ORNurseAngie

ORNurseAngie

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  1. med error

    ORNurseAngie replied to catjeremy3's topic in General Nursing

    Demerol 150mg IVP Q 2 hours ATC for sickle cell crisis patient. Scares me every time. Frequent flier patient he always gets this

  2. More sick calls on Superbowl Sunday? (Why was I not surprised to get a call?)

    ORNurseAngie replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    No way was I going in today. I pick up a lot when we are short, even do the night shift off one day back the next day for dayshift. Normal shift is days. I requested Super Bowl Sunday off months ago...

  3. Re: Mrsa

    ORNurseAngie replied to emeraldbutterfly,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question. We had a two patients on our floor at the same time, both with mrsa in their sputum. One was on isolation the other was not. Why? The one that was I did not take care of so I do not...

  4. Am I stupid? Med question...

    ORNurseAngie replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

    I probably would have done the same thing. What do you think people do at home when they drop pills on the counter, i'm sure they take them anyway. I myself have dropped my teeny tiny birth control...

  5. Digoxin and Coumadin

    ORNurseAngie posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hello all I have a question. Why in the hospital do you routinely give meds like digoxin and coumadin at 1400. Why the specified time of 1400 and not 1000 like all the other daily meds. Thanks...

  6. Layout of your hospital's units

    ORNurseAngie replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    our unit is a 32 bed med surg unit that is shaped like an oval. The nurses station is all the way in the front. When you have the back hall which curves around you usually have patients on two halls....

  7. Birth Certificates

    ORNurseAngie replied to eager1hasbegun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    in michigan if you are unmarried the father must sign an affidavit of paternity to be put on the birth certificate. I was born in 1982 in michigan so my mother says. On my birth certificate there was...

  8. are VBAC's pretty safe?

    ORNurseAngie replied to JulieRN07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    med surg nurse here cruising the ob forums, (interested in the switch) Last semester of Bsn school did entire OB rotation with a preceptor and our patient was a vbac whose uterus did rupture. Let me...

  9. Super PICC's

    ORNurseAngie replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    not sure if this is the same PICC but we have something called a power PICC at our facility they are anchored by either sutures or something called a stat lock, somewhat like a clamp. We change the...

  10. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    ORNurseAngie replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    how does this even

  11. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    ORNurseAngie replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    had two GI bleeders on the floor last night, one on each side of the hall (no safe haven) eww. Hate NG tube insertions Suctioning trach and trach care

  12. Professionalism and the image of nursing

    ORNurseAngie replied to RachelLVN's topic in General Nursing

    There are many issues with the image of nursing in the media. You could probably google that topic and find a wealth of info on the topic. The ANA website would be a good place to start. There was a...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    ORNurseAngie replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Had a patient a month ago that was dying of peritonial cancer. Was very sick and family was disillusioned. A couple of hospice consults but family refused each time. Patient had a tenchoff cathether...

  14. Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    ORNurseAngie replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient Medications

    Our hospital changed the policy on phenergan also, it is only allowed as an IM injection now. I have not given phenergan very often since this. we usually give Zofran now. Never knew why until

  15. order

    ORNurseAngie replied to busy-bee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I do the same thing with orders also (blocking it out) I would make a copy of it and show it to my nurse manager. also let her know the other nurse is giving you a hard time about

  16. Best shoes while on the floor???

    ORNurseAngie replied to ICURN08's topic in General Nursing

    Love new balance sneakers. I too have flat feet and by the end of my twelve hour shift my feet feel great still with this shoes. Good luck. the style I found is the best is 409

  17. crepitus

    ORNurseAngie posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Had a patient a couple weeks ago, that had a mediastinotomy (sp?). Anyway postop should have went to the surg floor instead b/c of patients request was allowed to come back to our med/surg floor....

  18. liability insurance

    ORNurseAngie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Was wondering what everyone's thoughts were on liability insurance. I have heard lots of nurses say that it's bad because if you are named in a suit people are more likely to sue you because they know...

  19. I'm sure I'll get 10,000 replies saying to run, run, run from this place!

    ORNurseAngie replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Sheryl Crow, "Run Baby, run baby, run baby,

  20. whats happening out there???

    ORNurseAngie replied to whitman's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree, I work days on a med surg floor, and it has been insane. Combative alcohol detox patients, psych, one who drank bleach! We too have seen a surge of oncology patients. Yesterday on my team of...