Fairlythere

Fairlythere ASN, RN

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  1. Pain is NOT subjective

    Fairlythere replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in Pain Management

    I agree drug seekers are difficult to deal with, however at a recent conference on Pain Management, Nancy Pasero, who wrote the Pain Management manual, reminded us that addicts have pain also. They...

  2. POST OP NAUSEA -which drug do you like?

    Fairlythere posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a med-surg floor and we mostly do gynecological surgeries, though we have others too. It seems most people coming back have nausea/vomiting within a couple hours. Most of our post op...

  3. Going to Work with "pink eye"

    Fairlythere posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so two weeks ago I came down with a right red eye with watery discharge. I woke up after a night shift and found my eye stuck together. After gently washing it, I looked in the mirror, and it...

  4. Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

    Fairlythere posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    At our hospital the CNA's use "robo nurses" to take vitals. It is relatively fast for them, taking BP and pulse and o2 sats at the same time. However the more I work, the less I trust them. It...

  5. Are WA Hospitals Hiring?

    Fairlythere replied to WittleOnesRN's topic in Washington Nursing

    Here it depends on the unit. Right now there are a few in the ED and PACU in Bellingham, ED seems to always be looking and also the ICU...A half hour away I hear they are laying off non-nursing...

  6. Is it really hard to find a job as LPN in WA?

    Fairlythere replied to gaius's topic in Washington Nursing

    Just saw this post, in the Whatcom County area, Bellingham, there is a hospital here that hires LPNs for ED, Mother Baby Post Partum and one med/surg floor. At this time there are a couple openings...

  7. When in your career did you begin to precept/orient new RN's

    Fairlythere posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for about 9 months. Last week the students came to our unit. They are assigned two patients and must have the same RN for both. This means I have to watch them do every med pass,...

  8. Okay, Dumb question=Diluting meds

    Fairlythere posted a topic in General Nursing

    The threads about diluting phenergren and nexium reminded me. I want some tips. For instance, if you give 12.5 of phenergren, the vial is 1 ml = 25 so you have to pull 1/2 a ml. We use syringes...

  9. 25 years clean in June - and work doesnt know!

    Fairlythere posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, I have been reflecting that I have been clean since June 28, 1983. I am coming up on 25 years, mostly in NA. I sponsor 8 women, I got clean at the age of 24 and am pushing 50. Its amazing....

  10. wrong route phenergan?

    Fairlythere replied to cybernurse614's topic in Patient Medications

    Are you thinking of vistaril??That is no longer given

  11. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    Fairlythere posted a topic in General Nursing

    UPDATE 7/28 I have had a few days off. Day after this post, I go in to find my pt. up in a chair, talking to friends, lucid and cheerful; helped back to bed, a lot of pain, but only tylenol. Still,...

  12. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    Leslie, yes the general consensus is that the surgery itself and meds including the ativan and opiates threw her off. She cannot take ibu because of allergy nor can she take toradol. See my next post...

  13. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    I love the thought of tele and ekg but the docs are all saying its the opiates. Weird thing is she was lucid again all day, just a little confused. And she had nothing all day but tylenol at noon as...

  14. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    She actually did have a UA previously but is on abx of course and that has been treated.

  15. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    She has a foley. She WAS on a heparin drip but that had to be stopped she was bruising so much. Now she is on PO coumadin. But thanks for the

  16. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, pain and ativan were my first thoughts. Getting the pain controlled in an elderly with her tendency to snow is the tough

  17. Okay, Dumb question=Diluting meds

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, we have 3 ml. Its just that my brain couldnt figure out how to get it into a prefilled 10 cc syringe without losing some of it cause I was too thick headed to think of using a REAL needle...

  18. Okay, Dumb question=Diluting meds

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that if there is an iv running and the drug is compatable it may not have to be diluted, but we are supposed to always dilute toradol and phenergren. My problem is not that I cant figure out...

  19. Okay, Dumb question=Diluting meds

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    I know how much I NEED, problem is I cannot accurately measure .5 of a 1 cc vial in a 10 cc syringe, as another poster pointed out, the measurements are in increments of 2, 4, 6, etc. Could do 1 cc...

  20. Vistaril IV??

    Fairlythere posted a topic in General Nursing

    The other day I had a patient who's prn order was Vistaril 25mg IV. It was given diluted in the IV tubing and shortly after was followed with a bolus of NS (for low urine output) so Im sure it was...

  21. Career change?

    Fairlythere replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    bklynborn, Im sorry you wont be returning to the hosp. I hope you find something that is satisfying and pays well too. I know the local Option Care is less pay but I did a couple days preceptorship...

  22. Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

    Fairlythere replied to Fairlythere's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Oh I wasnt talking about the OR and PACU vitals which are hooked up to monitors and I am sure are VERY accurate! I was indicating the rolling "robo nurse" that the CNAs wheel from pt. to pt on the...

  23. Whats to Enjoy about Nursing?

    Fairlythere replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

    [EVIL]Cooper can say that because she's only been an RN for less than a year. You just wait!. [/EVIL] THAT WAS DOWNRIGHT MEAN! :lol_hitti To the OP: Remember, as in all forums, people will more...

  24. Need tips for working with student RNs!

    Fairlythere posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today I had a student RN in year two. I myself only graduated in March last yr and have only been on this floor for two months. Its a mostly surgical floor, some medical. She took two pts., but...

  25. How do you handle Criticism? I dont well!

    Fairlythere posted a topic in General Nursing

    My head was spinning. I had two simultaneously important tasks. One guy needed constantly monitored, he had a gallon of golightly coming out his little colostomy about every 10-20 minutes. The aid...