ForeverYoung018

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1. EKG order

   ForeverYoung018 replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

   There are many cases in which we do things and obtain an order later. For instance, if we go in and find a patient hypoxic, we aren't going to wait for an order to apply O2. We would apply the O2, see if sats come up, and then notify doctor and get a...

2. Staffing Ratios and a big reason that they'll not likely happen soon

   ForeverYoung018 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

   In my 10 years as a bedside RN, this is by far the worst staffing shortage I have ever seen. I work nights where the majority of newer nurses are placed. The hospital decided to reduce our staffing grid by 1 RN on nights. My night shift crew and I fe...

3. Could I be accused of Fentanyl diversion?

   ForeverYoung018 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   At a former job; A nurse left a bag of Fentanyl in a patient's room. I think she had to run out real quick, but when she came back, the bag was gone. Apparently, the patient's family had been visiting and it was suspected the family took it. How you...

4. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   ForeverYoung018 replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Education

   I don't find your post snarky at all. I'm literally trying to learn to become better at being able to recognize this. Yes, I have experienced the restlessness in all of my patients who were near death. I also have noticed their eyes change. They roll...

5. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   ForeverYoung018 replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Education

   How are you able to determine when the last moments are? I haven't experienced a ton of deaths, but probably a hand full. I have found that it's always different for people. Some people will have those slow heavy shallow breathing patterns for days. ...

6. Morphine for Hospice Patients: What Nurses Need to Know

   ForeverYoung018 replied to KyleStaarmannRN's topic in Education

   I am glad I came across this thread. I always struggle to know when the last moments of death are coming for my pts. Last night I had a pt who was comfort care. When I started my shift; she was EXTREMELY restless. Kept telling us to get her up,...

7. Radonda Vaught Trial

   ForeverYoung018 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah. After hearing all of the details, her mistake was so egregious that it's surprising she was able to keep her license for 1 year after being investigated by BON. I mean any nurse who makes an error fails the 5 checks at one point because t...

8. Radonda Vaught Trial

   ForeverYoung018 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   Radonda wasn't part of the conversation between Radiology, the doctor, and the primary nurse who were discussing monitoring vs. unmonitoring. She was just told by the primary nurse that the pt didn't need to be monitored. She didn't know that there w...

9. Radonda Vaught Trial

   ForeverYoung018 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   I still stand by my initial statement. The primary nurse should have advocated and said that medication wouldn't be given off the floor. There have been many instances where I haven't felt comfortable with my pts leaving the floor and I have spoke up...

10. Radonda Vaught Trial

    ForeverYoung018 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    After listening to the specifics of this case and listening to testimonies, I do believe that she was the scapegoat. The argument that kept being made was the lack of monitoring after giving a "high risk medication." Now, I have no experience w...

11. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

    ForeverYoung018 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

    I remember I was working the night shift one night on an inpatient med-surg unit. At times, we were a step down unit, as well. We were 1 nurse short, yet were expected to take more admissions to our unit. Our max nurse to patient ratio was 7:1. We we...

12. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

    ForeverYoung018 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

    If she goes to jail; then all of the unsafe politics in hospitals needs to stop. Hospitals better start going on a hiring frenzy because there are many hospitals, who put their nurses in unsafe situations daily! Being mandated, working 16 hour shifts...

13. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

    ForeverYoung018 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

    Radonda was the help all nurse and was asked to give the Versed by the patient's RN because Radiology was threatening to cancel the test due to a time issue. After reading the CMS report, not guilty. This was not solely her fault, but a systematic e...

14. Short acting vs regular insulin

    ForeverYoung018 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm one of those nurses who always gets confused between short acting and regular acting insulin. I'm familiar with long acting as I work 3rd shift and we give it quite a bit at night. Despite the confusion; in nursing school, we were always told reg...

15. HIPAA breach

    ForeverYoung018 replied to ForeverYoung018's topic in HIPAA

    I have definitely learned my lesson and will never post about work again.