McGyverRN

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  1. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    McGyverRN replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    same as

  2. Frustrated and overwhelmed at work...Vent/Advice?

    McGyverRN replied to AltaEnfermera's topic in General Nursing

    One word in your post says it all...."owner." That implies an individual who will get away with the bare minimum for the sake of profit. The conditions in your office are a disgrace. You are being...

  3. BSN to NP: to wait or not wait

    McGyverRN replied to Walker.Abb's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The FNP program I am in required at least 2 years experience. Having just completed a semester in theory and public health and now working on health policy and advanced nursing research, I don't...

  4. What would you have done?

    McGyverRN replied to wbdtrt's topic in General Nursing

    The dietary aide's behavior was unexcusable. I agree with Flo. Write her up. Also, speak to your nurse manager and ask her to speak to the dietary manager about the

  5. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    McGyverRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Pet Peeves: patients who think they can get "better" care because they know judge so and so or some other community celebrity, JCAHO--I swear they live to make floor nurses' lives impossible, when 5...

  6. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    McGyverRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How I'd like to respond to family members who come to the nurse's station without identifying themselves or the patient they are inquiring about. Question: "Where is my mother?" Answer "The

  7. Just a vent: why snooker a pt who needs to get up? (and other thoughts)

    McGyverRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Seems like the doc or PA should have d/c'ed that phenergan after it was determined that she was very sensitive to meds. Nevertheless, I agree with you. I would have been irritated with the previous...

  8. Pet peeves!

    McGyverRN replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest pet peeve- a patient is admitted with a 3 day hx of vomiting and diarrhea. You don't even have them off of the cart from the ER, when the family begins to continuously chant "she hasn't...

  9. why

    McGyverRN replied to hollydoll's topic in General Nursing

    It would be nice if they would eliminate a few of those management positons and add that back into the direct pt care budget, wouldn't

  10. Need Tips for NCLEX Review

    McGyverRN replied to Acey's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated form an accelerated BSN program as well. I did not attend any review classes. I bought a practice workbook (by Susan Poorman) and did every single question (about 1500). Then I checked...

  11. Do float nurses in your facility get paid more?

    McGyverRN replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has three classifications of staff. Regular staff who can be pulled within their cluster of units for no differential or be pulled out of their cluster of units for $5.00/ hr...

  12. Patients reading their own charts-yay or nay?

    McGyverRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital allows pt or person of pt's choice to review the chart in a supervised setting "to maintain the integrity of the chart." If the nurse does not have time to do it, then medical records...

  13. comments about patient's w/ IV's?

    McGyverRN replied to johnson0424's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Does your pt have a permacath for easy IV access if needed, or an AV fistula? In my hospital, if they need a heart monitor (either on a tele unit or a remote tele), they must have an IV site. An...

  14. Abnormal ABG's and intubation

    McGyverRN replied to luvmypatients's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Those numbers aren't great, but I would think the doc may try Bipap (with O2 bled in) before intubation. Bipap is a mask that exerts inspiratory and expiratory pressure, helping the gas exchange to...

  15. Favorite, Fun, Weird, and Scandalous Symptoms and Diagnosis...

    McGyverRN replied to doctordefender's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a pt who's diagnoses was "ILL." I bet the insurance company loved that

  16. Surgical Nurses: your input on scenario

    McGyverRN replied to Town & Country's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree. And I hope that he has gotten more than one unit of blood. What was the EBL in the OR? How often are H & H being

  17. Locking up IV solutions

    McGyverRN replied to Bwick's topic in General Nursing

    My facility's policy is that all IV solutions must be locked up. I'm not sure if this a legal requirment or a JCAHO

  18. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    McGyverRN replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    To a pt on a bedpan, " Are you ready to get off

  19. organization

    McGyverRN replied to 1shawnaw's topic in Nursing Career

    When you are new, it can be very overwhelming and easy to forget things. Getting yourself organized is crucial. If your unit has one, use a worsheet. If not, make one yourself and photocopy it for...

  20. Getting hit!

    McGyverRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    As for the first pt, the case manager needs a reality check. As for the second pt, if the family refuses phyiscal or chemical measures to ensure the safety of the pt and the staff, then THEY need...

  21. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    McGyverRN replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I'm not an ER nurse, but we often change the dignosis of out obese pts admitted for SOB --"exacerbation of

  22. Pet Peeves

    McGyverRN replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    My pet peeve--when a pt calls me

  23. anyone gone through JCAHO recently?

    McGyverRN replied to ERERER's topic in General Nursing

    oh, one more thing, we aren't allowed to keep hemoccult/gastroccult solutions in the pt bathroom cabinets, because they can be mistaken for

  24. anyone gone through JCAHO recently?

    McGyverRN replied to ERERER's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh Jcaho...we all must be JCAHO accredited. And they make our llives so much easier, don't they. We pay them lots of money to come up with new rules every two years and tell us that we aren't...

  25. How does your tele and ER work together?

    McGyverRN replied to Hrtnurse14's topic in Cardiac

    I can understand your point of view, but sometimes the report is so inaccurate that we floor nurses wonder if the pt in the bed is the one we got report on. We need an accurate ER assessment so that...