krg8089

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1. Pain meds that affect BP

   krg8089 posted a topic in Medications

   I know some pain medications affect BP more than others. I'm a new nurse and trying to gauge when to or not to give certain meds. Can someone guide me on meds like morphine, dilaudid, norco, etc. and how drastically they usually affect BP. Thank you!

2. New nurse and very depressed

   krg8089 replied to Socrates12358's topic in New Nurse

   Oh dear, you sound just like me! I am also a new RN with an ADN. I graduated in June, took nclex in July and waited till after my wedding in September to find a job. I started my first job on October 2nd. I was soo incredibly overwhelmed. I had 6 day...

3. Getting new orders

   krg8089 posted a topic in LTC Directors

   My question is about how to go about new orders. I just started my first nursing job in a LTC facility. I graduated a couple months ago. I feel like the paperwork is the hardest part in these first few days! We didn't do any orders or dealing with do...

4. Getting new orders

   krg8089 posted a topic in LTAC

   My question is about how to go about new orders. I just started my first nursing job in a LTC facility. I graduated a couple months ago. I feel like the paperwork is the hardest part in these first few days! We didn't do any orders or dealing with do...

5. New orders

   krg8089 posted a topic in New Nurse

   My question is about how to go about new orders. I just started my first nursing job in a LTC facility. I graduated a couple months ago. I feel like the paperwork is the hardest part in these first few days! We didn't do any orders or dealing with do...

6. BID strictly every 12h or just twice a day?

   krg8089 replied to krg8089's topic in New Nurse

   Oh ok, so it varies from facility to facility? I will be sure to ask my supervisor tomorrow then! Thanks so much for the input everyone! :)

7. BID strictly every 12h or just twice a day?

   krg8089 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am a new grad and just started my first nursing job. I was doing med pass and a patient asked me for a prn pain med that was BID. I told them they had just had it about 5 hours before so they could'nt have it till later and their argument was that ...