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Thank you everyone! I just feel I should have mentioned it! I just think I am not used to sending patient's home anymore after being in the ICU!! I was floated to the floor and sent a whole bunch home! I guess it makes me nervous now! I always try to hope that everything will be ok! I guess I just feel like I should mention everything..but really I charted the stool thing..and also charted that I told the patient to notify his primary MD of any diarrhea /watery stool upon discharge ect ect... I agree with you leslie! I saw a pt the other night..nurse charted his temp at 97 ..then 97.4 4 hours later and them PM shift picked him up 4 hours after he was "97" well...per rectal temp and forehead temp he was...get this 89.5?! Ummmm..yeah if something is abnormal you chart it and do something!!! Not just pretend everything is OK!! My chart yesterday for the entire previous shift showed pts pupils 3mm brisk bilat..hello...one eye had surgery and is completelty non reactive!! Fortunately for me pt is alert and told me about his non reactive pupil...guess who would have had to take him to CT had he not been able to tell me that!

Hmmm..it might have conformed to the shape of the container? But it wasnt super loose...it did not smell like C-Diff though...did not look mucousy or have any blood..seemed not loose/soft enough to be C-Diff..pt was on antibiotics...I just wish I mentioned it before I sent him home :(I am still pretty worried!

So I discharged my patient home yesterday...he had a soft stool..I charted it as loose..I know this sounds silly but now Iam worried. Maybe I should have mentioned this to the discharging MD..I should have charted it as soft..now I worry that if the patient does come down with some sort of diarhea that is nosocomial I can be blamed fo rcharting s"loose stool" and not calling the MD...should I be worried? Man..sometimes I feel like I just can't do the right thing in nursing!!

How Dangerous are anesthesia induction gases to unborn children? Right now I am about 6 or so weeks pregnant. I go in for my first OB appiontment tommorow afternoon, but in the mean time I am very worried! I was working in pre op and I started an IV on a child patient in OR while they were using gas to induce them. The OR RN knows I am pregnant and didnt say for me not to be in the room during induction with gas. I guess I just wasnt thinking, I was just trying to help but I should have sayed out of the room during induction. I really hope I have not caused any harm to my baby because of this. I will talk to my OB tommorow but my appointment is not until late afternoon and I am just sitting here all worried! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

How Dangerous are anesthesia induction gases to unborn children? Right now I am about 6 or so weeks pregnant. I go in for my first OB appiontment tommorow afternoon, but in the mean time I am very worried! I was working in pre op and I started an IV on a child patient while they were using gas to induce them. The OR RN knows I am pregnant and didnt say for me not to be in the room during induction with gas. I guess I just wasnt thinking, I was just trying to help but I should have sayed out of the room during induction. I really hope I have not caused any harm to my baby because of this. I will talk to my OB tommorow but my appointment is not until late afternoon and I am just sitting here all worried!

I know how you feel..sometimes I still feel that way and I have been an RN for 3.5 years now! Sometimes its hard being young and having such a responsible position. Do you like nursing? If you like it, and are interested in it stay. if not run, its hard enough if you actually like it and if you dont like it I would suggest doing something else! BTW I knew I always wanted to go itno health care but when I became an RN at 22 it scared the crap out of me..heck sometimes it still scares the crap out of me..I hope you can make a decision that makes YOU happy not just your family :)

rotating between postpartum and ursery would make sense..but L&D? Are they going to orient you to L&D?

Has anyone ever seen the sclera (the white of the eye) have swelling post op after a phacoemulsicification cataract removal..all the other nurses told me this was fine..normal ect and pt was sent home..but now I am at home..again worried. I wanted to call the MD but was told that this was normal. Why would this occur and is it really normal..I wish I could just go home one day without worrying!!

Seriously! Oh yes Dr. ..so and so.do you want the patient to have pain meds..or go home and be miserable in a few hours? Do you want them to follow up? Are they allowed to walk on that leg?? Wow and preop while he was waiting for the patient to be ready in OR I was chasing him around making him sign his post op dictations and orders from last time...erg..i guess I should have handed him a script pad too! I think next time I will just place one at the desk to remind him to write one..of course thats if he ever gives me one of his pads....erg:banghead:

It was a narcotic..I gave the pharmacist the MDs office # to reach him for his DEA# ect..I usually make sure the MD left and RX but I guess he ran out the door before i could catch him.thank you guys.....now maybe I can sleep :)

I think this depends on your schedule preferences and your families schedule. I personally like workin g the hospital but right now I work in outpatient surgery because of the nice M-F schedule..it pays less than the hospital but my hubby likes seeing me more..personally I liked it better working 3-4 12 hours day shifts per week..it also depends on what..you..like..I would suggest starting in the hospital

Even if it was just a phone order?

I really don't know. But I know how you feel. I used to work Pedi..I loved Pedi until in 2 weeks 2 patients very close to the nursing staff passed away. I guess its just as hard with adults. After that experience though I learned to keep more of a professional distance, but its still hard losing a patient.

