iluvivt

iluvivt BSN, RN

Infusion Nursing, Home Health Infusion

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  1. Working with a vindictive coworker

    iluvivt replied to nurseontheway's topic in General Nursing

    Why should they leave when they are not the one causing the problem. I would be watching this person like a hawk though and would not trust them! How do you know it was not handled? Any corrective...

  2. IV infiltration

    iluvivt replied to AllyRN's topic in General Nursing

    While you may not feel a palpable cord or any erythema, inflammation or warmth along the vein pathway, pain and discomfort can be an early sign of phlebitis or even a very early infiltration. One...

  3. Called Down to HR

    iluvivt replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Ok...so wow there are cameras everywhere.Are they there to have evidence should someone file a lawsuit or are they there to protect patients and staff members? What action is administration...

  4. staffing policies

    iluvivt replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    Confused...what is the problem? If you like the job perhaps you can make attempts with management to change it.No place is perfect and you may find worse problems at other places.I would never leave a...

  5. The Abuse of Nurses By Patients

    iluvivt replied to Melano's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are going to need to work on this skill set.Right now you do not have psychological armour or verbal skills and tactics to handle these situations.It does take studying various techniques and then...

  6. Medication Error?

    iluvivt replied to jeane1090's topic in General Nursing

    It's not the gravity of the error but the fact that you made an error that is bothering you.In situations such as these try to figure out why you made the error and what steps you can take to prevent...

  7. CLABSI issues

    iluvivt replied to Moe12PMs's topic in General Nursing

    Some more things to consider: 1.Have the nurses been faithfully changing the needless connectors at least every 7 days and when compromised. Have they been covering the ports and NCs...

  8. Exhausted; I want a way out.

    iluvivt replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    If you want a child then you keep trying and don't give up unless it's truly hopeless.I suffered from endometriosis for years but I hung on year after year with many surgeries and constant drug...

  9. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    iluvivt replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to write down everything...just the times meds are due.Please don't let others rush you...it's not fair, especially when you are trying to

  10. Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    iluvivt replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    One way to make a paper MAR work is to make your own worksheet.I used to write down my rooms numbers and pt names and only list the times something was due..like this. 242 A...

  11. Why would this be used vs. usual?

    iluvivt replied to T-Wave's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Wuzzie...BD makes a Safety Intima and the needle is no longer exposed.The Intima wings and tubing are so much softer and easier to tape than the Diffisics and Nexivas.One drawback is that the intimas...

  12. Administering a medication after a reaction

    iluvivt replied to AZbookworm's topic in Patient Medications

    I have given quite a bit of Entyvio in the home setting.I am assuming you have a fully stocked ANA kit in the home and you take it out and have it at the ready should you need it.In your exact...

  13. What causes you to almost scream (internally of course) during your day?

    iluvivt replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh so many...but I just think it's so inconsiderate not to mention that it's not a good way to practice if you request the help of another discipline or specialty and neglect to tell them some...

  14. What's your favorite nursing task?

    iluvivt replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love to place any type of vascular access..PIVS PICCs and Midlines but still love placing peripherals the most.Most days I can get through by 10 hour shift and never had to poke a patient twice.I...

  15. Flushing tubing after IV ATB administration

    iluvivt replied to dexilna's topic in General Nursing

    Are you referring to antibiotics administered as a secondary or as a primary intermittent? Either way it is not necessary to hang a post flush 50 ml bag of NS in either circumstance.The volume left in...

  16. Nurse dies after assault at job. She finished her shift first.

    iluvivt replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    As a young nurse I was taught to just accept physical and especially verbal abuse from patients=just part of the job.The poor dears are ill.I learned rather quickly that the problem patient and/or...

  17. Looking for advice; "handling" situations **LONG**

    iluvivt replied to Miss.LeoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you will be unable to turn this situation around! The charge nurse is out to get you for whatever her sick reasons are..Usually it's somewhere along the lines of low self esteem and a need...

  18. Should I have accessed her port?

    iluvivt replied to guest947568's topic in General Nursing

    Yes the port should have been accessed by a qualified RN sooner than later. Patients that have chronic disease states that often require frequent IV therapies have long term VADs placed in order to...

  19. My back kills!!

    iluvivt replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    I have tried so many brands and the best for me are Klogs brand and I like the clog style with no back (slip in) A few years my last pair were just trashed so I stupidly bought a pair of Nurse...

  20. Med error

    iluvivt replied to snh2009's topic in General Nursing

    Well, how much muscle tissue did the patient have? If it was a fair amount I would not worry If it was a 90 year made up of skin and bones then I may worry. Either way, please keep this in perspective...

  21. Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

    iluvivt replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    I am too concerned about my goals and keeping my life on track that I could care less about any patient, celebrity or not, that I am not directly taking care of. I have a position that I am asked for...

  22. Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    iluvivt replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It was a human being speaking with them and I would have been grateful to speak with any specialist via telemedicine who was helping us.I am certain Kaiser also had their staff helping this man and...

  23. Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    iluvivt replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is far from deplorable! First of all it is not a robot telling a patient and their family that the end of life is near, it is a doctor using a modern tool.People hear bad news over the phone and...

  24. Vaccination for clinical

    iluvivt replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

    Why would a healthcare provider take the risk of having unvaccinated workers.No easy way to get out of it if ever....not in this litigious society.It's not fair to expose others and patients...

  25. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    iluvivt replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. All this nurse had to do to prevent this egregious error was to be able to read. If she did not know the drug, it's action, it's dosage, or its administration parameters she could have looked...