buggybum96

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1. Meds and a G-T patient

   buggybum96 replied to buggybum96's topic in Medications

   JustBeachyNurse....I certainly understand that fact. My pt is 12 with no fluid restrictions and 10-30 mL before/between/after meds. She gets a max of 40mL water for one med pass. No worries here on volume overload. I certainly understand its pat...

2. Meds and a G-T patient

   buggybum96 replied to buggybum96's topic in Medications

   All meds are liquid and/or crushable. It's method we are discussing. :)

3. Meds and a G-T patient

   buggybum96 replied to buggybum96's topic in Medications

   Thank you so much. I know I'm not crazy but had a much older nurse tell me that we're not supposed to use gravity. I said "not in the school I attended and graduated with honors at. Just had to shake me head at the comment.

4. Meds and a G-T patient

   buggybum96 posted a topic in Medications

   Correct me if I'm wrong....please! As an LPN graduate from the class of 2008, did someone, somewhere change the administration of medication concept for a g-tube patient? Today, I was informed by a much older "experienced" LPN that we "are not s...

5. Advocating for my pt.

   buggybum96 posted a topic in Private Duty

   As a pediatric home health nurse with 5 years experience in the home, plus hospital experience on the medical oncology floor, I am having trouble coping with the lack of attentiveness to little details on the care of this patient by other nurses. A...

6. New nurse (RN) with doubts; advice needed soon!

   buggybum96 replied to BonnieSc's topic in Geriatric

   I too, am a brand new nurse, who works both in a hospital and a LTC facility. I took a per diem LPN position at the LTC so I could "get my feet into both worlds." While I've always known since I started school in 2006 that what I really really want...