FullMoonMadness

FullMoonMadness

Member

  • Content

    190

  • Visitors

    4,065

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by FullMoonMadness

  1. Faking It

    FullMoonMadness replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    We have a frequent guest on our floor who has such sevr pain she states she can't eat.Routine orders are MS Conyin 80 TID with a little IV morphine for breakthrough pain. Last visit she was on...

  2. Nurses rat on nurses

    FullMoonMadness replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    I hold myself to a very hogh standard as far as patient care and safety go, and i expect my coworkers to do the same. That said,nursing offers an envirionment that provides many opportunity for...

  3. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    FullMoonMadness replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Flo;I have read your impressions,now here is mine. I believe that Sunnygirl was referring directly to you and with good cause. You state you speak from a students persective. Please understand that...

  4. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    FullMoonMadness replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I can see both sides of this problem. I am an LPN but I am also a student in transition program,God willing I will take my boards in December and be an RN.My class is now made up of traditional...

  5. Night shift vs. Day shift...

    FullMoonMadness replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love nights.12 hours 7p-7a.my husband dosnt care for it to much but as long as i work 3 in a row with 4 off,we manage. Less red tape to deal with,case management and grand rounds.Pts off floor for...

  6. Manual vs. automatic blood pressure cuffs

    FullMoonMadness replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    I do my own vitals at the beginning of shift as part of my assessment. if there are midshift vs due and my initial ones were wnl,then I'll ask the aide to do them. I dont like the machines, and if we...

  7. Help me study for A&P

    FullMoonMadness replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Students

    For me,the Endocrine system was the most complex(after Dna/Rna and protein synthesis),but the bones took the most time.The coloring book helped me i.d. the bones during that memorable lab practical...

  8. Transportation of Telemetry/Stepdown Patients

    FullMoonMadness replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    The tele boxs on my unit communicate only on our unit. we have a monitor tech who has 38 computer screens,one with each pts info.We have transports who come and take pts to different parts of the...

  9. Is Microbiology really that scary

    FullMoonMadness replied to bet0326's topic in General Students

    My instructor was a vet who had lost her practicing rights and just needed a job. Our tests were straight from her notes and our final was a takehome. I to felt a little cheated, but it was an easy A,...

  10. Far-out JCAHO questions

    FullMoonMadness replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Most far out experince I have had with jhco was once during a survey ,the surveyor had asked several PCA's about disaster,specifically fire safety and fire procedure. For some reason,the fire alarms...