LilgirlRN

LilgirlRN ADN, RN

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  1. Depro users:question

    LilgirlRN replied to jenac's topic in General Nursing

    We have a lot of women come to the EDwith bleeding problems related to the Depo shot. I've talked to women who have bled almost continuously since receiving the injection. I wouldn't be comfortable...

  2. Why can't people just be sick at home!? (RANT!)

    LilgirlRN replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    You guys turned this into something I don't think it was ever meant to be. I've worked in the ED for 15 years and I don't care if you can pay or not, if you are black, white, green or orange. Everyone...

  3. i need help with a teaching project for class

    LilgirlRN replied to rnstudentga's topic in General Nursing

    More than welcome, happy to help

  4. What does you hospital give you for Thanksgiving ?

    LilgirlRN replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Nuthin!

  5. Emotional day at work

    LilgirlRN replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes a good death is better than living a terrible life. It does get easier. We are taught in school to prolong life, but sometimes it's just not of a quality that should be prolonged. Letting...

  6. If you could make your pt. Knowlegable

    LilgirlRN replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    I would teach pt's that the ED is not there for their convenience. We aren't there to see you for your cold just because we fit in YOUR schedule better than waiting till that afternoon to see your...

  7. i need help with a teaching project for class

    LilgirlRN replied to rnstudentga's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5116a1.htm See if this will help you, from the CDC :) Good luck,

  8. Male' 40, dizzy spells, any ideas?

    LilgirlRN replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Could be a multitude of things, anything from inner ear trouble to GI bleed. Without more information I really can't form an opinion. I would say that given his relatively young age and the fact that...

  9. know it all

    LilgirlRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Let me make this point.... if we were educated about addiction in nursing school, would as many nurses as do, actually become addicts? If properly educated could they see it coming? If properly...

  10. know it all

    LilgirlRN replied to LilgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I meant to put my know it all post on the stealing drug thread, I didn't mean to start a new thread. Please put your replies on that thread, sorry....

  11. Fainting blood donor ?

    LilgirlRN replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

    When you donate blood you are of course decreasing the amount of blood you have in your body. Your body has to make adjustments for the decrease in circulating volume. Combine that with a little...

  12. What's your craziest story of the ER

    LilgirlRN replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    Thank Goodness that math is not required on this BB, you guys would laugh at me so much I'd probably never come back. I am a wonderful speller however and it often takes all I can do to not correct...

  13. question about ablation

    LilgirlRN replied to time4mydream's topic in General Nursing

    My mom just had an ablation after suffering for years with SVT. She had one episode (she was very upset) after the ablation but it only lasted a few minutes. She no longer has to take any medication...

  14. What's your craziest story of the ER

    LilgirlRN replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy come in with rubber ball stuck in his rectum. It had been on a chain of balls that are pulled out with orgasm (as I have no prostate gland, I couldn't really tell ya). But anyway, I was...

  15. CT scans and how long to wait?

    LilgirlRN replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

    This is some stuff I dug up about contrast. Most of this is no news to any of us. The most important thing you can read here is under the title Is Oral CT Contrast Safe? Look at the 4th sentence in...

  16. Bad Day at Work (rant, sorry)

    LilgirlRN replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    Worked with a doc a long time ago that I at first genuinely respected for his caring bedside manner. He was oncall for his group when I had a patient that was throwing multifocal pvc's allover the...

  17. CT scans and how long to wait?

    LilgirlRN replied to TexNurse's topic in Emergency

    Look at what the average wait time would be anyway for someone who needed an abdominal CT. WIth either type of contrast the patient is one of those that bumps your average stay time up. Perhaps you...

  18. male versus female nursing wages?

    LilgirlRN replied to hot_dude_Jim's topic in General Nursing

    It's all about location, location, location. I live in the south, no unions, lower cost of living (supposedly). I've been a nurse for 16 years and I make just under 25 bucks an hour. Oh, and I'm...

  19. Seeking advice - dealing with 17-year old sister

    LilgirlRN replied to Altra's topic in Psychiatric

    I feel for you. It's hard to know what to do in this kind of situation and you are limited by what teenager will allow you to do even though it would be in their best interest. I am not really sure...

  20. Med overrides

    LilgirlRN replied to lmd32's topic in Psychiatric

    GOOD GRIEF!!!!! haven't these folks ever heard of IM injections? someone call the civil liberties union.

  21. Bleeding patient

    LilgirlRN replied to javajunkie's topic in MICU, SICU

    Can you imagine a column in the newspaper with the names of doctors who refuse to come in and do what they took an oath to

  22. Extreme swelling and tenderness of lymph node

    LilgirlRN replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in General Nursing

    I had mono when I was about 9, sickest I've ever been in my life. NO idea how I got it, no one else I knew had it. I went to WebMD and looked at it, the incubation period is like 50 days and the...

  23. Candida Question

    LilgirlRN replied to LisaRN2B's topic in Pediatric

    It was probably because the tape had been on her arm for 4-5 days. Yeast usually attacks nice wet environments, like body cavities, the skin next to a nice damp diaper etc. Although the skin under the...

  24. Extreme swelling and tenderness of lymph node

    LilgirlRN replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in General Nursing

    oh yeah, perhaps

  25. Extreme swelling and tenderness of lymph node

    LilgirlRN replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely have something going on, just what that is, I dunno. Since it got so large so quickly and it is where it is, keep a watch on it as far as occluding your airway is concerned. I'd at least...