KarafromPhilly

KarafromPhilly

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  1. HELP Looking for Contraindications in placing NG Tubes...

    KarafromPhilly replied to kitkat7077's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Any suspicion of basilar skull fracture. There's a famous x-ray of a patient skull with an NG tube coiled in the base of the brain.

  2. Is this legal?

    KarafromPhilly replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    I wore one on the floor, and it actually saved my butt once, when a crazy patient claimed to the house manager that I hadn't been in her room once all night, where actually I spent about half the...

  3. Nursing as maid of all trades

    KarafromPhilly replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's the most ridiculous waste of a nurse's time I've EVER heard! What do they think you are,

  4. U of D Mercy

    KarafromPhilly replied to Sirena922's topic in Michigan Nursing

    HMM--I'm a graduate, and I thought their program was very weak. I'm wondering what makes other graduates think it was an excellent program. BTW, it's also VERY

  5. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    KarafromPhilly replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Originally Posted by RN@34 : Once I returned to his room he asked me if he could ask a personal question. That personal question was "Are you a racist?" I simply answered no and left it at that." How...

  6. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    KarafromPhilly replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    1) IV sites with no date/time. 2) unlabeled IV tubing--date/time, and what's infusing thru this? 3) NO oral care, especially on vented patients 4) Nurses who do these things, and then say, "WHO TOLD...

  7. ridiculous test questions

    KarafromPhilly replied to elizabells's topic in General Students

    I seem to recall a post here about a student who argued with the instructor over whether it was appropriate to check a blood pressure by placing the cuff around the patient's

  8. Britney demanding background checks for her L&D nurses..

    KarafromPhilly replied to Peachy720's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All the nurses serving her? Star magazine, for the truly

  9. Hard of Hearing Nurses? Possible? How?

    KarafromPhilly replied to CareerThree's topic in Nursing Career

    The nurse who precepted me at my first job was HOH, to the degree that she needed to wear a hearing aid, and generally she did well. However, she knew that she had her limitations--for example, she...

  10. Intraveneous Tubing changing. how often

    KarafromPhilly replied to Donna1955's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Anything with D5 needs to be changed Q24hr, per my hospital's

  11. What's the best Metro Detroit Hospital

    KarafromPhilly replied to askater11's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I've worked at Henry Ford for almost three years, and I love it. If they were having money problems before, they're not now. In fact they revised the pay scale for nurses upward this year, and I got...

  12. Public Misconceptions

    KarafromPhilly replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses who think patients should do things they don't WANT to do (get OOB, DB, swallow pills they don't feel like taking right now) have no compassion. Nurses just show up to work and get handed a...

  13. What's the funniest thing you've heard a patient say?

    KarafromPhilly replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Nursing Humor

    My cute little old man, a few hours post op open choli said to me, "Nurse, could you close my door? I don't want any animals coming into my room while I'm asleep." I said, firmly, "Well, there...

  14. champagne enema

    KarafromPhilly replied to Rhee's topic in General Students

    Hm...would the vintage be required for the order to be considered complete? (One of the ads just above this box says, "Enema Kits. Great deals on new and used items. Search for enema kits now!" Ick...

  15. St. John Providence

    KarafromPhilly replied to Anginem's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I worked there as a nurse extern a few years ago. I liked it b/c most of the nurses were very pleasant--they appreciated any help they could get, with 7-8 patients on day and afternoon shifts on...

  16. How can you say you're not paid well?

    KarafromPhilly replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    my little sister lives in Brooklyn, in a one bedroom 3rd floor walk-up--about 500 sq. feet--she pays $1250 a month. I was interested in working in Manhattan but when I found out what they pay nurses...

  17. Michigan Preparing To Let Doctors Refuse To Treat Gays

    KarafromPhilly replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  18. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    KarafromPhilly replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    About the husband's motives--does anyone else think that he might be acting out of loyalty to Terri? That is, he's hanging on and won't divorce her because he KNOWS that she didn't want to live like...

  19. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    KarafromPhilly replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

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  20. Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Among Persons Undergoing Blood Glucose Monitoring

    KarafromPhilly replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in General Nursing

    How disgusting--are these LTCs reusing insulin needles

  21. conflict between pt & son

    KarafromPhilly replied to dragon5282001's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I would think that if the patient specified that they wanted to be a DNR when they were competent to make that decision, then the DNR would stand. Even if the son is the POA, he doesn't have the...

  22. How about this for an order?

    KarafromPhilly replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Two words: ethics

  23. How about this for an order?

    KarafromPhilly replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Two words: ethics

  24. why no tylenol before blood cultures drawn?

    KarafromPhilly replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Not to be nitpicky as I see this topic has generated quite a few responses, but the clinical presentation has already, in a sense, presented itself. With the fever, we're aware that...

  25. Potassium piggybacks

    KarafromPhilly replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    What's a