SombraRN

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1. Help understanding reason for meds

   SombraRN replied to <3_RN's topic in Cardiac

   I have given insulin/D50 many times for hyperkalemia. I will monitor glucoses more closely for awhile. When I get an order for kayexalate I usually try to get the order changed to insulin/D50. Kayexalate for a renal patient has been associated with i...

2. Kicked out of class for a "HIPAA" violation?

   SombraRN replied to Trip_McNeelyRN2b's topic in HIPAA

   One of the reasons many hospitals require two nurses to witness and cosign the med. Then if an error is made, you move on unless it is a chronic problem and you gotta wonder where else is someone screwing up. Computer bar-coding of meds is another sa...

3. Kicked out of class for a "HIPAA" violation?

   SombraRN replied to Trip_McNeelyRN2b's topic in HIPAA

   Does not the conditions of admission inform the patient at which their signature gives consent for students to be present in a teaching facility? Have never heard of a consent being obtained for a student to be present. I think there must be more to ...

4. Why more men are needed

   SombraRN replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Men

   Yeah, I never thought I would see the day until the two men that I worked with recently. I just didn't think guys would treat each other that way. One could scream at you in the nurses station over nothing. The other was a letter writer to management...

5. Why more men are needed

   SombraRN replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Men

   When my son was born, his mother's nurse was a man. My thought was "you are one brave nurse!"

6. Recovering after bullying

   SombraRN replied to SombraRN's topic in Relations

   Being the OP, I have had private emails. Thank you to those who wrote. However, I am too new to the site to directly message anyone yet, but your comments were appreciated. As I originally wrote, I wasn't really referring to the usual disagreements t...

7. Need Advice... Nurse stealing non-narcotic medication

   SombraRN replied to JSSCELI's topic in General Nursing

   With electronic charting, many places charge for what is charted and not what is taken out of the pyxis. Hope this eases the feeling that a patient is paying for a nurses meds. However, it does not make it right to use up hospital supplies of any sor...

8. Recovering after bullying

   SombraRN posted a topic in Relations

   Noting that a recent journal article published that at some point in a nurses career approximately 33% of nurses will leave a job due to workplace "violence" and 37% will actually be terminated due to the same, how does one recover professionally aft...

9. Long term effects of working night shifts

   SombraRN replied to yadirosa's topic in Stress 101

   Perhaps we should seperate those who try to switch back and forth between a day life and nite life. I suspect that those who maintain the same sleep hours even on days off will tolerate it much better than those who try to live a day life when off. I...