nursebabygirl 08

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1. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

   sorry so long to get back to you... i'm sorry about your experince.. that's awfull. When i sedate pt's i go slow with the sedation allowing "more time" for the medicine to work. No med will work properly if not given enough time to work. Not talking ...

2. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

   The problem with the sm bowel caps or pill cam as you call it is they can become lodged within the sm bowel, and if not passed the pt has to have surgery to remove!

3. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

   Mersa were you ventilated during this procedure?

4. recent colonoscopy experience

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to mat/childnurse's topic in Gastroenterology

   Mat i am a GI nurse and your experince is NOT normal!!! do you take narcotics? sleeping meds? anxiety meds, or meds for depression? All the meds i just listed can effect how "well" you tolerate sedation. At my office we use fentanel standard dose 50-...

5. Nursing school that BAD?

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to Jessica1024's topic in General Students

   Butterfly... all the above posts are excellent advice.... you will hear all types of horror stories about nursing school, but you must know that anything worth having you must work hard at. as far as you husband and children are concerned this is wha...

6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   never pull your g-tube out and say "it's not in there right!! never swallow a quarter while you're drunk and come to have a endoscopy never put your stud earrings in your shirt pocket along with your pills and when it's time,put them all in your...

7. Should medication aides exist?

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to BradleyRN's topic in Safety

   I agree bradley... i did staff relief in a LTC facility where a pt suffered a severe head wound and died as a result of a fall from a hoyer pad that ripped from being dry-rotted and old. The CNA who put the pt on the pad told the nurse that the pad w...

8. Should medication aides exist?

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to BradleyRN's topic in Safety

   That's awfull!

9. Should medication aides exist?

   nursebabygirl 08 replied to BradleyRN's topic in Safety

   nightmare i agree 100%!! I was a CNA for over 13 years before becoming a nurse and i could have taken the "med aide" test but chose not to because of the safety issue. The one thing that you learn in nursing school is side effects, contraindications...

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

    nursebabygirl 08 replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

    :rotfl::rollyall crack me up laughing. but all of it's true.

11. Ready to quit. Advice please!

    nursebabygirl 08 replied to christmasjmt's topic in General Nursing

    christmas... you should find a experinced nurse whom you trust and tell her/him how your feeling. You would be surprised at how many people have felt the same new-nurse pangs such as yourself. You must remember that you are not perfect... everybody m...

12. How much is your pay?

    nursebabygirl 08 replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    Da--!!! glad i live in NC!

13. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    nursebabygirl 08 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

    That's cute.... good way to distract the pt.

14. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    nursebabygirl 08 replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

    :no: :smackingf :redlight: :selfbonk: :trout: need i say more?

15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    nursebabygirl 08 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

    Now that's nasty!!!:barf01: