lucymalfoy

lucymalfoy has 2 years experience and specializes in Orthopedics, Med-Surg.

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1. Last semester in Practical Nursing

   lucymalfoy replied to yunisediane's topic in General Students

   With patients with severe dementia who are more likely to try to refuse everything when given the chance, I try not to give them a choice when it comes to meds. That sounds really bad, and I acknowledge that patients always have the right to refuse a...

2. Jacksonville Nursing

   lucymalfoy replied to ShaunyB's topic in Florida

   I don't have much advice on how to make connections or look better on a resume in Jacksonville, but if it makes you feel any better, I was in your shoes when I was just out of nursing school! I did not have any medical experience, and I completed my ...

3. Nurses behavior towards CNA's?

   lucymalfoy replied to x0xerika's topic in CNA/MA

   I was not there and did not hear her tone of voice, but I personally don't think that the nurse acted out of line with you. It's also not something that I think you should take personally. Like you said, you often put your patient's needs above your ...

4. Zosyn Frenzy

   lucymalfoy replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in Medications

   My hospital used to give every suspected sepsis case a vanc/zosyn regimen. Apparently now we have a zosyn shortage, so the replacement reigmen is vanc/cefepime/flagyl.

5. Now THAT'S a lab result

   lucymalfoy replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

   WBCs 150,000's, alive. Untreated lymphoma.

6. Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

   lucymalfoy replied to TryVeganToday's topic in General Nursing

   On my floor, we mostly use fracture pans because they fit under women more easily. We put some lotion or barrier cream around the top surface of the bedpan and layer the interior of it with a few paper towels. Our hip and knee patients are usually on...

7. ER Wishlist Items!

   lucymalfoy replied to HappyKYRN's topic in Emergency

   Do you need a bladder scanner?

8. Cover letter critique

   lucymalfoy replied to NightWatch's topic in Job Hunt

   "and it's importance at each stage of patient care" Take out the apostrophe for "its." :)

9. IVP vs Drip

   lucymalfoy replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

   My unit uses pumps and primary tubing cassettes where it is possible to screw on a syringe and program that into the secondary line on the pump like you would an IV bag. In fact, some of our antibiotics like Ancef come in a prefilled syringe that we ...

10. How to manage three patients

    lucymalfoy replied to Lisanan67's topic in General Students

    Cluster care when possible. Start out by getting report and jumping into getting an initial assessment, vitals, and blood sugar on each patient. Try to be proactive when you go to see your patients. Have all of your supplies with you when getting rea...

11. Your very first or worst interview experience

    lucymalfoy replied to _kelly_rn's topic in Job Hunt

    My very first interview as an RN was with the OR nurse manager for a nurse intern position in the OR that would lead to a permanent position upon graduation. My interview with him went very well. He was enthusiastic about shooting the breeze for a wh...

12. 100% sure I failed - stopped at 75

    lucymalfoy replied to Judi421's topic in NCLEX

    I feel like it is a better sign that you didn't know any answers for sure. Since the test changes difficulty in response to how well you are doing, I would be more worried if you thought the questions were all super easy because that would mean it wa...

13. It's a crime to take pictures of your patients

    lucymalfoy replied to Alnitak7's topic in HIPAA

    I think a lot of people are missing the point here. I didn't get that the OP is lamenting that she isn't allowed to photograph her photogenic patients. I think it's more her being upset that camera crews were allowed to capture photo/video of dementi...

14. What's your spiel?

    lucymalfoy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I'm a very new nurse on an orthopedic unit. I find that I am sometimes kind of awkward when first getting introduced to patients by the departing nurse. I start out strong with "Hello Mr Jones, my name is lucymalfoy, I am going to be you...

15. Industrial Piercing

    lucymalfoy replied to jessadarling14's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school dress codes tend to be a little more strict than employers' dress code policies. So while a future hospital might let you get away with an industrial, a nursing school probably would not.