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  1. Scared

    TiredMD replied to RN1973's topic in General Nursing

    I actually give Vanc bid more often than qd lately. But regarding the OP: First of all, five bucks says the doc already knows. Second, I've never understood why anyone doses based on random levels....

  2. Second opinion, how to ask doctor for?

    TiredMD replied to dcampbell's topic in General Nursing

    1) Get rest over the weekend 2) On Monday, find a new doctor 3) If you had to go through your PCP to get into Ortho/NSG, go back to your primary care doc, tell him/her that you had very bad...

  3. Abuse against nurses

    TiredMD replied to eernuts's topic in General Nursing

    Be weary that "aggressive patient" isn't actually suffering from TBI or delerium or some such medical condition. You wouldn't be the first hospital to confuse the two, nor would you be the first to...

  4. But it's MY medical information

    TiredMD replied to BaByMaMa's topic in General Nursing

    When I asked about this at my institution, I was basically told that only medical records is properly trained in verifying the identity of the person asking, confirming that they have the right to...

  5. leg contractures

    TiredMD replied to ejpip1's topic in General Nursing

    She's not splinted? I'm assuming she's very elderly and has pretty significant medical problems. It's not common to pass on fixing fractures in someone who will otherwise be bedbound. Sounds like the...

  6. Second opinion, how to ask doctor for?

    TiredMD replied to dcampbell's topic in General Nursing

    Two different questions I see in the OP. 1) Will my current surgeon be offended if I tell him/her I want a 2nd opinion? Honestly, maybe. It's kind of an ego thing. "I have all this training and...

  7. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    TiredMD replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    If male chest hair is going to mandate a t-shirt, then large breasts should mandate a sports bra and a t-shirt. . . . . and I can't believe I just wrote

  8. Why Is Aspirin Prescribed to Diabetics?

    TiredMD replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Since you prefer to be scientifically accurate, let me just point out that aspirin is not an anticoagulant, nor does it impair the ability of blood to clot. It has zero effect on the coagulation...

  9. Is this normal?

    TiredMD replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    ironically, this question has actually been

  10. Blood Exposure

    TiredMD replied to HelloNurse 24's topic in General Nursing

    You should have told them immediately. You still should tell them. They can provide far better counseling than you will receive via the internet. It also would have allowed you to do source testing on...

  11. Question... and please don't fight!

    TiredMD replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a traditionally female female field; medicine is traditionally male. The underlying attitudes and values of the fields seem to largely remain. Nursing values feelings and sharing. Medicine...

  12. I charted that he died!

    TiredMD replied to mgababyko's topic in General Nursing

    "Charted on the wrong patient"? Sounds like a great way to get in trouble. I would have gone with "clicked wrong

  13. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    TiredMD replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    On a related note: I convinced my wife to date me by showing her a video of me pounding in a prosthetic

  14. Calling Docs by their first name...

    TiredMD replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's kind of sad that the hospitals have largely lost any sense of professional etiquette. Everyone calls each other by their first name. We call the patients by their first name, regardless...

  15. PICC line in IVDA pt

    TiredMD replied to gospursgo07's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that they get high unfortunately doesn't do away with our responsibility to treat their active medical issues. Basically you get three options: 1) Refuse to discharge them until their...

  16. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    TiredMD replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure your first 90% is necessarily incompatible with the last

  17. Non-GI C-diff

    TiredMD replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, the diarrhea is epic, and the 1 or 2 cases of colon perf I've seen were scary, but the bug just isn't that impressive. If c diff went to the beach, it would probably get sand kicked in its face...

  18. Subordinates

    TiredMD replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    Just teasing. It's a standard joke among residents in my program when we have to rotate through one particularly junk hospital. "You don't write orders, you write suggestions. Sometimes the nurses...

  19. Non-GI C-diff

    TiredMD replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

  20. Subordinates

    TiredMD replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    That why I don't write orders, I write

  21. Doc comes up to me and says "oh the pt is transfered "?

    TiredMD replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you go to your manager, one would expect his/her first question to be, "If this was such a serious issue to you, why didn't you delay the

  22. Really stupid med error

    TiredMD replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if that's just scare tactics from the instructors. Liquid Tylenol is just acetaminophen, sugar, and water. Unless there are colorings or preservatives that are toxic IV (but not PO), all of...

  23. Med error and im not even a real nurse yet!!!

    TiredMD replied to kknarfs's topic in General Nursing

    0.5mg morphine via NG tube? Let's see: The standard initial dose of morphine in a child is 0.1mg/kg IV, which is probably about equivalent to 7mg IV in an adult. A 11mo-old should be about 10kg, which...

  24. plantar fasciitis ouch!

    TiredMD replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!

  25. plantar fasciitis ouch!

    TiredMD replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

    I tell people that, even with adequate orthotics and stretching, it is not uncommon to take up to 18mo to