aathomstew

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1. More Strange Baby Names

   aathomstew replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have one cousin who named her daughter Tomi and another cousin who named her daughter Kitten...

2. Court ordered dialysis for psych pts .....

   aathomstew posted a topic in Urology

   Does anyone have to chemically, and 4 point physically, restrain psych pts who are refusing to go to their dialysis treatments. You know pts who end up coming thru the ER after their family finds them unresponsive. Then they are so out of it, violen...

3. The Case for Practicing Nursing in Las Vegas

   aathomstew replied to HazeK's topic in Nevada

   I left Vegas a couple of years ago. Working 3 days a week 12 hour shifts my usual daycare bill for 2 kids was 750$ a month. It is very difficult to find decent childcare. The schools are beyond bad, overcrowded, poorly funded , violent unsafe, best t...

4. Nursing Improving Patient Outcomes

   aathomstew replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   You are totally cool!! What awesom timing!!

5. Do you have a favorite protein shake?

   aathomstew replied to careerdejour's topic in General Nursing

   This is a great high PRO shake I got from my Dr after my gastric bypass. It's cheap tastes good and low cal/low sugar. 1 pkg carnation instant breakfast sugarfree. (I like cho. you can use vanilla and different flavored extracts if you wan...

6. Ketamine

   aathomstew replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

   We used it about a week ago on a peds pt for a procedure. Had an immediate allergic reaction. turned bright red rash. we ended up giving benadryl and O2. Had to use fentanyl for the sedation.

7. Do you take primary care of acute pts?

   aathomstew posted a topic in Urology

   I was wondering how many nurses have to take report from the primary nurse during dialysis. We do all our treatments at the pts bedside so they still have all their cares done by the primary nurse assigned to them. So during the HD run my concerns ...

8. What's your typical day like?

   aathomstew posted a topic in Urology

   I work acutes and I'm always wondering how other places do their dialysis in the hosp. We have offices in 3 different hosp. so when we get an order for dialysis we are assigned by the charge and sent out. Usually we have about 5 RNs at work each day...

9. unhappy nurse

   aathomstew replied to nurse unhappy's topic in Safety

   You can soooo be the one to affect a change. I like so many of us was in a very toxic environment as a new grad. I drove home in tears every morning.. I just refused to give in. I made sure to start every shift with a smile. It wasn't easy but I wou...

10. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    aathomstew replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

    When you have a PICC line for home antibiotics don't decided to flush with vodka - because it's clear and you ran out of your saline- PS more addictive than crack.

11. Got a job on Ortho Floor

    aathomstew replied to Ortho_RN's topic in Orthopaedic

    I worked 7p-7a and our pt. load is about 5-6 pts. But up to 4 pts. can be post-op and have 3-4 pts. with PCA/Epi's.