peachtreednurse

peachtreednurse RN

Med-Surg., LTC,, OB/GYN, L& D,, Office

Acute & LTC ; OB/GYN Hospital and Office; Labor / Delivery

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  1. New RN Thinking About Quitting?

    peachtreednurse replied to Feenie5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Loneliness and homesickness are strong wedges to place between your physical and psychological well-being and your work ethic. The distraction is weighing on your level of concentration and after...

  2. Forced resignation?

    peachtreednurse replied to ThatBear's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Hours" of overtime for 6 patients with the reason of documentation seems excessive. What is it that is taking you the stated

  3. So TIRED OF IT

    peachtreednurse replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are no less deserving of considerate treatment than any other person to come under our care. Nurses are often thought the panacea to whatever comes down the pike, and in my opinion no nurse...

  4. Let Go From Job During Orientation

    peachtreednurse replied to Coffee&freedom76's topic in General Nursing

    "Not making progress", and "making mistakes" are fair reasons for you to be cut from the position you temporarily held in Oncology, an area where little to no margin for error exists. It was...

  5. Accomadating patients racist request?

    peachtreednurse replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone with as rigid a viewpoint should have already had all their hoods in a row and checked in to some backward thinking cinder blocked built building or

  6. LTC nurses...

    peachtreednurse replied to Cora_Ann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It is an unfair assumption that a CNA unfamiliar with the LTC-RN job description and the day to day responsibility the position carries, be capable of making what should be at least a peer review or a...

  7. Old nurse won't retire

    peachtreednurse replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    WARNING: Know ahead of reading this, that it is a sincere gut felt response from my own history and experience, that whether laudable or indefensible will not be expanded upon, by me. First of all,...

  8. Outrageous Complaints

    peachtreednurse replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Nursing

    Not so much an outrageous complaint as request; when a known drug-seeking young woman asked to see the empty tubes-from a recently given meperidine injection to ensure she was getting the full dose,...

  9. First job after LPN licensing & Being treated with disrespect!

    peachtreednurse replied to Mary0000's topic in General Nursing

    Unless this person actively disrupts your ability to work don't let the behavior bother you. Concern yourself with conducting yourself as a professional. Know your scope of practice, devote time to...

  10. Focus on Students: Anatomy of a Nursing Diagnosis

    peachtreednurse replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Students

    In the late 80's a greater than 1000 page text on Nursing Diagnosis and Intervention proved very useful in the care plan process at a skilled nursing facility where I worked as Care Plan Coordinator....

  11. Wound Healing Secret Worth Millions Discovered by Home Health Nurse

    peachtreednurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    What type of wounds? Test subjects? Data collected, photos? Over what period of time? It would indeed be a wonderful

  12. Catheter Came out. Should I reinsert it?

    peachtreednurse replied to fergsu22's topic in General Nursing

    EXCELLENT OBSERVATIONS...also, the gauge and balloon inflation amount, of a latex or silicone catheter, male or female, the original reason for the indwelling catheter could also shed some light on...

  13. Med Error Advice...

    peachtreednurse replied to brockclan3's topic in General Nursing

    Vancomycin given IV too rapidly can cause anaphylaxis...a major reason for the slower rate of infusion. The potential for harm did exist to a greater degree than apparently

  14. New job- to quit or not?

    peachtreednurse replied to ViviRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Due to the way the schedule was made & personal conflicts, I am going to be going 24 hours without sleep for a couple of shifts this week. The statement above is reason enough to leave...unhealthy...

  15. Med Error Advice...

    peachtreednurse replied to brockclan3's topic in General Nursing

    You're sort of a little late coming to the thread but it is very enlightening...you may want to go back and read through top to the conclusion....i won't hint at it so I don't ruin it for

  16. Med Error Advice...

    peachtreednurse replied to brockclan3's topic in General Nursing

    best wishes for your

  17. Two different blood pressure readings?

    peachtreednurse replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

  18. Med Error Advice...

    peachtreednurse replied to brockclan3's topic in General Nursing

    Believe me, I don't want to scare you or hurt you more than you are hurting already, but it may be a probationary/written warning type of situation. I would not defend my actions but rather own up by...

  19. Two different blood pressure readings?

    peachtreednurse replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught left arm preferred; double check with right arm reading; if taking antihypertensive the standard hold was 100/60 ; 110/60 and the higher reading comparing R to L was the one to go by, for...

  20. Peer to Peer Review/Feedback

    peachtreednurse replied to blc00's topic in General Nursing

    Peer to Peer Review in my opinion is an ongoing process in nursing and is as frequent as same shift when reporting to charge nurse and shift to shift in primary care nursing, and does not require a...

  21. Dealing with a childish coworker?

    peachtreednurse replied to LPNewbie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Although this character's behavior is juvenile, he cannot have lived nearly 4o years without recognizing the consequence of his outbursts...( I imagine, stares to outright confrontations.) How long...

  22. Very concerned

    peachtreednurse replied to ButterflyRN90's topic in General Nursing

    One thing you need to learn and learn quickly is that there are safeguards in place to keep both you and the patient safe. The statement "we don't do them." accepted as irrevocable was a terrible...

  23. Med Error Advice...

    peachtreednurse replied to brockclan3's topic in General Nursing

    Admitting that you would take the same action as the OP is one of the reasons health facilitators place so much emphasis on the collection and evaluation of incident reports. With this actual report...

  24. Med Error Advice...

    peachtreednurse replied to brockclan3's topic in General Nursing

    "I did not ask the RN or even think to check the bag" The KEY points in this statement are I DID NOT ASK, OR EVEN THINK...Banish those two proclivities from your practice and you'll be less likely to...

  25. Reasonable time frame for prn medication to be given?

    peachtreednurse replied to nicegirl2's topic in General Nursing

    No secret that interruptions during med pass is potentially hazardous: I was writing a change order in the MAR standing next to a very conscientious LPN as she was going through the process of...