TeresaB930 BSN, RN

I wanted to get input from nurses in Washington state on the Death with dignity initiative on the ballot next month. How do you Washington nurses feel about this? Teresa

I am 45 years old, and just finished an ADN program in March of this year. I have been working in a Skilled nursing facility for nearly 3 years. (I started as a nurse tech right out of first quarter) It's no med-surge, but every day I work, I learn...

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I'm a "newer nurse" too. I was taught to put it back in as well. When you pull the residuals out, you're pulling digestive enzymes and flora out too, and that should go back into the patient. My med surge book (Smeltzer, 2008) also states "aspirat...

I've never heard of Jevity causing sediment in the R/C. If she has had an R/C for more than 10 years, I'm sure she is chronic UTI's. Try flushing the cath daily or BID with 60 cc normal salline. A flush kit is cheaper than a weekly cath if you ta...

Check with an audiologists office. I had an ear infection 1st quarter of the nursing program, couldn't get signed off on BP's. I was finally referred to an ENT, he scooped wax out and prescribed Anti-biotics. I stopped at the audiologist desk in the...

Baking soda is inexpensive and odorless too.

Really, I think if you are going into nursing for the right reasons......namely a passion....a passion that will drive you, all else will fall into place. Sciences were my worst subjects behind math, but I made it through. And trust me, Nursing is...

P-Population I-Intervention C-Comparison O-Outcome LOL! I just walked this walk! I just finished my evidence based paper review! WHEW!! Like nothing I've ever done before! Anyway, I had the same frustration that you're feeling. I know that the t...

Benner's Caring Theory. Teresa

Remember A & P? I'm considering going on for my Masters, and my adviser this week said she has critcal care nurse fail an advanced A & P class that's required. She says 20 hours a week minimum of studying just for that class. That's not to...

Wow, not where I work! In our SNF. If our residents choose to go out to smoke, they sign an informed consent, and no way do our employees take them out.

I'm not going along with the flow of responses here. If your administrator saw you giving her a cigarette, what do you think the response would be? It isn't your responsibility to provide cigarettes to her....period. So lose the guilt. If she wa...

My daughter receives botox for dystonia. She has only received it from neurologist and physical medicine doctor. Frankly, I'm not sure I would trust her in the hands of anyone with less credentials. To hit the exact muscle, and inject the right am...

I agree with you hottiemom......I'm the wound care nurse at our facility. Wash the wound and peri wound, then dry it well. Apply a barrier like No Sting. It provides a barrier peri the wound, providing better adhesion for the Tegasorb or whatever ...

RN2B....You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I have 3 children and all have been immunized with the MMR vaccine. Guess what? My children don't have autism. The evidence is not clear that this vaccine causes autism. This mom would rather ke...

I have a scrub top with several permanent marker "dots" from when the top came off my marker! AND......it has a hole in one of the pockets from my bandage scissors! I'm thinking starting price......$250.00 Buy it now.......$1500.0...

Let me see.....this patient is on hospice, then not expected to live more than 6 months. I anticipate she will pass before the meds will expire. Teresa

Congratulations on your accomplishments so far! I found that the 5th and 6th quarters of the Nursing program were the most challenging. I think you need to ask yourself these questions. How have you done in the classes you've taken so far? Do ...

I was taught if you don't listen to lungs posteriorly, you haven't listened to the lungs. I was fortunate enough to spend 2 weeks with an awesome respiratory therapist. She taught me this.....when a patient is laying supine, ask them to take their...

An LPN friend of mine works for a physiatrist.

Congrats! The time you spend in class is minimal, especially in your pre-reqs....The time you need to dedicate to studying may be your challenge. For me, a single mom with 3 children, studying away from the house with study groups was most effecti...

Can somebody please help me to understand why RNs are paid so poorly in LTC? I love my job in a LTC/SNF. I started 2 1/2 years ago as a Nurse Tech, worked through school to LPN, and finished school in March, passed my boards and received a whoppin...

The link didn't work for me, so here's my input. BP meds-Lisinopril Metoprolol Vasotec Hydrochlorathiazide Diuretics-Lasix Bumex Spironalactalone Pain Meds-Vicodin Morphine ...

I would highly suggest you buy the newer versions. It will save you the frustration of trying to find a table, grid etc the teacher references in class. Also, I kept all my nursing books. I have referenced them on numerous occasions. You may wan...