sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. what nurses do if a patient wants blood transfusions

    sistrmoon replied to yayita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a JW nurse on my floor and she does not hang blood products

  2. what nurses do if a patient wants blood transfusions

    sistrmoon replied to yayita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work Onc. We don't tend to transfuse blood until less than 8.0 or platelets til less than 10. I've noticed that sickle cell crisis patients they will let get down to 6.5 and still not transfuse. I...

  3. what nurses do if a patient wants blood transfusions

    sistrmoon replied to yayita's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah where are these doctors who will do my transfusions for me? I work Onc...I do a

  4. For all INFP personality types only

    sistrmoon replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an INFP and work Oncology. Overnight

  5. quick questions re abx and

    sistrmoon replied to AJpcvRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Many chemos have fluids ordered to run with them but also often run alone. Depends on the chemo orders. I'm fine with running 2 antibiotics together given all the conditions you specify. Definitely...

  6. Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    sistrmoon replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've been in Onc 7 years total and I still learn something every shift. There is chemo cert, Ommayas, etc not to mention all the med surg overflow. I understand what you are saying but I don't think...

  7. Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    sistrmoon replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've been in my job for 6 years and seen much turnover. So it's not the norm for me but does seem to be for everyone else! We have a handful of people there 10-15

  8. What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    sistrmoon replied to bekahinpink's topic in General Nursing

    INFP--

  9. CPAP on the unit

    sistrmoon replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, the biomed department has to inspect the home machine before it can be used. There's a brightly colored sticker they put on it. The problem is that biomed is not there 24/7 and I work...

  10. Assignment of isolation pts

    sistrmoon replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

    I work Onc and we often have contact and neutropenic patients in our assignments. Sometimes they are both. While pregnant, I got c diff Patients, MRSA, VRE, etc. We don't have negative pressure rooms...

  11. Interment cath and trach suction per pt request limit

    sistrmoon replied to Rvanurse2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in Oncology and often see patients for months at a time for inpatient chemo and waiting for their counts to go up. We heavily involve them in their plan of care and get to know them. My...

  12. Interment cath and trach suction per pt request limit

    sistrmoon replied to Rvanurse2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There seems to be a subtle dig here. I'm not saying every patient doesn't deserve the best quality care regardless of nurse/patient ratio. I'm saying I'm one person, and I do my best each shift for...

  13. Interment cath and trach suction per pt request limit

    sistrmoon replied to Rvanurse2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In our hospital, straight cathing is almost always preferred due to lower infection rates. However this is sometimes taken to an extreme and the whole picture should be assessed. I had a group of...

  14. I. Just. Can't....

    sistrmoon replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We are all computerized but DNR/DNI requires a bright pink MOLST form to be valid. It's one of our few paper

  15. Interment cath and trach suction per pt request limit

    sistrmoon replied to Rvanurse2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where was the name calling? There was an autocorrect of "how" to "hoe". Is that what you're talking about? GrannyRRT: finding your posts very informative. Trachs are a weak area for me. OP: sounds...

  16. Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    sistrmoon replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That last bit is part of our scripting. Yay,

  17. Soma or Enclosure Beds... Cruel or not?

    sistrmoon replied to Paws2people's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've never heard of these but I'm intrigued. We have a ton of one to ones, restraints, safety sits. Are they expensive? The appearance is pretty off putting

  18. Did anyone find that their previous degree was harder that nursing school?

    sistrmoon replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Students

    No way. I got a BA in English with a Spanish minor first(Summa cum Laude, btw:)) It was a fair amount of work, but the testing style, clinicals and sheer "boot camp" feel of my nursing degree(ADN)...

  19. What's staffing like at your facility?

    sistrmoon replied to RNKX's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have 28 beds, so 2-3 aides for

  20. What's staffing like at your facility?

    sistrmoon replied to RNKX's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work nights at a big teaching medical center on an Onc/med surg overflow floor. We have 5-6 on nights. I've never had more than 6 of my own patients but have had 5 and had to cover 2 for an LPN. At...

  21. NOC, where's the professionalism??

    sistrmoon replied to oohhgolly's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Unfortunately this wouldn't work on our unit(closing doors.) Too many confused

  22. I love night shift! (Advice for continued success, please?)

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    When I'm sleeping while kids and husband are home, I put in earplugs and turn on white noise and lock the bedroom door(the youngest can open doors now.) but they do try to get out of the house some so...

  23. I love night shift! (Advice for continued success, please?)

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked nights for 7 years and have 2 small kids. I care for them during the week. Thursday, I try to get a nap in(but I slept a full night the night before) then I work 11p-7a thurs/fri/sat. Kids...

  24. NOC, where's the professionalism??

    sistrmoon replied to oohhgolly's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've worked nights for 7 years. Noise is always the biggest complaint. Of course most of my patients complain about the confused patient yelling which a limited amount can be done about. We have a new...

  25. Do you chart lies?

    sistrmoon replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Or TWO central lines from a groin site? Oy. With an INR above