Virgo_RN BSN, RN

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    Question on lab. Test

    Virgo_RN replied to rinks2010's topic in General Nursing

    When you sit down to take an exam, do you ask the instructor for the
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    Question on lab. Test

    Virgo_RN replied to rinks2010's topic in General Nursing

    I am not in the medical profession. I am in the nursing profession. And please, let's stay on topic. I chose not to answer the poster's question, and I have explained why. Feel free to address...
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    Question on lab. Test

    Virgo_RN replied to rinks2010's topic in General Nursing

    FYI, many students post questions here looking for answers to homework questions when they should be doing the research themselves, and many members of the general public post questions asking for...
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    why do doctors order more vitamin d tests than anything?

    Virgo_RN replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    Am I incorrect in my thinking that this "Vitamin D Craze" is based on the work of a single doctor in California? I'm certain that Vitamin D performs vital functions, many of which we may not even...
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    why do doctors order more vitamin d tests than anything?

    Virgo_RN replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    I've never noticed
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    Interesting blog Describes view from family's eyes

    Virgo_RN replied to Whiskeytown's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure that deficiency will be pointed out at my annual performance
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    Question on lab. Test

    Virgo_RN replied to rinks2010's topic in General Nursing

    If you are a nurse, you should know
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    Do you look up your patient history before taking care of them

    Virgo_RN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with this, except that I did not make it a practice to arrive early. I worked for free way too much as it was, in the form of missed breaks and having to stay late to finish charting. I was...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Virgo_RN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I know what it's like to be poor, and I'm not
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    Do you look up your patient history before taking care of them

    Virgo_RN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    We have to fill out a questionnaire on every patient prior to an MRI. The MRI department will not take them without that questionnaire. So in this instance, it wouldn't have made a difference were...
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    BEST trauma shears?

    Virgo_RN replied to JoshuaAdamsRN's topic in Emergency

    My Lister bandage scissors are my trauma shears. They work very
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    My Aching Feet

    Virgo_RN replied to RN <><'s topic in Emergency

    Me too. I was struggling with some (self-diagnosed) compression fractures in my left foot following running or extended periods of walking on concrete/asphalt. The pain was so intense, I was NWB on...
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    When you get no feedback on how you're doing....

    Virgo_RN posted a topic in Emergency

    ....how do you know how you're doing? At five months off orientation, I've gotten a few "atta girl"s and "good job"s, but I just don't really know how it's going. I'm feeling like I need to solicit...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Virgo_RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The reason nobody answers your call light is because this is the emergency room, and answering call lights is not a priority here. We are too busy drawing labs, ordering CTs, giving meds for pain and...
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    You know you're an ED nurse when.....

    Virgo_RN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency

    The ol' battleaxes (and I mean that affectionately) on my old unit (cardiac) used to use the precordial thump for tachyarrhythmias. I've never been taught the technique, nor have I witnessed it. I...
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    negative urinalysis, positive symptoms

    Virgo_RN replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    If the urine spec was a midstream sample or even a cath UA without sufficient disinfection of the meatus, then it could easily have been contaminated. With no leukocyte esterase or WBCs, it certainly...
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    VENT - Sickle Cell Crisis patients

    Virgo_RN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've never had an SCC patient, but I have cared for several people with chronic disease beginning in childhood, such as Type 1 Diabetes. In my experience caring for adults who have been living with...
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    Nursing student going into clinicals with a stomach virus

    Virgo_RN replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    What about Norovirus? Rotavirus? Calicivirus? Astrovirus? To the OP, the key to breaking the chain of infection is hand hygiene. As long as your classmate practices meticulous hand hygiene, then...
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    My Aching Feet

    Virgo_RN replied to RN <><'s topic in Emergency

    I put insoles in my Danskos. While they are supportive and facilitate proper spine alignment, the footbeds are really hard. The insoles helped with
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    On Compassion.

    Virgo_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Compassion. In the nursing business, we hear a lot about it. Merriam-Webster (online) defines "compassion" in this way: As nurses, we are expected to provide compassionate care. But what does...
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    No Sugar Tonight (Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow)

    Virgo_RN replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    It's not that hard to figure
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    Order for a consent

    Virgo_RN replied to kanashe's topic in General Nursing

    Any invasive procedure needs a consent, and no, you don't need an
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    On Compassion.

    Virgo_RN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This. You have stated succinctly how I often feel, and I never would have thought to put it that
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    What I have learned from working with a QUAD

    Virgo_RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    I learned "quad coughing" from a man who had been paralyzed as a young adult, who had been in our unit frequently toward the end of his life. I'll be forever grateful to him for
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    When you take over a patient assignment....

    Virgo_RN posted a topic in Emergency

    ...and spend hours cleaning up the mess left behind by the previous nurse, find several orders that were not addressed, causing delays in diagnostics, medications, labwork, etc., do you write an...