PANurseRN1

PANurseRN1

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  1. a NICE thread about semi private rooms

    PANurseRN1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    No

  2. Special-Needs for Returning SN Dropout?

    PANurseRN1 replied to Nutmeg Kit's topic in General Nursing

    Are you afraid of any exposure to blood/feces/body fluids, or is it just in r/t pts. with dementia? That could make a big difference on the

  3. Need help drawing labs from PICC line

    PANurseRN1 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about this from the POV of drawing the labs then doing an

  4. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    PANurseRN1 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    $8.36/h in

  5. Need help drawing labs from PICC line

    PANurseRN1 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    And our policy is to flush with 10cc then 5cc heparin. Which goes to show that you should follow your hospital/agency policy as practice may

  6. Nursing Shortage

    PANurseRN1 replied to olichi's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You're still better off. If I joined the ANA, they would take my money with pleasure, but would do bupkis for me if I had a problem at work or if I were involved in a malpractice issue. PS: Timothy,...

  7. Need help drawing labs from PICC line

    PANurseRN1 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Twenty? I've never heard that much being used before. Also, her agency's P&P may require a hep. flush after the saline. Always make sure you are following policy. People here may be able to give...

  8. Where have all the GOOD VEINS gone?

    PANurseRN1 replied to PCUSheryl's topic in General Nursing

    I've found that lack of success often comes from not taking enough time to really assess the veins. Often, people will stick the first one they see. That doesn't always work. In addition, not taking...

  9. Need help drawing labs from PICC line

    PANurseRN1 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I would just add to make sure you're following your agency's

  10. pain management after surgery

    PANurseRN1 replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes people are less than truthful about what they take at home, be it prescribed or recreational. If your pt. isn't opiate naive, it's possible that she has a tolerance built up already and...

  11. Why not let me have a PCA?

    PANurseRN1 replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure you're not thinking of hysteroscopy? I can't believe any doc would expect to manage a TAH/TVH with just Tylenol or ibuprofen. I'm with you, Jolie; if this is true, I hope I never wind up...

  12. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    PANurseRN1 replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    We have a local hospice that accepts vent pts. when weaning is planned, so don't generalize and say that all hospices refuse vent pts. In one instance, it took two weeks til the pt was weaned d/t...

  13. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    PANurseRN1 replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    if she wants to talk to someone about her religion, fine. but you should not try to drag religion into this situation. if she asks someone to pray for her and that person is comfortable doing so,...

  14. The White Wall

    PANurseRN1 replied to belfry's topic in General Nursing

    Any doc who laid a hand on me would find himself talking to the cops. Glad your co-workers supported you, but please fill out an incident report on this. He clearly has poor boundaries; what's to stop...

  15. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    PANurseRN1 replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    you should not post as if you know for a fact what happens to people after they die. you're imposing your religious values on others. saying more or less that someone will go to h*ll because he/she...

  16. RN's who cannot insert IV's being Fired???

    PANurseRN1 replied to maidy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with carolina. HIV status is absolutely immaterial. There is absolutely no reason to disclose that info.; it's not pertinent to getting an IV started. I know there are still some nurses out...

  17. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    PANurseRN1 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    "All they have to do is pass meds"? You definitely have no clue just how time consuming giving the right med, at the right time, to the right pt. is. Think of it this way: You can't help the nurses do...

  18. Nursing with a Southern Accent

    PANurseRN1 replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a traveler from Alabama who had a seriously southern accent. She was a great nurse, but I'll admit there were times when it was like she was speaking a foreign language! We worked around...

  19. "CENTI"meter vs "SONO"meter

    PANurseRN1 replied to itiswhatitis's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever. I'm still saying "centimeter" the way I learned to pronounce it, and if someone wants to peg me as a snob or elitist, so be it. I have my thoughts about them,

  20. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    PANurseRN1 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    I feel sorry for that pt. who was looking from one nurse to the other hoping that one of them would put her on the bedpan. I can't imagine how humiliating that might have

  21. Leaving the Profession!

    PANurseRN1 replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    Students: Face it. Nursing is a tough profession. It's not the soft-focus Johnson and Johnson commercials you see. It can be back-breaking, heart-breaking, soul-crushing work some days. The OP has had...

  22. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    PANurseRN1 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto: I detest pot stirrers who start threads just to see if WWIII will break loose. Maybe the OP should spend a little more time studying and a little less time trying to get a rise out of someone....

  23. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    PANurseRN1 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    It's too bad that "all that education" hasn't taught some nurses that very important assessments can be made from the lowly act of "wiping a

  24. "CENTI"meter vs "SONO"meter

    PANurseRN1 replied to itiswhatitis's topic in General Nursing

    The same way Bush

  25. "CENTI"meter vs "SONO"meter

    PANurseRN1 replied to itiswhatitis's topic in General Nursing

    Yippee, yet another person who jumps to hurtful conclusions about co-workers based on nothing more than how someone pronounces a word. There's not an eyeball roll big enough to express how I feel...