butterfly21

butterfly21

Geriatric, Rehab, Med Surg, Telematry

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  1. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    butterfly21 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I keep a typed list of my allergies and adverse reactions. I am allergic to latex and because of this a lot of fruits one of which is bananas. I am allergic to an additive in prednisone (makes things...

  2. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    butterfly21 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    My sister was allergic to the cold. Cold Urticaria. The person with the poinsetta allergy, are you allergic to

  3. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

    butterfly21 replied to CaLVN530's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was misdiagnosed with Fibro. I have chiari malformation type 1 and had decompression surgery and pseudo tumor cerebri. I had to give up floor nursing. I am in some degree of pain everyday but am...

  4. Nurses with asthma, i have a question...

    butterfly21 replied to nurse0607's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I would not worry especially if it's mild and under control. My asthma was severe when I first started. What you may want to do when you are eligible to protect yourself is apply for intermittent...

  5. can i be a nurse with a replacement heart valve?

    butterfly21 replied to HearingImpaired's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    You may have to watch what type of nursing you do. I have a pacemaker because of SVT and tachy brady syndrome (cardizem dropped me to the 30's) and then had brain surgery for chiari malformation (so I...

  6. need help--husband died at home

    butterfly21 replied to pyseymo's topic in Cardiac

    I am very sorry to hear about your husband. you did everything you could but it's hard not to beat yourself up. My husband died 2 years ago and I used to think I was a terrible nurse because I could...