jill48

jill48 ASN, RN

Med/Surg, Geri, Ortho, Telemetry, Psych

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  1. I Hit A Bone!!

    jill48 replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot locate my Potter and Perry at the moment, but if you find a textbook it will tell you that you insert the needle all the way and in one smooth motion, not half way, and not fast through the...

  2. I Hit A Bone!!

    jill48 replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, comparing a spinal tap too an intramuscular injection is like comparing apples and oranges (or duh's and trouts in your case); just because there is a needle involved doesn't make it even...

  3. I Hit A Bone!!

    jill48 replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry but that is just insane. Why would you dart it in til just past the dermis and then push it in gently? And just exactly how do you know when you have passed the dermal layer? The proper way...

  4. I Hit A Bone!!

    jill48 replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

  5. I Hit A Bone!!

    jill48 replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    That's easy. First of all it should have been given in an area with more muscle. Second, she should have used a shorter needle. And third, who teaches a new nurse to insert a needle halfway when the...

  6. I Hit A Bone!!

    jill48 replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you didn't pinch the skin, I was just saying that that should help increase the distance. So if you did pinch the skin, the needle was certainly too long. I'm...

  7. I Hit A Bone!!

    jill48 replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    I bet you freaked out!!! I know I would have. You should have got a shorter needle, and pinching the skin and pulling it up helps to because it increases the distance. But in my 11 years as a nurse...

  8. What Can I Do With A Bsn?

    jill48 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an LPN for 11 years and am now back in school earning my RN and BSN. Although I love taking care of patients, I enjoy the paperwork part of the job even more. Does anyone know they type...

  9. Falls (kinda long, sorry!)

    jill48 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I have been an LPN for 11years. Some of that time was spent in med/surg, but most of it spent in geriatrics. Falls are almost a daily occurence. We are told now that "patients have the right to...

  10. Favorite clinical instructor....and why?

    jill48 replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school, we were doing clinicals on a med/surg floor in a hospital. I was supposed to administer my first IM injection. I pulled up the medicine fine, cleansed the site ok, and told the...

  11. Favorite clinical instructor....and why?

    jill48 replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    You guys are

  12. Personality Type and Nursing

    jill48 replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    isfj

  13. Am I wrong?

    jill48 replied to moongirl's topic in General Nursing

    You were right. It's not always going to be like that. You just have to put up with stuff like that while you are in school. When your on your own, you'll do things your own way, and it sound like...

  14. What do you have in there??

    jill48 replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in General Nursing

    a million black pens, drug books, careplan books, soda, Excedrin, stethescope, bandage scissors, clipboard, wallet, change, jacket, socks, deodorant (never know when you'll have to pull an all...

  15. Are you my waitress today?

    jill48 replied to adria37's topic in General Nursing

    Even though it's not meant to be an insult, it still feels like it sometimes. This is one of the reasons I think all the departments should wear different colored scrubs, so patients, families, even...

  16. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    jill48 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    OMG i'm laughing so hard right now. That's

  17. fear of vomit?

    jill48 replied to maggijo's topic in General Nursing

    For me it's trachs. And it's not really the sputum, its the trach itself. It just scares me. It's so fragile that I am petrified to take care of it. And when suctioning when you insert the tube...

  18. What career would YOU have chosen if you weren't a nurse?

    jill48 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could cross stitch for a living. Or make wedding

  19. Made a med error

    jill48 replied to danigirl58's topic in General Nursing

    Don't be so hard on yourself. I don't think there is one of us on this forum that hasn't made a med error. It's a learning experience. Look at what you learned from it already! You will never make...

  20. Stupid medication question

    jill48 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is going to sound like a really stupid question because I have been a nurse for 11 years. I keep seeing this asthma medication; it comes in a purple disc. I can't remember the name of it....

  21. Stupid medication question

    jill48 replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    That just sounds weird to me that they inhale a puff of powder, seems like they would choke on it. Thank you all for the information. I really felt like an idiot.

  22. Anatomy Question!

    jill48 replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I had an oopherectomy (ovary removed) due to a cyst. A year later they went in and took the other one. WHen I asked if he was going to take out the uterus also, he said it would be better to leave...

  23. Terms we will not admit to using

    jill48 replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, I almost forgot, Vitamin "A" for

  24. Terms we will not admit to using

    jill48 replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    PIA, of course, but I guess we all use that one. I'm ashamed to admit that I have admitted more than my fair share of

  25. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    jill48 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I just thought of another one of my favorites. This was many years ago when i was a newbie. I was pulled to the adult psych unit and scared to death. I quickly learned that when I was doing rounds,...