Rashandap

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1. Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

   Rashandap replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

   If IV is bad take it out, it can't be used,and it may be uncomfortable or painful for patient:bugeyes:. If it is infiltrated putting something in the line could cause patient more harm. If it is occluded trying to put something in line can dislodge...

2. Tired of impaired nurses

   Rashandap replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

   I think regardless of what nurse does, LOA or Impaired Nurse program I would be more watchful of her and the MAR for my patients as well as hers. For me though I wonder what nurses I work with should do? I work for a large health system and when g...

3. Tired of impaired nurses

   Rashandap replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

   I have said before I am an impaired nurse. There were two instances though when I found medications (metformin and insulin on me). The metformin got d/c'd so I didn't give it, it was in my pocket. I checked my pockets before I left found nothing. ...

4. Tired of impaired nurses

   Rashandap replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

   Speaking as a impaired nurse myself, I can only imagine your frustration as a nurse who knows that something fishy is going on. If your management is turning a blind eye I would suggest going up the chain of command AND reporting nurse to board of n...

5. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

   Rashandap replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   ERCP = endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography EGD = Esophagogastroduodenoscopy ASA = Aspirin PCN = Penicilin RRR (think cardiac)= Regular Rate and Rhythm AST = Aspartate aminotransferase SGOT = Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase SPO2 (th...

6. Charting systems question (fighting with management)

   Rashandap replied to bren3299's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work every patient has their own chart which is located at central nurses station. In the paper chart includes area of Dr's Orders, Progress not, Daily Laboratory Results, and Dictated Reports (H&P, Discharge Summary, Radiology Results),...

7. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

   Rashandap replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   hair loss = APEC ERCP EGD ASA PCN RRR (think cardiac) AST SGOT SPO2 (think respiratory) C/D/I (think dressing) GERD ETOH BID TID QID PO NPO QHS AC PRN EF (cardiac) CVP SvO2 FiO2 LPM BPM N/V

8. Patient Safety

   Rashandap replied to Rashandap's topic in General Nursing

   I am totally in favor of the Hospitals Policy to try to get patients up to the floor within 60 minutes if a bed is ready. That being said, getting the patient up to room in 60 minutes is not more important that patient safety. I feel it is my duty...

9. Patient Safety

   Rashandap posted a topic in General Nursing

   The hospital I work for has a goal for admitting patients from the ED. All patients admitted via the ED, the hospital wants these patients to be on floor, in the bed within 60 minutes of informing ED and my med/surg unit that this patient was being ...

10. Calling All CNA's!

    Rashandap replied to nightingale's topic in CNA/MA

    Well I am not a CNA, but there are several clinical days when if it wasn't for the CNAs helping me I would have gone nuts. Many times the CNA was more of resource than the nurses on the floor. So to all CNAs (or care partners, or nurse aides) keep u...

11. Why are emergency nurses not considered critical care nurses?

    Rashandap replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

    Well said Debby, I agree.

12. Doctors going over your head?

    Rashandap replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    I think sometimes, especially at night when you get whoever is just covering, the dr. (especially residents) want you just to tell them what you want, like you tell what is wrong and say "do you want to get blood cx" or do you "want to give the compa...

13. Do we HAVE to address docs by "Dr.--"

    Rashandap replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on where you are and what people ask you to call them. I am from PA and up there the a lot of the time you called the young residents by their first name, and alot of the attendings by DR. so and so and they called you by your fir...

14. How many people actually have PDA's?

    Rashandap replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

    I just graduated in may (yippee:jester: ) for mylast two semesters I used my pda and it was great because I only had to have that instead of my drug guide, and book that has labs and certain test, and my pocket book for procedures. I have that all i...

15. kids and being Nurse

    Rashandap replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    My mom was nurse when I was growing up, a single mother. She would take us to a family members house before school, and we went to an after school program at the boys and girls club. She would then pick us up. She would cook in advance an either p...