I work inat an outpatitent surgery center in PACU. The surgeon usually leaves an RX for pain meds for the patient, but today the MD left without leaving an RX I called the MD and he gave me a phone order to call to the pharmacy. I read back the phone order ect..but I am wondering If I just made a huge mistake..I know I should have told the MD to call in his own order..but I called it in and told the pharmacist to call the MD with any questions and to call the MDs office for his DEA #...did I just make a huge mistake? Is my license at risk? My manager and other RNS in house said it was fine..but I am still worried

But I dont know how to prove its illegal. I think techinically in our religion its a conscience issue. I just feeel very uncomfortable with it. Bascially I don't think I should have to do it. I feel it violates my beliefs but I'm hoping that teling her if I was the OLY one who could I would has not put me in a hole. She bascially said it was part of my job description and that sking another nurse to help me out would be asking him/her to do my job for me. How do I prove I can legally ask someone to do it because of my religios beliefs?

I'm a Jehovahs witness and would feel very uncomfortable giving blood due to my religiuos beliefs. I know what many witness nurses do (ie. asking other nurses to hng, skike, press pump ect for them). I'm wondering if it is legal for my manager to make me do it. When I told her about how I would prefer not to do it do to my conscience she was not happy and felt she could not deal with that. I'm wondering if I had a any legal rights to refuse to do it or if it was up to other nurses to help me. As far as I know its a conscience issue as to whether or not to administer it. Becuase of this I told her I would do it if for some reason, and in an emergency the transfusion was ordered and no one but me was able to do it. I really hope that I did not put myself into a bad situation or corner myself with something I may later regret. Any advice form a witness or a non witness familair with my legal rights (and wehre to find them) would be very appreciated! Thank you!

The Veiw is dumb show anyway. If your going to make fun of someone you better make fun of everyone. I once saw a Saterday Night Live with Gwenith Paltrow as a Long Island nurse and it was pretty funny. Of course I'm just a student so maybe when I actually get an RN behind my name I'll think differently, but that was funny, from the description of that episode on the veiw it just sounded ummm.......stupid.

We are not supposed to wear thongs either. But sometimes thats all thats clean! hehe. Beige works well, the best thing though is a long scrub top, and loose pants. Sometimes I wear support hose, but sometimes its just plain a pain to get those things on.

They Should put him in jail, and a huge harry man named Bubba shoud rape him 3x aday, and they should take pictures to see if he "enjoyed it". UGh sicko!

Smokers get more breaks yes I have seen that...but not just in nursing (I'm a student BTW) but I've also seen this in other jobs, oh sure I someitmes got all hypoglycemic on th ejob but smokers sure they got smoke breaks ....grrrr...nothing against smokers..but why do they get extra breaks????anyway......I think breaks just depend on how busy you are..sometimes as a student I get so busy or sidetrakced (by new tasks I want to do or whatnot) that I forget to take a break and onder why I'm so stinking hungry and feel funny :)

I think they give you 10 credits for 18 units worth of work in an ADN program because only 70 credits can pass on/transfer to BSN credits. BLEch, I only get 10 units so I must get 2 other units else where (to keep my health insurnace & car insurance discount). The most I;ve ever taken is 16 units and my RN program feel like much more

Tehehehe I think I am very guilty of the above mentioned Gagging spelling errors. All I can say is, "sorry". But really I guess I make all the errors, not because I can't spell (shoot my spelling bee team won in 5th grade!!!), but because I am usually in a hurry and when I post I just hurry up and put in my 2 cents. When I do this I just sorta type and then post. I figure most people here are smart enough to read through a few errors and have enough of a life to not care. Spelling errors bug me when they are out on paper, but on a BB board I really DONT CARE. I have enough correct typeing to do in the real world of college. So those of you who make errors, carry on :)

Maybe the instructors arent too crazy about the hours. They might have went into teaching to get more "normal" hours. Plus many students, even adults w/children are willing to stop working for awhile to go to nursing school. A part time program would be nice though

Egh, I currently work for a Sunless tanning company and i often work beauty shows for them My job at shows is sales. sell as much stuff as possible. Most of the guys who frequent the beauty shows are married or gay (hairdressers, esthetcians ect) so usally I dont get messed with too much. But thier are some creepy guys out their and since I have to try and sell to everyone you get those guys that just go to shows to talk to cute girls, I cant tell you how many times I get hit on by old guys. Yuck, if the pay was right and hopefully Dr.s would be more proffesional than the businessman at beauty shoes than maybe. But if its all guys that want to hit on you thats just horrible! I though maybe a rep would be an okay job but it just sounds like a gt hit on and be mean kinda job! No thanks Oh yes I heard it usually requires a batchelors in a science (bio chem ect) but Ive also heard of companies taking people wh odid not have degrees at all.

We started with histology then went on from their (dont remember the order) bones muscles brain senes (hearing,vsion ect) heart immunology digestive reproductive & thier was way more stuff buy I forgot the categories The thing that helped my w/ it was to actually look at the stuff over & over. Our school has a computer lab and i was on the coputers ALL the time. Our teacher made students who wanted to get an A make a powerpoint study guide which was set up like a computerized flashcard for lab stuff (a pic comes up and says what is this, you click and it gives the answer ect). I would really recommend quizing yourself over the material. On bones it really helps to touch them and er play with them to help you remember all the names. I studed a lot for that class but I realy enjoyed it and got an A (I took an 8 unit class). Hope you have fun and do well:)