thisnurse123

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1. Lowest Dose of Morphine To Cause Death

   thisnurse123 replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing

   -error it should read 0.25 ml not 0.25 mg

2. Learning to keep quiet

   thisnurse123 replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing

   Hopefully no more causing trouble because no matter how much I try to avoid it I find myself in trouble. And I aspire to be professional and well put together.

3. Learning to keep quiet

   thisnurse123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   What are the best ways to keep yourself quiet at work?? Self talk down isn't working out too well for me.

4. Compact License

   thisnurse123 replied to Need answer's topic in General Nursing

   Just be honest on your application and see what happens.

5. Lowest Dose of Morphine To Cause Death

   thisnurse123 replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing

   this makes since if they passed 4 hours after or even the next shift after

6. Nurse lose license over work chat

   thisnurse123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Over heard a convo, basically someone stabbed someone else and got away with it. Then the other nurse was talking about true crime shows and patient murders. Can these people lose their license or??? I looked the other way but wow

7. Lowest Dose of Morphine To Cause Death

   thisnurse123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is 0.25 mg of morphine enough to cause a death if you administer only one dose and it's the only dose the patient had? My other coworkers are calling this nurse the angel of death and I think it's inappropriate.

8. Death Bath Myth

   thisnurse123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   The death bath is apparently a myth: Association between Bathing and Survival in Patients with Advanced Cancer in Their Last Days of Life: A Prospective Cohort Study

9. GI bleeds

   thisnurse123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Recently it seems ERs do not want transfers from nursing homes for GI bleeds. Thoughts on how bigger cities can get these patients the care needed? I understand nursing homes can monitor labs but outside if a bleed is bad 10/10 transferring for a tra...

10. Have you ever left in the middle of a shift?

    thisnurse123 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Yep after DON waited four hours to give me a login. "I couldn't do the med pass on time.

11. Can I file a complaint against a facility

    thisnurse123 replied to bixbie's topic in General Nursing

    It's called charting by exemption. Most SNF's are focusing on the skilled patients for charting and vitals. Outside of this when I give report I don't add extra fluff. If a patient has a coc I call write an SBAR and report. Never give report about so...

12. Is it possible to be a decent nurse if I'm a sociopath or have antisocial personality disorder?

    thisnurse123 replied to uniteddemclub's topic in General Nursing

    Most nurses and doctors have sociopathic personalities/ narcissism according to studies...but not more than the general public. you'll fit in. Keep patients safe. Be respectful. "Nursing professionals exhibited a significantly higher level of s...

13. Hospice care

    thisnurse123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently more hospice patients have been admitted to the unit. A few nurses have pointed out improper training for care. The director wants morphine 0.25 ml/5mg q 4 hours scheduled for some and PRN for others. The seasoned nurses are requesting 0.25 ...

14. DNR

    thisnurse123 replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for teaching :) hopefully another student will find this useful as well and not assume crackles are from the eldery being mostly bed bound :) This feedback defintitely helped me think deeper about the patient.

15. DNR

    thisnurse123 replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing

    Haha yeah urosepsis which isn’t funny😩 but hard to prevent in elderly https://www.thoracic.org/professionals/clinical-resources/quick-hits/dyspnea-and-recurrent-urinary-tract-infections.php Made my noodle think 🧐 https://www.news-medical.net/...