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purple1953reading

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  1. Do yuo review the intra-operative notes?

    purple1953reading replied to CIRQL8's topic in General Nursing

    Inaddition to what has been mentioned, I look for estimated blood loss, any reactions to anesthestics, any meds needed for high or low BP HR etc. I try to get all info I may need from the nurse giving...

  2. Med passes, times, what is your norm?

    purple1953reading replied to auroramoon's topic in General Nursing

    I hated the old times of 9a 1p 6p 9p.Gave too many meds too close together. I am in favor of around the clock meds, esp antibiotics, and many bp and heart meds. Patients are awakened all the time for...

  3. A&P nightmare!!!

    purple1953reading replied to srkastc's topic in General Nursing

    I would stick it out. Nursing school is alot of self teaching. Material is presented fast and furiously,I took the most detailed notes, possible, made friends with three other top students, we...

  4. What does it mean to learn?

    purple1953reading replied to CO2emission's topic in General Nursing

    To me learning is a constant process, where my brain takes in and assimilates all the material that constantly presents itself, and processses it with the education I received. It is neverending, and...

  5. I need some encouragement please

    purple1953reading replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    19 years of committment speaks for itself. Lots of nurses are set up by the sytem. Sometimes the better a nurse you are, the more chances somebody will try to sabotage you. IF it feels right, GO FOR...

  6. Do you get a lot of false alarms coming in?

    purple1953reading replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Having had 5 children, and worked L&D, and nursery, NICU, etc. it is difficult for first time moms. We have had many who are tired of being pregnant, those whose husbands insist they come, those...

  7. Erikson and the stage of integrity vs despair

    purple1953reading replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago in nursing school, we looked at Integrity vs. Despair, as how happy and complete the person felt at the end of their productive years . Had they accomplished the goals they set for...

  8. Crepitus

    purple1953reading replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Crepitus isn't encountered as much today, as I have in the past. I once was driving home from the store on a highway, and saw this car upside down in the middle of a yard. Pulled over and found the...

  9. Vent: Admits and discharges

    purple1953reading replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    We, too,had problems with drs. who just are too lazy to review, let alone write for the home meds. They made it a policy that the physcan couldnot write CONTINUE HOME MEDS, but must list each and...

  10. Specimen Mislabeling- Help!

    purple1953reading replied to sumas8's topic in Emergency

    In the hospital here, the clerk who does the admitting paperwork, takes the info, prints out the card and a whole sheet of about 60 labels is affixed also. All the nurse, tech, ward clerk who ever had...

  11. Chicago ADN programs

    purple1953reading replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I went to RN school, and submitted my application, they told me there was no way I would get in for at least a year( I did this in April Many years ago)and that the classes were chosen in Dec....

  12. Insurance

    purple1953reading replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    In the rural area where I live, there are more medicaid patients and Medicare patients than those who have private ins. We have had private ins, but often end up paying many many times more than those...

  13. I just failed my second semester of nursing school.

    purple1953reading replied to naturalized's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if you could audit a couple of the classes that you failed, and then start again If not, you can apply to another school, and usually if they are concerned about previous poor grades,...

  14. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    purple1953reading replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The thank yous in nursing take many shapes and sizes I have always appreciated the notes of regard and appreciation, sent to the DON, etc. One night while working in a small rural hospital, that often...

  15. Hello, could anyone help me with my first semester of nursing school?

    purple1953reading replied to nautica843's topic in General Nursing

    As a student, I took very detailed notes, and always listened and asked any questions during class. I even found a question on our pharmacy test,(pre printed national test) that could not be answered...

  16. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    purple1953reading replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had the same age patient and it was her 4th child and she was a instructor of nursing at the Univ. The first time she rang was to complain that there was no LIVER on her tray. SHE had a baby, and...

  17. Scheduled C-Section

    purple1953reading replied to Redlady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My 4th child was born in a major Univ. Hospital, after transfer there with preterm labor at 33 weeks, with partial placental abruption. During induced labor, HR dropped in 70s . They were doing 3...

  18. low o2 sats after ORIF?

    purple1953reading replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

    I recently had a TKR revision, and had to wear a pulse ox all night, and the thing would not recognize my shallow breathing pattern, which is normal for me. It went off all night long, and needless to...

  19. do physical therapists make more money than RNs?

    purple1953reading replied to nurse~ashley's topic in General Nursing

    I live in rural Missouri, and just encountered my first DPT, when I went n for therapy after a tkr revision. He introduced himself as dr. so and so but said you can call me by my first name. There is...

  20. Unfinished tasks from previous shift?

    purple1953reading replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience we have 30 mnutes on either side of the time ordered. So if it said hang at 1500, and you hung it at 1530 there is no mistake. The physcian should have specified a time, if the...

  21. Legal Blood drawing in KS -- new D.A. legislation possibility

    purple1953reading replied to BarbieBAN's topic in Emergency

    I would only draw those bloods on a person the highway patrol brought in or with a court order. I had a dui guy with no license brought in when they found him unconscious in the car, and , or course,...

  22. what happened to nursing care?

    purple1953reading posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently traveled from my hometown to Kansas City to a big hospital to have my total knee replacement revised. The care I received there could not have been worse. I woke screaming literally in...

  23. what happened to nursing care?

    purple1953reading replied to purple1953reading's topic in General Nursing

    The unit director first ignored my complaint, by saying she looked at my chart, and of course,found everything charted according to code. The problem was the things charted were never done. So I...

  24. Was your NCLEX easy??

    purple1953reading replied to nurse2bmom's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had a niece who took the test, and had to take all of the questions, and did not know if she didn't know that many answers or was just one of the unfortunate ones who had to take all the questons....

  25. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    purple1953reading replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    My very first job after graduation(however many years ago that was) was n a rural hospital with a total of 1-2 RNS on the night shift,an LPN,and however many aides were needed for the patient count....