A message to new grads: NEVER....

*PICURN* · Feb 21, 2005

I am in RN school right now, and last semester during Fundy's/Med-Surg one rotation, my instructor told me to ALWAYS stop an IVF with 100mls left in bag...now im confused...lol. :uhoh21:

I think your instructor is referring to not letting the IV "run dry"....change it before it completely runs out!

pediatriclpn · Feb 22, 2005

I was thinking the "marinated nurse" is the one who forgets that the IV bag or Tube feed bag or bottle still has liquid in int when unspiking it? :chuckle

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Feb 22, 2005

I was thinking the "marinated nurse" is the one who forgets that the IV bag or Tube feed bag or bottle still has liquid in int when unspiking it?

Nono dear, that's the "wet" nurse!:rotfl:

alexandria1221 · Feb 25, 2005

...tell someone (especially a doctor) "I'm sorry to bother you". It's their job to be bothered!!!

OMG!!!! I love you. So many people act as if they are above being "bothered". How quickly they forget what their job is.

BETSRN · Feb 25, 2005

I think your instructor is referring to not letting the IV "run dry"....change it before it completely runs out!

It's so much easier to change the bag before it runs out. Then you don't ahve to spend time getting the air out of the tubing before you hang the next bag. Don't worry that there is fluid in the bag when you chane it: just give the paient credit for whatever went in. No one cares that you hung the new bag after only 900 was used. That will be reflectd in your I&O.

Comicnurse · Feb 28, 2005

I love this thread! :)

Never tell a patient to relax as you set up a tray to do a procedure on him or her. They aren't going to relax! :uhoh21:

Kendra

78BugRN · Feb 28, 2005

Never tell a patient to relax as you set up a tray to do a procedure on him or her. They aren't going to relax! :uhoh21:

By the same token... Don't EVER tell a patient "I've never done this before so you're gonna have to bear with me." It took us the entire day to calm down a patient during clinicals and he never did stop screaming "Keep her away from me!!" when that student would walk in. :imbar

tiggerforhim · Mar 3, 2005

she is referring to how to change a hanging bag of fluid........ before you unspike it, take it down and turn it upside down before removing the spike. otherwise, all of the fluid still in the bag will come rushing out, giving you a little shower.

well, i have learned not to completely turn the whole thing upside down because inevitably an air bubble will get into the trap and then you have an air alarm to deal with later. i turn the bag upside down but leave the trap and spike the right way up; i also kink off the tubing leaving the trap like a g-tube; again, so that air doesnt' get into the tubing. yes, i can hold/do 50 things at once with my two hands!

sometimes.

rosieseattle, RN · Mar 3, 2005

Go to work when you're ill and think that you'll be able to leave early if you get really sick.

Never put your job before your faith/family.

Never connect a contaminted IV tubing connector to the patient.

Never think you're indespensible.

Never take on every battle that comes your way....pick your battles wisely

Nurse Hatchett · Mar 3, 2005

If you are doing a bolus feeding, never fill the syringe all the way up,. If your pt coughs, which they undoubtly will, you will wear the feeding. Not a pleasant smell for a 12.5 hr shift.

Always take care of your pt as if they were your own family.

Never be afraid to cry with a crying family member. :crying2:

Always check your pockets for keys before you leave. No one wants to bring back keys after an awful shift.

Never bad mouth another employee to a res/pt or family member. Just assure them that you will make sure the issue at hand is addressed.

Always remember actions speak louder than words

ellen1042 · Aug 5, 2007

what are complications of a g tube running dry?

ellen1042 · Aug 5, 2007

what complications have if g tube runs dry?