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1. Physical assessment on sedated pts

   spma1234 replied to Allend's topic in General Nursing

   agreed with going to educator since nurse/preceptor on floor has a different answer for diff patient lol

2. wake up and breathe ; neurochecks

   spma1234 replied to spma1234's topic in General Nursing

   thank you for your reply. I appreciate it

3. wake up and breathe ; neurochecks

   spma1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   how to do wake up and breathe on sedated/vent patients, how to perform assessments? ;ike should I stop fentanyl and prop drip for my assessment, I don't want my patient going wild

4. huber needle

   spma1234 replied to spma1234's topic in Geriatric

   Flying scot, sure thing , i will ping you for questions regards these needles.....thank you for your guidance....have a grt day!!!!

5. huber needle

   spma1234 replied to spma1234's topic in Geriatric

   Flyingscot, i did put some serious thought into this, i am never gonna mess with these needles again, if its found out or pulled out by the patient i am either going to get a new one and insert it with one on one supervision of another RN, if there i...

6. huber needle

   spma1234 replied to spma1234's topic in Geriatric

   hello all there im back cos im not the running type...im the fighting type....i work long hours and yes i am still okay as a NURSE like some people said if it is safe for me to even be a nurse....I ADMIITED THAT I MADE A MISTAKE WITHOUT GIVING EXCUSE...

7. huber needle

   spma1234 replied to spma1234's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you friends for all your replies. but i feel some people's comments are enough is enough okay....im not gonna kill myself thinking of this...no one of you is perfect and im sure you all have made mistakes at some point....and i very well know s...

8. huber needle

   spma1234 replied to spma1234's topic in Geriatric

   nurseonmotor thank you for your reply. the patient died 2 days later, she was not eating or drinking and was actively dying and we all were thinking she was going to die, I understand this could be life ending huge error what I made and would never r...

9. huber needle

   spma1234 replied to spma1234's topic in Geriatric

   The patient was not NPO but she was unable to eat or drink and resisting care; she was like 80 yrs old fighting last stage of lung cancer...

10. huber needle

    spma1234 replied to spma1234's topic in Geriatric

    Thank you for your replies, vanilla the patient was not immediately dying of dehydration but she was going to go with no fluids for a long time, I asked my supervisor to insert peripheral and she said oh its ok for her to wait till huber needles arri...

11. huber needle

    spma1234 posted a topic in Geriatric

    Hi all, i work as a RN in a skilled nursing facility; i made a mistake by re-inserting huber needle into patient's right chest port since she had pulled it of, i only did it since we didnt have any supplies to insert a new needle and i didnt want the...