candicane

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1. *Weird* Patient Allergies

   candicane replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

   I had a pt that said she was allergic to an antibiotic, (I don't remember which one) when I asked her reaction to it, she told me she gets a yeast infection when she takes it!

2. Pulse ox, or other monitor, question

   candicane replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Pediatric

   Most of our peds rooms are connected to a monitor at the peds station and in our icu for increased monitoring. A few are not and we have to use a portable sat machine to monitor that is not easy to hear. I always tell parents that if it is going off...

3. What you wish they knew....

   candicane posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm on another forum for moms, somebody posted a thread called "What they DO NOT tell you about labor and delivery that you wish they would have" After reading several comments (some about nazi nurses..) I have to wonder from a nurses point of view ...

4. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

   candicane replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

   Last week I had to call the dr twice on the same pt, first time bp's 240/110 and c/o headache. Dr says "I'm not really worried about that" what?! so I used my nursing judgement and gave his BP meds early!! Brought it down. Later that night (2230) the...

5. Had a mom flip out on me today...

   candicane replied to ItsyBitsySpider's topic in Pediatric

   I feel the same, it always upsets me when we get a kid in with resp distress, known asthma and the parents come in reeking of cigarette smoke and can't fiqure out why their child can't breathe (huge pet peeve!!) Also this thread reminds me of the pt...

6. Weighting diaper with stool

   candicane replied to AC439's topic in Pediatric

   In the peds unit that I work, we weigh it and chart it under urine/stool or mixed diaper so the docs know it was both.

7. This poll is directed to the Med/Surg staff nurse.

   candicane replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work the RN is partnered with either a LPN or CNA and on evening shift we usually have about 6 patients per team, of course sometimes 7 or 8 depending on the amount of admissions and who the charge nurse is, (one will not put anyone over 7 an...

8. Great Grandma Tattoos "Do Not Resucitate" on her chest

   candicane posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just read this article and thought it was great, what do you think? http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060516/LIFE02/605160389&SearchID=73244932162411

9. Labor, birth and spectators

   candicane replied to KRVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My husband was the only one in the delivery room, (the hospital only allows 2 anyway). Most of the rest of the family waited it out in the waiting room. My mother-in-law couldn't be there because she had to go to BINGO that night (she is a bingoahol...

10. Truth about Nursing diagnosis

    candicane replied to UTRN2005's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work at just changed how we do care plans due to being cited for each pt only having one care plan for the primary diagnosis. Now they are all on a computerized flow chart, you go down to whatever your nursing diagnosis is and click o...

11. new grad RN- want to quit nursing

    candicane replied to sax_journey's topic in General Nursing

    I am also a new grad, June this year. I worked in the same hospital I am at now as an LPN for 2 years, so making the transition has been a little easier,(note easier not easy!!) as I am already familar with the staff and the routine. I also have a ...

12. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    candicane replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

    We have a Dr. that has ordered coffee enemas for pts that are addicted to caffeine and are NPO

13. Professionalism and Nurses

    candicane replied to Dixiedi's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital that I work at, one of the questions in the intial interview is what do you prefer to be called, so right away you know how to address them, then this information gets passed on to the next shift.

14. Hello

    candicane replied to candicane's topic in Iowa

    I have been an LPN for just over a year and I love it. I chose med-surg so I could really get some real life experiences. I have found that a lot of what I see at work helps me now in the ADN level with understanding and applying what I've learned....

15. Hello

    candicane posted a topic in Iowa

    I think its great to have a forum for us Iowa nurses. I live in Marshalltown and work at the hospital here on med-surg. I am an LPN and am currently in the ADN program at MCC. (and I am ready to give birth to my first child in about a week or so y...