mellomom

mellomom specializes in med surg.

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1. 'Unhealthy' nurses...bad examples?

   mellomom replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

2. 'Unhealthy' nurses...bad examples?

   mellomom replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting thread. I appreciate the many atriculate and thoughtful comments. I absolutely do not think we should pander to our patients and their biases. I've had patients who are racist, too - and...

3. Meth is destroying communities

   mellomom replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing

   Same problems here in rural Washington state - I work at a public hospital, where all the addicts go when 1) they can't score any more drugs and realize they are sick and/or 2) they try to kill...

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

   mellomom replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   In my facility, we don't always have aides if the census is low, so we to total patient care alone on those days. I had a patient just this week assume I was an aide becuase I was changing her bed and...

5. The very, very old and sick who are full code

   mellomom replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

   This is such an interesting thread. I have seen these end-of-life pts die a long agonizing death like most of you. The worst was a 90 + yo with multiple medical prob who developed an ileus with end...

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

   mellomom replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   I've read my own chart too... while in the room, waiting for the ARNP who was called out for an emergency. While she was "suprised" I didn't feel she was angry. I discovered she had a horrible...

7. shoes for aching backs

   mellomom replied to Lori RN_09_2b's topic in General Nursing

   Just FYI if you have a high instep, Dansko's aren't for you. Try Zappo's online for free returns up to 1 year after purchase...good

8. Please assess your patient well!

   mellomom replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I'm (sort of) glad to know the same crap happens someplace other than my facility.... The pain thing makes me crazy, we have alot of orthos and I can't count the times I have started the shift...

9. Pushing IV Lopressor

   mellomom replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

   We also have the lopresor 5 mg q 5 min x 3 protocol at our hospital, but I've learned to watch those vitals carefully (in addition to having tele on)... The drop in BP can be very rapid, so i do...

10. Trouble with Narcan

    mellomom replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

    So does narcan always cause the delirium I saw? It seems when we've given it before, it just wakes folks up (and increases their pain...) but this was so violent... we were wondering if psych hx or...

11. Trouble with Narcan

    mellomom replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

    clee, I had to laugh at your post. I've noticed I can tell the addicts by how they respond to ivp narcs - the addicts looove the rush, and everyone else is mad and wants the next dose slower!!

12. Trouble with Narcan

    mellomom replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much! For awhile I thought I'd killed her! Apparently she told the doc/her family that she was "weaning off everything" when in reality she was not only taking her own med but her dead...

13. Trouble with Narcan

    mellomom posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone! I am new to this site, and wanted to get feedback on narcan use from other people. Gave some ivp the other day for post surgery respiratory depression