EmmaG RN

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  1. EmmaG

    "You are getting very good care"

    EmmaG replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I refuse. Period. If I get fired, fine. Let them find a Very Good! nurse to replace
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    pt vs staff abuse

    EmmaG replied to troubleatwork's topic in General Nursing

    Please get yourself a good lawyer. And by God, press charges against that patient. This infuriates me. I wonder what their response would have been should you have been seriously injured?
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    DNR patient coded

    EmmaG replied to adventuregirl's topic in General Nursing

    The recommendations made in the first link I posted make sense. Recommendations We have two recommendations. The first is that each department of anesthesiology should have a policy regarding DNR...
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    I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    EmmaG replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Heck. You weren't nasty at all. You certainly handled it with more composure and finesse than I would, I'm afraid. That is one of my big pet peeves--- at and away from work. The only reason I have a...
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    New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    EmmaG replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. If nothing else, it will make her think twice before assaulting another nurse.
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    DNR patient coded

    EmmaG replied to adventuregirl's topic in General Nursing

    Check your policies; I've worked in about 8 facilities over the past 5 years or so (as a "regular" staff nurse then as a traveler). All of them had some form of this policy; from the links I posted...
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    DNR patient coded

    EmmaG replied to adventuregirl's topic in General Nursing

    After reading the first link, I suppose my hospital has informed suspension of DNR, since they have a specific consent for that purpose. http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/reprint/80/4/806.pdf...
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    DNR patient coded

    EmmaG replied to adventuregirl's topic in General Nursing

    In every facility I've worked (trying to recall any exceptions, and I can't...) DNR orders are suspended for OR. Check your hospital's policies, and read through the anesthesia and OR consents. There...
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    zofran question

    EmmaG replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in Patient Medications

    This was back when it first came out. Premed, then a continuous infusion after the chemo. Our docs played with this for a while, but it didn't seem to be any more effective. Pharmacokinetics:...
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    Question about sub-q heparin

    EmmaG replied to Jolie's topic in Patient Medications

    Found this: http://www.nursinglibrary.org/Portal/main.aspx?pageid=4024&sid=17699 This was interesting too :)
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    Central lines and TPN vs PPN

    EmmaG replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    i agree. imo they are
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    Suggestive ways of how you handled difficult patients/family

    EmmaG replied to burnoutward's topic in General Nursing

    When someone starts going off with vague complaints like you describe, I ask them to narrow it down. I explain that telling me our floor is "horrible" means nothing to me; if they want to resolve the...
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    Central lines and TPN vs PPN

    EmmaG replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    Depends upon the chemo. Not a vesicant, because of the length of the catheter and where it ends (near the axilla). If you must push or hang a vesicant peripherally, you give it through a small,...
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    Central lines and TPN vs PPN

    EmmaG replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    If you'll look at the order sheet at the ingredients of TPN vs PPN, you'll notice that PPN (peripheral parenteral nutrition) has a dextrose of 12.5% or less. Any IVF with a higher dextrose...
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    Working while sick- what do you think?

    EmmaG replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Because it's true. And she didn't say
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    Working while sick- what do you think?

    EmmaG replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't come in if you're sick. I'm very selfish about this... I'll happily take a heavier patient load in exchange for not being exposed to your germs. Thank you and hope you feel
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    Ok to take care of family as a patient?

    EmmaG replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about that one... my ex-MIL was in dire need of an
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    Ok to take care of family as a patient?

    EmmaG replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital didn't have a policy against it, but I think it's a bad idea. I think they should even be placed on a separate unit if that's possible. Something else to consider... given how frequently...
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    What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

    EmmaG replied to psychnurse1998's topic in General Nursing

    I thought since you said it was a mini-neb... but I can't figure out what the PIL would stand
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    Why do people think the hospital is like the Holiday Inn Express?!!! LONG...

    EmmaG replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.cafepress.com/buy/hilton/-/pv_design_prod/pg_1/p_storeid.68439310/pno_68439310/id_13749236/opt_/fpt_/c_666/
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    What is An Atrovent or Alburetol PILLOW?

    EmmaG replied to psychnurse1998's topic in General Nursing

    Could it have been Atrovent or albuterol *something*LOW, as in low
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    Combative Pt. Spat in my Face, Eyes, Mouth-Dealing with Policy/Procedure now :(

    EmmaG replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    Also consider the window for starting post-exposure prophylaxis... I think the CDC recommends within 2-3 days, but at my old hospital, they wanted employees to begin treatment within 6 hours after an...
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    Combative Pt. Spat in my Face, Eyes, Mouth-Dealing with Policy/Procedure now :(

    EmmaG replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I've never heard of a facility that didn't treat an employee exposure stat. And asked to resign after being assaulted? Both of you should contact an attorney specializing in WC/employment law....
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    Can a patient purposefully become febrile?

    EmmaG replied to GermPhobe's topic in General Nursing

    Incentive spirometer. The device that encourages deep breathing. Most look like this :
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    Family members that work your nerves!!!

    EmmaG replied to BluntForceTrauma's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. How many times have you been told that a relative is a 'nurse' (or doc or attorney or *whatever*) only to find out later they are