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1. Nurses, do you routinely do beds and baths?

   indeed replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a 35 bed Tele unit. Our usual assignment is 5-6 pts. Sometimes we have an aide, sometimes not, so we do most of these things ourselves. When I first started, their were no aides on night...

2. cracking at corners of mouth

   indeed replied to Kim-rn's topic in General Nursing

   That sounds like something I get all the time...I have always attributed it to being a mouth breather when I sleep. The only thing that has helped is putting a petroleum jelly on the corners of me...

3. Specifics

   indeed replied to ohbet's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   The KVO rate is usually a matter of policy at each hospital. Look it up next time you get to work.......ours is officially 40cc/hr. As for a keeping it wide open, I would think that is exactly what...

4. Shoe Question

   indeed replied to santhony44's topic in General Nursing

   Most of the nurses that wear clogs where I work are men. The female nurses seem to be fond of Dansko's...they make a pair that looks like a clog from the front but has a closed back. Everyone swears...

5. foley collection tubing placement

   indeed replied to Ann T's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Depends on the patient...some of the more "agitated" *ahem* ones benefit from having it placed under. Out of sight, out of mind and all that. The ones that I don't worry about pulling, over because,...

6. Can anyone recommend a stethoscope?

   indeed replied to icudavis's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I just got a Litmann Master and it rocks. I was stuck between getting that and the Cardiology so I tried them both a few times (thanks to some very trusting coworkers) and for me, the difference was...

7. What do you do to get past the 2am slump

   indeed replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately, my slump doesn't hit until 0700, so the nurses I report off to get to watch me rub my eyes and drink heroic amounts of coffee. I think I hit that slump because I am finally sitting...

8. Do any fem. nurses here have Stay at Home husbands/SOs ?

   indeed replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

   I understand where you are coming from with this, Huganurse, and it makes sense on a certain level. But it is, in my mind, insulting to men to assume they cannot give the care and love a child needs...

9. Do any fem. nurses here have Stay at Home husbands/SOs ?

   indeed replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

   "Society couldn't pay a salary high enough to a mother to compensate her for all she sacrifices for her children, not to mention those sacrifices she makes as a wife. " That's where I was getting that...

10. Do any fem. nurses here have Stay at Home husbands/SOs ?

    indeed replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    WOW. So what some of you are saying is that because a PERSON happens to have a different set of dangly bits from you, that means they must be YOUR breadwinner? And why, if you are "perfectly...

11. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

    indeed replied to Andy S.'s topic in Emergency

    Hey there, andylane78. I'm not an ER nurse, but from a floor nurse's persepective, yeah. Sometimes I see coworkers who are downright nasty to the ED nurses. It's some weird bad-blood thing between...

12. HELP......I'm having a "dumb" moment!

    indeed replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    Cheyne-Stokes is just a respiratory pattern though...not a sound. I looked it up and in Mosby's it just describes what a death rattle sounds like and that it is most often hear with agonal...

13. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    indeed replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    In my limited experience with all this, I have found that the things that make nights difficult at times are things that are taken completely for granted on days. When we get admissions on nights, we...