CritterLover BSN, RN

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    Bait and Switch

    CritterLover replied to Indy's topic in General Nursing

    i think part of the op's concern is that day shift tends to have 3 patients apiece. indy, is this tele unit more of a step-down? i worked icu stepdown as a new grad, and we had 3-4 patients on days...
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    I really, really feel like calling it quits

    CritterLover replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

    a couple of other things..... also agree that the notecard idea is a great one. this is actually how we learned to do a head-to-toe assessment where i went to school. it will break the assessment down...
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    I really, really feel like calling it quits

    CritterLover replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

    i have to agree with what others are saying. i'm really sorry you are going through this right now, but in the end it will make you a better nurse. i think it is a little harsh to expect you to be so...
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    When is a situation considered an Emergency?

    CritterLover replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in General Nursing

    oh, i don't know......sometimes it sure does seem like that is why they come
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    Would you prepour meds for nursing assistant to admin later??

    CritterLover replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    how is it being done? [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]when i was in school, i worked at an alf where each individual patient had a pill box (28 slot -- am, noon, pm, hs for each day) in their apt....
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    POP technique for declogging PICC lines

    CritterLover replied to notactuallyblonde's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    there was a thread about this in the iv nurses forum not too long ago. i'm not sure, but i don't think the consensus opinion was a good one. i (accidentally) saw this work once when i was trying to...
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    Stressed and confused

    CritterLover replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    i hope you filled out an incident report to alert risk management of this unsafe
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    Proud to say or keep it hid away?

    CritterLover replied to MALE*RN*777's topic in General Nursing

    the only place i advertize my rn is at work. otherwise i hide, hide, hide it. if i grocery shop on my way home from work, i make sure i take my nametag off. when i bought my house, my real estate...
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    ipods at work

    CritterLover replied to RNfloatpool's topic in General Nursing

    i use mine when i'm doing non-patient care related tasks. i do a lot of qa/chart reviews for my job, and it is done outside of the hospital. i'm easily distracted, and since my desk is in a cubical,...
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    Can students be helpful, or are they just in the way?

    CritterLover replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

    i almost always love my student nurses. just love them. i do find them helpful and usually eager. even if they are just starting out in school, they often have the time to give the patient more tlc...
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    'Scuse me sir, don't bite into that frito ! ! !

    CritterLover replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    and cms wonders why the chf patients keep returning two days after we d/c them...... its isn't always the care (or lack of care) they received in the hospital, but lack of adherence to their diets...
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    Posters that are not nurses

    CritterLover replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    in general, i don't mind the non-nurses participating in threads so much. i find that their perspective usually gives me something to think about. and how else are they going to learn that there...
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    Posting from work tonight?

    CritterLover replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    i'm too chicken to post from
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    Abusive Nursing Instructors-LPN

    CritterLover replied to nurselala33's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    that sounds familiar......but if it is the situation i'm thinking about, the student was not really treated as bad as he thought. he had issues (to say the least) and blamed much of his lack of...
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    Why are paper towel dispensers locked?

    CritterLover replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    well, the average person has more use for the papertowels than the pulse-ox, right? when i was in college, i lived in the dorms for a year. friends of a girl that lived down the hall used to come to...
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    Dementia patients not getting respect

    CritterLover replied to ejmonroe's topic in General Nursing

    kind of what i was thinking, too. i was going to ask what the op meant by "talking to these patients like they are children." on the one hand, you have to be simple, concrete. they won't understand...
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    TPN and meds

    CritterLover replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    it all depends on facility policy. however, i have never seen a hospital that ok'd infusing anything into tpn, other than lipids. homecare is a different story. i had a patient once who had a port a...
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    CTs with contrast through central lines

    CritterLover replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    iv contrast for non-vascular studies usually can be done this way. however, if they are trying to visualize arteries (ct angio of head -- or anything else -- ct chest r/o pe), then the contrast has to...
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    levophed calculations

    CritterLover replied to dittydo's topic in General Nursing

    exactly. always follow hospital policy. if they are insistent on getting a mcg/kg/min rate, then tell them the pt's weight and give 'em a calculator :) (had a ct surgeon once that insisted on...
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    lovenox..and coumadin

    CritterLover replied to LisaRn21's topic in General Nursing

    no, lovenox does not "attack" the existing clot. heparins (i'm including lovenox) and coumadin both work by preventing the formation of blood clots/keeping the clot from growing. however, they work by...
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    CritterLover replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    this is a bit off-topic, but i'm having a really hard time understanding why your doctor is sending you through the er when he knows you need to be admitted. that is a horribly inefficient way of...
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    lovenox..and coumadin

    CritterLover replied to LisaRn21's topic in General Nursing

    lovenox does not have to be monitored with ptt, but it can be monitored with ptt. the reason is that the studies with lovenox showed a very predictable relationship between weight-based dosing and...
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    I have a question about PE and DVT, can anyone help?

    CritterLover replied to nurse charlie's topic in General Nursing

    since she already had one clot, she was at very high risk for developing another clot. since she was unable to tolerate anticoags to prevent just such a thing from happening, she most likely did...
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    lovenox..and coumadin

    CritterLover replied to LisaRn21's topic in General Nursing

    usually, the heparin (lovenox) is given until the coumadin is threapeutic (inr level). while this usually happens in the hospital, by using lovenox instead of iv heparin, it can be done at home since...
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    Confirmation of tlc's & ett placement in OR

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

    subclavian lines can, at times, head "north" and end up in the jugular vein. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]i have also seen several lines placed from the left side of the patient (either ij or...