Blee O'Myacin

Blee O'Myacin BSN, RN

ED, ICU, Heme/Onc

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  1. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    The family titrated a drip? Seriously? Is that legal? We "titrate to comfort" in our ICU when we have a patient on comfort measures, but I would never, ever let a family member dicate, let alone touch...

  2. I Feel Like A Dummie

    Blee O'Myacin replied to calcap34's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to you. You'll find tons of support here. Just take it one class at a time - even one class session at a time if you have to, and just get through it. I found that once I stopped talking...

  3. pregnant nurse at a loss-help!

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Tatsiana's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, no one is allowed to ask you if you are expected, have children or are married in your interview either. Don't offer details like this in the interview either. If you tell them that you...

  4. worst clinical story please??

    Blee O'Myacin replied to tcpmom's topic in General Nursing

    I still care, but I don't take anything personally anymore. I'm just the person in the scrubs that the patients think they can yell at, throw their bedpan, dentures or poop (happened once - I have...

  5. worst clinical story please??

    Blee O'Myacin replied to tcpmom's topic in General Nursing

    Even people with dementia can feel pain! I wonder if he would have been better "behaved" if his pain was managed. Not your fault - you were walking into a horrible situation as a brand new student....

  6. anyone have any experience with strokes???

    Blee O'Myacin replied to KellieNurse06's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you aren't getting the full story here. It's my experience in the ICU that we don't just let people go for weeks on end on a vent post surgery without finding out why. (ie - no diagnostic...

  7. Help - taking ACLS for the first time

    Blee O'Myacin replied to htrn's topic in General Nursing

    Don't shock a flat line. And don't worry - you'll be fine. Just look at it this way. The person "coding" is starting off, well, dead. So learn your rhythms and first line meds and it will all...

  8. OR or CC FLOAT pros and cons

    Blee O'Myacin replied to lifetimelearner's topic in General Nursing

    Hi - congrats on graduating! I wouldn't float anywhere as a new grad - but that's just me. I'd find a nice, steady staff position and get comfy there for about a year. Floating implies a level of...

  9. Clean vs Sterile Technique

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Every facility has their own policy on this issue. Check orders and policy before you do anything that might come into question. And home care is an entirely different arena. Straight cathing yourself...

  10. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    Blee O'Myacin replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    Do not save your charting until the end of the shift. Plan your day and incorporate bathroom breaks, meal breaks and charting time. Do not be a martyr with an empty stomach and full bladder, you will...

  11. How much notice to give?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to brookesbuddy's topic in General Nursing

    I'd make sure that you give enough time to leave with your accrued vacation time. In my old hospital, we had to give the same amount of notice as the amount of weeks we were given - no matter how...

  12. Help! RN at Medical-Spa.....

    Blee O'Myacin replied to tabymac's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I used to do this part time, and it didn't work out for me - I was at the office more days per week, at times where I needed babysitters, worked less hours, but still had to pay my sitters the...

  13. Report in the pt's room?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to 1BunnyRN's topic in General Nursing

    and is otherwise critically ill. In our ICU, they are in their own cubicle, and we ask visitors to step out during report. We have been asked that if we aren't doing bedside report (the choice is...

  14. Would you be offended, "practically an RN?" - or am I overreacting?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to manna's topic in General Nursing

    its like comparing apples and oranges. Sure, I took care of my children and gave them medicine and cleaned out boo-boos way before I became a nurse, but even now, when something is wrong with my...

  15. Teenage Obesity (long)

    Blee O'Myacin replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Seeing our children suffer is difficult. No matter the cause. Get her moving. Take walks with her after dinner. A healthy lifestyle is taught, putting a 16 year old on a diet may be necessary at this...

  16. Question about Administering Med's

    Blee O'Myacin replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Its your license and your responsibility that the right resident gets the right meds. I would never pass meds without checking the MAR, the patient's ID band and the meds in their packaging. Always...

  17. unrealistic family of dying resident

    Blee O'Myacin replied to maah's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Pain meds can even be given in a suppository form. She obviously needs them, and hospice needs to be consulted. Even with the antibiotics on board, it sounds like the patient is not going to live much...

  18. can anyone give me a hand?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to missglitter's topic in General Nursing

    Took it once? I'd probably think he was lying, because drug addicts lie. Its part of the disease of addiction. Sorry, but the "I only did it once" is a common one. Could be that he was at a rave and...

  19. The physician made a mistake; can I get my money back?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the physican should foot the bill, but there is no reason why the hospital should eat the expense and not bill the insurance company. The nurses, aides, housekeeping, residents, interns, and...

  20. chemical and physical restraints in vent patients

    Blee O'Myacin replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    How I wish that a sedation and analagesia protocol would be standard of care across the board for all vented patients. (With the exception of chronic vented patients) - I know that I wouldn't like to...

  21. No pain meds for you, mother

    Blee O'Myacin replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    hurts" "The force of the air rushing into your mother's lungs and the end pressure keeping them open, hurts" "The chest tube hurts" "The central line in her neck hurts" "The boots that inflate every...

  22. How do you come to terms.....

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    More so than learning to start IVs or hang piggybacks or put on sterile gloves - that's follow "step A, step B, step C" - here's where you deal with human emotions and more often than not, the...

  23. i need of advice

    Blee O'Myacin replied to tamba's topic in General Nursing

    So you want to know what you need to know in order to make a good nursing assessment? How about, know what is supposed to be "normal", do your head to toe and focus on what isn't normal. I generally...

  24. Teacher or Nurse? HELP!

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Hnebun's topic in General Nursing

    it sounds to me like you are leaning on the nursing side of the fence. I think that as a nurse, the job is more physically demanding, but you can also work a 12 hour shifts and be home more often. I...

  25. Some MCQs, help needed for tml exam

    Blee O'Myacin replied to TheU's topic in General Nursing

    of the facts. Part of the learning experience in Nursing school should be the ability to use resources other than other people to find the answers you are looking for. When I'm at work, there are many...