sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

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  1. Do you disconnect lipids from TPN when complete

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    From cdc's recommendations: "Replace tubing used to administer blood, blood products, or fat emulsions (those combined with amino acids and glucose in a 3-in-1 admixture or infused separately) within...

  2. Do you disconnect lipids from TPN when complete

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    The lipids are connected into the tpn tubing so it would all be discarded at the 24 hour mark anyway. The lipids are not connected with a normal leur lock connection that is easily disconnected. It...

  3. Patient to nurse ratios

    sistrmoon replied to kgirl1872's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights, we typically have 4-6 patients. I've never had more than 6 at this hospital but at my prior hospital we took up to 8 and it was

  4. Nurses turn to pet therapy

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Kubla Khan: Tasha: Puddy: And in Memorium, my beautiful Sterling I had 14 years, who I lost in May to

  5. This week, I learned (7/18).....

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That we have a bed bug protocol and it involves some nifty looking

  6. Do you disconnect lipids from TPN when complete

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Faster rate of bacterial growth than the

  7. Treatment by respiratory therapist/inner cannula difficulty

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'll preface this by saying I'm no trach expert, but I've dealt with a fair number in 8 years of Onc due to head/neck cancers. This weekend, I was doing trach care on a patient with a disposable...

  8. Esme welcome back!!!!

    sistrmoon replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    :) so glad you're

  9. I'm a sexless nurse

    sistrmoon replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious where you're getting this data about American women gyn preference. Do women prefer care from female or male obstetrician-gynecologists? A study of patient gender preference. - PubMed -...

  10. I'm a sexless nurse

    sistrmoon replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I've had male gyns since I was 16. I've always found the "male nursing students can't do anything in OB rotation" to be ludicrous considering how many male gyns there

  11. This week, I have learned..... (6/13)

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Off to go find that thread

  12. 1 minute scrub the hub

    sistrmoon posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on an Onc floor with lots of central lines. My floor has just implemented a 1 minute scrub the hub before any access of the central line. If I'm understanding correctly, it would go like this:...

  13. Resignation Notice

    sistrmoon replied to KJM-RN's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, you have to give 4 weeks notice if you want your unused PTO paid out. I gave 4 weeks at my previous

  14. Don't talk bad about your patients

    sistrmoon replied to BrendaH84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I surely judged nurses before I was a nurse. Same thing with judging parents before I was a parent. Gaining perspective is

  15. This week, I have learned..... (6/13)

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had someone a few weeks ago, also on contact, who would scream out that he had an emergency and had to see the nurse. I would sprint in there...and he needed ice chips. Sigh. Let's talk about the...

  16. 1 minute scrub the hub

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    They are going to need to staff us better if they want every IV encounter to take 5 minutes. That may not seem long until you have one patient's bed alarm going off, 2 others calling for pain and...

  17. 1 minute scrub the hub

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    This makes sense to me. You don't happen to have a source for this, do you? I'd love to pass it

  18. 1 minute scrub the hub

    sistrmoon replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I've suggested the caps and it's a no go. They are single use and expensive. More expensive than CLABIs? Good question. We do central dressing changes often on my floor and always have two RNs...

  19. Why do nurses seem to have a bad reputation?

    sistrmoon replied to unbrokenx3's topic in General Nursing

    Greys has been a bit better lately. On one of the recent episodes, the docs in training are told, "You will think you know more than the nurses. You do NOT know more than the nurses." If you look at...

  20. Don't talk bad about your patients

    sistrmoon replied to BrendaH84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Eh, we do bedside reporting and these comments still get made in a low voice in the hallway on the walk to the next

  21. This week, I have learned..... (6/13)

    sistrmoon replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This was my lesson this weekend too. Totally demoralized. Except mine was wanting me to rearrange the room, move her body parts just so and so on in addition to medication. Did I mention she can't...

  22. CAMP NURSE-HELP

    sistrmoon replied to LisabertRN's topic in Camp

    I would think allergic reactions would be a big one too. Sorry, I'm not a camp nurse. Was just trying to narrow your request so you might get more responses. Hope you hear from some camp

  23. CAMP NURSE-HELP

    sistrmoon replied to LisabertRN's topic in Camp

    That's a broad request. Standing orders

  24. Your opinion please

    sistrmoon replied to AngelKissed857's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work ER but I work Onc and deal with a lot of patient deaths. We leave central lines in as they are sometimes used for embalming, but remove peripheral IVs, foleys, etc. We clean the patient...

  25. Annual Physical - Does Your Job Require This?

    sistrmoon replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I've been a patient at my own hospital and we pull pharmacy records through our EHR system. I guess my point is it wouldn't be too hard to be caught in a...