msjellybean

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  1. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    msjellybean replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Regarding the taping of lectures... in my lectures, we would frequently talk about situations that came up in clinical. Also, my med-surg instructor is a house officer at the hospital where we did...

  2. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

    msjellybean replied to JStollRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    If I'm supposed to be back later that night, yoga before I go to sleep. If I'm not back, a long hot lavender bubble

  3. Melatonin for day sleep

    msjellybean replied to Jtkknj's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I typically have no problems sleeping after work. I encounter issues on my day offs. When I wake up at 3pm, stay up until 7am the next day and then I'm in a vicious cycle. I used benadryl for a...

  4. how many porta caths?

    msjellybean replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Recently deceased patient that had very advanced gastric CA had two ports placed at the same time. Not sure exactly why. But if sure was nice when she had TPN + continuous 5FU + PCA + maintenance...

  5. What does a patient sitter/safety attendant do exactly?

    msjellybean replied to swtchariot's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We use sitters for patients that are suicidal, are in because they ODed, sometimes for patients in the DTs, and those for whom restraints aren't ideal or don't work. They have a very limited role in...

  6. How do you define "piggyback"?

    msjellybean replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the chemo gets its own pump. And the primary in that instance is usually nothing more than plain IVF set at TKO, mainly used just to prime the tubing with. Depending on how many lines the pt has...

  7. How do you define "piggyback"?

    msjellybean replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I run continuous chemo on a secondary

  8. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

    msjellybean replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    Or you get floated to the floor that everyone hates; including the people who work said

  9. Things colleagues have taught me NOT to do...

    msjellybean replied to talaxandra's topic in Nursing Humor

    Happened to a friend of mine with e-mycin, but she was wearing gloves. Scared the crap outta me, as I'm allergic to e-mycin as well. Had to give it PO a while back and you can be darn sure I wore...

  10. what do u say to pts when they ask where u live?

    msjellybean replied to JadeRN722's topic in General Nursing

    When patients ask where I'm from, I'll tell them. I happen to be one of the few RNs on my floor that are from the same town that the hospital is located in. If they're from the area, they generally...

  11. *Easy* things I just hate doing

    msjellybean replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    Having to change tubing, when the nurse before me incorrectly programs the VTBI and the tubing before the cassette & half the cassette goes dry. Some of the nurses I work with have a trick where,...

  12. What is your favorite scrub brand and why?

    msjellybean replied to Patrick Brooks's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I used to love Cherokee stuff. Then all of my pieces started shrinking. I wash my scrubs on warm with cold rinse and dry on medium. And every single one has shrunk. The tops have gotten shorter...

  13. Pt choking and DNR....

    msjellybean replied to Beachbum2010's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have heard of this only once, and it was done several years ago by a tech who still (I don't know how) works on our

  14. Pt choking and DNR....

    msjellybean replied to Beachbum2010's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think, BabyLady, that if you follow the course of actions you've described when responding to an emergent situation with a pt who is DNR, you can be the one to expect to have problems keeping your...

  15. Finally understand the Facebook no-no's

    msjellybean replied to raebabelvn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Respectfully disagree with this. If I call in because I'm sick and I don't want to put my immunocompromised patients & co-workers at risk, it does not imply that I'm on my deathbed. And many of...

  16. Ominous physical symptoms

    msjellybean replied to catlvr's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of the worst. Also when people start talking about seeing family members that have

  17. Question regarding medicine administration

    msjellybean replied to Nissan350z's topic in General Nursing

    I used to wonder the same thing when I was a student. I used to write down what meds my patients have and when they're due on my "brain sheet." But you'll also learn that certain meds are almost...

  18. Doctors That Give you "Band-Aids"

    msjellybean replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    We work with one doc specifically who always band-aids his patients. Never any large scale interventions. A couple weeks ago, one of our new grads had one of his patients & was fighting her...

  19. Facebook

    msjellybean replied to LadyTiger44's topic in General Nursing

    I made a comment on mine last night about how upset I was for floating the second night in a row when it wasn't my turn and that I was tired of our floor being treated like the second float pool. I...

  20. What is the highest regular dose of Oxy that you have seen

    msjellybean replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Ok, slightly off topic. I had a patient during my internship last summer with renal cell CA with tons of mets who was on 450mcg of fentanyl an hour. First and probably last time I'll ever see...

  21. Report Assignment Question

    msjellybean replied to Guest412959's topic in General Students

    5% dextrose solution with 20meq of KCl added, running at 125cc/hr, through an IV in the right

  22. Breach of Confidentiality

    msjellybean replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Students

    Assuming the room is a semi-private, doing bedside report with just a curtain to separate the rooms could lead to PHI being overheard by someone that really shouldn't hear

  23. License help!

    msjellybean replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

    I would almost suggest you get your initial license in Illinois. Only because our licensure process is slow, even for in-state people. As I understand it, transferring your license here can be a...

  24. Previous Bachelors degree going into nursing - do I need a BSN or just an ADN?

    msjellybean replied to k.ronning's topic in General Nursing

    You pretty much summed up everything I was going to say. With the exception that my bachelors is in

  25. Nursing judgement and computer documenation

    msjellybean replied to BacktoBasics's topic in General Nursing

    My facility has a chest pain protocol, where we're allowed to order cardiac enzymes & a stat 12 lead while waiting to hear back from the