CritterLover BSN, RN

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    On call PICC nurse? Does such a thing exist?

    CritterLover replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    no more than 2 piccs a day???? seriously????? wow...must be nice. [color=#483d8b]typical day is 3-4. i've had many days where i've done 5-6. most i ever did was 9. (8 hr shift) [color=#483d8b]of...
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    On call PICC nurse? Does such a thing exist?

    CritterLover replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    don't bet on that. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]when i go back to working in the ed, i'll be making roughly 20k more a year, and a lot fewer hours. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]the kits we use...
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    On call PICC nurse? Does such a thing exist?

    CritterLover replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    that is my current job, though i'm leaving it soon. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]i work m-f for a pharmacy. i place piccs in an outpatient center, in nursing homes, rehab facilities, in the home...
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    Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    CritterLover replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    jolie, [color=#483d8b]you bring up very good points, and i wish i knew the answers to those questions. [color=#483d8b]i freely admit that legalizing pas would be an absolutly monsterous task. it is a...
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    Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    CritterLover replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: i have seen some pretty agonizing deaths in hospice patients. not for a lack of the hospice doctors and nurses trying to control the pain (ours are just awesome), but because the pain was...
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    Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    CritterLover replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    yes, when the suicide is for medical reasons, rather than psychological reasons. [color=#483d8b]i do realize that there is a fine line at times, and i don't want to be the one to draw up the...
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    Is this considered change of route?

    CritterLover replied to Marijane's topic in General Nursing

    i went to school with a girl who made this mistake. (it also happened to happen on the unit where i worked). [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]patient had a peg tube, and she gave him the pills by...
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    Whats a Sore throat got to do with rectal problems???

    CritterLover replied to danissa's topic in General Nursing

    could have been part of the airway assessment docs are supposed to do when moderate sedation is involved. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]has nothing to do with a sore throat, but definitely the...
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    YRMC in Yuma

    CritterLover replied to RosesrReder's topic in Arizona Nursing

    jess, [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b] a little late, but: [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]the only person i've known that worked at yrmc was an xray tech on a travel assignment. she broke her...
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    Nurses not doing assessments

    CritterLover replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, but i have to disagree that those statements were contradictory. [color=#483d8b]just because a nurse is filipino in ethinicity doesn't mean he/she was educated in the phillipines. many foreign...
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    Family centered care for the chronically critical

    CritterLover replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    jan, [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]i'm not a picu nurse, (nor will i ever be :) ), but this really does sound familiar. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b] i have encountered much the same scenerios...
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    Adenosine & caffeine??

    CritterLover replied to brookesbuddy's topic in Cardiac

    wow, i'm digging into the long-time-ago memory here, but: it is believed that caffeine blocks the adenosine receptors (reversable blockade). it is also believed that caffeine inhibits cyclic...
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    Would you admin. a med "For IV use only"..IM?

    CritterLover replied to Lfransis's topic in Patient Medications

    that is a really intersting situation. most drugs are safer given im than iv. that is, there are some drugs that come in forms that can only be given im, and other forms that can be given either iv or...
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    College algebra??

    CritterLover replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    the basics of college algebra arn't all that hard, or that different than algebra i or ii, it just expands on them. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]however, there are certain aspects of college...
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    treatment for Gonorrhea

    CritterLover replied to alrex_27's topic in General Nursing

    we're not allowed to mix our rocephin with lidocaine. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]apparently someone once had a reaction (or so the story goes). so now they all must
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    Tb incident today

    CritterLover replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    i was taught the same as larry: the n95 mask doesn't filter fully "both ways," so putting it on the patient doesn't do any more than putting a surgical mask on. (it filters efficiently what you breath...
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    Applying online for jobs?

    CritterLover replied to RNfromMN's topic in Nursing Career

    yes it works...... [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]i'm not sure that it is "best" route to take for a new grad, though. it really depends on what the job market is like. [color=#483d8b]...
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    How much do u like nursing? Scale of 1 to 10

    CritterLover replied to goldie66's topic in General Nursing

    and in return, i have to say "thank you" for being so honest in the begining of the thread, before your answer had a choice to be validated. :) [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]if more nurses would be...
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    Pt stole from a worker?/drama

    CritterLover replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    no, no one deserves to have anything stolen from them. [color=#483d8b]i, for one, have seen some home-health patients in some "very scary" parts of town, and after dark (and the only thing my...
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    Cone of Silence

    CritterLover replied to CareerChg's topic in Operating Room

    maybe because for the average person, being naked in front of the or staff is "big deal," while for the or staff, it is just routine. the or staff isn't looking at the person as "naked," but as a...
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    Coworker asked me to phone in med

    CritterLover replied to groovetta's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    [color=#483d8b]well, i work in a "border state" (border of two states, not two countries!), and the two states do things differently. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]the state where i live (but don't...
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    Intubating during surgery?

    CritterLover replied to wannabesedated's topic in Operating Room

    most patients are intubated during surgery. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]some procedures are the exception, called "monitored anesthesia care" where large doses of sedatives are given (beyond...
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    How much do u like nursing? Scale of 1 to 10

    CritterLover replied to goldie66's topic in General Nursing

    i have to say that i completely understand where mystic fish is coming from. as it stands in most hosptials today, we barely have the time to get our basic work done. absolutely no time at all to go...
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    How much do u like nursing? Scale of 1 to 10

    CritterLover replied to goldie66's topic in General Nursing

    i'll give it a 3/10 i like what i do, i really do. i like taking care of people. i really like teaching people about their diagnoses, and how to take better care of themselves. i like spending time...
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    when to call doc wows?

    CritterLover replied to onduty23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    not just for critical lab values. in fact, there are some "critical" lab values that i wouldn't call the doc about in the middle of the night. positive blood cx on someone already being tx'd...