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    i truly wish that for the mycin family it was just the standard "stomach issues" that apparently a lot of people have with erythromycin -- it's hives, and it really limits what a doctor can do. he's never even tried a z-pack with me getting hives fr...

14. Fibromyalgia

    Malanya replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    i appreciate the reassurance. i was able to work with my pcp to get enough pain relief until the dental office could get me an appointment, so i was okay. too bad it took a month to get scheduled for the root canal! at least they were able to save...

15. Fibromyalgia

    Malanya replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I'm a long-term lurker, but this is my first post. I'd like to give a bit of background, and then ask a question that I hope won't be laughed at. I'm 28 years old. I'm working in the computer industry while finishing my degree, hopefully to be a ps...