Night__Owl

Night__Owl BSN, RN

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  1. How many prerequisites Did you take at once?

    Night__Owl replied to ChristinaVL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took 5 prereqs in the summer term before I started nursing school, BUT... I had already been accepted based on my previous GPA. My school allowed you to apply without being done with prereqs so long...

  2. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    Night__Owl replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    So, I don't want to get into a debate on your situation, as none of us was there. If you believe it was racial, you're the person who has the most facts about the situation. I do want to share a...

  3. If you could start all over, would you choose nursing again?

    Night__Owl replied to FutureMrDrNurse's topic in General Nursing

    1) No. 2) No other job can tell me "hey, we're short staffed so here's 175% of your normal workload. Please do it just as quickly and thoroughly as a normal workload as well, because lives depend on...

  4. I don't think i can be around this co-worker anymore.

    Night__Owl replied to fulitarn's topic in General Nursing

    Whether it was nefariously intended, he mistakenly thought you might be interested in him and flirt, or he's just clueless doesn't matter. The proper response is the same either way. Let him know...

  5. Casual employee line

    Night__Owl replied to Nursesm867's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Two shifts is two shifts. There's no confusion at

  6. Accomadating patients racist request?

    Night__Owl replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    When the little old folks with late stage Alzheimers get bent out of shape about a staff member of X race, we try to accommodate it. At that point, it's too late to change the mental process. It's...

  7. Blood products simultaneously

    Night__Owl replied to jinpepito's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In an emergency you could justify it, but for me it would have to be a "we need this blood in now, or we'll be coding this patient in 20 minutes." I've given one unit at a time to plenty of pts with...

  8. Med-Surg Nursing. Do Anti-Reflux Valves work? Or are they "dangerous".

    Night__Owl replied to maleAFnurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Intermittent suction iirc is for tubes that don't sump. The sump end on the Salem Sump tunes is to keep the pressure off the stomach while it's empty. So you usually shouldn't need an anti reflux...

  9. NEW NURSE-antibiotic administration

    Night__Owl replied to Oncnurse555's topic in General Nursing

    The pump has no idea which tubing is primary or secondary. You have to lower the primary bag with the hook, so that the secondary is higher up, so it will flow in first by gravity. If you were to hang...

  10. Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    Night__Owl replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    It's ok to wear gloves for every pt encounter, so long as it doesn't make you lax on hand hygiene. There's no rule saying you

  11. I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

    Night__Owl replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    You were not diverting, so no, I wouldn't think

  12. Mom Wants Me to Become an RN as Backup... But I Don't

    Night__Owl replied to RyanThePianist's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't do it. While nursing is not necessarily a calling only, it's not something you can casually dust off in 10 years and just jump back into. IN fact, most careers would be like that. An IT degree,...

  13. TPN help

    Night__Owl replied to C-anne123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You did the right thing asking your charge nurse, educator, and doctor about what to do since you weren't sure. And any one of those three (first two especially) should have known the right way to...

  14. Nebraska Medical Center or Johns Hopkins?

    Night__Owl replied to Abigaild999's topic in General Nursing

    No matter where you work, the majority of your time per week will be spent outside of work. Remember to consider what place you'd like to be living as a strong

  15. Oh, my aching feet!!!!

    Night__Owl replied to GrammyCat066's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It sounds like your shoes have too high of a heel. I wore running type shoes in nursing school, feet hurt after 8 hours. Traditional running shoes have a thick heel to cushion the heel when running....

  16. How to Support the Next Nursing Generation: The Z's

    Night__Owl replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    The youngest adult generation will ALWAYS be an easy generation to criticize. When Gen Z hits their thirties, you will be hearing about how stupid and degenerate Gen Next is. Because people tend to do...

  17. Hearing loss, please help

    Night__Owl replied to FuturePN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Are you able to accurately hear heart and lung sounds? I would look into getting an amplified stethoscope. They are pricey (a few hundred dollars), but nowhere near the cost of a hearing aid, and I'm...

  18. Very concerned

    Night__Owl replied to ButterflyRN90's topic in General Nursing

    I see two main issues that caused this: 1) you could have rechecked the pt BG, as others have said. However, it stands to be mentioned that you DID reassess the pt for symptoms of hypoglycemia. 2)...

  19. Warm and dead...

    Night__Owl replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    The correct saying is, "if they come in cold and dead, they aren't dead until they're warm and dead." Meaning if they come in from a cold exposure arrest, the snow bank example is a prime one. If...

  20. re-used IV needle

    Night__Owl replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Sticking twice with a needle on the same (properly cleaned site) is not 100% correct, but it isn't outrageously risky or negligent either. The biggest infection risk for peripheral IVs IMO is when...

  21. Is it just me, or is my employer being really messed up?

    Night__Owl replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    I think some people are getting tripped up that this is a pharmacy in a hospital. It's not a normal hospital pharmacy. People are able to call in and pick up prescriptions there, correct? So it's a...

  22. An Ethical Dilemma- Outstanding Warrants

    Night__Owl replied to rkirk89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    They're either in police custody, or they arent. Patients in prison or jail (or headed there upon discharge) are not discharged into police custody. They are in police custody the whole time, with a...

  23. Was this unsafe?

    Night__Owl replied to Quinnbee's topic in General Nursing

    That is absolutely a not safe situation. Take note of this: As a healthcare provider, if you assume care of a patient (in this case, take report on the other nurse's patients), THAT is when you...

  24. Needle stick Injury but Unused Needle

    Night__Owl replied to Ladyazn08's topic in General Nursing

    Do your PATIENTS regularly get infections from clean needle sticks? No? Well you won't

  25. Texting in nursing

    Night__Owl replied to kimbagirl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    We have a new intensivist who prefers we text him. New to me, but so far it's been fine. However, it's more of a "text me rather than page me." He'll still call back to get the specifics, there is no...