vwgirl

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1. Getting used to this med pass! Is it just me?

   vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

   I can't start at 6. There's a reason I can't go into, but it has to be 630. I just can't ever see myself getting this all done in 15 minutes.

2. Getting used to this med pass! Is it just me?

   vwgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just started at a new job, and haven't had to do a med pass in quite some time. The unit I am on is small, about 20 patients. Morning meds are to be started at 6am. My patients have an average of four meds a piece, and I need to be done by 645 to g...

3. Sterilize and Reuse Mask

   vwgirl replied to NurseSugar's topic in COVID

   Thanks, I had no idea.

4. Sterilize and Reuse Mask

   vwgirl replied to NurseSugar's topic in COVID

   The president also said we can do this. He had no specifics on this either. Because it can't be done.

5. I feel very torn

   vwgirl posted a topic in COVID

   I am really struggling with this, so much so that I've erased this a dozen times. I am on the old side, and a severe asthmatic who has had seven bouts with pneumonia in my life. The position I'm working in now is at the point of asking staff to pleas...

6. Headache for three weeks

   vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

   I had been taking Tylenol #3, which really didn't do anything except make me MORE tired. Motrin 800 did nothing as well. The IV Toradol worked great, but that is, obviously, not practical for everyday use! Oh, and no, I don't have a fever, but I d...

7. Headache for three weeks

   vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Not a stiff neck, just a lot of tension, I think. I too, thought Cipro should have been working by now, but she did put my on it for 20 days, so I thought maybe it too longer. I know that sinus infections can be tough to treat, but man, I am sick o...

8. Headache for three weeks

   vwgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ok, I am getting just a LITTLE frustrated with this; the short version of my story is as follows: had a headache which encompassed the entire top half of my head (from top lip up) for a week which did not respond to OTC meds. Also had a severe incr...

9. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

   vwgirl replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

   I was a radio announcer/DJ for seven years before I became a nurse. I got out because of a multitude of things: awful pay, no benefits, no job security, and because I realized I was never going to be good enough to get a job in a major market where ...

10. Is there something comparable to Toradol that can be given IV for pain?

    vwgirl replied to bellehill's topic in Pain

    The head of our OB department puts his post-op c-sections on round the clock Phenergan in addition to their Morphine PCA; they are all so snowed that they could not complain of pain even if they wanted to, which is what I think he is trying to accomp...

11. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    My calcium was fine, and no, they did not do a dexamethasone suppression test. I know that cortisol levels can be elevated at different times of the day and that these times will be different than normal for night workers, but this is the overall 2...

12. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I thought the same thing. I asked to speak to a nurse when I called and the nasty receptionist told me, "We don't have any nurses here," and I thought, well, THAT explains a lot right there! I have an appointment with a new endo doc for 12/2...

13. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am, but I checked them out and none of them should interfere with this test. As far as my doctor being there for me (which someone else posted), the doc who ordered this test refuses to have anything else to do with me at this point because I had ...

14. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am, but I checked them out and none of them should interfere with this test. As far as my doctor being there for me (which someone else posted), the doc who ordered this test refuses to have anything else to do with me at this point because I had ...

15. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will try to be brief here: I went to the endocrinologist and had an extensive workup done for polycystic ovarian syndrome because I am fat, hairy, have bad skin and have a mom and sister with PCOS. The doctor kept scheduling me six weeks in adva...