deeDawntee RN

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    Night shift giving breakfast insulins w/o tray

    deeDawntee replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a unit where the day shift wanted us to do check the blood sugars and give the insulin and as a shift across the board we REFUSED to do it. We couldn't in good conscience give the...
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    Am I crazy to leave Postpartum for Cardiac?

    deeDawntee replied to RosalindRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of the VERY best things about nursing is the ability to go from area to area and keep learning for the rest of your career. I don't know if you will like Cardiac or not...but if your gut is...
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    nursing interventions of drug seeking behavior

    deeDawntee replied to Ms.RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Have them open their mouth and pick-up their tongue to show it is swallowed. If they refuse to swallow it, take it away from them.... Perhaps, have a contract drawn up with patient and with Doctor's...
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    Davita - Should I take it/should I not????

    deeDawntee replied to wyrleygirl1's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I tried it for a while and it was a disaster in my case... I would recommend NOT doing it. Do you have other positions you are thinking
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    Totally freaking out about EKG and cardic II test

    deeDawntee replied to DisneyNurse18's topic in General Students

    http://www.skillstat.com/ECG_Sim_demo.html Hi, Try to calm down...it will be OK. Here is a website that will give you some practice in a game-like format to get some practice in on identifying EKG's....
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    Public Image of Professional Nursing

    deeDawntee replied to ThatGuyTom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh My God!! That is horrendous...can you report this to your BON or JCAHO or something?? It does lend itself to that "Media" image of the 'naughty nurse' which the OP may want to mention in his...
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    Enjoying being a nurse?

    deeDawntee replied to cherokeesummer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you mind if an "old grad" answers your question? I love responding to people who ask your question (or a close version thereof) because I have personally really grappled with that issue in my own...
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    Public Image of Professional Nursing

    deeDawntee replied to ThatGuyTom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow that is pretty darned impressive!! I really like your outline... I would add that we are trained to be patient advocates and educators, I have heard it said often that "you nurses know more than...
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    Stinky Nurse

    deeDawntee replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    OH MY GOD!! EEEUUUUU!!! How do we end up in these situations? OK somebody has to tell this guy. And it needs to happen to his face and the sooner the better. I do agree that it sounds like the...
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    I can't get off on time

    deeDawntee replied to probinson's topic in General Nursing

    Is it really either/or? Are you normally finishing up your charting at the end of your shift so that the patient's needs at that time are keeping you from completing your charting? Can you...
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    bed baths in hospital??? is 5am too early???

    deeDawntee replied to english_nurse's topic in International Nursing

    I would do a few baths on your midnight rounds if possible. Most people like to be cleaned up before they sleep. Do you do a set-up for people or are they total-assist or does it vary? I think...
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    Patient tells it like it is!

    deeDawntee replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hehehe!! What a great patient...can you send him my way??
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    Abnormal Labs?

    deeDawntee replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    good point, leslie, hey I couldn't find out crap about it, only that it is often used in combination with other drugs...is it potassium sparing? To the OP were the holding it
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    Abnormal Labs?

    deeDawntee replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A BP of 85/54 and a urine output of 125 ccs in 8 hours are two danger signs that this patient needs help fast. There are 2 possibilities: 1) the patient is dry and needs a fluid flush to bring up...
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    where did i go wrong? please comment

    deeDawntee replied to BandEmom's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Well said loricatus....intuition is where great nursing
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    Career path advice

    deeDawntee replied to BirthBabes&Boobs's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a little concerned that you have such an aversion to "touching" your patients. And I know your joking, but "playing with poop" is really not what we do.... A couple of things, I think some of...
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    where did i go wrong? please comment

    deeDawntee replied to BandEmom's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    No, no, no don't do this to yourself... as far as I am concerned--YOU are the person who saved this patient's life and you did this on top of an entire assignment of sick patients. What more could...
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    Freaking out over first RN job_ Thoracic floor!

    deeDawntee replied to lilgreenrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Absolutely....go for it! You have an environment with lots of new grads, a nice manager and it sounds like you will get the training you need with the chest tubes etc. I never worked strictly med...
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    positioning in the icu

    deeDawntee replied to italian_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you are talking about positioning the patient in the bed, it is every two hours, ordinarily supine, right side, supine, left side, supine etc., unless the patient has open areas and that plan may...
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    Abnormal Labs?

    deeDawntee replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Na+ 130, K+ 3.1, Chloride 95, Ca 7.9, Magnesium 1.6, WBC 11.7, RBC 3.78, HCT 35, RDW 14.1 The clinical picture you provide here is very sketchy. Was this an elective hip replacement or did the...
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    I do not think I am a good nurse

    deeDawntee replied to pmw2007's topic in General Nursing

    i know others have said this here, but i am going to repeat it... you must be your own best advocate... it doesn't seem that there is anyone else to advocate directly for you there but you. you need...
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    Questions re: drip titration

    deeDawntee replied to mcleanl's topic in MICU, SICU

    Do you have the GE monitors? Because there is a way to print off vitals from those monitors that you can record on your
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    Am I where I should be???

    deeDawntee replied to nursecompassion's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with leslie. You are doing great. And don't worry, there are still times when on my way home, I will call the nurse I just left report with and call her with something I forgot. People do it...
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    Questions re: drip titration

    deeDawntee replied to mcleanl's topic in MICU, SICU

    Oh I see, The q 15 minute vitals are for as long as the patient is on the drip. The thing is, on the ICU that is not a big deal, because it is all interfaced with our computer system, so all we have...
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    needs everybodys advice!

    deeDawntee replied to hopeless's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi Hopeless, The first thing I would HIGHLY recommend is changing your screen name, I believe the way we see ourselves is VERY important and I know for a fact that you are not Hopeless...I know that a...