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    EpiPens....who knew?

    Spidey's mom replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    Insurance companies are weird. Sometimes this kind of thing is ok and sometimes not. It should truly be what the physician thinks is the best medication for the patient - and let's face it,...
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    EpiPens....who knew?

    Spidey's mom replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    Yeah, I think so. But this new standard is only a couple of years old which is why people haven't really heard too much about it. I love ya Dianah but I don't think this is off topic. Safety...
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    Blood Transfusions Question??

    Spidey's mom replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    Then you need to look at your facility's P&P. Some units, like roser13 stated, run them wide open. I don't because usually my patients are little old ladies with low iron and a hx of CHF. I...
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    Blood Transfusions Question??

    Spidey's mom replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    That was my second thought
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    Blood Transfusions Question??

    Spidey's mom replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    My first thought . . . what does the physician's order
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    EpiPens....who knew?

    Spidey's mom replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    Beachynurse was responding to Dianah's story about her experience and to keeping Benadryl on her at all times. But histamine blockers do not work on anaphylaxis. That's what I was responding to when...
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    EpiPens....who knew?

    Spidey's mom replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    I know. I still have school-nurse-brain and I trained folks for the use of epipens with anaphylaxis. There has been a tendency for a long time to wait to give epi and to give diphenhydramine...
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    A simple reminder of why we do what we do, for everyone to reflect

    Spidey's mom replied to Bedside_Life RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think we make a big mistake if we sacrifice our family for our job. Or our bodies (waiting to eat; waiting to pee). Nursing gives me great pleasure in many ways but it also frustrates me in many...
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    EpiPens....who knew?

    Spidey's mom replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    You are responding to Dianah's story which I did as well. Again, I have to correct you on histamine-1 or 2 blockers. The standard of care for signs and symptoms of impending anaphylaxis is...
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    Help me understand an Ampule

    Spidey's mom replied to Femine91's topic in Patient Medications

    Me too - which was why I was so surprised to read people inverted ampules to draw up meds. Honestly, that isn't the way I was taught in nursing school and I'd never seen anyone do it. I think I've...
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    Moms who pump at work?

    Spidey's mom replied to BlueDawnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the others - get a double Medela Pump In Style! It took me at most 10 minutes. My employer is a small rural hospital with no floors. The private room was a L&D room that was rarely...
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    EpiPens....who knew?

    Spidey's mom replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    That's the company that gave us the free epipens . . . with an Rx though. A law was passed here in CA mandating all schools had to have emergency epipens. That did not make physicians very happy and...
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    EpiPens....who knew?

    Spidey's mom replied to roser13's topic in Patient Medications

    Scary story my friend. Glad you were ok. I have to correct you on the Benadryl (Diphenhydramine). That is not standard of care anymore. You give epi, not Benadryl. And a 2nd dose of epi as well....
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    Homeopathy taught in a Pharmacology class?!?!

    Spidey's mom replied to dura.mater's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah, the author was skeptical.
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    Homeopathy taught in a Pharmacology class?!?!

    Spidey's mom replied to dura.mater's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I follow SciBabe and ChowBabe and Kavin Senapathy . . . all super smart women who love to debunk anti-science folks. They are really tough on the anti-vaxxers. I follow MommyPhD too. I have this on...
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    Help me understand an Ampule

    Spidey's mom replied to Femine91's topic in Patient Medications

    I remember that!! Those baby blue Carpujects. (Hey, look what I found when googling how to spell Carpuject!)
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    Homeopathy taught in a Pharmacology class?!?!

    Spidey's mom replied to dura.mater's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Interesting coincidental occurrence over on my FB page . . . I follow a science blog and this issue came up. It became personal to me because my 33 year old son has Multiple Myeloma (recent...
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    Homeopathy taught in a Pharmacology class?!?!

    Spidey's mom replied to dura.mater's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It is nonsense. And is concerning that it is taught as fact in a pharmacology class. Maybe "terrifying" is the wrong word but other than that, I agree with the
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    How You Can Lose 50 Pounds In 90 Days

    Spidey's mom replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do the same thing - aim for about 20g of carbs a day. The interesting thing is I feel better when I am low-carbing it. My mood is better, I have more energy, etc. You don't have to just eat...
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    Help me understand an Ampule

    Spidey's mom replied to Femine91's topic in Patient Medications

    This is the right answer. And that's how I draw up meds from an ampule as well. Well, I'll be darn. I googled this and found a video and it had two ways to draw up medication. One was the way I...
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    Help me understand an Ampule

    Spidey's mom replied to Femine91's topic in Patient Medications

    That's how I do it too. I'm not sure about sailor nurse's post . . . if you break open an ampule and invert it, all the med spills out. I'm
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    How to get family to understand

    Spidey's mom replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Students

    Hi Your list of chores sounds daunting to me but that's because I'd never have an indoor cat but if I did . . . it would only be one cat and one litter box. That's just too many cats in one house...
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    Out of nursing over a year...this stay at home mom thing just isn't for me!

    Spidey's mom replied to MaiBee's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started on the internet, I became a member of a "mommy club" of sorts and I saw that awful stuff. Then I found AN and was glad. I prefaced my comment because this subject can go the...
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    The Line b/t Respecting Wishes of Victim, Privacy, & Reporting

    Spidey's mom replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    I quoted this before I got to the part where you reported it. What I wanted to say about your comment though was you have to teach your daughter that standing up for the right thing takes some guts...
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    Out of nursing over a year...this stay at home mom thing just isn't for me!

    Spidey's mom replied to MaiBee's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe you expect your house to stay clean when you have kids. That's just crazy. My three adult kids are long-gone and I only have the almost 15 year old here at home - and I've got two...