ceecel.dee MSN, RN

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    Nursing student with previous back surgery x2

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

    New hires go through a back screening process at my place of employment. Floor nursing may not be in the cards for you, but there are many options open to you...home care, discharge planning, cardiac...
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    pediatric clinic to agency?

    ceecel.dee replied to jacesmom2's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly
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    Witholding informatiom the medical record.

    ceecel.dee replied to Mama Val's topic in General Nursing

    They are your records. Anything in your chart pertains to you and you should be allowed access to
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    looking for feedback/advice on this idea

    ceecel.dee replied to dutchgirl's topic in Orthopedic

    The idea may have merit! ...but... Doesn't the suction tube become pinched off by hiney weight? Don't thighs get pinched by basin
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    following your hospital policies and procedures will not always avoid negligence

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

    in utter
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    following your hospital policies and procedures will not always avoid negligence

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

    Great reminder! I feel bad for relatively inexperienced nurses who are trying to master hospital policy and not realizing anything about national updates at all! There is so much to
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    Lack of confidence in skills, knowledge, experience... trying to return to nursing..

    ceecel.dee replied to Buttercupkitten3's topic in General Nursing

    You can do it Kathryn! It will take work, but it sounds like you can do the hard work! It felt good to write all this down, because you are now on the road to recovery, so keep talking, surround...
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    Lower Extremity weakness

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

    Yes, he see's his internist regularly, and will see a neurologist next week. Just wondered about what you-all might speculate about
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    Lower Extremity weakness

    ceecel.dee posted a topic in General Nursing

    A family friend of ours is experiencing weakness of his lower extremities causing unstable gait at times, difficulty getting up from a sitting position and loss of endurance. He calls it "the family...
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    Do you run a primary with secondary??

    ceecel.dee replied to LizRN626's topic in General Nursing

    For the most part, we program our pumps for the secondary infusion, which will temporarily halt the primary. This is done on almost everyone...the exception being the patients who are ordered a...
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    Anyone ever have a discogram?

    ceecel.dee replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why do I picture John Travolta in whites as the
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    Just curious--do you run TPN with Lipids? From prev. post.

    ceecel.dee replied to LizRN626's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we run them
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    Is this gross negligence?

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

    Oops! My bad...resident not informed I see now. It's all the charge nurse's
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    Is this gross negligence?

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

    Negligent...yes. But how about the resident that rounded and didn't bother to throw back the bed clothes to eyeball or touch the foot? Equal
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    Will they make her cut her hair?

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

    OMG...I hope she doesn't cut it! She should cover it first. Creativity/open-mindedness in nursing is
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    Doctors "firing" patients

    ceecel.dee replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    There are patients who need to be let go. The docs resist this action as long as they can, typically. No one wants to do
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    Puuuuuuulese!!

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

    Bottle spilled in sink, dropped in toilet, or how bout this one...bottle left in car (hot) so pills lost strength so I threw them
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    The right to refuse.. on what basis??

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

    In total agreement
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    Vicodin or Surgery??

    ceecel.dee replied to breezy5's topic in General Nursing

    Tough spot to be in...but Vicodan for another 3 months? That does not even seem like an option at all! In depth consult with her OB and her
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    Is your hospital DIRTY ??? Does housekeeping clean the empty room and bath in

    ceecel.dee replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is dirty too. I've often thought that it would be very interesting to culture the tub or shower room...or how about the jacuzzi in the birthing room?
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    Giving Up On Nrsg Seems Easier...

    ceecel.dee replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Most of probably didn't sleep well in those first, really intense learning months. I can remember my first code like it was yesterday! I remember thinking "what am I doing here?" Know that your...
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    Do Nurses Eat?

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

    In the hospital setting (at least at our hospital) it is very easy to get into the habbit of missing breaks and even lunch. There is just so much to do! I can forget to eat, drink, or empty my...
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    Clinic nurses?

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

    Browse through the many forums listed here. There is one for just about any area in nursing. I think the clinic area is labeled "outpatient nursing" or something
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    This is why I rarely go in for physicals...

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

    Sad, but true. BTW, love the
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    This is why I rarely go in for physicals...

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

    I know that the clinic in our area is currently working on some "quality improvement" projects to address a general decline in some very basic health related issues. If you are a smoker, an orange...