Sunflowerinsc ADN, RN

Sunflowerinsc has 46 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in Med/Surg.

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1. Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

   Sunflowerinsc replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

   And not just LOOK at the patient, talk to him, touch him. I've seen nurses look at the monitor and go on with out a glance to the real person. You can tell a lot also just by touching a person's arm ....

2. Multi-dose insulin vials

   Sunflowerinsc replied to Sunshine716's topic in Patient Medications

   Communal inhalers? Really? Bad enough to still have multi dose vials of insulin ,but inhalers?? I'll be sure to take mine from home with me

3. So I kind of messed up

   Sunflowerinsc replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

   What are you saying? Isn't basic grammar, capital letters, periods,paragraphs taught

4. How do you remember all of the nursing considerations for meds?

   Sunflowerinsc replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

   It's not the "class" your taking in school they are talking about. It's the class of the medication ,meaning how it's used. You'll see antihytensive listed as "class" and then broken down such as...

5. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

   Sunflowerinsc replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

   Where is the poster? He should have enough information for all the homework to be done! And we've had a good time talking about the "old

6. Home Health: Need Help

   Sunflowerinsc replied to Rosey02's topic in General Nursing

   Is the patient in the hospital now? I'm not sure by your post. If he is, how did the hospital weigh him ? Hospital beds have a build in scale or if not the hoyer lift

7. PCTs who just don't care....

   Sunflowerinsc replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know if the PCT doesn't care ,but I know she/he isn't doing her job. So why is she still there? Where is the charge nurse

8. New Nurse Wants Your Experiences.

   Sunflowerinsc replied to ImposterSyndromePN's topic in General Nursing

   Most have done all those things you wrote about ,and not just as a new nurse, including the "wrong holed straight cath". Happens more that you know! Sounds like you're doing well. Learn from each and...

9. Clipping nails at nurse's station

   Sunflowerinsc replied to BillieP's topic in General Nursing

   Or at

10. About to quit med-surg

    Sunflowerinsc replied to Newbie_1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Three months and just off orientation hardly gives you time to really get a feel of it. It may seems like it will never get better but it will . It sounds like you are planing to resign without...

11. Searching for first RN job question!

    Sunflowerinsc replied to s1992's topic in General Nursing

    Don't think that patients sleep all night. No matter what unit it is, they are sick ,need assistance , aren't at home and need help. Nursing care goes on

12. CNO Registration

    Sunflowerinsc replied to Daniel01_'s topic in Canada

    CNO , stands for

13. Medication drawer keys

    Sunflowerinsc replied to RN4ittybits's topic in General Nursing

    The medications are in a built in drawer in each pts room , the lock takes a code to open. No keys. When we did have a key they never were taken home by any

14. Unsafe Staffing/Mandated Time

    Sunflowerinsc replied to RATMLPN's topic in General Nursing

    What are the labor laws of your state? I guess you aren't in a union . I'd find out the laws from your states labor

15. IV therapy

    Sunflowerinsc replied to IBVicki's topic in General Nursing

    Arm board, haven't seen one for years and