Flowerchild6065

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1. Agitation/safety management

   Flowerchild6065 posted a topic in Safety

   Hello, I work on a locked acute inpatient rehab brain injury unit. I am interested in improving safety/quality on the unit. Our staff is trained how to interact with a patient with a brain injury at a Rancho level 4 (confused and agitated), but our f...

2. Nurse opinions on "Birth Rape"

   Flowerchild6065 replied to EKUGRAD's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I suspect this is more common than we think....and having a term associated with it can give women more of a voice. I was a perfectly healthy educated 24 yo delivering a perfectly healthy 6 lb baby girl with my husband and sister at my side. My labor...

3. Nursing Arrogance

   Flowerchild6065 posted a topic in Relations

   This morning I read a Facebook post by Allnurses: "I firmly believe that 'too stupid to live' should be a diagnosis." This post is receiving 'likes' and 'shares'. I'd "like" to take this opportunity to not just passively read such a post, but really...

4. First week- will I die of boredom?

   Flowerchild6065 replied to gypsierose's topic in General Students

   Boring people complain of being bored.

5. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

   Flowerchild6065 replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   We're hiring new nurses!! I work for a new state-of-the-art surgical and rehab hospital in pennsylvania - it's a great job. I say this, because jobs are out there - good jobs. Our thoughts and words lay the ground work for how our lives play out. T...

6. How old is too old to become a new RN?

   Flowerchild6065 replied to CathyH's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated from nursing school with no prior nursing nor aide experience at the age of 45. My age has not been an issue. I think attitude and health can make you or break you. I had a classmate graduate around the age of 50. She had the highest grad...

7. Why are medication orders written this way?

   Flowerchild6065 replied to Flowerchild6065's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for the feedback. I found it to be helpful/informative.

8. Why are medication orders written this way?

   Flowerchild6065 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is this common practice in writing orders? If so, why? For example: 3 mg coumadin 1/2 tab daily. Why doesn't it read, 1.5 mg coumadin daily? OR at least give the complete order: 3 mg coumadin 1/2 tab for a total of 1.5 mg daily? I would expect that...