liveyourlife747

liveyourlife747 specializes in Home Health/PD.

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1. Long drive after night shift

   liveyourlife747 replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

   If you get enough sleep before your shift you should be fine. I know night shifters that work a 12 then go to Walmart grocery shopping before going home. I like to crash ASAP when I worked nights, but...

2. Spinal Cord Injury Rehab Patient Assessments

   liveyourlife747 replied to nursingstudent_2012's topic in Rehabilitation

   Just do a basic assessment on them, focus on their neuro areas that are affected: legs, arms, etc. Also know the level of the injury, that will help you to focus your assessments as well. High level...

3. my first NG tube insertion

   liveyourlife747 replied to etymed's topic in General Nursing

   I caused a bad nosebleed on my first ng insertion as well. We place our tubes in hot water to increase flexibility. If the pt is dysphasic I have one person hold the head back at the beginning and the...

4. Asking all nurses...need a consensus!

   liveyourlife747 replied to EquestrianRN's topic in Patient Medications

   We get some TID and BID PRN medications on our floor. But the Pyxis flags us if we try to pull a controlled med before the 8-12 hr time that needs to be between them. Other PRNs that's aren't a...

5. prioritizing in the ER

   liveyourlife747 replied to nycClara's topic in Emergency

   Wow! That seems like a lot of work! I work on the floor and the ED nurses rarely, if ever, start giving medications on admitted Pts. Our Pts med recs aren't even scanned until the pt is on the floor....

6. Rx's for new pt's @ snf

   liveyourlife747 replied to RNzInN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   We fax all d/c orders with copies of scrips to SNF prior to a pt being d/c'd. If the SNF sees something where they need a script, they call yhe hospital and usually the attending MD will write the...

7. Nurses Notes

   liveyourlife747 replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in General Nursing

   The best way I've learned is to look at others note. You will see things you like and things you say "that shouldn't be in there." You can borrow others ideas of what to put in notes and make them...

8. Did I help the nurses or did I do nothing?

   liveyourlife747 replied to mamacita2's topic in General Nursing

   If you were answering call bells an providing the care you are supposed to (which sounds like you did) then I would be more than happy to have you as my aide. Sounds like you did a great

9. What to expect in patient's "Progress Notes"?

   liveyourlife747 replied to nurs1ng's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with all the previous posters. Also some MDs break down "problems" that the pt came in with or developed and they list assessment findings related to that as well as their plan. Since most MDs...

10. How to Deal with the Chaos of Med/Surg

    liveyourlife747 replied to Pinky89's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Some days will be better than others. Do the best you can. Try to cluster care as much as possible. Say rm 205 needs pain Meds? Md called on 204? See what md wants (I hate to put md needs over pain...

11. I know nursing notes have been mentioned before, but....

    liveyourlife747 replied to Garethaus's topic in General Nursing

    "Unflavored" respirations! Lol. Gotta love the

12. RN->BSN ODU Teletechnet/Online

    liveyourlife747 replied to EMTtoRNinVA's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I'd like to know as well! I am looking into that program for fall

13. What are the best nursing programs in Virginia?

    liveyourlife747 replied to defhrhorses's topic in Virginia Nursing

    If you are planning on staying around the JMU/EMU area, I would go to EMU. Our local hospital staffs way more EMU grads than JMU, and working on the floor, EMU students tend to act better and think...

14. Cant believe the nurse did.....

    liveyourlife747 replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

15. Bedside Report

    liveyourlife747 replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and at our facility aides do not do bedside report. It is just the nursing staff that does