Clubsingr28 ASN, RN

Clubsingr28 has 20 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Sub-acute, LTC, School Nurse.

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   Feel Awful after 1st COVID Vaccination

   Clubsingr28 replied to Glam03's topic in COVID

   Yes tachycardia, palpitations and SOB. My doc gave me an exemption from the 2nd shot.
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

   I will have to take another look at paperwork and I would think MD would KNOW this stuff right BUT I believe my resident just had her husband's name and it said POA next to it. Then there were "contact phone #'s below with son's names listed- I don't...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

   Hello all!! The past 2 days have been truly exhausting and I can't express how grateful I am to the nurses in this group who took the time to respond with amazing info and insight. You have all been such an amazing resource for my resident. Through a...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

   The problem is this: The resident was to be working with the speech/swallow evaluator x's 4 weeks of which she only had one day (which the evaluator said she did excellent) but it was just the 1 day. The resident was not assessed long enough nor has...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

   I will find out tomorrow what hospice used as the admitting criteria and I will let you know. I am thinking that a "projected decline" d/t withdrawal of the feeding tube in addition to the (UTI) actively untreated infection- or something like that...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

   I WILL absolutely keep you updated. Thank you for caring.
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

   Yes I do believe you may be right, especially because she was in the bed.. Also, the sons had their wives with them and they were all just standing around her bed NOT saying anything. She was a little wheezy as she sometimes gets so I went in to do a...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly my thoughts, excellent points!! The BIG issue here is competence- And here is where my fight becomes difficult. Although there is no diagnosis of dementia there are times when she will say "yes" when she means "no" and vice versa. Sometimes ...
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   Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

   Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

   This is EXACTLY how I feel. I could not have said it ANY better!! If I even remotely felt the sons' decision was truly about "quality of life", I would not be having such a hard time, BUT, to never see them visit and then have them just "pop in" and ...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and, "Mrs. G" never had an Advanced Directive prepared for herself therefore after the CVA, dysphagia with little ability to communicate, her husband was designated as her medical POA or proxy.. I just DO NOT understand HOW or WHY- it can now be c...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Clubsingr28 replied to Clubsingr28's topic in General Nursing

    Esme, I cannot thank you enough for your support and excellent resources advice. I am exploring EVERY option for my resident because no-matter what, I NEED to know that in the end I did everything in my power to do what is RIGHT and BEST for my resid...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Clubsingr28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello Nurses, I am having a serious personal inner struggle with a current issue at work. "Mrs. G" (who is 79) had a CVA last year with resultant hemiplegia & dysphagia. Subsequently she became a LTC resident of mine after her hospital stay. She ...
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    Unexpected kindness from a nurse

    Clubsingr28 replied to Trust in Jesus's topic in Rock

    "when two nurses walked in. (I plan to start pre-requisite courses for nursing this fall so I was trying to look carefully at their name badges to see if they had a Bsn or Adn.)" Although it is advantageous to have an advanced degree, in the end we a...
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    Major med error

    Clubsingr28 replied to mhospRN's topic in Medications

    You took action immediately and you have obviously LEARNED from it. The reality is that those are the only 2 things that matter. And unfortunately sometimes it's what makes us BETTER. Move on and do not let this burden you any longer. The fact of the...
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    Please help me with my temper

    Clubsingr28 replied to AlphaPig's topic in Relations

    Taking a quick break, (if/when you're able; i.e.> getting some air, stepping off the unit, a cup of coffee (all GOOD ideas, BUT, those interventions will only take you so far. You'll gain "momentary peace" that will be short-lived until you get ba...