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1. Nurses, do you routinely do beds and baths?

   Stargazer replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked ICU, we had nurse techs who assisted with bed baths, but all nurses bathed their own pts. Since most of the pts were sedated/comatose/immobile, it took 2 people to do a bath, turn the pt and change the sheets. It was a good time to lis...

2. New Nurse Prevention!

   Stargazer replied to researchrabbit's topic in General Nursing

   Well, that'll teach those girls that S-E-X is evil and bad and scary and they should give up any plans they have for using those naughty parts "down there" until they're safely married and even then it should be lights off, door locked, under the cov...

3. Worked twenty years as a nurse and still at the bedside--

   Stargazer replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

   Congrats on the new job, Renee!

4. sleeping staff

   Stargazer replied to night owl's topic in Safety

   ~sigh~ Apparently this needs to be stated yet again. I don't care what you do on an official break, whether that is a 15-minute break, a lunch break, or all your breaks for the shift combined into one, as long as this is accepted practice in your uni...

5. MI symptom debate

   Stargazer replied to jenac's topic in Cardiac

   Very true. I once had a pt tell me at 3 AM that she "just didn't feel good." Because she was diabetic, she thought she was having an insulin reaction of some kind. After taking her history, I was about to call the doc when somewhere in the back of my...

6. Florence Nightingale

   Stargazer replied to roxannekkb's topic in International

   Isn't that the truth?

7. Where are YOU on Maslow's Heirarchy?

   Stargazer replied to thm107's topic in Humor

   And I'd love to take the test, if you can provide a working direct link.

8. Where are YOU on Maslow's Heirarchy?

   Stargazer replied to thm107's topic in Humor

   Yes. :)

9. Where are YOU on Maslow's Heirarchy?

   Stargazer replied to thm107's topic in Humor

   You can see this on any episode of Survivor. Of course, with most of the Survivor contestants, it's not that they value philosophy more than food or shelter, it's that they're lazy, dumb, and/or easily distracted by shiny things.

10. Florence Nightingale

    Stargazer replied to roxannekkb's topic in International

    Roxanne, who or what is Unison? I'm afraid I haven't heard of it.

11. Does normal saline "expire"?

    Stargazer replied to MPHkatie's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the impulse though. We can return SOME expired supplies for credit, but a lot of items can't be returned and we just eat the cost. It kills me to throw away perfectly good IV solution and ACLS drugs because they're, like, 1 minute expire...

12. Does normal saline "expire"?

    Stargazer replied to MPHkatie's topic in General Nursing

    I know that Doctors Without Borders won't take expired medical supplies as donations, so I suspect there are legitimate reasons for the product dating.

13. Does normal saline "expire"?

    Stargazer replied to MPHkatie's topic in General Nursing

    I know that our expired endotracheal tubes have to be replaced, even though they're just inactive latex or similar. When I asked our supplier (a trusted colleague for 13 years, not a sleazy company rep) why, she said that they are no longer guarantee...

14. Florence Nightingale

    Stargazer replied to roxannekkb's topic in International

    Exactly, llg. I have enormous respect for her as an epidemiologist and researcher, but I think a lot of people don't know about that part of her work. http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/nitegale.htm

15. O2 tanks etc

    Stargazer replied to joyflnoyz's topic in General Nursing

    Found this on a quickie Google search: http://www.va.gov/visns/visn02/network/pubs/homeoxygenrespiratorytherapy.pdf I presume the oxygen company has provided written instructions, or can fax some or direct you to their website. They should also have ...