megananne7

megananne7

Assisted Living, Med-Surg/CVA specialty

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  1. Spinach/Vitamin K.

    megananne7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know Vitamin K is the antidote for Coumadin and spinach is a notorious veggie with Vit K in it... So if you eat a lot of spinach, could you get a blood clot from it? These are the things I think...

  2. Edema.

    megananne7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse and I've seen a lot of nurses chart the pt has edema (usually "mild" generalized of LE non pitting edema) when, to me, they seem to be just overweight. How exactly can you tell if...

  3. "NEVER Events"

    megananne7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    NM said yesterday theres like 15+ NEVER events and they (Medicaid/Medicare, I think) are going to be releasing a bunch more by next year. All I know are Pressure ulcers and falls. I'm thinking any...

  4. Trach Patient

    megananne7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had got a pt with a trach the other day, came from a nursing home, Dx CHF/Hypoxia. Sounded like he had pneumonia to me, too. On isolation for Hx of MRSA of sputum. Trachs scare the crap out of me. ....

  5. New admits at shift change

    megananne7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I worked 7a-7p yesterday and my charge nurse told me at about 6:30p that we were getting an admit - we printed out her info from the ED even thought we both knew the pt wouldnt be coming up until...

  6. Primary Nursing Model

    megananne7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started on a MedSurg/CVA specialization unit and we are going to be moving to a new unit this summer and changing our speciality to Neuroscience (spinal cord injuries, hemorrhagic &...

  7. can you work...

    megananne7 replied to golfergirl17's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on weekends only when I was in college for my ADN - My job was one where I sat and answered phones, so in between calls I was able to study. In terms of clinicals, it depends on what...

  8. PPD results

    megananne7 replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Changing jobs! and the first 2 tests were

  9. what is the nursing.....

    megananne7 replied to jinyi's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nursing+history

  10. Paranormal phenomena?

    megananne7 replied to colzanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a big thread with lots of stories

  11. Can a nursing student use the word "code"?

    megananne7 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why you can't use the term Code Blue, as long as that's the code the facility your at uses for an arrest. If there's a code, there's a code! Dont be afraid to be obnxious to get attention...

  12. PPD results

    megananne7 replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I havent had a positive PPD, but I've had the nursescreening me take me to the head of employee health. She took one look at me, saw I was a fair skinned, freckled redhead and said it was an allergy....

  13. How to get in?

    megananne7 replied to MamaOneday's topic in General Nursing

    I never worked as a CNA, but at my hospital the nurses on Peds don't have CNAs to utilize. I dont know about L&D, but we've had mother-baby CNAs get floated to my

  14. Death?

    megananne7 replied to Annieee's topic in General Nursing

    I posted this in this post; https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/have-you-ever-gone-find-patient-dead-what-happened-127107-8.html#post2920717 I like to think maybe she was waiting for someone to come in...

  15. Had my first code last night

    megananne7 replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    Good job! Does your hospital have a rapid response team? My hospital does and one of the criteria for calling them into action is just "something doesnt feel right" or nurses

  16. Ever heard of fomites, doc?

    megananne7 replied to Scooter321's topic in General Nursing

    Ive seen plenty of docs go in and out of isolation rooms with no gown or

  17. HIV+ residents

    megananne7 replied to mo_07's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'M ignorant in thinking that we've reached a period of time where people realize HOW HIV is transmitted, and when I read the original post, I thought the poster was a

  18. SP CVP Insertion?

    megananne7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Had a patient who had this ordered this afternoon. Our MDs have a computer order system - The PA's order read "SP CVP Insertion" and the reason for the order was "pneumonia". I asked 2 other more...

  19. SP CVP Insertion?

    megananne7 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    It was a PICC insertion. But we had to wait until today to get it inserted since the pt has MR and we needed to get consent from her legal appointed

  20. Choosing NS or another baby, or both?

    megananne7 replied to scastillo1's topic in General Nursing

    Off topic: Did anyone read this as the person choosing between a baby or normal saline? I got confused for a minute. I need to go to

  21. Pain scale is missing a key element

    megananne7 replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard nurses saying (mainly to women) "0 is no pain, and 10 is

  22. Drinking while breastfeeding?

    megananne7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine mentioned on Myspace she couldn't drink alcohol b/c she was breastfeeding. Maybe I missed that in OB, but is that true?! (I know a lot of what we drink/consume can end up in breast...

  23. I went off on a family member...and I don't feel bad about it.

    megananne7 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    At my job, half the time the unit secretary gets calls like "I need to speak to the nurse" and just transfers away. Usually its either a family member asking "Hows xxx doing today? I'll be there in an...

  24. how should this situation be handled?

    megananne7 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    what? the nurse is the innocent party in this

  25. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    megananne7 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, I just had an image of a ****** off CNA taking a pile of crap and dumping it in your