SunnyAndrsn

SunnyAndrsn

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  1. 100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    SunnyAndrsn replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely there are areas of nursing where this is a non-issue. Consider geriatrics/long term care, subacute or rehab, burn units, orthopaedics, cardiac/telemetry or a step-down unit. There are...

  2. Nurse pressured to admin IV lasix by DON w/o notifying MD

    SunnyAndrsn replied to karenesn's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not! I would leave this facility ASAP. It is completely out of the scope of practice for a RN to give an order to another RN telling them to give a medication. If it's not on the house...

  3. Help needed re BP parameters

    SunnyAndrsn replied to mjm1979's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I would have put in a call/fax, with the information you included on the 24hr board. "Please note that resident's BP has fluctated from 100-140 systolic during the past 7 days. Denies...

  4. Any Ethical Issues here? Would the facility care?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to heathert_kc's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's fine, we actually hired one nurse after her mom was a resident on our short term unit. Our clinical education director's MIL is also a resident, and our DON's uncle is a resident too....

  5. Allergic to vancomyacin

    SunnyAndrsn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I found out the hard way, I'm allergic to vancomycin. I had no problems taking it on the first three days, on day four I started getting itchy feet. It got progressively worse as the evening wore...

  6. Narc Count

    SunnyAndrsn replied to bdbrdb's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is similar to what you are describing. First we do the actual pill count, matching up to the page number in the log book. Then we count the actual cards/bottles. The line in the sign off book...

  7. New Grads and Temp Agencies

    SunnyAndrsn replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    This is simply not true in the area that I live in. This is not a fair or accurate

  8. Can someone verify this for me?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    I was just going to add this! The big difference between this type of med. math/calculations, is that you should have an answer that makes sense based on the rest of your knowledge of medications....

  9. Suction

    SunnyAndrsn replied to LUVNURSING2008's topic in General Nursing

    I have done oral suction for hospice pts. when they are actively dying, especially if atropine drops don't help. Oral suction is a part of our standing

  10. You must be an alcoholic

    SunnyAndrsn posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is what a nursing student told my friend's dad after she was allowed to see his CT scan of his liver. Friend's dad has been in the hospital for the last few days. After c/o backache and SOB, he...

  11. assignment due to acuity with points??

    SunnyAndrsn replied to ChristinaNcRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was precepted before graduation, the unit I worked on was like this. Pts. were assigned a level of acuity, based on a number of factors including such things such as fall risk (do they require...

  12. You must be an alcoholic

    SunnyAndrsn replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry: Clarification: An oncologist and radiologist delivered the news about the CT in conjuction with his other test results. The student shot off her mouth after getting to see the scan. When I...

  13. Prevacid and G.Tubes

    SunnyAndrsn replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    It is available in a liquid form, however it needs to be refrigerated. Could you request that? My peds G-tube pt. uses the liquid form, but my other g-tube pts. are capable of swallowing. I have...

  14. Confused GN with a question?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to MARY8369's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...we have called hospitals to see how a resident is doing, but part of the reason was to prepare for the pt's return to our facility, as they have a bed hold. Most of those conversations happen...

  15. Working while in Nursing school?!

    SunnyAndrsn replied to Mt8386's topic in General Nursing

    I did. Married with foster kids too. LPN my last year, worked full time. Graduated with

  16. flu shot required

    SunnyAndrsn replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    influenza, like the common cold, mutates. therefore it is necessary to get the vaccine annually. if you have already had h1n1 before the vaccine becomes available, you should be able to provide...

  17. flu shot required

    SunnyAndrsn replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    My program required titer levels or proof of vaccination for the typical childhood diseases...such as chicken pox, measles, and mumps, in addition to an annual mantoux. While we were not required to...

  18. LPN to RN ...Nursing school nightmare

    SunnyAndrsn replied to SamiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's school specific. I had a great experience with the instructors at my school. All very respectful, encouraged discussion, debate, and with one possible exception, were great mentors....

  19. New Grads and Temp Agencies

    SunnyAndrsn replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Then hopefully you can find something with the upcoming flu shot clinics, or something similar. I think that whoever posted that they are a charge nurse has it dead on...it's not about "oh no, the...

  20. Shingles pain

    SunnyAndrsn replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised that neurontin wasn't added instead of increasing the hydrocodone. So the DON and the NP know emperically what the pt felt? Very nice, lucky for them too...may they have such...

  21. Can anyone handle another new grad Q?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to JenniferSews's topic in General Nursing

    So my nursing colleagues in other specialties would give me more respect if I had a bigger

  22. Pain Scales

    SunnyAndrsn replied to dekatn's topic in General Nursing

    We have a flow sheet in the MAR. So if we give a PRN pain med, then we go to the flow sheet, fill out the time, initials, pain level from 0-10, what was given and then follow up an hour later. We...

  23. Attitudes towards LPN's

    SunnyAndrsn replied to emt... rn student's topic in Canada

    I work with a lot of nurses, in three different settings. Some are good, some are bad, some are RNs, some are LPNs. There is no point in offering disrespect to colleagues. There IS a point in...

  24. I'm working TWO full time jobs, crazy??

    SunnyAndrsn replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Just be careful that you don't wear yourself down, k? I've been working long hours 60+ since about February out of necessity. Until we can pay down some of our debt and refinance our house, this is...

  25. Can anyone handle another new grad Q?

    SunnyAndrsn replied to JenniferSews's topic in General Nursing

    My background: LPN license in 2008, started working in an LTC/TCU. Started working on RN right away while working as an LPN. RN license obtained in January '09. Immediately stepped up at the...