perfectbluebuildings BSN, RN

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    Anyone have any experience with Absence Seizures?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    yes with a family member... it is a weird experience... always got very very tired and slept for hours after a major one. after figuring out the right medication they have done much better, and...
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    Chaperone or not during exam

    perfectbluebuildings replied to masstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it should go both ways. If a female wants another female in the room when having that kind of exam, it should be available. If a male wants another male in the room, that should also be...
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    patient identification

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

    For this we are supposed to make sure everyone has their armband on (not cut off or fell off or mom is wearing it, which can happen...) which has the 2 identifiers of name and e-number. If the pt has...
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    Charting Bloopers

    perfectbluebuildings replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    huh... didn't know that...
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    First Year--Gain Weight or Lose Weight?

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

    I stayed about the same weight... but I'm more out of shape now. In school I usually had a class at the college gym, and it was a "walking campus" if you know what I mean, small town and I walked...
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    Have you meet Jnette: "Goody 1 Shoe"

    perfectbluebuildings replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    And Jnette- (((((Hugs)))) to you today, I am so sorry about your patient and friend. I can tell you touched his life so much and now he's with his son again, two people lookin' out for you from...
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    Have you meet Jnette: "Goody 1 Shoe"

    perfectbluebuildings replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Jnette- you were one of the first to welcome me here when I first came- to make me REALLY feel at home. Thank you for all you have given and continue to give to make us smile and teach us and...
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    Morgellon's Disease

    perfectbluebuildings replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

    Good point indigo
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    At what gestation would YOU want YOUR baby saved?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to StacyC417's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not a NICU nurse, but a peds floor nurse and we get a lot of kids with many chronic problems who are "NICU grads", one of whom died about a month or so ago after spending almost all his 14 months...
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    Morgellon's Disease

    perfectbluebuildings replied to indigo girl's topic in Psychiatric

    It sounds like a legitimate disease- I don't see why people would think it's delusional- whole families coming up with skin lesions and neurological symptoms? It surely sounds like an unusual and...
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    The War with the Floors

    perfectbluebuildings replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

    At our hospital, it seems to work pretty well most of the time, and when we get admits right around shift change it IS very frustrating but it's not the ER nurse fault... it isn't they who decide who...
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    comments about patient's w/ IV's?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to johnson0424's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sorry, I realized I didn't answer your question!! I think most often, it is resp. failure in kids way before anything cardiac comes up and hopefully you can correct that quickly w/o needing an IV....
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    comments about patient's w/ IV's?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to johnson0424's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The vast majority of our kids, do get IVs. The ones who most often don't are "croupers" who the doctors think will just be there to need some more breathing tx- the "happy wheezers" if you know what...
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    comments about patient's w/ IV's?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to johnson0424's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What about with peds patients... most all of our peds patients do get IVs but several do not, especially asthma or croup, or a few of the "chronic" kids who are really hard sticks and not expected to...
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    Drained already

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

    Smiley- I could have written your exact post almost a year ago!!! From the overwhelming classes, to being in an unfamiliar city (bigger than any city I'd ever lived before), not knowing all the other...
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    Screening your phone calls?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital... if they call you "off" you're actually still supposed to be available until midnight (that's for 7-7 night shift, I'm not sure of for days)... it's kind of 50-50 whether you then...
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    Screening your phone calls?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    I always screen against the hospital calling... unless it's a day that I'm scheduled to work, and they are trying to call someone off for low census. I have been known to listen to the message and if...
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    Has anyone here used Viagra for PPHN?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've taken care of at least 2 babies who were ex-NICU babies on our floor, on po Viagra. One has a lot of cardiac issues, was on ECMO at birth and a lot of other things and is 02 dependent but she's...
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    How do you deal with this?

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in Pediatric

    Our hospital just had 2 very young, chronic patients die within 24 hours of each other. I hadn't taken a lot of care of either of them, but one had spent a whole lot of their life on our floor and we...
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    How do you deal with this?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Pediatric

    Thank you all for your insights. It is not an easy topic to talk about so I really really appreciate it. I guess some will come with experience and maybe growing a deeper faith. I can see the...
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    how do you introduce yourself to patients?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    I always say "my name is ___ and I'll be your/your child's nurse
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    Pts away from hospital

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    They are supposed to notify us when they are going and where, and almost always do. That's a really good question that I never thought of... but it's never been an issue before. Most of these...
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    Pts away from hospital

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK I don't want to be too specific... but have any of you had a situation where a patient, long-term and close to d/c anyway, left the hospital and came back an hour later? How was it reacted to? It...
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    Pts away from hospital

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all your replies. We didn't know the pt had been out of the hospital till they came back- did have permission to be off the floor w/in the hospital, and there are resource rooms etc. where...
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    patient satisfaction

    perfectbluebuildings replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

    I am with you on that