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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

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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

  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...

  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?

  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...

  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...

  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...

  12. 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...

  13. How long does report take?

    candicane replied to RNnites's topic in General Nursing

    At the facilty I work at we have taped reports, but they have just instituted a policy that only RN's go to report which takes 30-45min then they have to find time to give report to the LPN they are...