WhiteFlowerRN

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1. Can I get a situation review from experienced nurses?

   WhiteFlowerRN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

   You did what you could do. I would have called the family with that dropping O2 sat. It's a hard call and you called as you saw it. That's really all you can do. WhiteFlowerRN

2. Rule Book On Narcotic Pain Medication

   WhiteFlowerRN replied to MustangSallie1997's topic in General Nursing

   Hi; I'd say q 4 hours is q 4 hrs. If the patient needs more talk to the doctor and get a plan for the patients break through pain. Although, a few times in my 30 year career I have given narcotics early. Rules always get broken. good luck Wh...

3. Hit all time low

   WhiteFlowerRN replied to JentheRN05's topic in General Nursing

   Hello; The psych nurses posting is dead on right. You can't expect MD's to handle psych issues any more than I would expect a oncologist to run a code in the ER. The local county mental health providers can hook you up. You can get the right medi...

4. Prayer and patient care.

   WhiteFlowerRN replied to WhiteFlowerRN's topic in General Nursing

   Well here it is 0254 and the ER has emptied out so I have a minute to go to allnurses.com. I have never seen nurse/prayer/interaction charted. Imagine, "prayed with patient. patient expressed reduced anxiety and a willingness to ambulate postoperati...

5. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   WhiteFlowerRN replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   Nurses used to be required to stand when a physican came into the nurses station. Old nurses used to repremand the new nurses for wearing a short skirt. Then the nuns grew old, the 1960's happened, the science of nursing took off, certifications an...

6. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   WhiteFlowerRN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I went with my step sister to the local 25 bed hospital as a support person while she intervied for a nurses aide job. The Sister liked me better and hired me. That was in 1968. I wanted to go to acting school and told my mother so one day while...

7. Prayer and patient care.

   WhiteFlowerRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do you ever pray with or for your patients?