rkitty198

rkitty198 BSN, RN

Med Surge, Tele, Oncology, Wound Care

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  1. D50 amps

    rkitty198 replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh that's funny! No cookies for

  2. D50 amps

    rkitty198 replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I love the specifics of the policy that helps, except the juice and cookies! Geeze. No complex carbs or protein in that. Peanut butter or protein powder added to the juice? That sounds like a quick...

  3. D50 amps

    rkitty198 replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Must be a case of patients metabolic needs outweighing the food/insulin

  4. D50 amps

    rkitty198 replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I do know d50 is not long acting, an hour at most. Regular peaks at 1.5 to 2 hrs. Did the patient eat? Could they eat? I think the langue dose needed to be looked at as well as omitting the regular...

  5. D50 amps

    rkitty198 replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Probably should have been on some sort of a dextrose drip after one amp. I would have called the doctor if the one didnt work since I have never had to give more than one in 11 years as an

  6. D50 amps

    rkitty198 replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have never seen a patient require more than one. If it still continues to drop there must have been an overdose of some fast acting insulin given. Sugars don't just continue to drop on their own...

  7. How do you handle rude comments?

    rkitty198 replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    "Will she be flat as a board?" I would respond "well yes, just like your chest" The sugar comment "does she eat a lot of sugar?" "Yes, sugar can cause cancer just as your crap comments lead to your...

  8. Why do some nurses hate it in others pump at work?

    rkitty198 replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    We are talking about the legal rights of women who pump at work, but what about the legal rights to standard lunch and breaks? I watch your patients while you pump and you watch mine while I take a...

  9. What do you like most about your specialty?

    rkitty198 replied to alexaway's topic in General Specialties

    Like in what way? I have never asked the ED for anything and I work PCU/MED/SURG/ONC and now do one day a week wound care I LOVE the varied things I get to do. The multitude of conditions. Some people...

  10. Day in the life of a RN

    rkitty198 replied to caycayney's topic in General Nursing

    Can I like the above a million times

  11. Falsified a Blood Sugar

    rkitty198 replied to Heartbrokennurse11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not to dig the knife deeper, why didn't you just check the blood sugar at the end of the shift? Sure it was very late, better late than never. You learned your lesson. The only way the board will...

  12. Urgent: Need IV Certification for RN in Bay Area

    rkitty198 replied to LizzerRN's topic in General Nursing

    You don't need IV certification, what you want is a practice/refresher course? If so you just practice on site. Practice during your orientation, out on the

  13. May the Nurse's Force Be With You

    rkitty198 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I had a male patient in his late 40's who started to pace around the room, he was sweating. I asked him if he would sit down because I started to worry. He sat down, picked up his phone and called his...

  14. This person outranks me?!

    rkitty198 replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    You cannot accept a sputum sample collection with partially digested

  15. ICU Nurse Activity Trackers

    rkitty198 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I challenge them to put one on me! Go for it! Why don't these morons just follow me for a 12 hour shift and see what it's really like, then go from there,

  16. IPOC

    rkitty198 replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    Then how are you supposed to utilize it as the tool it is meant to be unless you just click click click? It gives you basic intervention ideas, but not all of the interventions. To me all it does is...

  17. fly in the OR

    rkitty198 replied to bw217's topic in Operating Room

    Wow! I see flies on the surgical oncology floor. Just last week I had a patient in hospice with a fly, doing its fly thing around the head of the hospice patient it was just so nasty and unsanitary....

  18. Infection controling in hospital

    rkitty198 replied to Manisha dhiman's topic in General Nursing

    The key part is washing of the

  19. Scope of Practice for Patient Care Assistant in Texas

    rkitty198 replied to TX83's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I don't know for sure, but family members do it all of the time in home settings so I don't see why not with the proper training. Good luck with the job. You could always check with your regulatory...

  20. Is First Aid Class Worth It?

    rkitty198 replied to rileowski's topic in General Students

    I took it prior to nursing school. I thought it helped me to feel more comfortable with the bls process. It also had good teaching regarding basic wound dressings-wrapping techniques. Other than that...

  21. Fall with injury in ltc

    rkitty198 replied to Nrsvn11's topic in General Nursing

    I would sum up why you are a valuable asset to the team. I love what you wrote. I can't imagine you going to work and saying "oh I hope a patient falls today" it is obvious by your actions you want to...

  22. nursys/license

    rkitty198 replied to hopern84's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about your state but in Washington we don't use paper licensing. It's all online. Your future employer is going to check your state licensure as well as nursys for your credentialing...

  23. is this fraud

    rkitty198 replied to cmtrrb's topic in General Nursing

    This is falsifying documentation which is fraud. Hospice gets paid based on the admission assessment per the RN and their admitting qualification criteria. Since this said nurse did not partake in the...

  24. Fall with injury in ltc

    rkitty198 replied to Nrsvn11's topic in General Nursing

    If every nurse who had a fall lost their license we would have some major problems!! It's so hard to make the right decisions within a split second and much easier to make the right decisions in...

  25. Might be let go during orientation? Need advice.

    rkitty198 replied to luey87's topic in General Nursing

    They probably won't give you an extension. If they felt you were improving (based on their assessment) then they would consider it. Let's face it, they probably don't want to spend anymore $ on your...