leslymill

leslymill

Med/surg,Tele,PACU,ER,ICU,LTAC,HH,Neuro

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  1. Why do Nurses do this?

    leslymill replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    \ This from a guy who chases a tiny little white ball around a big green field and calls it a sport. Then again, God invented the golf cart and the

  2. What Killed Baby Lucas?

    leslymill replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Praise God for Harvard trained Amish Doctor's who like tweed jackets, bow ties and

  3. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    leslymill replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    I know where the OP is coming from. There are new books and INFO Commercials on how diet and medicine work together to make both gain financially. I agree with Baptized By Fire also. I am not pushing...

  4. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    leslymill replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I will never forget how I felt when I moved to New Orleans and everyone called me BOO BOO. First off I told them I wasn't a mistake, I was a planned birth. Later I noticed a few had shortened the...

  5. Does HIPAA apply to non-work related information (from friends and relatives)???

    leslymill replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well it could be debated in court that it is any health care provider on or OFF duty, or one directly involved in providing health care. I need a supreme court ruling .....sigh. I think ethically she...

  6. Passing meds you did not pull.

    leslymill replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    Don't want to derail the thread cause I did post about it somewhere. I was orienting in a hospital and my preceptor refused to waste 1mg of a 2mg vial of Ativan that I had to sign out for on those...

  7. Close to breaking... seriously.

    leslymill replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    You helped them mourn so much that now your in mourning yourself. Mourning takes a few phases to get over. Don't worry unless it effects your work. Then you need a vacation. God considers mourning a...

  8. Handling Physicians. Any suggestion?

    leslymill replied to AlmostThere:)'s topic in General Nursing

    WEAR GLOVES. KID GLOVES. Those ones made out of

  9. Does HIPAA apply to non-work related information (from friends and relatives)???

    leslymill replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I could forgive her. It was her grandchild after all. It isn't a HIPPA violation. It is a violation in a friends trust. There was probably a better way to go about that moral delemma. I do think...

  10. Why do Nurses do this?

    leslymill replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    You could write it on a peice on paper and hold your hand out between them while they talk. Now if they chin up to see over your hand and continue talking and EVEN then get up and start to move...

  11. Passing meds you did not pull.

    leslymill replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    I rread this thrread and find myself on a space shuttle that just landed on MARS. In my pocket I have two sets of keys. Don't tell them your reporting them. I did that once and I Am no longer working...

  12. How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    leslymill replied to ChristopherH's topic in Pulmonary

    I like the fact most COPD pts know they have the disease well before they need oxygen therapy anyway. Like this guy, they live with it and understand it. He is on 3 L/M at rest and 5 L/M with...

  13. RN medicated my patient without documenting!

    leslymill replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    This is one reason I want a preceptor that has gone through a class on how to do

  14. Ever notice this about allnurses?

    leslymill replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was offended when both those happened on my first day visiting this site. However I was emailed nicely and I got over it. We get passionate sometimes and post on the internet without thinking about...

  15. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    leslymill replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have never liked it. I was taught in nursing school to never call a pt honey, but I heard it all the time. Darling...oddly doesn't bother me. I work retail and a new cashier called me GIRLIE. I...

  16. RN medicated my patient without documenting!

    leslymill replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure? I thought this was a BON nono. Is the policy written? I used to chart as I pulled them out so I could get my five rights done by check list. Then there is this BON recommendation NOT...

  17. Ever notice this about allnurses?

    leslymill replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Actually this place is a great reference book. I would do it too if I were in nursing school. We should GET copyrights

  18. How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    leslymill replied to ChristopherH's topic in Pulmonary

    Not didactic at all. I don't think the OP was talking about a patient in distress. She was asking about the standards of practice for O2 on a COPD pt. Was it 2l/M or 4L/m. I was giving my rational...

  19. nail care and nursing

    leslymill replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    I bit my nails for most of my childhood. At fifteen I got braces on my teeth. I realize now that I have an addictive personality. I was so frustrated that my nails had to get so long before I could...

  20. How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    leslymill replied to ChristopherH's topic in Pulmonary

    Pulse ox 70% and tachypenic, I would call RT. ( I think a lot of COPD pts have wonderful relationships with RT even over nurses) If they are cyanotic I would increment the O2 up and not leave his...

  21. Other nurses taking over your patients without asking?

    leslymill replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar instance happen to me, but on the reverse. We here don't know all the details about what is bothering you about this territorial dispute, but I agree you need to get assertive enough...

  22. touched inappropriately by patient

    leslymill replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a few encounters with "DIRTY OLD MEN" in LTC Facilities. You are not gonna change them or their gropping. Be assured they are probably non-discriminatory and will grope any female that gets...

  23. How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    leslymill replied to ChristopherH's topic in Pulmonary

    I don't know what your clinical instructor was saying when she said," UP to 4 L/m." The standare is 2 L/M per n/c and I would not go over that without ABGs and a doctors order. If the clinical picture...

  24. Does this sound familiar? (very long)

    leslymill replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Woe.What a train wreck waiting to hapen. Take the others advise and get another job and report this to JCAHO....etc.We have all experienced a few of those things on your list and it shocks us and...

  25. You Just Don't Care!!!

    leslymill replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    I love Satire. I love Dave Berry.:bowingpur Does he still write for the Miami Herald? He would LOVE your post. What I lOVE most about your well written VENT is that it has what :nurse:nursing is all...