kate1969

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1. s/p tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy on 14 y/o

   kate1969 posted a topic in Pediatric

   We are almost 24 hrs post op with T&A, my daughter is 14 y/o, obese, hypertensive and anxious...what a mix huh? she has been prescribed oxycodone for pain taking 15cc q4hr with amoxicillin q8hr....

2. Help! I'm a NJ respiratory therapist...

   kate1969 replied to NJRT's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   try http://www.worldwidelearn.com click on respiratory therapy http://www.rcsw.org, they have some freebies http://www.nellcore.com/educ/onlineed.aspx http://www.ssbinc.com/medway...

3. Patients die when turned on left side??

   kate1969 replied to PCUSheryl's topic in General Nursing

   I was pregnant with my oldest child (now 22) and I was toxemic, I was informed my my obstetrician to lay on my left side to control the blood pressure... later in life, a physician told me, if you...

4. Help! I'm a NJ respiratory therapist...

   kate1969 replied to NJRT's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   sorry, I live a few states away from you...did you get all the online credits?? there are some sites with free ceu's...I don't know of any right off the bat, but try googling it...my facility provides...

5. RT refused to give NEB!

   kate1969 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   albuterol is supposed to be prescribed for wheezing only, if there are secretions in the airway that would tend to cause a wheeze, then albuterol would be in order, if their bronchioles are inflamed...

6. nurses and fake nails

   kate1969 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

   at my facility there is a policy for nails/nailpolish and no one adheres to it, but it seems as though administration would rather focus on cellphones and their usage in patient rooms, though I hate...

7. How much housework do you do?

   kate1969 replied to cheshirecat's topic in International Nursing

   My house looks like the Munsters house...hehe, I almost never dust and only vaccuum about 2 times per month...haha, there's only 3 of us living here full time and we all agree that life is just too...

8. RT refused to give NEB!

   kate1969 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an RT and I'm very sorry that that happened to you, last noc I was called in to my PRN job and there was a patient there that is a "No code" comfort measures only. I gave him a TX at the...

9. Medicine: Have we gone too far? And, is our system ethical as a whole?

   kate1969 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   The long term acute care facility I work at weans people off vents that are more difficult than most to wean, if/when we deem a patient unweanable we inform families of other options ie: compassionate...

10. New LVN and already TIRED of it!!!

    kate1969 replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't lose hope, I'm just a CRT working on my RRT and as you know, we all have to crawl before we walk, walk before we run, soon, you'll be, oh yeah, you already are running your a$$...

11. Banning Crocs?

    kate1969 replied to styRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I work in an LTAC and this is my belief "crocs..with holes, without holes, tennis shoes, steel toed boots...what's the diff!" I work in an LTAC and I figure this, I probably have every germ known to...

12. Understaffed and sick of it!!

    kate1969 replied to kate1969's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think that's what they're trying to turn my place into....

13. Understaffed and sick of it!!

    kate1969 replied to kate1969's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You all are sooooo Awsome!!! I want to thank you all for your responses, I'm so happy to know that I'm not alone, not only in what I'm seeing/experiencing but in how I feel as well. 1 issue I would...

14. Understaffed and sick of it!!

    kate1969 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My name is Kate and I'm a Respiratory Therapist, though I am not a nurse and I hope that you don't think I'm intruding in your space here, I just have a problem and I would like to know if Nurses are...