perfectbluebuildings BSN, RN

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    Young Nurse becoming Old

    perfectbluebuildings replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    We do the alternate thing too.. where you either work the day before or the day of the holiday. Working nights, if it's "your" holiday to work you work or are on call the eve leading up to the day...
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    charting sleep question

    perfectbluebuildings replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    Or if they are a baby or very little kid... it's not like they know how to fake
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    From the experts: How do you treat a winter COLD?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Orange juice, chicken soup, take vitamins!! And SLEEP... oh I can always stick up for people getting more naps. If the cold hits you anyway, I always have good luck with the generic ibuprofen/sudafed...
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    I work at Disney World now!!

    perfectbluebuildings replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Recently I actually had a teenage patient and his friends (jokingly) ask me if our hospital was like Scrubs... I offered to sing and dance down the hall for them, they declined :) I do think I would...
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    Young Nurses?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes this happens all the time!! I usually just laugh it off; they are not trying to be mean or hateful most of the time. And usually when families get to know me by watching me care for their child...
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    Peds rehab and med/surg??

    perfectbluebuildings replied to newestlilnurse2b's topic in Pediatric

    Hey, sorry I just saw this today. I work on a (basically) peds med-surg floor in an exclusively children's hospital. Well, more med- than surg-, haha. I can tell you a lot of the things we usually...
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    What patient population do you enjoy working with the most?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    I love my kids... of all ages, babies to the 20-some-year-olds!! They are awesome. I also love teaching new parents, or "old" parents who have something new going on with their kid. And learning a...
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    Wife demands test for MRSA

    perfectbluebuildings replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am sick of the MRSA hysteria too. One of our (many) MRSA abscess pts (I work in peds by the way), his mother was called REPEATEDLY yesterday, DIRECTLY into the patient's hospital room, by a TV news...
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    Pharmacy and Doctor Errors

    perfectbluebuildings replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know our pharmacists are overworked. There aren't enough of them, especially at night, to handle the constant changing in orders on existing patients, and the multiple medications for each...
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    Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    perfectbluebuildings replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I have turned left on red, took me about a mile to realize that wasn't the right thing to do. Another time, I bought an MP3 player, then when I realized it wasn't compatible with my current computer,...
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    Holidays: Here We Go Again

    perfectbluebuildings replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    hikernurse... that does sound like fun!!! :) (both the not cooking and the kids getting to have early
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    Holidays: Here We Go Again

    perfectbluebuildings replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    So far it's worked out for me- my family doesn't do a whole lot for Thanksgiving any more, now that all of us have moved so scattered over the country, but most of us do "congregate" at my parents'...
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    Ever get infection/ disease from a patient??

    perfectbluebuildings replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing worse than RSV and stomach bugs (knock on wood...) Those don't even count next to these other
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    Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    perfectbluebuildings replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Recorded in the notebook we have survey results in after going through customer relations (I think that is the department name), with objective comments entered after the complaint has been reviewed...
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    MRSA scare !

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Emmanuel and everyone who is ticked with the media. Why did this suddenly, overnight, become a huge story?? I really can't figure that out. MRSA has been a problem for quite a while,...
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    nurse lost baby to SIDS

    perfectbluebuildings replied to ANG_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry. You are in my
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    Delegation

    perfectbluebuildings replied to tudugger's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be comfortable... there are too many things that can go wrong in that scenario, in my opinion. I don't know for sure though; I just picture people getting boluses too fast and throwing up...
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    What Diagnosis Did your First Patient in Clinicals Have?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow that is an interesting story Fran!! If I remember right, my first patient was a gentleman who had had a stroke and had some residual physical and neurological effects. (This was in a nursing...
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    Patients on Medicaid

    perfectbluebuildings replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    sorry... that is just
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    weight based medication drips

    perfectbluebuildings replied to slb0523's topic in Pediatric

    Yes... you have to be sure your weight-based dose is NOT bigger than the maximum safe ADULT dose. This depends on the medications. (In other words... what Jan said
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    Moving to Tennessee

    perfectbluebuildings replied to dougledavies's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I agree goodnightnurse... I grew up in NE Tennessee and though I always wanted to get away, now I'm living in Knoxville I realize how much I do miss it. Very different. Too bad I like my job (most...
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    Hospital to charge employees who smoke

    perfectbluebuildings replied to lpn2rnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    As far as smoking goes, don't a LOT of health insurance companies have different rates for smokers and non-smokers even of the same age? I know ours does. The point being that smoking is entirely...
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    Anesthesia causing headaches?

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Okay, I am not a CRNA nor will likely ever be, but I thought you all could help me with a situation with one of our patients. 20-year-old chronically ill, had a routine (for them) surgery; since has...
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    Anesthesia causing headaches?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It was a bronchoscopy under general anesthesia; I wasn't sure how long effects/body responses could last. Pt is on Zofran now but has been for only a few days (protocol with the PCA pump). Thanks...
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    General paediatric ward- interview

    perfectbluebuildings replied to samxh's topic in Pediatric

    It has been 2 years since my interview but these are questions I remember: A scenario with 4 patients and the order you would go to see them/care for them (remember ABCs if you get that one.) Why do...