BigMar

BigMar has 6 years experience and specializes in med-surg, LTC.

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1. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   BigMar replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   believe it or not, when i am not in your room putting your kleenex box at a precisley 43 degree angle from the corner of your overbed table which you are perfectly able to do for yourself, i am not sitting at the nurses' desk reading the paper, waiti...

2. fellow nurse, small error...what to do?

   BigMar replied to BigMar's topic in Safety

   Thanks for the advice. there were a few responses to my question that were a bit reactionary, but yours was actually constructive. I am NOT a tattle tale and I was concerned about if I should and how to approach the other nurse, that is why I posted....

3. fellow nurse, small error...what to do?

   BigMar replied to BigMar's topic in Safety

   yeah, i guess asking her what happened would be the next step. i just don't want to seem like a know it all and i don't want to step on her toes. she has many, many years more experience that i.

4. fellow nurse, small error...what to do?

   BigMar posted a topic in Safety

   Today at work, i was assessing a pt's skin and noticed an approx 3-4cm bruise with raised, palpable hematoma at her deltoid. I asked, "what happened here?" and she said, "the other nurse gave me that really painful shot for my diarrhea right there." ...

5. Priming blood tubing with...blood??

   BigMar replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

   The facility I work at uses "Y" blood tubing that allows for a saline bag to be hung with the unit of blood to be transfused. Our practice is to prime the tubing with the saline first, to eliminate those pesky air bubbles. Then, just prior to admini...