Blee O'Myacin

Blee O'Myacin BSN, RN

ED, ICU, Heme/Onc

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  1. Sick of working short

    Blee O'Myacin replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, we were told that when situations arose such as this one, there were forms to fill out that state that you are not accepting an assignment due to an unsafe ratio. It is...

  2. Just a question from a student

    Blee O'Myacin replied to tes85's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I try not to cry at work, although that is OK too. We have a small unit, and the other patients are well aware that someone else is dying. So for the sake of the other people that are going...

  3. "but doctors are better than nurses"

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

    I didn't see the resident suggesting ice packs for a patient's horrible hemmorhoids - but they did offer a PCA morphine pump for them (they were out of this world). After we iced those things for an...

  4. what so you think?

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

    professionally, it makes no difference. I was precepted by a nurse who was in her mid 20's, but had been on the Unit since she was a nurse extern/student right after high school. She's earned the...

  5. Nurse Practioner without any clinical experience?

    Blee O'Myacin posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I know someone who is going through one of those one year BSN programs who wants to go straight through and be a NP. I told him that I thought it was a bad idea since he has never had the...

  6. Is Ativan 10 mg po per dose too much?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to lorster's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    poor oncology patient who may have built a tolerance! Though I have never seen the doseage as high as 10mg PO, we once gave a patient 2mg IV q1h - for 3 weeks! He was dying and it helped ease the...

  7. What is Groshong catheter?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to 3months's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a link http://www.bardaccess.com/groshong.html In the "real world" as opposed to the "NCLEX world" - I would use a 10 ml syringe to flush this catheter (I've had patients with these before)...

  8. Advice for new RN's

    Blee O'Myacin replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Project confidence to your patients, even when you have your preceptor following you closely those first few weeks/months. Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut. Watch and listen to what others do -...

  9. Almost fired today

    Blee O'Myacin replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear about your troubles. How long have you been off of orientation? I have been out of school for a year now and am in a critical care area as well. I am curious as to why so much haldol...

  10. personal wishes statement/advanced directive/living will

    Blee O'Myacin replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Do it and make sure it is nice and legal - witnessed and notarized. I work with a young patient population (adult bone marrow transplant) and wish that more of them were able to address their desires...

  11. TPN questions

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Celia M's topic in General Nursing

    Originally Posted by Celia M I'm doing a little research on TPN policies and have some questions: 1. Do you give TPN via a peripheral line ever? (PPN) 2. Do you always stop the TPN for lab draws (even...

  12. C Diff

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Perfectms10's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi Vanessa - Think of it this way. A person with C.Diff uses the toilet. Then they forget to wash up afterwards and touch the doorknob to the bathroom and the wall and the doorknob of the room, etc....