Blee O'Myacin

Blee O'Myacin BSN, RN

ED, ICU, Heme/Onc

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  1. 5 Rights

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

    This stuff is in every basic nursing book - and can be found with a simple search engine query. Do you have specific questions regarding the five rights, or were you looking for someone to answer a...

  2. Would like some expert opinions

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

    If so, that's probably how I'd handle it, and leave it at that. You could also ask the manager of the clinic to let the nurses draw up the vaccines as they are being given. Unless it is a...

  3. Most Important issue facing today's aging

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Nvr2Old's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As opposed to being 99 and intubated in the field, brought to the ICU to spend your last days on a vent, sedated and being turned every two hours because your heart had the nerve to stop beating!...

  4. What do you do when people ask you questions related to their health?

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

    If it's my brother with a stomachache, I'll laugh at him for wasting a long distance phone call and tell him to take an antacid and stop driving my sister in law up the wall. If its a neighbor with...

  5. doctor's right and patient's right versus nurse's rights...

    Blee O'Myacin replied to cloudstrife1ph's topic in General Nursing

    With that comes the obligation that you will not commit assault and battery on a coworker (or anyone else), and abusive to patients (calling the "arabic" child "stinking" - the fact that you refered...

  6. Dumb HIPPA codes

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

    the patient really wants the others to have, and how far is too far. Since I really don't have time to make that judgment all the time, I feel funny about giving out too much info over the phone,...

  7. Dumb HIPPA codes

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

    long enough to see any odd ones. I think it is funny (not in a "ha-ha" way, more funny/strange) when a family friend or a distant relative calls - with the code - and knows nothing about the patient....

  8. Medical Workers wearing scrubs to and from work, outside the Hospital, etc..

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    the produce shelves at the supermarket! Going to the bank after work in blood splattered, vomit coated scrubs is unnessary, but I'd be willing to hypothesize that our scrubs are no more or less...

  9. What do you have in there??

    Blee O'Myacin replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in General Nursing

    We have drug books on the unit and all the supplies that we need in the supply room. I don't like carrying items from room to room either - so I rarely use my steth and use one of the disposable...

  10. Extubated my patient

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

    Did you turn the pressors off before extubation? When I've had to extubate, I've always turned off all the IV meds other than the pain/sedation drip before I extubated - I think that it is easier for...

  11. Being a good Preceptor - a question for Students

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

    on a new job as an RN, which is so vastly different than my GN and student experiences. - Let the orientee actually do the task, even if they are not quite as efficient as you are. You will be doing...

  12. How to avoid making mistakes

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

    before making really stupid, big mistakes by thinking about what I was going to do before doing it. (Like double checking the dose and the route of a med for example). That being said, I've made a...

  13. Treatment of C. difficile

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

    my husband and I was asked to produce one. Just the liability involved with doing that seems extreme. What if there is a tear somewhere along the line of administration and you get fecal matter from...

  14. Oh man did I miss an order

    Blee O'Myacin replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    The order was written at 1800 and no one told you that it was there, and the chart wasn't flagged. Sure, in a perfect world you would have read the resident's mind that "OK, thanks" means "give a...

  15. Experienced nurses, please help!

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

    reflex. I think you would be disappointed with the results - and the expense of zofran or any other antiemetic which won't make you sleepy. I generally don't breathe through my nose. Graft vs. host...

  16. Tpn

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Holly27's topic in General Nursing

    sinking an NG tube might cause unnecessary trauma and increase the risk of infection and bleeding. (Low platelet count, low white blood cell count). At our facility, the lipids come mixed in the bag....

  17. Desperate !!

    Blee O'Myacin replied to mika1's topic in General Nursing

    The above posters gave you some good advice. Please don't leave school, since your dire situation will greatly improve once you have your degree. Definately talk to someone. There are people out...

  18. An Enemy As A Patient

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

    enemy or not, I would not want to give my neighbor or friend an enema or stick them for a blood draw. I think that as long as you are willing to pick up another patient in exchange for the one you...

  19. how do you juggle rotating shifts and family?

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

    I went to permanent nights in order to alleviate some of the pressure - but it didn't help much. When I rotated, I just didn't feel like a member of the family. I was either sleeping or working or...

  20. Unethical behavior

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

    But the nurse should only be subject to disciplinary action by the employer and the BON if the affair occured while she was on shift, and therefore put patients at risk due to negligence. I'm...

  21. RN career oppurtunities

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

    So do you want to be a nurse? There are more options than bedside hospital nursing, but IMHO, nothing beats it to build experience. Usually, case managers, nurse researchers and public health nurses...

  22. do you allow fetal demise infants to stay with mother in her postpartum room?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to unikuelady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have no experience with this. I come from a heme/onc critical care unit, where death is a common outcome. Often, our patients are under 30, but its not nearly as shocking as parents losing a...

  23. "What do you know about this company?" -interview question

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

    I didn't (and still don't) know the mission statement, but it was a local community hospital so I just told the recruiter what I knew about it. I got the job too.

  24. Update on Gross Out Co-Worker

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

    :yeahthat: I've given notice at jobs for less.

  25. Abortion Assistance RN

    Blee O'Myacin replied to lucyluv's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For a few reasons - to come and post this here despite the obligatory "how could you... how dare you" flames and the fact that you would consider potentially putting yourself at risk to assist women...