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  1. Air Fresheners in the hospital

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Glad to see someone who agrees with me. Those "artificial" smells are just sickening to me. And I am not even a bad asthmatic. I have found some information on the chemicals that are in these...

  2. Mayonnaise treatment for lice

    deespoohbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just took care of a pt who was infested with lice. And I do mean infested. Our infection control nurse recommended mayonnaise treatment for this patient. Applied the mayonnaise to the patient's...

  3. Somebody Probably has access to YOUR License Number!

    deespoohbear replied to meandragonbrett's topic in General Nursing

    I think you can look up license numbers here in Indiana too from the Indianagov page. I am too tired to link it now, but I know you can. I looked up my number. Indiana's database will give you the...

  4. Mayonnaise treatment for lice

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    This was a child and child protective services were notified D/T other issues besides the lice infestion. They were suppose to follow up on the kid and the family. We did contact our health...

  5. Mayonnaise treatment for lice

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    We called our local health department which was a big joke. Said it was out of their hands because the child was hospitalized. The whole family was infested, I am sure. Nothing we could do except...

  6. Bell's palsy...how long and will I ever recover??

    deespoohbear replied to rndiva1908's topic in General Nursing

    I have had three sister-in-laws have Bell's palsy. One SIL had it twice! One SIL developed it when she was 8 months pregnant, so steroids were out of the question. You can tell when she is really...

  7. Mayonnaise treatment for lice

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if it worked or not. Sent the patient home before the time was up to remove the mayo. According to the infection control nurse you leave the mayo on for 12 hours, wash it out, use shampoo,...

  8. Ever feel like the med/surg unit is the hospital dumping ground?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sometimes the DNR's are the patients who require more support emotionally. And their families can be a real trip too. I believe there is a fine line between comfort measures and heroic measures...

  9. Does your company pay for CPR certification?

    deespoohbear replied to melissa24's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has several people who are certified to teach CPR. On our mandatory edcuation day every year, we go over CPR. We take the tests every other year, and the off years we just review the...

  10. Question-how far do you travel for work daily?

    deespoohbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering how far some of you travel to work and back daily. I live in fairly rural area and I now drive 36 miles round trip for work. I am thinking about taking a job in a larger city farther...

  11. Has anyone ever had this problem with Reglan?

    deespoohbear replied to Heather333's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen people flip out with Phenergan, Reglan, and Demerol. I even saw one pt go into what appeared to be a catanoic state after receiving Compazine IV. I usually see the worse reactions with...

  12. Question-how far do you travel for work daily?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I am really suprised by all the responses here. Thanks. A lot of people travel farther to work than what I would have

  13. Question-how far do you travel for work daily?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!! That is quite a distance. My drive would be about 45-50 minutes depending on the

  14. RN signatures after LPN's

    deespoohbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I want everyone to know that I am not bashing LPN's here or trying to get into a debate over RN vs. LPN. I just want a little info. Our facility still requires RN signatures after LPN...

  15. Lack of communication in report!

    deespoohbear replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    We have one nurse that will tell us what someone's breath sounds were like 3 days ago. Who cares? Unless the pt was perfectly clear this morning and now is drowning in their own fluids, I don't...

  16. what do you call them?

    deespoohbear replied to eak16's topic in General Nursing

    The NP who works for our family's doctor is called by her first name, per her request. There is another NP and PA at the doctors' offices in time, and they are both called by their first names, per...

  17. RN signatures after LPN's

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    About the only thing an LPN can't do in our med/surg unit is retrieve blood from the blood bank. Also at a death (expected of course) there has to be at least one RN to pronouce death. Other than...

  18. how to reduce the smell?

    deespoohbear replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

    We actually had a skunk spray the outside of the ER doors one morning. Man, did that stink. :eek: Our small county hospital stunk for a couple of days. Yuck. I really have a hard time with...

  19. how to reduce the smell?

    deespoohbear replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

    I would be willing to try anything but the spray stuff. I have asthma and allergies, and when they go spraying that stuff I almost gag. I have also heard about the mouthwash in the bath water...

  20. Crazy, abusive patient? What do u do?

    deespoohbear replied to Anagray's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have done this in this order: notify the pt's doctor, notify the shift supervisor, notify the hospital administrator, notify the police. We do not have security at our small hospital, so the...

  21. Bossy Unit Clerks

    deespoohbear replied to NancyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would be honked off if I found out an employee who had no business to was looking at my personal files. I once had a nurse who worked for our home health dept ask me why I had been in the...

  22. too much stress in Med -Surg?

    deespoohbear replied to Kayzee's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked med/surg for 7 years. I have gained a wealth of knowledge. I feel confident that I can handle about any situation that might arise in med/surg. It can be a real pit though. We are...

  23. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    deespoohbear replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    In our small county hospital, Cardizem, insulin, and nitro gtts go to the ICU. A couple of times a doc has tried to talk us into taking a insulin gtt on the med-surg floor but I absolutely put my...

  24. Belly Piercing/Tattoo

    deespoohbear replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I could agree to letting my 14 year old child having a tattoo or a navel piercing. I don't have a problem with having the ears pierced before the age of 18 but I think the rest would...

  25. Don't you love it when the doctor compliments you?

    deespoohbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    Don't you just love it when the docs compliment you for a job well done? The example I have happened this evening. I worked just a few hours at the end of a 12 hour shift. An admit had come in...