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    Post mortem care

    talaxandra replied to mc3's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We usually gently bind the hands and wrists with bandages, wioth ID tags
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    talaxandra replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    By all means, report me to the Medical Board. However, as I'm a nurse, and regulated by the Nurses' Board, you may find speaking to them more effective. Oh wait, I did say
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    Post mortem care

    talaxandra replied to mc3's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi Susan, I'm also conducting research into post-mortem care, specifically the way nursing and medical staff interact with the patient while performing death work (laying out the body, certification...
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    What's you highest...?

    talaxandra posted a topic in General Nursing

    So yesterday I was looking after this guy with rhabdo, who came in with a CK of 243,100 and I was wondering - what's the highest value you've seen? Not necessarily CK, any value. An example, for...
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    Worst doctors orders ever received

    talaxandra replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    I think it's the 'incompetent' that tips this from "NQR" to "***, dude!" I'd be only too happy to notify him that we couldn't do it but he was welcome to give it a shot, because bathing a fit young...
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    What's you highest...?

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    We had a patient last week with a BP of 60/30 - she has Parkinson's and was being trialled on Apomine. Though postural hypotension's a known side effect, and though she had a systolic drop of 30mmHg...
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    Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    talaxandra replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's times like these that make me really appreciate how recession-proof nursing is (especially working where nurse/patient ratios are legally
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    Gender descriptions in my MSN text

    talaxandra replied to nursesail's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no - you got
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    Gender descriptions in my MSN text

    talaxandra replied to nursesail's topic in General Nursing

    I often use "s/he" in academic writing, and have used "tey" (the gender neutral singular pronoun of "they") in the
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    Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    talaxandra replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly - for some people that desire is compassionate, or a calling, and for other's it's the challenge, or the skill development, or the desire to put food on the table and a roof over
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    Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    talaxandra replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I initially began nursing because my parents threatened to kick me out of home if I didn't get a job, and when I went to the local COmmonwealth Employment Office there were more nursing brochures than...
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    Gender descriptions in my MSN text

    talaxandra replied to nursesail's topic in General Nursing

    I know in the social sciences using the female pronoun is a commonly accepted practice to redress the traditional use of 'he.' When the use of male pronouns was first criticised defenders of its use...
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    Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    talaxandra replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    My hospital only intermittantly stocks regular 1ml syringes, so for volumes less than a whole ml, particularly when a small difference is important (like a morph dose) we routinely use insulin...
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    Absurd Medical Abbreviations

    talaxandra replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    We had a resident admit a patient with the annotation "not for NS" - normal saline? Nursing services? Net stockings? Nylon suspenders? (We were getting desperate!) Necropsy. Of course! PS I work in...
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    "You take the BUS to work!"

    talaxandra replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Public transport's so readily available in Melbourne (at least in the inner areas) that maybe half my colleagues use it, walk or ride at least some of the time. My hospital's directly in front of a...
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    Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    talaxandra replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    Sorry - somehow I moved the decimal point too far. :imbar Of course 0.33 is 33units. It's the middle of the night here and I'm going to use that as my
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    How do you check the patient's blood glucose??

    talaxandra replied to Meltem.Y's topic in General Nursing

    Wash with a damp cloth (unless the finger's visibly contaminated), dry, use the lancet and use the first drop - lab and ward glucose approximate closely with specimens taken at the same time. Alcohol...
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    Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    talaxandra replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    We stock 100 unit/ml syringes, though they only go up to .5ml (to reduce the risk of giving too much insulin, which is annoying when patients are on more than 50units, but that's another thread). The...
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    Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    talaxandra replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    NurseeB: More than once I've asked below/above knee amputees to wiggle their toes as I've given IM injections, or asked if they can ambulate unaided ("That's why I'm going to rehab, love"). When I was...
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    "You take the BUS to work!"

    talaxandra replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How about: "I know - isn't it
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    *Weird* Patient Allergies

    talaxandra replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I love an allergy to a letter of the
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    When will I be less task-oriented?

    talaxandra replied to nursealanarae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it's great that you're both aware of this and want to change. As the tasks become second nature, and your perspective of what your patients need expands, you'll find yourself anticipating...
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    add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    talaxandra replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    Oh dear
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    Free water restriction

    talaxandra replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    And as I reread it you're quite right - even though it's called hyponatremic polydipisia syndrome nothing says it's the hyponatremia rather than another factor that causes the dopamine response. Hmm -...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    talaxandra replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    But that's how it sounds, and you'd want to have enough so that sounds like the kinda dose I'd