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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

  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...

  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

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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

  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...

  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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  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...

  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...

  14. vanc given peripherally

    august07 posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    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...

  15. 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...

  16. Bacterial Infections

    august07 replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, C.diff is present in very small amounts in everyone's intestines, the problem is when it overtakes the "good bacteria" like when people are on on abx, especially long term abx and when people are...

  17. IV compatability again

    august07 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Not all antibiotics are compatible with IV fluids containing KCL. I recently had one that wasn't (can't remember, but it may have been Zithromax.) I just call the pharmacy anytime I'm not

  18. Meningitis, Isolate or not???

    august07 replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    You only isolate for bacterial meningitis. Most people with viral meningitis are not even admitted. Why is pt. getting antibiotics? They are only effective against bacterial infections, not

  19. questions about vomiting

    august07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So when you give a patient their meds and they throwup right after, do you fish out the meds and give them again or just chart that they vomited after giving the meds? Or get pharmacy to send new ones...

  20. questions about vomiting

    august07 replied to august07's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all your answers. Maybe to some of you it is "common sense" and basic skills, but in my first year of nursing school one of my instructors specifically told us that if a pt.vomited, you...

  21. Studying for boards...

    august07 replied to hbug's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    When are you taking boards? I have been studying for about a month now and am taking them in one week. I have felt the same way though, missing alot of questions, not remembering certain things. But...

  22. how to deal with anxiety

    august07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    From reading an earlier post about anxiety from working on a medical floor and people responding by recommending that the person "take care of their anxiety," what ways do you handle it without...