qt_rn

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1. Health care costs are RIDICULOUS!!!!

   qt_rn replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for the insights!

2. Health care costs are RIDICULOUS!!!!

   qt_rn replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am so thankful that we have a national health care plan. I really do not understand why so many Americans are against "Obamacare". He is trying to help people so that they do not lose their houses or go bankrupt due to medical bills. His policies k...

3. PICC Lines And TPN

   qt_rn replied to pearldiaz's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, that's correct. This patient's TPN runs for 12 hours through the night so that she is able to be independent during the day for the most part. Oh and to clarify on my post about running things with TPN and disconnecting, it depends on the med wh...

4. PICC Lines And TPN

   qt_rn replied to pearldiaz's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital only uses single lumen piccs except for in ICU. I have only dealt with 1 TPN patient but it is the norm for us to interrupt TPN for other meds. If the med isn't compatible, then we have to pause TPN, flush, run med through, flush, and re...

5. Is there a slower paced floor to work at in the hospital?

   qt_rn replied to *Butterfly8*'s topic in Med-Surg

   I work on a chronic care/transitional care unit (people that aren't quite ready for rehab). This floor recently changed from chronic care and slow stream rehab. I have to say that while more physically demanding, I find the chronic care and transitio...

6. Uninsured patients

   qt_rn replied to 15isto2's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like some awful experiences... dthfytr you are a very strong person to go through all of that... This might be an ignorant question from a Canadian, but if the system is so awful with helping people in need, then why is everyone against Obama ...

7. TPN and meds

   qt_rn replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

   The nurses I work with have always called pharmacy to make sure the meds were compatible. For someone who is NPO and needs extra fluids, we have the lipids piggybacked to the tpn line, then a line of ns hooked up to the y using a separate pump. Our p...

8. Blood Sugar Coverage...Did I do the right thing?

   qt_rn replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe its the difference between Canada and the US, but in Canada it is standard practice to use your nursing judgment when it comes to holding certain medications, although it is always appreciated when we have parameters! Are nurses in the USA not ...

9. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

   qt_rn replied to eriksoln's topic in Relations

   I would say I do pretty well at the customer service side of care, however I have to say that am I ever glad that in Canada our hospitals are pretty well all public and making money is not the focus...our management is concerned with efficiencies and...

10. Do night shift nurses try there best

    qt_rn replied to melz34's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like my floor! There are always going to be those that come in to work their hardest and go the extra mile and there will always be those that come in to work so that they can make $ and do the minimal amount of work as possible. I am the new...

11. Turn every two hours

    qt_rn replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I like that idea!! A good reminder, 2 hours can fly by so fast without realizing it! Then there are lazy ones who just don't want to be bothered with it...to those I try to offer a hand with turning their patient hoping that by mentioning it they wil...

12. Turn every two hours

    qt_rn replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    People give me a crazy look at my workplace too when I ask for a hand turning a pt q2...which is weird because on another floor in the same hospital my preceptor was all over the q2 repositioning. A lot of nurses tell me at night time to let them sle...

13. Why are some nurses so rude to students?

    qt_rn replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    I like your outlook! Focusing on the positive and the things that you can do to better a situation beats complaining about every single thing you dislike. Focusing on the negative only makes things seem worse and its just a downder.

14. Why are some nurses so rude to students?

    qt_rn replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I never even though about that probably because we don't have the CNA's but that does make an awful lot of sense now doesn't it! So by the time they get to you they are ready for the medications and assessments and such. I am glad there are...

15. Why are some nurses so rude to students?

    qt_rn replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    You do bring up some very good points and boy would I have loved nurses showing me how to deal with many of those things. At the same time, toileting, feeding, adl's, general patient interactions, health teaching are important things for students to ...