FlorenceFrightengale

FlorenceFrightengale

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About FlorenceFrightengale

FlorenceFrightengale has 8 years experience and specializes in MedSurg.


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  1. Doctor texting order turned into a nightmare

    In my case, I'd text Dr. McNotSoDreamyInTheEnd with "potassium came back - 3.2." or "chest x ray is up - please look at." He'd put the orders in. I wouldn't even say the patient's room number - it was someone we'd already been discussing in person o...
  2. Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    Never underestimate the strength of a confused little old lady
  3. Doctor texting order turned into a nightmare

    It's not good practice. I can say this because I've done it. I was dating a doctor and would text him back and forth about orders. Never once did a patient's name get used, but I realize that this was still a terrible thing. What if somehow my cell h...
  4. Continuous home infusion of Demerol?

    She has home infusion services. She is not terminally ill. Social work and case management are involved. She will resume home infusion with the same visiting nurse agency when she is discharged to home - which should hopefully be soon because her b...
  5. Continuous home infusion of Demerol?

    I have a patient who, at home, was receiving a continuous infusion of Demerol through a PICC line for undiagnosed abdominal pain. Apparently she is allergic to just about every other pain medication (Toradol, Morphine, Dilaudid, etc.) so the Demerol...
  6. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    Incubate? How old was this patient...still an egg? Sorry, I had to! As y'all were...
  7. What do you love most about your floor/specialty?

    I work MedSurg and while I couldn't do it forever...I love that I use my skills! I also see all sort of diagnoses and have patients with a variety of medical histories. But those skills? They do NOT go to waste!
  8. TKO: to keep open

    Hi babaloo! Some institutions call it "KVO," or "keep vein open," and it's a rate of 20 mL or 30 mL an hour - 0.9 Normal Saline Solution is used. I usually only use this when I'm running an antibiotic on a syringe, a PCA pump, or Y'd with a Potassi...
  9. Unexpected instances where your nursing skills came in handy

    One night at work, my friend, a tech, was complaining of having to pee more often than usual and being very thirsty. I have no idea what possessed me, but I checked her blood sugar. (She had no medical history, is in her early 30s and has no family...
  10. Rounding on patients at night

    At the beginning of the shift, I let the patient know I'm there until 730 and that although I'll physically peek in every hour, I don't wake him or her unless necessary. I'll give a little plan, "you have a heart monitor so I'll be needing to wake y...
  11. Nursing school is making me paranoid...

    You did the right thing by bringing her in to see a physician. I hope she is doing better now. Anyway, I think a lot of us are this way due to our knowledge base. I have given myself every disease known to man by now! It can be hard to separate ou...
  12. What to do when patient has alcohol on them??

    You forgot option 4 - drink it yourself.
  13. Munchausen by Internet: The Lying Disease that Preys on the Heart

    This is crazy. I was a member of an online community as a teen that was very close-knit and I guess I just believed everyone. I never gave my last name, home town or phone number out or anything, but we all knew each other very well. I would be te...
  14. When to give hydralazine?

    Then it is not acceptable as an order unless there is a REASON for the PRN. For example, the order "Ativan IV PRN" is not acceptable...as it could be PRN for anxiety, seizure, ETOH withdrawal, even nausea!
  15. Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

    "No food at home" - middle aged male Another middle aged male with laceration to genitals after a drunken manscaping session An entire family came in to be treated for bedbugs "I'm upset because I had an argument with my mom" - grown woman "I need my...