NewWayofLife

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  1. Cathing a Patient: Bladder Spasms?

    NewWayofLife replied to Pediatric4077's topic in General Nursing

    I had a lab instructor in nursing school who told me the "clamp the foley" thing was a myth. Kept thinking of her the night in LTC that I placed a foley at 3AM and the pt just starting POURING out...

  2. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    NewWayofLife replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Her response was "That's not my pee. Someone came in here and dropped that off." You mean no one warned you about the magic pee elves who drop specs off during the night? I don't know how many...

  3. The sugar that just kept dropping...

    NewWayofLife replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    i would think he needed icu -- not pcu. with q15min blood sugars, you can barely chart (on him!) let alone get anything else done. i made this point... more than once! the doc kept saying "but i...

  4. Incident report for injury with unknown cause?

    NewWayofLife posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all, I worked 11-7 last noc, and woke up this afternoon with pain in my upper left back. Not sure if it's a pulled muscle or pinched nerve, but it sure hurts when I move my arm in certain ways, or...

  5. Incident report for injury with unknown cause?

    NewWayofLife replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, figured it out. I did a pivot transfer stretcher to chair with the help of another nurse. I was supporting the pt with my left arm, and she was a bit unsteady. I remember her saying "I'm sorry...

  6. Anyone familiar with Miralax prep?

    NewWayofLife posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    Hi all, I had a colonoscopy today (at the ripe old age of 28) because of recurrent abdominal pain, and a very very strong history of GI diseases (colon ca, celiac, diverticulitis, fistulas, stomach...

  7. Health food store giving medical advice

    NewWayofLife replied to mom4jesus's topic in General Nursing

    This one is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. My mother has literally HUNDREDS of bottles of herbal medicines, vitamin/nutrient supplements, probiotics, medicinal teas, etc. She gets some through mail order...

  8. Anyone familiar with Miralax prep?

    NewWayofLife replied to NewWayofLife's topic in Gastroenterology

    Thanks for the replies... I'm feeling 100% better today, whatever it was. I'm not going to blame the drugs used for the procedure, because the n/v started about 1AM the night before. It did occur to...

  9. puching out 'no break'

    NewWayofLife replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm.... according to that website, in my state, employees must receive a 30-minute meal break after 6 hours worked. And yet, 11-7 nurses at my facility do not get a

  10. How do you nicely handle a patient who is 'needy'?

    NewWayofLife replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have truly found that MOST patients like this are anxious over something else (an upcoming procedure, concern over a new diagnosis, etc) and trying to control what little they can. That said, there...

  11. Drug Testing At Hospitals

    NewWayofLife replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

    There has also been talk of smokefree workplaces screening for nicotine, but I have never been tested for that. Not that it would matter. I would have issues with that. For one thing, my workplace is...

  12. What the heck is a Netie pot?

    NewWayofLife replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't tolerate decogestants- I think I'll have to give one of these a try after reading all the positive feedback here.

  13. 56 hours...

    NewWayofLife replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations!!!! You have made it past the first 48 hours, and that is something to be proud of! I have yet to be successful in my attempts, but I have made it to several weeks, and I can share the...

  14. Caffeine!!

    NewWayofLife replied to Annieee's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am also a caffeine addict- have been for many years. I have also built up such a tolerance that my co-workers are STUNNED at the amount of caffeine I need to get through a shift. I'm talking two...

  15. ANGRY! There's no place to eat or drink 'round here!

    NewWayofLife replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    HA! my hospital is trying to come down on us over the food/drink at the nurse's station thing (there's an outbreak of a norovirus affecting many staff at the moment) However, not one of our night...

  16. Wow a bag of pretzels, your right admin, this is a good place to work

    NewWayofLife replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh wow! Pretzels! I'd throw them back at them. My last job was in a small LTC/sub-acute rehab, the kind where everyone knows each other. So they all knew I have celiac. Everytime they wanted to...

  17. Needlestick last night from +HepC pt

    NewWayofLife replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    I have no additional information to present, but just want you to know you're in my thoughts. I know what a scary thing it is you're going through. Five years ago I had a (non-sharps related) exposure...

  18. Bipolar SN is picky about shift, soon-to-be new grad can't work overnight

    NewWayofLife replied to KaminoAcid's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where in MA you are, but I know what you mean about the new grad hiring issues. I graduated 2 years ago and had to get some LTC/sub-acute experience before I was considered "marketable"...

  19. priming IV tubing tips?

    NewWayofLife replied to futurecnm's topic in General Nursing

    Also, tiny air bubbles, while not harmful to the patient, can drive a nurse insane if s/he has to go in all shift when that sensitive pump alarms AGAIN. Has anyone noticed how pumps tend to alarm...