0.9%NormalSarah BSN, RN

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    Inevitable Resignation

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Oh dear this is all very terrible! I second Emergent's suggestion to take this to a regulatory body. I have a friend that worked in hospice for a long time and she told me they have to be super...
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    Type and Screen

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to ShipleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    My facility does this and has been doing so for more than a couple years. It's just the first draw the first time the patient comes to the hospital. Also they're really annoying about it, they have...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, a second chance. ONE human error, or a couple...how many times would you like one person to say that in a given shift? 8 times? 10 times? That is in the ballpark of the number of times RV...
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    Heparin drip disaster

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Neuronurse88's topic in General Nursing

    Holy crap, what a cluster. 1. Night RN couldn't get a lab draw in 12 hours and didn't bother to attempt to titrate the drip? Big problem, and was not caused by you. 2. Lab was a little crazy...
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    Coffee: Friend or Foe?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Laura-Lee Nuttall's topic in General Nursing

    Nice article! Coffee is definitely my friend. I've tried to quit caffeine a few times in my life including when I was in basic military training where we had to quit, but I've always gone back. I'd...
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    Turbulence and Turmoil in Nursing

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh the reasons I love night shift ❤️. We still get a lot of this turbulence, but at least it's tempered a little bit with less visitors and less staff walking around. I would feel so bad after a...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    No. I have overridden vecuronium so far 3 times in my career and it was urgent and necessary every time to prevent a patient from breathing in a very dangerous pattern so as to compromise his or her...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure that goes over great when you need an urgent Med in a pinch. I don't think the solution is to remove responsibility from prudent nurses and make the system more difficult. The solution is to...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Because you don't want to be challenged on your line of thinking or statements? See below. My point was that someone who can't follow a simple routine we all do many times every shift, ON TOP OF...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    With this line of thinking, you might be okay with her screwing up someone's important insurance claim or work comp case etc. Just because a nurse isn't giving medications that could instantly kill...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I find that ridiculous. Any good training program in the ICU teaches about procedural sedation and we do it fairly frequently on the unit. I'd be very surprised if one didn't know they need to monitor...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I'm seeing where your opinion of new grad nurses is coming from. Not all of us went to programs that so poorly prepared us. I'm sure there was plenty lacking in my program, but medication...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    You keep saying "a nurse that has only been practicing for 2 years.” Well I worked in a procedural area at a little over 2 years where it was the same: no Med scanner, so we used a paper MAR. I...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    What? A 2 year nurse should definitely be able to practice safety with medication admin. In fact I'm pretty sure we had to be able to do that before getting out of nursing school. Like others have...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Yes the social media "influencer" thing is so annoying! I got totally off social media this past year just because it was so bad for my mental health to see all these people suddenly become medical...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy, I would be so embarrassed to try and get my license back. Can you just imagine getting a new job somewhere? How would you even handle working with others when you know they all know all about...
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    Nursing Career Advice For a Newer Nurse NEEDED

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Sweetpea04's topic in Nursing Career

    I wonder if there's some reason behind the scenes you can't break into ICU at your current place. Either way, like has been mentioned, at least find out what you're really obligated to do and then...
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    Night shift nurse

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Guest26407's topic in General Nursing

    Wow that's ridiculous. I think I have it pretty good where I work to be honest, but I feel so bad for nurses in that type of environment. Good for you for going per diem.
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    Pt care without orders

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Debora Mathis's topic in General Nursing

    Occasionally this crap happens to us, we just get the patient in their assigned room, on the monitors and settled. If they had a vasoactive drip running on receipt, we keep it going so the blood...
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    Night shift nurse

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Guest26407's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have trouble sleeping during the day and get a lot of sleep between shifts, and I'm pretty sure that's why I'm so energetic at night. I think if you can find a way to get lots of sleep before...
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    Starting Quad Strength Drip

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to JustCuriousMe's topic in Critical Care

    The dose doesn't change. If the patient was on 15 mcg/min at the lower concentration, then they will be at 15 mcg/min at the higher concentration. All this does is reduce the amount of fluid going...
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    Advice on Job Offer

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Bethany Rae's topic in General Nursing

    I had a hard time with my commute after night shift which was a little shorter than yours. It's a big deal, and if you already know it will be tough, I'd say you should listen to heart. As some have...
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    Do You Fart? A Lot? How to Manage Excessive Flatulence

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Winifred Makawa's topic in Gastroenterology

    I'm a frequent farter LOL. I eat a lot of fiber and healthy foods, but I also have suspect IBS, and much of the time I just produce more gas than others I guess. I just go away on my own, to the...
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    NGT Inserted Into Lung

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to MomRn3's topic in General Nursing

    I heard a story of a nurse inserting a post-pyloric tube into the lung and causing a pneumo. It's a risk, but I think pretty rare. You did everything right. I've also inserted a tube likely into the...
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    Nurse Review

    0.9%NormalSarah replied to Abike179's topic in Critical Care

    Did you ever do the Ecco program? I thought it was pretty awesome, of course I did do that at the beginning of my career, so I'm sure I'd have a deeper understanding now. Also, the AACN has a lot of...