KaroSnowQueen RN

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    help please - child (long)

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

    We took in several youngsters. One in particular came from a dreadully troubled family and he was such a good kid. He moved in, we provided for him just as we did our own kids, he followed the...
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    Pregnant Students

    KaroSnowQueen replied to sierranic's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was on the waiting list to get into LPN school twenty years ago, had been on the list for almost a year. When my turn came, they called me in April and told me I could begin in July. I did not...
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    Hospital Denies Patient left to watch baby die

    KaroSnowQueen replied to gwenith's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello, there sounds like something wrong to me. Told no birth was imminent, left alone to give birth and hold a dead baby? Somebody somewhere is not telling the whole story. Sounds negligent at the...
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    LVN/LPNs in acute care

    KaroSnowQueen replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN. I am licensed in two states. In one state, I do just about everything including iv pushes and initial assessments. In the other, I can do just about everything except iv pushes and...
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    Time Heals???????????(long)

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

    I lost a child in September 76 and another in May 85. I think of them every year. I lost my infant grandson last Christmas and it makes me sick to think of Christmas. I'm with the rest of them....
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    Did you get a flu shot?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Rhon1991's topic in General Nursing

    :D
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    Did you get a flu shot?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Rhon1991's topic in General Nursing

    I did not get the flu shot. Never do. When I worked in LTC, every single year the week after the flu shot, there were ALWAYS at least one, sometimes two or three residents who would get the flu and...
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    Cancelle surgeries

    KaroSnowQueen replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    I have been a nurse for twenty years and have NEVER EVER had a doc to get the consent. I have always had to take the consent to the pt to get it
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    Whatever Happened to SARS????

    KaroSnowQueen replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    There's not much news about it now. My son in law had SARS last year, and his doctor is very nervous about his health this flu season, had him get a flu shot and pneumonia shot and cautions him about...
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    Does anyone else take Vitamin C?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    I am a big believer in vitamins. My doctor told me a few years ago when I was dreadfully sick with a raging sinus infection to take 5000 mg of C a day when I was sick and 1000 to 2000 when I was...
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    Does anyone have Admission Nurses?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    We do. Only one, usually only on Mon thru Fri altho sometimes she is there on Sat too. She does the initial assessment and history and arrival info, starts the IV and draws blood if the pt is a...
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    parent's question

    KaroSnowQueen replied to missNV's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Having been in the parents' shoes, but not in the nurse's, I would say to them something along this line: "We are doing everything we can for him, but it really does not look good, and we don't have a...
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    Weeks pregnant and abortion?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I do think we have the right to refuse to participate in something that is against our moral or religious beliefs. I would not go in and participate in the actual performing of the abortion, but I...
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    Weeks pregnant and abortion?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, there is not a legal gestational age. According to Roe v. Wade, abortion is legal throughout the pregnancy at any stage of fetal development. However, most facilities and physicians stop doing...
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    'Have your views on aspartame changed? DO you use it?"

    KaroSnowQueen replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    I think aspartame is the devil. I have heard and seen too many instances of ailments that went away after discontinuing it's use. My husband for instance. He drinks probably at least 2 two liters of...
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    confined to bed after 4cm?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to littlemrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was amazed to read about this policy. My first baby, in 1980, I was 4 cm before I even went into labor. Was ten days overdue, went for ob visit, he told me to walk and walk and walk. If no baby,...
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    Acceptable use of pressure for cath removal

    KaroSnowQueen replied to emdmac's topic in Medical-Surgical

    IF someone just has some minor oozing at the site, I have seen IV bags used for weight. BUT for a really big bleed, the clamp comes back out. The IV bags work well as a reminder to someone who just...
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    Do you think it will come to this?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My adult daughter has no insurance. She goes to the ER instead of the doc because: a. The ER will diagnose her and give her a script for generic, cheaper meds because he knows she has no insurance....
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    Doctors and Nurses Gone Wrong....

    KaroSnowQueen replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors may have more formal education than me but that does NOT make them better than me. They are human "beans" just like me. The only difference is either they had rich parents to put them thru...
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    Anyone sick of the "Drama Queen" patient?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I work in med surg and had a patient on the floor for THREE freakin' weeks!!! First it was abdominal pain. Then it was losing control of her muscles in her legs. Swore she couldn't walk. Except...
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    emotional breakdown!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to chestahcheetah's topic in General Nursing

    On the unit where I am working, the new nurses get 6 weeks orientation with the same preceptor. By the sixth week they have five patients. These nurses are going to second or third shift, so they...
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    Anyone resign due to hostile work environment?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    I quit an LTC job not because of doctor issues but because of the administrator having control issues. She first issued a dictum that no nurse could be behind the desk for any reason before lunch....
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    Whats your fav sleep mask?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to katie345's topic in General Nursing

    I bought the Walmart special also since I went to second shift. Hubby leaves at seven thirty, I can sleep thru him turning on the lamp, sleep thru the sun peeking thru the blinds. It's very
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    Morning Sickness

    KaroSnowQueen replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that. With my girls I puked for months. Hardly one day with my boys. Ginger ale, and fast food fries were the only food I could tolerate for
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    But I have little kids!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    The key here is negotiation. I have five kids, had several foster children for more years than I care to remember, for about ten years ALWAYS had at least 8 kids at home. (Don't ask me about my...