ririrain142

ririrain142 specializes in NICU, PICU, general peds.

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1. Morphine shortage?

   ririrain142 replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

   I was told by our pharmacist that there was a shortage of the 2mg/1ml concentration

2. No sleep= calling out?

   ririrain142 replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

   I've called off twice for this reason, but only 07-11, that way I get a little sleep and don't leave them without a nurse for the whole day

3. Vitamin K - IV route & clarifications

   ririrain142 replied to LovingNurse's topic in Medications

   I gave it for the first time the other day and it scared the crap out of me. The doc refused to change the route to po even though my patient was taking po just fine. Of course, he told us all about how the risk for anaphylactic shock was so high, ...

4. Question about mediports...

   ririrain142 replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

   I think it would depend on what the port is being used for. If you have CF and may need to get antibiotics intermittently for the rest of your life, then they would leave it in. If you have a port for chemo, then why keep it after you're in remissi...

5. Weird question about pre and post IV drug injection flushes.

   ririrain142 replied to ANH_RN's topic in New Nurse

   There are no dumb questions. I don't worry about things being compatible, I worry about my saline lock being patent. I flush with 2 cc NS before and after meds. That's plenty to clear the line. So at my hospital, one flush is enough (we used 5cc NS p...

6. Dogs and Nurses

   ririrain142 replied to Jayhawk4Life's topic in General Nursing

   I have two miniature dachshunds. They are both litter box trained. I never have to let them outside, which is good because if there is snow on the ground, they refuse to go out anyway. They might be a little spoiled.