Pat_Pat RN

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    Low staffing = med error-DHS tagged me with abuse and neglect-what can I expect the b

    Pat_Pat RN replied to fkey541's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    What??? This sounds like major over reaction by everyone! "Abuse" for forgetting one pain pill, this was a PRN I assume? Did she ask anyone a second time?
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    Psych history, decreasing drugs, who to tell?

    Pat_Pat RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been diagnosed with depression, general anxiety and panic disorder in the past. I take Effexor and Xanax for these problems. I am wanting to decrease my dosages, and maybe get off the Effexor...
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    Psych history, decreasing drugs, who to tell?

    Pat_Pat RN replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone for their
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    Psych history, decreasing drugs, who to tell?

    Pat_Pat RN replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have hobbies and such. Just not things that I do on a regular basis. I was just thinking that those I work with see me in a fairly consistent environment, under similar circumstances, etc. All...
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    Psych history, decreasing drugs, who to tell?

    Pat_Pat RN replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any friends that I see on a regular basis outside of work. I know,
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    Nursing Diagnosis for Arthritis

    Pat_Pat RN replied to alire26's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How about "Energy field disturbance". I love that one.... "I feel a disturbance in the
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    Flushing vs Irrigating.... HELP!!!

    Pat_Pat RN replied to newnurse111's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Taber's says: flush: 2. Irrigation of a cavity, or a device such as a feeding tube, with water. irrigate: To wash out with a fluid. ...I really think it would depend on your policies and procedures....
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    In what order do u treat MI

    Pat_Pat RN replied to driveinstyle2005's topic in General Nursing

    They are now saying that morphine isn't the best thing. It is just the oldest (most widely used). I heard this in ACLS on Friday, but no references to give. They said that Fentanyl was the up and...
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    Failing In Ky

    Pat_Pat RN replied to FACE069's topic in General Nursing

    Read the whole post. She has graduated
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    Failing In Ky

    Pat_Pat RN replied to FACE069's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you. What facility do you work at? I work in a small town about and hour north of Louisville, we send all our major trauma down to
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    "Uses call light extremely well"

    Pat_Pat RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Then we'd just have a slew of MI's to go along with everything
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    "Uses call light extremely well"

    Pat_Pat RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know call lights drive us all crazy. But ours has been broken for over 2 weeks. To remedy this we have been giving all the patients little hand bells to ring. This is fine, except all the bells...
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    Help!! New nurse starting nights 7p-7a

    Pat_Pat RN replied to ewilson3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This post kinda relates to the "New nurses not paying dues" post. But when I first started working in the ER, I had to work two nights in a row (Sun, Mon) then days on Friday. I did this for about...
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    Patients who stick around after discharge/legal risks

    Pat_Pat RN replied to JKL33's topic in Emergency

    This is assuming you have cab vouchers...or cabs for that matter...or security! *I* was security in our ER when I was a unit clerk, just because I was the only guy (besides the docs, who all weighed...
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    Questioning Our Compassion

    Pat_Pat RN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    I had to take my car to the mechanic. He was not very friendly, but since it is under warranty I had to take it to this place. He put all different kinds of tools on and in my car. I don't know why...
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    ER "One Stop"

    Pat_Pat RN replied to insatiable's topic in Emergency

    :yeahthat:
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    We can't go on divert!

    Pat_Pat RN replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    Small?? Crack me up! We have 7 beds in our ER. And we put 3 or 4 beds in the hall sometimes. We're about 20 miles from the next closest hospital, and we DO get the "big traumas" and EVERYTHING! I'm...
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    Blood draw from IVs?

    Pat_Pat RN replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    We've had this same story at my hospital. Lab did some testing, and found it was particular nurses that had the problem, not "technique" (ie drawing through a PRN adaptor, through pigtail, into a...
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    Strangest thing taken from ER

    Pat_Pat RN replied to cookienay's topic in Emergency

    Had a lady TRY to steal a sharps box off the wall. She gave it a couple of good tugs, but when we walked in to see what the noise was, she just looked
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    Night shift employees expected to attend things during day??

    Pat_Pat RN replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in General Nursing

    Our shifts are 4a-4p. I have a meeting at 10am. Nice! Our ER supervisor has been having some meetings at 0630, then my med/surg dept. meeting at 0900. Hey, it's all OT,
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    CASE STUDY??? Anyone interested in an interactice one??

    Pat_Pat RN replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    To kinda take a different look at things.... Couldn't all these symptoms be caused by sepsis? I know the immediate concern is the EKG with recent changes, but as noted they are not terminal changes....
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    Hospital BROKE ME

    Pat_Pat RN replied to Jenn-eRN2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was an ASN with no "nursing" experience hired into an 8 bed ICU in a small hospital. So it does happen. Try the outskirts of the big
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    Help!! New nurse starting nights 7p-7a

    Pat_Pat RN replied to ewilson3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The night before the first night, I try to stay up late, so I can sleep during the day before, and be awake at night. Make sense? I've found 50mg of Benadryl works well for me to help me sleep. Some...
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    Droplet oozing from subcutaneous administration?

    Pat_Pat RN replied to greenterra's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Z-track is only for IM, not SQ. Lovenox can be given in the "love handles", that is covered in the link
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    I want out of this mess

    Pat_Pat RN replied to nanae_snow's topic in General Nursing

    baby nurse eating at its best. shame on you! this person said they were wrong, and was asking for assistance. didn't need all the "unprofessional", "immature", "not nursing school" talk. and as...