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    Arrrgghhh, get the smell off!!

    sphinx replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Sometimes I feel like certain stronger odors are clinging to my nose hairs,
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    Help! Manager won't let me off night shift

    sphinx replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was in a similar position a few years ago. Except I did D/N and wanted D/E. meanwhile night shifts became harder and harder and rotating just made things harder. I was so stressed and was then...
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    Barrier Cream on a Skin Tear?

    sphinx replied to kparry's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We cleanse with saline and use Allevyn Gentle Border change Q 5 days and prn. Technically with a skin tear with no drainage we can put on only a tegaderm but I have never liked tegaderm on skin tears,...
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    Staffing tool

    sphinx posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    hi, i did a search about acuity based staffing tools but didn't find exactly what i was looking for. i work at a nursing home with around 700 beds. most are general ltc, a few "locked" units for...
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    Staffing tool

    sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    it is not part of a chain
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    Staffing tool

    sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am in New York state
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    Do You Announce That You're a Nurse?

    sphinx replied to SDS_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It really just depends. As a patient myself, I try not to mention it. I have found that once a Dr knows I am a nurse they change towards me......they will talk to me as a professional, when that is...
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    profore question

    sphinx posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    We have a patient who has profore wraps......she has venous stasis, but her legs are like none I have ever seen or come accross. She struggles with edema, but is also simply overweight. Her knee and...
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    profore question

    sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    The question is, *how* to get them dry? We tried several other things before this, and they all left her legs a sopping mess. The profores really have helped her with her edema, it's just the moisture...
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    profore question

    sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I am still experiencing problems with this poor woman. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, this is long, but I have a story.....I am so frustrated. She was actually doing quite well for a while. We stopped any kind...
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    Is there anything else I can do for you? I have the time. (new hourly rounding sheet)

    sphinx replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to laugh because when I was still in the hospital, they were doing this stuff-a good 2+ years ago. They had some outside company come in and inservice the entire staff. They didn't have the...
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    profore question

    sphinx replied to sphinx's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Well, she comes in Mon, Wed, Fri.......Monday and Friday are her shower days and she showers and they sprays her legs with a hand sprayer. Afterwards they dry with a towel (pat dry) and loosely put an...
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    sphinx replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    Well I've been on the "other side" plenty of times, but never had to wait an unreasonable amount of time, and when I or my loved one had put on a light at least someone would pop their head in to make...
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    Bruxism

    sphinx replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    I was just throwing that out in the ring, not thinking it as a primary cause. I only mentioned it because it is not widely known, and that it can be "reversible" by stopping the offending medication....
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    Foul Smelling Urine

    sphinx replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of times UTIs have no symptoms at all. Although the elderly often show behavioral changes. Sometimes if the urine smells nasty and there is no UTI present, if you change the bag, the smell goes...
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    Bruxism

    sphinx replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of times the grinding can be caused by stress...but I have to mention something that a lot of people are not aware of. In some people, certain SSRIs (esp Zoloft) can cause you to grind your...
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    Vent..."sedation"

    sphinx replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in Surgical ICU, even though there were residents, it was a closed unit and the residents could only round and make suggestions. We had Intensivists (sp) who took over and oversaw all their...
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    Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    sphinx replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    How long ago was she treated for that UTI? Was the treatment based on the results of a C&S? (antibiotics based on the sensitivity results?)...wonder if it didn't clear up, UTIs just make the...
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    Should I go to a funeral or funeral home?

    sphinx replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    I had always been too nervous to go to a wake/funeral. Could be because I have been blessed not to have anybody close to me die, and previously only been to 1 funeral. But the job I am at now I work...
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    Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    sphinx replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    Well, at least she had planned to have it dried and put into capsules, not have it with fava beans and a fine chianti.... I can imagine there are a lot of nutrients, and honestly, a capsule doesn't...
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    My hospital stay

    sphinx replied to Barbq's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. I totally feel for you. I've had a couple experiences too, both at the "#1" hospital in the area. I will say though, that I've had good experiences too....
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    Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

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

    I'll have dreams that I am "helping out" at one of my former employers. Um yeah, right. I don't think so! lol! I've had a variety of dreams, but by far the weirdest: I dreamed I was emptying a foley,...
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    Needlesticks

    sphinx replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Was a nurse 10 years before I got my first stick from a used needle a few months ago. I was drawing blood using a butterfly needle from a sweet little old nun with lousy veins. I missed and went to...
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    Funny fake names for meds

    sphinx replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard (in jest) Depabloat (for Depokote) and Stupamax (for Topamax) as well as (seriously) Latex (for Lasix)
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    Jobs for disabled nurses

    sphinx replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    I also have RA (as well as fibromyalgia), and last year was on short term disability from my job (in the ICU) for 6 months.......this website was recommended to me: http://www.exceptionalnurse.com/...