Jamesdotter

Jamesdotter

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  1. My achin' veins

    Jamesdotter replied to kellyo's topic in General Nursing

    There are a bunch of outlets on the web where you can buy surgical support hose, including the Jobst brand. After I was fitted locally, I've been buying mine from a mail order outfit called Support...

  2. Is it normal to take 4 Tries and Catheters to finally get it right?

    Jamesdotter replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    I shall never forget the lady whose meatus was "north" of her privy parts. Amazing thing. Oh, yes--it took several catheters before we

  3. This is sick

    Jamesdotter replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, of course. I have only ever given the drug as a pre-op--and not recently. At the time I only noted that the patient was apparently amnesic. I can't remember where the patient's disease...

  4. This is sick

    Jamesdotter replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday's Portland paper had a big story about a man who took a lethal dose of seconal, slept for three days, woke (and asked why he was still alive) and lived another two weeks before dying of his...

  5. This is sick

    Jamesdotter replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    In the 1960s (now THAT was awhile back), I had a patient dying of cancer whose MD had ordered MS 20 mg with scopalamine q 2 hours, not prn. He was, of course, thoroughly snowed. I don't know the...

  6. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    Jamesdotter replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same? I like the way my facility (part of a BSN-degree granting institution) handled it. As a BSN grad, I was paid at a one-step higher rate than the ASN and...

  7. This is sick

    Jamesdotter replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publichealth/chs/pas/ors.cfm Here's where to read the text of the Oregon law, for anyone who's interested. That's

  8. Your Ideal Patient

    Jamesdotter replied to Smilyn45's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about "ideal", but my most fun patients while I was working in OB have been people who have some medical knowledge; nurses, medical residents, and practicing physicians; but whose...

  9. The *PERFECT* Nurse Image? What???

    Jamesdotter replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I retired, I was about 70 lbs overweight, in spite of many efforts to lose (would you say nursing is stressful?). Since I retired, I've been able to take off a little over half (a work in...

  10. Does size really matter?

    Jamesdotter replied to hello_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The shortest nurse I ever knew was 4'8" She was a colleague of my late mother's, and in those days (I think she went to school in the 1940s) had to apply to a number of schools before she found one...

  11. Athlete's version of labor

    Jamesdotter replied to Mermaid4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ME--ME I was 31 and I did not feel "elderly" :chuckle

  12. Snow emergency excuse?

    Jamesdotter replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in General Nursing

    Working OB, I was always amazed-and amused- that although the staff might not be able to make it, they said, but the patients always seemed

  13. Okay OB nurses All about a cesearean?

    Jamesdotter replied to xmaxiex's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I remember :) . I was trying to quote Kevin where he said that the patient "will be returned to a prone position," but the fool computer didn't cooperate The mental picture of a C/S in the...

  14. Okay OB nurses All about a cesearean?

    Jamesdotter replied to xmaxiex's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Re: prone position for C/S Um...supine,

  15. Any tips for starting IVs?

    Jamesdotter replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    I found that if I visualized the entire procedure before I went to the bedside I had much better success than if I just bounced in semi-prepared. Visualization was especially helpful when I only did...

  16. How many have latex allergy

    Jamesdotter replied to Andie-mom&student's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't had a problem since powder was eliminated from gloves. Before that, I had red itchy hands like several other posters have mentioned. I did have a colleague who had multiple allergies and...

  17. Are you nursing where you thought you'd be?

    Jamesdotter replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where in Oregon you are, but Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham offers a course in Surgical Technology. Of course, it's 6 quarters--you might be able to get an RN in less time than...

  18. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    Jamesdotter replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When the doctor admits the patient with orders for a whole battery of tests, but doesn't order pain med, activity, diet, sedation, etc, CALL HIM/HER. Why should they sleep when the patient can't? (I...

  19. Trying to Bust a Strike

    Jamesdotter replied to Town & Country's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's always interesting to me to see the opinion that you can't be fired from a union facility. It takes time, but it can be done. If it isn't happening, then management isn't doing its job. They...

  20. Do your CNA's call in sick every weekend?

    Jamesdotter replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    My only experience with this was a colleague who called in after every payday (same reason). Fortunately we were paid once a month.

  21. Intradermal lidocaine for IV starts

    Jamesdotter replied to hardworkingrn's topic in General Nursing

    We were starting to change from lidocaine to intradermal normal saline for IV starts about the time I retired. It was supposed to work about as well as the lidocaine, with no allergy

  22. Question About Changes in Uniform

    Jamesdotter replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Nursing

    I think it was in the 70s here . It was at the same time that the medical students quit wearing slacks, white shirts and ties(!) and one of the classes in the nursing school refused to have a class...

  23. motorcycle accidents

    Jamesdotter replied to Oregon Runner's topic in General Nursing

    My husband commuted (on T-V Highway, for those in the Portland, OR area) for several years. His only accident occured when a driver pulled in front of him and stopped, in traffic moving about 45 mph....

  24. Is there any one out there that can help

    Jamesdotter replied to Malt123's topic in General Nursing

    huh?

  25. How did you find out about allnurses?

    Jamesdotter replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    I've been trying to remember. It was either a link from another site or else