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  1. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    fab4fan replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    LOL...how old are you? Was that intentional? Please don't tell me you're too young to know the "Fab Four." I can't handle another reminder of my age today! :chuckle I was taught all of those...

  2. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    fab4fan replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Perhaps what should be looked at is which narcs are used, and if the docs are adding unnecessary sedatives. When a pt is in pain but is oversedated, the first thing you look to eliminate unnecessary...

  3. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    fab4fan replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    canoehead: Sedation does not equal pain relief, also a basic pain mgmt. principle. Why is it that when those of us who vigorously advocate for pain mgmt. speak up, the people who have a problem with...

  4. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    fab4fan replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Do you feel the same level of indignation at other Medicaid recipients such as non-compliant diabetics, smokers who get CA, chronic heart pts. who continue to smoke and eat the wrong diet, etc? Even...

  5. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    fab4fan replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Eh, no. Any med can be misued...people misuse laxatives, diuretics, tylenol. Some of these attitudes seem a bit dated (given all of the info that is out there on pain mgmt.) and puritanical. The...

  6. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    fab4fan replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not to mention that pts. with chronic pain issues often require phenomenal amounts of pain medication to get relief. Would you say the same thing about a pt who needed a higher than usual nitro...

  7. CockyICU,CockyER

    fab4fan replied to Dinith88's topic in General Nursing

    Uhm, pardon me, but I think the ICU nurse was absolutely correct to teach the family how to suction the trach. As short staffed as floors are, it's entirely possible that the nurses would be tied up...

  8. Isn't this illegal? Even in Texas?

    fab4fan replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    This happened to me. A co-worker of mine was off for orthopedic surg. When he came back, the NM let him do desk work until he was able to resume full duties. Enter a new NM. A few months later, I was...

  9. Teachers' Group Votes Against Helping Children w/Diabetes

    fab4fan replied to ham22's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sorry, but I am with the teachers 100% on this. As litigious as society is these days, pity the poor teacher who tries to help and then gets sued by some idiot parent. Teachers are there to teach, not...

  10. Diff. between ASN and Diploma Nurse......

    fab4fan replied to Ari RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good grief...now the ADNs/ASNs are telling we diploma nurses that they are better educated. Will it never end? Just for the record, some diploma programs include college courses in their curriculum...

  11. Isn't pain whatever the patient says it is???

    fab4fan replied to momcats3's topic in Pain Management

    tom, I respect your right to a different opinion, but my comment about addiction needing to be dx by an addictions specialist is not my idea...that's what the curent info. in pain mgmt. says....

  12. Story on Oprah: Cradle Rape

    fab4fan replied to NannaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely true,

  13. Isn't pain whatever the patient says it is???

    fab4fan replied to momcats3's topic in Pain Management

    This is dead wrong...I'm sorry. That statement flies in the face of tons of research out there proving just that pain is what the pt says. Even if the pt is a seeker, the only person qualified to dx...

  14. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    fab4fan replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not to be too picky, but Demerol is neither measured in mcg, nor delivered in an extended-release transdermal

  15. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    fab4fan replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Dear heavens, this post made me want to cry. I am so sorry for what you went through!

  16. Drug Seeker Antics and Dramas

    fab4fan replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Let me see if I can keep "the rules" straight: 1. Don't be too "familiar" with names of medications (esp. it it's a pain med). 2. Make sure you know the name of the med that works for you; don't be...

  17. Question about tense used in documentation?

    fab4fan replied to Lys's topic in General Nursing

    I always use "writer," too, but I have no idea

  18. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

    fab4fan replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    Would you be kvetching the same if the people that came in had ID badges that identified them as computer analysts? I agree with the poster who said there is this expectation that we be "Stepford...

  19. advice from nurses for a new physician

    fab4fan replied to pinkplumeria's topic in General Nursing

    This was laugh out loud

  20. Advice for a New Grad

    fab4fan replied to ManEnough's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Get some good m/s exp first. Onco would be good, too, but hospices are taking on a lot of non-cancer dx pts, so m/s would be helpful. You really should have a good working familiarity with some of the...

  21. Would you assist in abortions?

    fab4fan replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I meant to say that it was not the primary reason transfusions are refused. My

  22. Would you assist in abortions?

    fab4fan replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I already answered this, but here it is again: It is up to the individual nurse whether or not his/her conscience will permit administering blood transfusions. Some, like myself, do not have a problem...

  23. compartment syndrome-did I cause it?

    fab4fan replied to Lynn RN ER TX's topic in General Nursing

    Cripes, now it did work. Oh

  24. compartment syndrome-did I cause it?

    fab4fan replied to Lynn RN ER TX's topic in General Nursing

    Cripes, now it did work. Oh

  25. compartment syndrome-did I cause it?

    fab4fan replied to Lynn RN ER TX's topic in General Nursing

    The website is http://www.ins1.org Sorry, I would have just linked it, but the link function isn't working for