Blee O'Myacin

Blee O'Myacin BSN, RN

ED, ICU, Heme/Onc

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  1. We Saved a baby yesterday

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

    your entire team - you all seem like a well oiled machine. I'll be thinking about baby Jesus too.

  2. RN vs Ancillary Staff

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

    but if a patient is desatting, we put on the 02 and then call the doc. I would have done the same as you. Not to be nitpicky, but I consider RT and PT my peers as far as the pecking order. Ancillary...

  3. Police Killed Our Patient

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

    especially when it comes to the "superhuman" strength associated with PCP or crystal meth. I'm sure your son, like my husband, is a good cop and cares about what he does for a living. Part of that is...

  4. GLBT Nurses

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

    I'm sure you've been hurt by people who judge your sexual and emotional preferences and that just stinks. Not being gay, it is really easy for me to say that if you are just you, then people with...

  5. Pic Lines.... Dsg. Changes

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

    stat lock and biopatch change. Of course, if they get wet or start to come off, then we change them as needed.

  6. Police Killed Our Patient

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

    My question here was whether or not the facility provided extra protection for the staff if this person was proven to be a danger to himself and others. If it was a matter of a facility change or a...

  7. Police Killed Our Patient

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

    Triage - that is an absolutely horrible situation. Was this patient ever held accountable for his actions? For the attempted assault on the CNA and the assault on you? Did your facility simply put...

  8. Infection

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

    side effects. Some cause fever and chills. Was the pt. neutropenic as well? Sometimes a random culture can grow out staph if it is contaminated somewhere along the line from the patient all the way...

  9. Police Killed Our Patient

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

    comes home to me and the little O'Myacins at the end of his shift. His department doesn't use tasers, but he's pepper sprayed quite a few people in his tenure as an officer. I'm sorry that that...

  10. Ok maybe a dumb question but.....

    Blee O'Myacin replied to cristina2581's topic in General Nursing

    had a distinct advantage over us "newbies" when clinicals started and they were able to jump right in. Many of the people who were already in a different health care profession had a tough time with...

  11. Breastfeed or else

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

    double post.

  12. Breastfeed or else

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

    Don't get me wrong. Most of the time, breast feeding is best, but it doesn't always work out, or mom may need the sanity involved with letting someone else feed the baby every once in a while without...

  13. Open toed shoes to interview?

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

    Especially if you are going to tour the unit. Then again, you will probably have to wear shoe covers so it may be a moot point anyway! I had a super interview outfit, and as soon as I got up to the...

  14. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

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

    to rule out Guillian-Barre (turned out to be food poisioning, and he was discharged with hardly a limp thank G-d). My point is that the doc sedated him with some versed beforehand, and said "if we...

  15. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

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

    Unless you work directly for a doctor in private practice, the only orders taken from a doctor are directly to do with patient care. Not about employee conduct. Besides, I look at that scenario as...

  16. Bloodborne Infections 'need to know' for providing care?

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

    I don't start many peripheral IVs since we usually get our admits with an existing central line, but when I do start one, I just assume that there is something bloodborne and take appropriate...

  17. Rant-I was called 'unprofessional'

    Blee O'Myacin replied to oxyjen's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    not something that could have been construed as unprofessional. The comments about RTs not doing anything other than giving treatments isn't true where I work. They are a vital part to our team, and...

  18. Big bad nurse bully

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Canadian Princess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm wondering who makes the patient assignment if you feel that you are unfairly loaded upon? Our day shift charge makes the assigment for night shift and vice versa. We all switch off as charge,...

  19. Nocardia, mycobacteria infection?

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

    but I work with Bone Marrow Transplant patients and they are suceptible to all kinds of rare bacterial, viral and fungal infections. I hope that your daughter's infection clears up quickly!

  20. DNR and Narcan?

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

    Narcan puts the patient into immediate withdrawal. If the morphine is being used to ease pain at the end stages of a terminal disease, I wouldn't give it. I would also question the order. Sometimes...

  21. NOW does the public understand?

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

    Officer O'Myacin just loooves adding on charges when people do that when he arrests them.... I'm sure that "public littering" or something of the like would have been added on had he been there! But...

  22. Supervisors unappreciated

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

    They appreciate how ill our patients are - even the ones that are able to get out of bed, and do everything possible to get us extra help from the nursing pool when we need it. It seems like a...

  23. Bashful Nurses?

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

    I prefer to be alone, I was PETRIFIED during my first clinical rotation - not about the nursing stuff - it was the talking to strangers that made me freak. But you get used to it. I put on my "nurse...

  24. Transplant Nursing

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

    I work on a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. It can be rewarding, although there is still a long way to go with regards to sucess rate versus the level of suffering a person is willing and able to...

  25. Can a Platelet Transfusion cause a Stroke ?

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

    I've only done heme/onc, so when platelets are low, we transfuse. Our usual protocol is to transfuse at 20,000, unless there is active bleeding, then we'd like to keep them over 50,000. He needs to...