jeseale123

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1. Syringe self injecting????

   jeseale123 replied to jeseale123's topic in Medications

   I think I must be going crazy then. WTH!???!!!

2. Flushing a central line

   jeseale123 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

   Can you tell me more about vacuums please? I flushed a patient's INT the other day just prior to connecting a 3 mL syringe with 0.5 mL of Ativan, and the Ativan was completely injected by itself even though it was a total of two separate doses.

3. Syringe self injecting????

   jeseale123 posted a topic in Medications

   Has anyone ever heard of a syringe injecting its contents into an INT automatically after having connected the lure lock? I had drawn up 0.5 mL of Ativan (equal to two 0.5 mg doses) in preparation for an emergency administration in the MRI scanner. ...

4. Do you ever hold Lantus?

   jeseale123 replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Endocrine

   Insulin glargine has no peak and should be administered even if the current blood glucose level is within normal limits.

5. It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

   jeseale123 replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

   You're objectively wrong to say that nurses are not in high demand. I guess you haven't heard about the nursing shortage??? If these corporate owned hospitals let 10 of the 30 or so vice presidents go, perhaps they could afford to pay nurses a bit ...

6. Order that says "Don't call MD for pain meds"?

   jeseale123 replied to Summers3's topic in General Nursing

   I like this response a lot for several reasons. One, you still get to advocate for the patient. Two, you follow the directions in the "order". Three, it punishes the ******* MD for writing such a piece of **** order that should be considered negle...