AggieNurse99

AggieNurse99 BSN, RN

Infusion, Med/Surg/Tele, Outpatient

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  1. Can an RN work as a sitter?

    AggieNurse99 replied to misplaced1's topic in General Nursing

    Again check with your state board. I believe that even if you are working below your license, you are still held to the liability of an RN. So say your unit has no techs for the day but an extra RN...

  2. What to do when a patient falls

    AggieNurse99 replied to Toshiba's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Um, call for help while moving to the pt. Assessing the pt while assisting back to bed a/o preventing further injury a/o stopping any visible bleeding. Call MD, inform, xrays done, call family inform,...

  3. No Sugar Tonight (Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow)

    AggieNurse99 replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with many of the other posters. You should talk to your peer, if only to say "hey hows life going? - insert chitchat here- I've noticed you seem a little off/preoccupied/different lately....

  4. Delay of care

    AggieNurse99 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So mad at myself for making a (bad) mistake yesterday that delayed care for a pt! I wrote it up, but I still just have a stomach knot! How do I just move on? Having anxiety about going back

  5. Delay of care

    AggieNurse99 replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I edited out some details. I figure its not always as anonymous here as it should be. I wasn't informed of a pt c/o, and there's probably an adverse outcome b/c of it. No matter no one told me,...

  6. Interview from a RN or LVN regarding patients and UAP's

    AggieNurse99 replied to buffieriley's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Texas

  7. Heparine, Lovenox, Coumadin... which one?

    AggieNurse99 replied to beatrice1's topic in Patient Medications

    Lovenox has no effect on a pt's INR. I would suggest you consult a drug reference, a pharmacology guide, and maybe a physiology book - clotting cascade and platelet plugging. Also look up aspirin and...

  8. Interview from a RN or LVN regarding patients and UAP's

    AggieNurse99 replied to buffieriley's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i'm an rn on a tele floor - we take six pts with 1-2 techs for 30 beds. 1. what was the situation that occured? my tech took a pt out of restraints and got him up to the chair and then left him alone...

  9. help w/ nursing dx/formulating my thoughts

    AggieNurse99 replied to shrimpchips's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What would a K+ of 3.0 lead to? What would the S&S be? Muscle/cardiac? Why is it a problem? What is the GFR or creatinine clearance? How does that effect your meds? Is there any objective evidence...

  10. Do I chart or do I take care of my patients?

    AggieNurse99 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    What I do to keep my own head above water: I go see my pts 1st thing, make a narrative note with any abnormalities, then also throughout the day every time something is not normal (gave a prn for...

  11. Labs for possible MI???

    AggieNurse99 replied to momandstudent's topic in General Students

    What is the rationale for ordering or not ordering the tests? What will they show? Take the BP - with uncontrolled hypertension, what is the result? What tests would show organ damage? If the plan is...

  12. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

    AggieNurse99 replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have said, Great thread. As a general rule if my assessment shows an indication for giving a PRN medication, I give it. Pt reports pain 5/10 dull ache head - give PRN pain medication; if...

  13. PICC line dressing change

    AggieNurse99 replied to mesa14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry! Where I work only the open ended catheters are referred to as PICCs! we call the valved ones by the brand, like Groshong etc.! Gotta remeber a PICC is a

  14. PICC line dressing change

    AggieNurse99 replied to mesa14's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do it before. Don't forget to change the caps, measure the circumfrence and insertion length, and never saline lock a PICC. It needs to be

  15. Blood return prior to using PICC or CVC?

    AggieNurse99 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is it okay to use a PICC line that flushes but does not provide blood return? The more senior nurses on my unit make it a big deal when I get a cath flow/activase order because a PICC will not return...

  16. Blood return prior to using PICC or CVC?

    AggieNurse99 replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, say it was placed & verified a few shifts ago, now has no blood

  17. Wearing scrubs to clinicals...

    AggieNurse99 replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    The best tip I ever got for white scrubs --- when removing stains at home, use dishwasher detergent (but only on whites d/t bleaching agents.) A few reasons why you wear whites: the public associates...

  18. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    AggieNurse99 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    A friend is allergic to brewing coffee, something gets in the air. Jeanette actually had to break out the epi-pen in my backseat at starbucks' drive thru. Next stop,

  19. Medication Question...

    AggieNurse99 replied to Quidam's topic in General Students

    http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic261.htm Drug section: antidotes From Harper's Biochemistry, 25th ed, p616: "Insulin also promotes the entry of amino acids into cells, particularly in muscle, and...

  20. A bedbath NIGHTMARE!

    AggieNurse99 replied to IJustWant2pass's topic in General Students

    one of our PCTs taught me the best trick - 2 droplet isolation masks/surgical masks. This has gotten me through many many stinky situations. Thank you

  21. How do I make these "Measurable Outcomes"

    AggieNurse99 replied to silver2009's topic in General Students

    So you have: Nursing Diagnosis r/t related to factors AEB something. 1. intervention 2. intervention 3. intervention 4. intervention Expected outcome: the pt will...... Goal: met, partially met, not...

  22. Fundraising Ideas?

    AggieNurse99 replied to RNnTrainin''s topic in General Students

    Ebay garage sale? Donations to sell on Ebay? with a nice full-class pic and a short paragraph about being nursing students and the pinning ceremony and what left-over funds might be used

  23. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    AggieNurse99 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Kythe is right, multiple food allergies can be quite difficult to live with. Unfortunately, USDA/FDA reg's do allow food manufacturers a reality leeway where trace amounts of non-foodstuffs and...

  24. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    AggieNurse99 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in dietary I always got the wierdest stuff....MSG, tyramine, soy, wheat, corn, tree nuts, peanuts, cow's milk, gluten, sulfites, nitrites, iodine, red food coloring, aspartame, etc... oh?...

  25. New medicatons on NCLEX ????

    AggieNurse99 replied to irish6363's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had 4 questions on one med..."Ok never looked it up, but it has a commercial....what can i remember about the commercial....why can't I remember more than the people's faces in the...