fiveofpeep

fiveofpeep

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  1. Preceptor said..."You could have lost your license!"

    fiveofpeep replied to camiluvsNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A better preceptor would have explained that stroke response time is kept track of and published and also factors in to the hospital's ability to be stroke certified and be a stroke receiving center....

  2. bradycardia with nitro drip?

    fiveofpeep replied to valsalvamanuever2's topic in Cardiac

    Was the patient sleeping? What was the

  3. Main IVF solution compatibility (specifically LR)

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hey Everyone, I have been doing some extensive internet searching but can't seem to find a reputable source that details IV solution compatibility with IVPBs and drips. Specifically, I want to know...

  4. Main IVF solution compatibility (specifically LR)

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient Medications

    Yeah we have a chart but LR is not on it. It's just not realistic for me to look up each drug each time. Our internet is too slow and my patience is too short I guess as a last resort, I'll make my...

  5. Thoughts about Neurosurgical/ MS-ICU

    fiveofpeep replied to reygrjr's topic in MICU, SICU

    If you aren't ready then don't go. A good supervisor wouldn't push you into something like that if you don't feel ready. You sound genuinely scared about it and if it made you hate nursing before,...

  6. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am so upset. A neighbor moved in and one of his friends was telling me that he is wheelchair bound and just got out of a SNF and has no family resources in the community or health care professionals...

  7. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. Now that I have thought about it and distanced myself emotionally I totally agree with the need to hang

  8. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Nursing

    Friend

  9. Running medications distal to pump

    fiveofpeep replied to mushmash's topic in Patient Medications

    we give mag IVP during codes and emergencies. I don't understand though, was the Mag not programmed into the pump at

  10. gossip at work

    fiveofpeep replied to ohmeowzer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My new unit is like this too. I feel like every time I turn around, they're gossiping. It drives me crazy. It makes me feel really isolated and paranoid. I just keep to myself and don't socialize...

  11. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah that's what I figured. Maybe he refused follow up care. It sounds like he wanted to get out of the SNF at all costs--not that I blame him--so maybe he had to sign out AMA? I dont

  12. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and according to the friend, he can't even transfer out of the chair without assistance. When the friend left him, he was sitting in the couch and refused help to get back to his chair. That's more...

  13. New neighbor slipped through the cracks. What do I do?

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. Yeah I dont know if I made it clear. Although I am worried for him, I have no idea what his level of functioning is and I definitely don't think it would be appropriate for myself to...

  14. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was assaulted by my patient approximately one year ago and now that it has been the anniversary of my injury, I wanted to share how my life is now and how I am still affected. Summary--original...

  15. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is so true but it's also disheartening. In my state it's supposedly punishable by fining to not have lift help, but they can obviously get around it somehow. There needs to be enforceable

  16. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So you're the one I see leaving notes in the chart that say "Dr. So and So please change your charting to reflect blah blah blah?" I always wondered who that was. This sounds very interesting and a...

  17. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is very good advice and I you are right. Once I just admit to myself that bedside nursing is not the best option for me and I can start to grieve that loss of the idea I had in my head of being...

  18. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    holy barnacles! that is insane! see this is what i always try to remind myself: no matter how bad i may feel, i know that there are people out there who have been through so much more and are...

  19. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was an avid yogi for years before my injury but now I lack the strength to hold my body up and it just frustrates me, so I've picked up swimming which works miracles for me. I can actually swim to...

  20. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    thank you so much for the support :) i agree that we need to unite together about this. i think it is a very important issue. nurses are faced with the threat of violence every day. and you're right,...

  21. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm still in ICU but it's a much lower acuity hospital. Many of the patients would be like a tele patient at my old place so the running around is definitely decreased but the lack of resources make...

  22. assaulted by my patient--one year later

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is a great idea that I had not thought of. Now I just need to figure out what type of MSN I'd want I did have a PHN course but didn't get certed but maybe I could look into them doing it...

  23. How detailed is your change of shift report?

    fiveofpeep replied to rcon's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have noticed the same thing. I actually went down in acuity and the nurses here are so much more detailed. Everyone comes in early to look up patient information off the clock and thus you don't...

  24. Newer nurse

    fiveofpeep replied to tech1000's topic in Emergency

    Good advice

  25. How to adjust to night shift?

    fiveofpeep replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    try melatonin when you get off work to help you sleep. I have that problem too sometimes. Like I'm not tired enough but then that night, boy am I