neonn965

neonn965 has 2 years experience.

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1. Religion & Ectopic Abortion

   neonn965 replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality

   This is pretty cut and dry to me. The baby is simply not viable. The mother is viable. The two options are to terminate the baby or terminate both persons. I don't see how any religious beliefs could even logically go against ectopic pregnancy termin...

2. I hate this "squeaky wheel gets the oil" actions in healthcare!!

   neonn965 replied to LPNewbie's topic in General Nursing

   Meticulous attention to detail, thorough charting, adherence to policy and evidence based practice, and collaboration with the team will not go unnoticed if you simply do it quietly. I know it seems like the recognition does not come quickly, but nur...

3. D20 and a 1.9 fr. PICC Occlusions

   neonn965 replied to DeaHolt's topic in NICU

   I also am curious if the D20 was heparinized. We would never run a PICC line KVO without heparin. We would also never run D20 for KVO purposes. We actually would never run dextrose for only KVO purposes. We run heparin 0.5u/mL in 0.9% NaCl or somethi...

4. PTO

   neonn965 replied to SidyJean's topic in General Nursing

   But that's not actually getting time off. I truly don't understand what is going on here. If you are working your full time hours Sun-Tues, then what are they paying you any PTO for? That's how I take "vacation" when I'm not actually using any PTO. S...

5. Non productive overtime

   neonn965 replied to Minn_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Do you have anything to support this? It is 100% definitely illegal in my state to come in off the clock and read through patient charts that I am not caring for.

6. Non productive overtime

   neonn965 replied to Minn_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Think about this scenario. If a nurse comes in early and starts looking at charts based on what the assignments might be, and then before that nurse's shift begins something occurs where the charge nurse needs to change the patient assignments and th...

7. Least "demanding" nursing Jobs?

   neonn965 replied to carti's topic in General Students

   I gave you legitimately helpful input. If you do not want a huge learning curve, I would not seek employment anywhere in the field of nursing. The input I gave is also helpful towards society and patients in your geographical area.

8. Night Shift & Eating

   neonn965 replied to iheartnursing91's topic in General Nursing

   I don't understand your post either. I thought you were going to say you were worried about losing weight. Regardless, I and all of my co-workers just bring for lunch what we normally would and eat anywhere from 12AM-4AM usually. I don't eat a ton on...

9. Just grin and bear it!

   neonn965 replied to mi_dreamin's topic in General Nursing

   I get that it is frustrating but it really doesn't matter if the rest of the team is on board with comfort care if she is the one that has legal decision making rights for the patient (I'm assuming she does as health care POA?). It's really one of th...

10. How often do you folks have to be mandated to work a 16 hour shift

    neonn965 replied to kitty29's topic in NICU

    Never heard the word mandate on our unit. We do use on call though. And if that fails, our managers work in staffing, night shift, weekends, doesn't matter, if staffing is unsafe.

11. Nursing specialties for the moms out there.

    neonn965 replied to Kiwi5133's topic in General Nursing

    Management or LTC would not be where I would go if I were looking for what you are describing. Outpatient/clinic nursing is probably what I would seek out. You are there for a set number of hours, the workload is reasonable, and you clock in and out ...

12. Least "demanding" nursing Jobs?

    neonn965 replied to carti's topic in General Students

    In August you were complaining about taking an OB course, and suggesting that it should not be part of nursing curriculum, and now all of a sudden you are interested in postpartum because it's "easy"? Also, as a side note, you do realize that normal ...

13. Difficult conversations in the ICU

    neonn965 replied to Ddestiny's topic in Critical

    Last thing, if I really feel a family doesn't get it, I don't try to make them get it. I go back to the team and say hey guys, this family does not understand and I really think you need to sit down and talk to them. Either they will be surprised by ...

14. Difficult conversations in the ICU

    neonn965 replied to Ddestiny's topic in Critical

    To answer your question OP, I typically don't present a whole lot of information regarding prognosis. If they want to pay me an MD salary I would certainly be willing to present that information. But I can tell you what I do with families when I know...

15. Least "demanding" nursing Jobs?

    neonn965 replied to carti's topic in General Students

    Glad you are taking your RN role super seriously. Lol. Good luck. Probably the best area of nursing for you is unemployment. Any other area requires the ability and openness to learn and grow in the RN role.