arallenrn11

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  1. Pain Management Experts Have Caused A Lot Of Addiction

    I made it to page 4 of this post before deciding enough is enough. This is a ridiculous conversation. The bottom line is pain is subjective. This is true for the patient as well as the nurse. Therefore, the treatment of pain must be individualize...
  2. Would you do this?

    This was my original thought after reading the OPs post. You had an order for Tylenol. The patient had a choice. Take the PR Tylenol or wait until morning and try alternative relief methods in the meantime.
  3. The 'De-Skilling' Of Nursing

    I am a relatively new RN (about 14 months). What I hear from more experience nurses is that the level of acuity has increased dramatically from say 15 years ago. I know that as a fairly new nurse I would not physically be able to complete all the t...
  4. Narcotics administration

    Here's my opinion on this whole thing. Unless you are an RN employed in a drug treatment center or somewhere else that serves to treat drug addiction, your job is not to fix that problem. Your job is to keep your patients #1 safe and #2 happy. The...
  5. Unable to answer family questions about DVT.

    This is exactly what I was trying to get across in my original post. Unfortunately, though it should, reviewing the chart doesn't always tell you what you need to know.
  6. Unable to answer family questions about DVT.

    Ruby - I personally see nothing wrong with referring a patient or family member to the Dr. if necessary. However, working nights, I don't always have that option. Quite often a pt comes up from ER and isn't seen by the attending until the next morn...
  7. Being an ugly nurse

    Mofomeat - It seems you've already had success in the workplace, and people like you. That alone makes me think you'll probably get along just fine in your next endeavor. One of the things I was (and sometimes still am) nervous about when starting ...
  8. Unable to answer family questions about DVT.

    Christy1019 - I think it came across wrong when I said it wasn't my job to explain the process of diagnosing DVT. What I meant by that is that I didn't want to overstep my bounds professionally, and, as I stated, I wasn't 100% clear on the diagnosti...
  9. What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    I'm on a Med/Surg telemetry unit in Kosciousko County, IN. We average 1:4-5 on days and 1:5-7 (usually 6 it seems) on nights.
  10. I'm an RN with 2 1/2 months experience in Med/Surg following 11 months in LTC. I work 7p to 7a. Recently I had an elderly female pt. admitted for DVT - my first DVT pt. She had arrived on the floor shortly before shift change. She had 3 family me...
  11. How clean is a "bathed" patient?

    I'm an RN working night shift on a med/surg tele floor. Recently our hospital cut tech staffing. Frequently we have 1 tech for 12 patients. This is unacceptable. That being said, many people blame short staffing when things don't get done or done...
  12. i think i hate being a nurse?

    I just want to say thank you to everyone who posted here. I am feeling downhearted as it seems most of you have (or are). After 10 months at my first nursing job in LTC I am finally starting on a Med/Surg unit. I'm very excited most of the time bu...
  13. Hahaha! That is so stupid. My only reaction is laughing. It sounds like something from an episode of Scrubs! Ha ha. Thank you for sharing.
  14. So this question, or set of questions, falls under a couple of categories really. I graduated a year ago and was hired on at a LTC facility working on a dementia unit. As such, I have learned very little in the way of what I call "technical nursing...
  15. Question from a nursing student

    Go ahead and be annoying. It's better than being apathetic. Really. Being self-aware is a good thing in nursing. Nerves are natural.