curtiv

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1. Single dose vial meds

   curtiv posted a topic in Medications

   if a patient is ordered 25mcg of fentanyl times 3 doses till pain free q 10 minutes... can you draw up the whole vial of fentanyl 100mcg and then hold the rest and give the followup administration from that same syringe to the SAME patient as long as...

2. Becoming a Nurse After 40

   curtiv replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

   3prn... I'm jealous. Your very experienced and probably a wonderful wonderful nurse.

3. Violation of HIPAA?

   curtiv replied to tamisms's topic in General Nursing

   shoot a letter to the board... anonymously ... from the perspective of the patient and with what you have heard.

4. MRSA isolation

   curtiv replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   what a nightmare, i hate the gowns but its like one post said... we wouldnt skip the condoms. we use all disposable cuffs on each patient its attached to the bed. . each iso room gets a new curtain and a quality housekeeping cleaning (cough cough) We...

5. MRSA isolation

   curtiv replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   I had to google fomites... lol... :)

6. Herniated Disc and & insurance ???

   curtiv replied to Marisette's topic in Disabilities

   i would ask someone who had been out on leave if they had to catch up paying their health insurance premiums. my work pays you vacation time till exhausted then they have extended sick time bank and then our state disability kicks in. also many hospi...

7. VFib Arrest after heaven discussion

   curtiv replied to curtiv's topic in General Nursing

   Well.... I thought long and hard and yes... I agree... I have to keep him tucked away as a memory. I did not go see the patient. We both live in the same town and I'm sure... if God or whomever wants us to meet again... we shall do so at shoprite. lo...

8. VFib Arrest after heaven discussion

   curtiv replied to curtiv's topic in General Nursing

   i dont know... it was so weird... the last thing i asked him was what did he think about people who die and come back and say they can talk to angels and dead people.. he raised his hand and said thats all a bunch of crap and laughed... the whole ev...

9. UPDATE --- "Inefficient training at first job, considering quitting"

   curtiv replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Nursing

   o my... you are so right to have left. Med Surg Tele is the best way to learn the ins and outs of new nursing. telemetry is very valuable skill to have also... makes you marketable after a few years. some med surg nurses fear tele but hey... id rat...

10. VFib Arrest after heaven discussion

    curtiv posted a topic in General Nursing

    so a patient and i had a talk about heaven..( i dont know how we got on the topic) ... then suddenly 2 hrs late he went into vfib. we shocked him and he came back. for hours i thought maybe i did something wrong... but we have med scanning and he go...

11. The case of the missing pens: A rant and an idea

    curtiv replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    i hate when people steal my pens!!! I decided to find the culprit or culprits... I had a whole mess of pens made by a website called vistaprint. the often have free deals ... and I had all my pens printed with This pen STOLEN FROM Vicki ODonnell ...