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  1. Reusing Huber needles?

    queenjean replied to buster4's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean on one pt (as in, reusing the same needle a couple of times on Mr. X when he gets his pump refilled) or reusing the same needle on different

  2. Surgical nurse questions!

    queenjean replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Not dumb questions at all; I'm a medical floor nurse who floats occasionally to third, and I'm glad you asked these questions. I never knew about the issue with perfusion on the flap... Did everyone...

  3. Help On giving a pt bolus

    queenjean replied to 1_Dedicated_RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The only thing I have to add to suanna's comments is that sometimes you have to slow it. While it'd be nice to run it over 1-2 hours, if your pt doesn't have a picc, a lot of times you can't run it...

  4. ArmyWife/LPN programs

    queenjean replied to stacy0906's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised that there aren't any more schools closer to Junction City; I'd check out your options more thoroughly before driving to Topeka (or KC!) for your LPN. A lot of community colleges offer...

  5. Telemetry Monitoring and Vital Signs

    queenjean replied to ABNBUD#2's topic in General Nursing

    Our official policy is q 4 hrs during day et at night at nurse's discretion. Meaning, depending upon their status, I might only take their vitals at 2200 et 0600, or I might take them at 0200 (or...

  6. Differences in pain medication

    queenjean replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm pushing pain medication on you every 1-2 hours, you're getting a PCA! Seriously, the first one of these, I thought-what a wimp! Then he got to the floor--drooling because it hurt too much to...

  7. Differences in pain medication

    queenjean replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not forget the toradol here. I'm beginning to love this little non-narcotic. I really feel like this provides more pain relief than fent, dilaudid, or morphine for tissue pain such as...

  8. RN Student Help: MAR against MD's orders.

    queenjean replied to Uncle Harold's topic in General Nursing

    Supposedly our physicians will begin entering their own orders in the next year. The ER physicians already do for some of their orders in their own department. I can't imagine how that will go over....

  9. When the hospital kills people

    queenjean replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    And my point is that, as a nurse, you should know that if all the basics of nursing had been followed, she very well might have still come down with a nosocomial infection. Look, I didn't want to...

  10. RN Student Help: MAR against MD's orders.

    queenjean replied to Uncle Harold's topic in General Nursing

    MARS are checked in the following manner: Check #1: The nurse notes the order after it has been entered into the computer (we have computerized MARS) against the written order in the chart. She...

  11. Why isn't there's a Men's Health NP specialty

    queenjean replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the book recommendation! While I agree that the health care system has been geared toward men for far too long, I do think we need to be careful not to go too far in the other direction....

  12. Float RN...are you crazy???

    queenjean replied to rehabhereIcome's topic in General Nursing

    I have had to float before, and only once did I feel mistreated because they could dump on the float nurse. I was going to suck it up and take it, but then the supervisor came by, saw what was going...

  13. When the hospital kills people

    queenjean replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    We're d&%ned if we do, d&%ned if we don't apparently. My hospital is not understaffed, but beds are too precious to admit an otherwise healthy woman just because her white count was a little...

  14. Oh, well - Not for me.

    queenjean replied to dragonflycafe's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it isn't for you. I wouldn't want to work with a nurse who was so terrified of getting something from her pts that she refused assignments. I would also be concerned about that he/she wouldn't...

  15. What did you do

    queenjean replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I usually say with a smile "I'm going to let you do that." If they protest, I simply ask "Is there some reason you can't do it for yourself? Are you having pain/shortness of...

  16. Discharging a patient...to the streets

    queenjean replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is to NEVER give money to a pt!!!!! It has been my PERSONAL experience that you will do this for several appreciative, appropriate pts, and then you will get the one who will come visit you...

  17. Preachy Coworker

    queenjean replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    The singing wouldn't bother me; the handing out bits of scripture would. First of all, tell this guy in no uncertain terms that he is annoying everyone, he is overstepping his boundaries, and that he...

  18. For Breast feeding mothers... how do you fit in pump breaks?

    queenjean replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are typically working with a bunch of women, in theory they should be more understanding, having been there. My dh brought the baby up once a shift to nurse, and then I pumped 2-3 times. I just...

  19. I love my hospital!!!

    queenjean replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am really happy at my hospital, too. Of course, some aspects could be better, but I'm sure no place is perfect. For me, the main thing is our staffing. We are a smaller hospital (180 beds or so?...

  20. Pain scale is missing a key element

    queenjean replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, haven't read all the responses... Just wanted to point out that another aspect of the pain scale is assessing their comfort level. You may say your pain, based on your previous experience, is...

  21. Pet Peeve

    queenjean replied to BookwormRN's topic in General Nursing

    According to my dictionary, it is pronounced the same. I've never heard "brooch" pronounced without a long "o". How are you pronouncing it? Like

  22. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    queenjean replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is a vent thread, but.... We have a new nurse on our floor who says O2 stat instead of sat. I've tried to correct her by repeating it, like: Her: "The pt's o2 stat is 92% on room air."...

  23. Isolation with MRSA in sputum

    queenjean posted a topic in General Nursing

    It goes against my instinct to put someone in CONTACT isolation when their sputum specimen grows out MRSA. Yet this is my hospital's protocol. Could someone please clarify this for me? Why wouldn't...

  24. Male modesty thread?

    queenjean posted a topic in General Nursing

    It was such a great discussion, I personally felt I was learning a lot and reexamining some of my ideas on this...but now I can't find it. Did it get moved? Can someone point me in the right...

  25. Why do I feel like an idiot?

    queenjean replied to 2togo4rn's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, it's because you DON'T know much. And you can't. Like others have stated, you can only learn so much from school. You won't know much until you've been a nurse for a while, and you'll...