SolaireSolstice

SolaireSolstice BSN, RN

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About SolaireSolstice

SolaireSolstice is a BSN, RN and specializes in Adult Oncology.


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  1. Please Explain the Certs.

    Do you have your CPR certification? That's BLS, basic life support. ACLS is advanced. It is required in my hospital for ICU, ER, OR, L&D, and I believe telemetry. There are a ton of certifications available for nurses and which ones you "need" ar...
  2. bariatric bed "too big"

    The bariatric beds we have can be "broken down" to fit through the doorways. They simply expand along each side. Was this an issue with the bed not being able to fit through the doorway, in which it was an issue of lack of equipment teaching? Or did ...
  3. Safety while on BT

    Yes, you can stop a blood transfusion. As long as you get the transfusion into the pt within the 4 hr period, then it's fine. While I *have* kinked the line above the port and flushed, put in med, flushed again, I think it's safer to stop the transfu...
  4. Late name change. Worried.

    I don't see anything that says you have to change it within ten days of the name change. I see that it will take THEM ten days upon receipt of the name change information. It would be ridiculous to require notification within ten days of a name chang...
  5. Precautions and Med Administration

    We are on electronic mars. If there isn't a computer in the pts room, to bring the mar in you have to wheel in the cart. I usually park it in the doorway to the room to minimize "exposure" then wipe it down afterward. The third "check" is scanning th...
  6. Cover your mouth....the right way!

    I had a huge argument with my sister (a teacher) about the coughing in the hands vs the elbow thing. I voted elbow. She says hands because then "they get washed". I said "only if you wash them".
  7. I would address the fact that this patient is moving into end stage care, comfort care, while the doctor is ordering invasive and uncomfortable interventions that will prolong life. For what purpose? To what end? How about: Risk for compromised human...
  8. has anyone ever discharged a patient with their IV still in?

    I forgot to deaccess a mediport once. Pt was being transferred to a SNF via transport service on a Friday, and was going for OP chemo on Monday. The SNF had no idea how to deaccess, so I called the MD who said to leave the mediport accessed and that ...
  9. Is she taking advantage of my RN license?

    Yes, either talk to her about it, or when these reference seekers call, let them know it's been 10 years since you worked with her, and actually she's your cousin, so maybe you could give a personal reference.
  10. Funny things patients say !

    After this incident https://allnurses.com/nursing-humor-share/things-patients-have-52823-page150.html#post5020053 , the oncoming nurse and myself went down so I can show her where the IV line had "just come apart" (we knew he had done it on purpose) ...
  11. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Do not "mess with", "play with", or even "touch" your IV line if they seem to "come apart by themselves" (like it did a couple of days before, amazingly right above a pressure hub, again, making your chemo infused blood spill all over the floor). Esp...
  12. IV question

    I was taught differently; to round normally based on the first decimal point. But you should check with your instructor in order to get the question counted right in case they don't give partial credit. In practice, the difference between 17 drops/m...
  13. IV question

    Well I'd say it's a typo and they meant to say drops/minute, but maybe there's something I've missed? You've got micro drip tubing there, and it's drip factor is 60 gtt/min. I did find a calculation for micro drops, but basically you would just move ...
  14. IV question

    And does it really say microdrops/min? is that some new conversion I don't know? You can't calculate a microdrop can you? I'm seriously giggling now, mcgtt? It sounds like something you could order at McDonald's. At least it's not apothocary conversi...
  15. IV question

    Use that calculation I gave you up there; it's: (Amount of solution X drop factor)/time in minutes = drops per minute