santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed

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    Nursing without license

    santhony44 replied to TouchstoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the most recent Texas bulletin, one of these imposters was employed for over a year before someone noticed no license was on file! Most of the time it's picked up fairly quickly, often before the...
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    Nursing without license

    santhony44 replied to TouchstoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've also wondered if the employing facility ever faces consequences as well. Some don't pick up on the license problem for months! In Texas we get a BON bulletin quarterly and it has pictures of...
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    Calling In Scripts

    santhony44 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    If meds are being called in, there should be a clearly written order, no guesswork: Zyrtec 10 mg, one by mouth daily, #30, 2 refills A written prescription is better in that it leaves a paper trail....
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    New To Night Shift

    santhony44 replied to XYicuRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: all the advice you have so far is good but this about your sleep is especially important. it's been 10 years since i worked nights but i could go back to them tomorrow!! i insisted...
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    Nursing home or not?

    santhony44 replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    My MIL broke her hip a few years ago and was put into a nursing home for rehab. She refused to stay after a day or so and was taken home. She never got out of the wheelchair and began a pretty rapid...
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    Math and nursing

    santhony44 replied to nurse2btracy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm math-phobic and my brain doesn't work in numbers. However, the math you use in nursing has meaning and immediate applicability and I learned to do what I need to do for drug calculations etc. My...
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    Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    santhony44 replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    I haven't done it myself, but I've seen someone grab a stethoscope and not notice an ear piece was missing and slap it into their ear hard and fast enough to draw blood.
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    Nursing & website is depressing!!!

    santhony44 replied to SeanyRN's topic in General Nursing

    As others have said, this is a place to complain and vent. Personally, I don't know anyone in any job or profession who does not have complaints at times, and that includes the self-employed. Some...
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    Eleven pound baby!

    santhony44 replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    the biggest one i ever saw (wasn't at the delivery but saw the baby a couple of days later in the nursery) was 16 lb. lady partsl delivery. undiagnosed gestational diabetes (yes, she got prenatal...
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    What career would YOU have chosen if you weren't a nurse?

    santhony44 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

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    Made a med error

    santhony44 replied to danigirl58's topic in General Nursing

    i agree, totally. no one who heard about this, including the director, is likely to have been a nurse any length of time without making an error. handling it the way she did was totally wrong and...
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    using maintainence for patient care

    santhony44 replied to capability's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is just nuts. While a maintenance person might help out in some situations when they happen to be handy, purposely putting them into a patient care situation is unfair to everyone involved. (For...
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    Liability question

    santhony44 replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure there have been times when I've responded to something with "say what???" or when I've been unable to get my facial expression under control quickly enough, but most times the less said the...
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    Liability question

    santhony44 replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with TriageRN, I'd probably just say that it's not in the chart and leave it at that. I usually refuse to speculate with a patient why someone else did or did not do something. I also try to...
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    Title Borrowed from the OB/GYN Forum: What's your most interesting/scary case?

    santhony44 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    An excellent example of your gut instinct at work. I'm just sorry it wasn't something you could actually do something about (you did what you could do it was just something nobody could fix). That...
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    Need professional opinions on a pharm test question

    santhony44 replied to dano's topic in General Nursing

    Motrin and Advil are the same thing. They are two different brand names for ibuprofen. Aleve is naproxen. Ibuprofen and naproxen are both NSAIDs and can both be used for arthritis. Bayer (or any other...
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    Stupid medication question

    santhony44 replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    If you see one with 28 doses, it's a sample. The prescription ones have more doses. Super easy to use, and the dose is actually a tiny bit of
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    Appreciated in different ways...

    santhony44 replied to jack19's topic in General Nursing

    I'll bet she paid for that stuff out of her own pocket. Watch, with company logo; nice big tote bag, hospital logo; small ham at Christmas; grocery gift card; lanyards, pens, shoelaces; once I...
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    How do you stop bad habits?

    santhony44 replied to loriannlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I've never been a smoker, Thank God, but Tweety's advice here is often given to those preparing to quit. Change the things that cue you to light up. Do something different from your usual pattern....
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    Advice on how to QUIT professionally

    santhony44 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No matter how badly you want to tell them exactly what you think, resist the temptation! It will hurt you and probably accomplish nothing positive. "Never burn your bridges" is very good advice. If...
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    How do you get a toddler to take fluids?

    santhony44 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Jell-o, gatorade, even Kool-Aid. Iced tea. Not my usual suggestions for toddlers, but that's last ditch for avoiding the IV's. Do try the syringe,
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    hospital nursing assistant seeking advice from RN's

    santhony44 replied to miniaussie's topic in General Nursing

    Is there any way you could work PRN in long term care? You would have a lot more say in your schedule- I can work this day, I can't work that day. Even though the 12 hour shifts at the hospital are...
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    i decided not to have my son circumcised-need feedback

    santhony44 replied to nursemn's topic in General Nursing

    It's your decision whether or not to circumcise. As for the foreskin, usually around 3 or 4 I tell parents to gently retract and clean and to teach the kid to clean every day. Some still get some...
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    Why Can they Do it from Overseas?

    santhony44 replied to christinaquilter's topic in General Nursing

    I personally know one nurse trained as an RN in Mexico. She had great difficulty trying to get her transcripts and records from Mexico. She ended up taking an LVN program- the whole thing- and...
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    Is it possible to hold a p/t job while going to school f/t in nursing?

    santhony44 replied to Captain Amazing's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, as everyone else has said, it can be done. I worked full-time as an LPN during my ADN program, went to school full time, worked a sometimes crazy schedule and settled for B's not A's. I worked...