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    "Make sure to get induced...everyone does it!"

    talaxandra replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've got friends who would have loved to be induced but in my (second-hand) experience it's rare here unless the fetus is in distress, the mother's at risk, or gestation's over 42 and a half
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    Heparin and Lovenox together

    talaxandra replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    They act on different stages in the coagulation cascade so you're unlikely to get unexplected bleeding but it's unnecessary, increases expense and means the patient gets more injections for no good...
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    EBA 2011 - here we go again

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I think the odds of any of those measures going through is non-existent, provide we stick together and take industrial action. Brace youself for it being protracted, expensive and nasty, though - this...
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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

    I had a newly diagnosed T1DM who wouldn't prioritise her diabetes management over her children's needs (aged 3 - 17) until I told her that she'd be dead before the youngest left primary school....
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    EBA 2011 - here we go again

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Voted and posted
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    EBA 2011 - here we go again

    talaxandra replied to talaxandra's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    That's all quite sucky
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    Charting Bloopers

    talaxandra replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's quite a
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    My gut is telling me you are not a nurse

    talaxandra replied to ksc0723's topic in Nursing Career

    Have you thought of seeing a careers counsellor? There are some that specialise in adults who, like you, are dissatisfied, unfulfilled and not sure where to from here. Good luck
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    Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    talaxandra replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously I can only speak for my own practice. I've certainly given the wrong meds, including narcotics. When we first began using oxycodone and OxyContin I gave the latter to a patient prescribed...
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    I hate nurses, what should I do?

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

    This thread was started in late 2009, so I'm guessing the OP's found a solution. I hope it wasn't leaving nursing, but he's no longer active on AN so he's not reading any advice posted in
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    New to AN

    talaxandra replied to Dorissa Mae's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Welcome to AN and good luck with the rest of your nursing journey
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    IV antibiotics compatible with D5W ?

    talaxandra replied to Mithime's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse prefers to eat trolls -
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    The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    talaxandra replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    We had a stroke intern incapable of telling families about poor prognoses, so he'd say they had a good chance of full recovery and we'd have to go in and break the now-far-harder-to-hear truth. We...
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    Co-worker talking behind my back "did i handel this right"

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

    Where are you working now? Because I want no truck with the devil's minions. And I'm not surprised to see you're talking about money - you probably sold your soul! What a wackadoo. Awesome HR...
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    Medication math problem

    talaxandra replied to salvadorian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OMG! Why must you older nurses eat your young like
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    Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    talaxandra replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    That's why Boards of Nursing take a long time to
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    Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    talaxandra replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    The issue here, according to the OP, is multifactoral: 1/ administered medication to a patient after the order was dc'd 2/ failed to draw stat labs, and this patient ended up at the hospital with...
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    Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    talaxandra replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    Um, what? I most certainly have not falsified records or signed for drugs I didn't give, and I sincerely hope I speak for the overwhelming majority of nurses, here and in my workplace. I've certainly...
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    Heparin gtt - anti-xa vs. PTT

    talaxandra replied to CharmedJ7's topic in General Nursing

    We only use anti-Xa levels when they're unsure about enoxaparin dosing. For heparin infusions it's APTT all the
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    Medication math problem

    talaxandra replied to salvadorian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I do hope you're
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    Medication math problem

    talaxandra replied to salvadorian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Really? I suspect nobody's going to do your homework for you, but the least you could do is type in the questions as written, instead of combining them. If that actually is the question, the answer is...
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    IV antibiotics compatible with D5W ?

    talaxandra replied to Mithime's topic in General Nursing

    I remember submitting hand written papers and getting a special thank you for typing an assignment! To the OP - I know everyone above me has already said this, but seriously? AN's awesome for a...
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    Medication math problem

    talaxandra replied to salvadorian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah,
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    The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    talaxandra replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I was with you until that last sentence - where I work the locally-grown medicos have just as much trouble, with rare exceptions, accepting death themselves, let alone explaining it to patients and...
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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

    "How fantastic that your blood pressure/cholesteral/blood glucose is now in the normal range/only a little higher than normal. That doesn't mean you don't need the medications or at that we're 'shills...