Tait MSN, RN

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    Night Shift 1 hr commute: tips to arrive home alive

    Tait replied to babblingbrook's topic in General Nursing

    That is tough. I had trouble some days with my 15 minute commute when I was on nights. If you have had issues with wakefulness in the past I would really weighs the pros and cons of the pay vs your...
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    Why so nasty?

    Tait replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am in a mood to say just call her butt out on it. But I also have been following the thread that seems to think my age group is the hellfire and bane of everyone's existence. Makes me
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    TOO OLD

    Tait replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    There just isn't enough information here to make an assumption that it has to do with your
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    need more responses to my survey: Staffing adequacy

    Tait replied to Studentsally's topic in General Nursing

    Done :) Though the second part was a bit
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    Is this appropiate? Please...need input. Thx

    Tait replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in General Nursing

    If it is an interview, I would dress for an interview. Not really sure about the doughnut part, other than the fact that now preggo me totally wants
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    RN of exactly one year...

    Tait replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't really feel confident until into my second/third
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    Advice: On An MD Order

    Tait replied to Raquel8's topic in General Nursing

    I am trying to remember if they talked about that in "Love and Other Drugs" with Anne Hathaway. I am thinking it was mentioned somewhere in
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    If a MD says "Don't Call Back"- do you write that as an order?

    Tait replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I suppose it makes more sense to document it in the nursing notes. Though there have definitely been times I wanted to put it in the orders
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    Advice: On An MD Order

    Tait replied to Raquel8's topic in General Nursing

    Well it is definitely a rare occurrence
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    saline flush ..Joint Commission

    Tait replied to melgrek's topic in Patient Medications

    Interesting. According to the JC piece saline flushes are devices, not medications now. I have my nurse educator looking at this. We have been having a heck of time keeping the flushes constrained to...
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    Advice: On An MD Order

    Tait replied to Raquel8's topic in General Nursing

    i have given viagra to women several times for difficult to control blood pressures. as far as the meds, there are no parameters on them? "sildenafil under the name viagra is used to treat erectile...
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    New Graduate RN Seeking Employement

    Tait replied to WendyM816's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently in the ADN-MSN program with Grand Canyon University out of Phoenix Arizona. They offer...let's see 12 classes at 5 week accelerated pace so I guess a little over a year, ADN-BSN all...
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    If a MD says "Don't Call Back"- do you write that as an order?

    Tait replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would say it is. I sometimes ask them if they just want pain management/anesthesia to see them instead as well if they are getting really bucky with
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    Can an lpn use wia?

    Tait replied to itistime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    WIA?
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    The "dirty" side of nursing...

    Tait replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    "biofilm" makes me giggle.
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    if you are a sensitive or highly sensitive person.....

    Tait replied to sourapril's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    After your description I can see how I would be less than happy to be in the
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    The "dirty" side of nursing...

    Tait replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    This made me crack
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    The "dirty" side of nursing...

    Tait replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    When your patient looks at you with utter appreciation that you are willing to take care of the things that they can not, you will no longer feel such a burden as you do now. Now does that mean I...
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    if you are a sensitive or highly sensitive person.....

    Tait replied to sourapril's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    HSP's aren't about being weak or unable to cope, it is about sensing your environment differently. Check out http://www.hsperson.com/ for more
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    if you are a sensitive or highly sensitive person.....

    Tait replied to sourapril's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are many HSP's in the nursing community. Everywhere. Check out this recent thread for more discussion. :)
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    Can you give additional doses of a PRN to increase an already given dose to a range?

    Tait replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    So here is JCAHO Range order recommendations: "Range orders Range orders may be written when the patient’s condition is unstable, or changing, and should include assessment parameters, whenever...
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    Can you give additional doses of a PRN to increase an already given dose to a range?

    Tait replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    I am starting to think if the patient needs 8mg of morphine they might be better off with a PCA. There are a lot of institutional variables on this, as well as specifics to MD orders. Perhaps it is...
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    Can you give additional doses of a PRN to increase an already given dose to a range?

    Tait replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    Well then they need to hypothetically tell us where it is happening as this will affect the
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    Overworked nurse

    Tait replied to Pigeons's topic in General Nursing

    It definitely illustrates the complexity of nursing. Though when a patient starts having trouble, usually everything else falls to the wayside, at least for
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    Akward work situation??

    Tait replied to Devie06's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It can, but it doesn't