august07

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1. Banana Bags. Etoh. Rate.

   august07 replied to JeepAnnie's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone else call them Rally Packs (not sure why we call them this?)

2. If you breastpumped at work, were your coworkers supportive?

   august07 replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

   One reason other women may not be supportive is jealousy. Not so much jealous that you are getting a "break" but jealous because they never had children, or are infertile, or were unable to breastfeed. In other words, don't take it personally, it may...

3. Lab draws after IV start

   august07 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   I learned "Roast Beef Sure Gets Lots of Gravy" Red Blue Sst Green Lavender Gray

4. Telling a patient/family that a mistake was made

   august07 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Depends on the situation. If it's a small mistake that's not a big deal, I wouldn't get the patient all worked up over it. Giving a pt way too much insulin is something I would tell them. I would also tell them if their PICC line was put in the wrong...

5. Charge Nurse

   august07 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

   Thrown to the dogs. I got about a 10 minute "charge nurse for dummies" pep talk. I've asked for formal training, but they say "just call the nurse supervisor if you have problems." This was after being a nurse for only 5 or 6 months. Basically, they...

6. PreMed nursing

   august07 replied to frustratedbummer's topic in General Nursing

   You'd have to work for about 20 years as a nurse to be able to pay for med school. Most people that go to med school cannot afford it, they just get loans and pay if off 10 years later when they're making the big bucks. I think you should decide if ...

7. Use of IV push antihypertensives on the med surg unit

   august07 replied to will robinson's topic in General Nursing

   I work on med-surg and can only push Vasotec. Anything else and the patient has to be on a tele floor.

8. Blood Cultures

   august07 replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

   You always want to draw from 2 different sites because of the risk of contamination. Coag negative staph and diptheroids are common skin contaminents that can sometimes cause false positives. When the lab calls and says there are 1 out of 4 bottles t...

9. TURP info needed

   august07 replied to AlabamaBelle's topic in General Nursing

   TURP stands for transurethral resection of the prostate. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think they don't remove the entire prostate, just part of it so it's not really a prostatectomy.-------------------------------------------------------------------...

10. Picc Line- Tpn

    august07 replied to epappyRN's topic in General Nursing

    We turn all fluids off for 2 minutes before drawing blood from a PICC. Flush with saline, waste 3ml, then collect sample. If you forget to turn off the TPN and draw blood, usually the potassium is the valus that's way off, not the H&H.

11. hg after blood transfusion

    august07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    How much can a pt.'s hg level rise after two units of PRBC? I had a pt. go from 9 to 13, can that be? Usually it seems to go up only by about 2. Has anyone seen big jumps like this after a transfusion?

12. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

    august07 replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    Thing I hate about white uniforms is seeing everybody's underwear! I don't need to know if you are a granny-pants, bikini, thong, whatever type of underwearer. And then there are people that wear colored underwear under white scrubs.

13. new orders at end of shift

    august07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What do you do when you get new orders right before you are planning to leave? Do you leave it for the oncoming nurse or stay an extra 15-30 minutes and do them yourself? I feel like I shouldn't have to stay late, but on the other hand, I can see whe...

14. New rules about going online to listen to You Tube!

    august07 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    My old job banned the internet and I thought it was so going to be so terrible, but after about a month, I had totally forgotten about it. You get used to it. I would think if you are complaining about not being able to use the internet, you've proba...

15. vanc given peripherally

    august07 posted a topic in Infusion

    Hi I recently had a pt. getting vancomycin through peripheral IV's. She was a very hard stick but someone managed to get one in her hand, and they weren't going to be able get a PICC for her for a few days. So, I hesitantly gave her the vanc through ...