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  1. Would you have called rapid response?

    NewWayofLife replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    in that case, definitely not! if your patient's baseline bp is 124/72 and you got a reading of 116/68, you wouldn't be worried. just the same if the patient's baseline is in the 90's, i'm not going...

  2. Would you have called rapid response?

    NewWayofLife replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    exactly! but like i said, we can call rrt, but that doesn't mean we have to! of course, our guidelines are just that, guidelines, and are intentionally vague. we can call an rrt anytime we "just don't...

  3. Would you have called rapid response?

    NewWayofLife replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    like others have said, i'd like to know what the pt's baseline sbp was- but if my patient was a&o, with good color, cap refill, etc- and had no complaints- then, no, i wouldn't have called the...

  4. Floats are "REAL" nurses too!!!

    NewWayofLife replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    i don't mean to sound too down on my co-workers, because i have a lot of great ones! they are, like i said, nearly always very grateful for my help, and it's nice to feel like i have friends...

  5. Is this going to affect me?

    NewWayofLife replied to chasingthedream's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with previous posters... do nothing. you have already been offered the position, passed a physical, etc. short of finding out you lied in an interview or application or uncovering that you've...

  6. Suggestions PLEASE for unhappy nurse

    NewWayofLife replied to BabiesRUs23's topic in General Nursing

    that's why i love nights... hovering family members are

  7. dealing with perverted patients

    NewWayofLife replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    Give a man a fish, he eats for a day... teach him to fish.... What an excellent way to handle that

  8. Shaky hands? Nervousness in clinicals?

    NewWayofLife replied to spuropathy's topic in General Nursing

    I have a baseline tremor to begin with... but in nursing school, I freaked myself out so much worrying that the tremor would be a problem that I made it 10x worse. I agree with previous posters that...

  9. Flu Vaccine

    NewWayofLife replied to CapNurse09's topic in General Nursing

    I get the flu shot for two reasons- I have a past history of very severe asthma AND I'm a healthcare worker. I've never had a bad reaction, and have never had the flu. Got my shot two days ago, and I...

  10. Honestly...Did I over-react?

    NewWayofLife replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    I had a very similar incident with a patient... as I was restraining her, she dug her fingernails into me hard enough to create several crescent marked open areas on my fingers. I noticed the blood on...

  11. Shut up when I am giving you report...

    NewWayofLife replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Amen!

  12. Do you get paid for your lunch?

    NewWayofLife replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Lunch? I'd love to GET a lunch, nevermind be paid for one! And no, I'm not talking about those times where you're just too busy. I actually don't get one. The other two shifts are 6:45-3:15 and 2:45...

  13. Audible Wheezing Question

    NewWayofLife replied to primalhowl's topic in General Nursing

    Many wheezes are cleared by a good cough. Not at all

  14. Horrible care given to SIL post accident!!!

    NewWayofLife replied to barefootlady's topic in General Nursing

    He absolutely should follow up with his PCP and/or Ortho. Especially since he is hurting, but has so many issues with pain meds... that's something best managed by someone who already knows his...

  15. Protocol question on suicides where they OD on sleeping pills..

    NewWayofLife replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    This is a bit nit-picky, and I apologize for that, but as a survivor of several family suicides, I'd call it a pet-peeve of mine. I believe you meant to say "suicide attempt" and not "suicides" as a...

  16. Frustrated with Interns who can't (or won't) treat pain!

    NewWayofLife posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sorry this is so long, just need to vent... I work in a smaller teaching hospital. We have a group of residents/interns who rotate in and out from a larger teaching hospital- each group spends about a...

  17. Frustrated with Interns who can't (or won't) treat pain!

    NewWayofLife replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    Just a quick update on case #3- Apparently, the notes I wrote on this patient led to the attending increasing her pain med... this lady didn't need much, but with vicodin and morphine PRN she is much...

  18. HELP! BOSTON! BS to BSN? LPN? Nursing in general...Advice needed

    NewWayofLife replied to listentofindout's topic in General Nursing

    If you're already going to have a bachelor's degree, I would really go for the BSN...many of your credits may transfer, and there's a big difference between LPN and RN pay in MA. As far as school...

  19. Frustrated with Interns who can't (or won't) treat pain!

    NewWayofLife replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you- I needed to hear that

  20. Frustrated with Interns who can't (or won't) treat pain!

    NewWayofLife replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    I did involve the supervisor. We're discouraged from calling the attendings when the patient has housestaff, and my experience is that they're not very willing to do much when woken up in the middle...

  21. Charting Bloopers

    NewWayofLife replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just the other night, in an H&P on a hip fx: "Patient is allergic to Percocet, Tylenol #3, and Darvocet. All those medications caused goofy." A- that's not an allergy, that's a side effect B- if...

  22. LTC CPR on pt with rigor mortis and lividity

    NewWayofLife replied to LakesideRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in LTC, I pointed out the fact that our "code" policy actually read... "in the event of a WITNESSED cardiac arrest, the nurse will..." I didn't have monitors, obviously, so if I was...

  23. My scare on 9/11

    NewWayofLife replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    This has happened to me 10-12 times since I was 17 years old. In fact, the last time was just a little over a week ago, and I ended up being admitted for 3 days on one of our tele units. (at the...

  24. The sugar that just kept dropping...

    NewWayofLife posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you ever seen a patient with hypoglycemia that just dropping despite every intervention? I have never seen anything like what I saw last noc. Pt known diabetic, reports a 2-3 day "stomach...

  25. The sugar that just kept dropping...

    NewWayofLife replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    Good point re: fat and protein. He HAD been eating PB and crackers prior to my arrival, but I was too busy thinking about getting that sugar up, and this didn't occur to me! Yes, I'm sure, pt was not...