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Our mostly LTC,re-hab facility is getting more admits who have PICC lines. Ive not had to care for patients with PICCs in the past and would appreciate any information you can give me about them,such as: 1. How do you maintain them?How do you prevent...

How do you get the Prevacid granules to go down the G.Tube without clogging the damn thing up? Thank you.

Ive always understood that Fentanyl patches can be placed anywhere,chest back etc. But we have one nurse,who recently went to a Pain Seminar,that insists the patch must be place ot the torso,as it is absorbed best there. She gets bent out of shpae wh...

The Glasgow Coma Scale was designed to measure the depth of Coma. This means that a person must already be in a Coma prior to the test administration. When we have a new admit, The Glasgow is on our admission assessment and 99% nurses administer the ...

Please,those with greater insight,how can a geriatric patient be admitted with a dx. of dehydration,dt diarrhea and poor po intake,who is then placed on 80cc/hr iv fluid,d5w 1/2 ns, then,after only 2 hrs of this iv fluid intake have the labs show she...

It would be helpful for me to know,when your jamming at work and unexpected crises comes up on the floor,then you start falling behind,lets say falling behind with meds, what shortcuts do you take to catch up?

With all the things I want to do in the day,Id have to get by on 5 hrs of sleep per night. How much sleep do you need? Could you get by with less to accomplish your goals?

Lets say Jesus Christ was on earth today ,he went to school and became a nurse,and had the same attitude towards life that he ,apparently had 2000 years ago. Would he be employable? Or would he make such a fuss when he saw the cost cutting at patient...

I just got done reading the ANAs Code of Ethics with Interpretive Statements. If this is the moral code that all nurses are held to then any nurse I have worked with or met is not an ethical nurse,my self included. This ethic is a nice ideal,somethin...

Im not the most organized nurse there is,maybe ive got AADD,or whatever,but Im trying I get flustered when lets say Ive got 3 IV antibiotics that have to be given Q 4 hrs,and Ive got to keep track of when their finished,or if they arent infusing corr...

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I work at a mostly LTC facility,therefore most of our residents are no code ,howerver we do have a few adult,adolescent and sometimes ped. admits,who are code patients. We also have a clinic,which serves the rural community,and we get an occasional c...

Please dont laugh but I sometimes have a problem figuring out what the IV med book is saying. For example,say Im giving IV Ancef,and the book says "Each 1 Gm or fraction thereof must be diluted with at least 10ml of sterile water for injection. To re...

There is alot of unprofessional behavior among nurses,nurses gossiping,putting others down behind their backs,backbiting,unsupportiveness,etc.,and Im guilty of it also. Is it possible to give an inservice on what is professional behavior? Perhaps edu...

Im not sure I really know what co-dependency is,but from what I do know maybe Jesus had codependency issues. Lets say someone is co dependent,what are they supposed to do about it?

Your orders arent being transcribed to the Mar because of the human factor,human error.No matter what process you have in place,people will screw up.

Yes,for those nurses who are unhappy with themselves,their jobs and their lives,rudeness is a prerequiste.

I cope with death with belief,the belief that death is not the end of everything.

Hi Fran,Im using the idea of self righteous anger as the same with righteous anger,I see you seperate the two. Both of them imply that Im right,my cause is right and could be applied to anyone fighting injustice or pursuing a righteous cause,like Je...

Nursing can be stressful,[duh]. I think what adds to this stress is personalizing what happens to us at work. For many of us nursing is "who we are",our identities are caught up in our roles as nurses,as opposed to nursing being "what we do" to make ...

Fran,I cant address your entire post,but Ill share something personal.For me anger,self righteous or not,is my spiritual enemy. Anger,especially the self righteous kind,is a cover,it covers up my ego,its an excuse to be right,to get revenge and to fe...

Aloha Chearful, you cant go wrong if you follow the bold St.Augustinian saying,"Love and so what you will." .

Cheerful,I have been in a similar situation,trapped in a room,closed doors with DON and 2 supervisors,but if there are no witnessess to the wrongs of these people then its your word against theirs. I wanted to sue also,but couldnt,my word against the...

Thank you for your thoughtful replies to this probing question. I would like to articulate nursing as "who we are". By this I mean we need to justify our existence,"who we are" through our achievements as nurses.

Wow,It must be great to be able to tell your employer,"take this job and shove it" and sometimes and somedays I wish I could...But I dont have that luxery,family,mortage,dog,cat,fish,etc.and overall,when I count my blessings,I enjoy my work. Your sui...