rkitty198

rkitty198 BSN, RN

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  1. brilliant freaking idea - pull ALL CNA's. . .

    rkitty198 replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    I dont think that the DON of any facility gives a rats *** about the CNA's or nurses enough to have a meeting at 0730 to celebrate or give recognition for the great work the CNA's do. However, way to...

  2. Medical Review Solutions, Inc.

    rkitty198 replied to rekster's topic in General Nursing

    I would be careful about advice on here...the thread might be hacked with those trying to sell the product. Look at the amount of posts some of the responders of your thread have... If it sounds fishy...

  3. Air bubble in Heart chamber

    rkitty198 replied to FREDhp's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness... I am so sad for your loss. As a nurse working on a surgical floor we get patients post-op all of the time from gallbladder surgeries. This is something so rare, I almost never think...

  4. My first clinical ever is next week..

    rkitty198 replied to courtney.2009's topic in General Nursing

    I was told by my instructor one time "you are not here to clean patients, you are here to learn how to be a nurse." It was the worst advice I had ever recieved before clinicals. Remember nothing is...

  5. Why are people encouraging me to become an M.D. rather than an RN?

    rkitty198 replied to tnewman's topic in General Nursing

    I am insulted that you would even ask a question like this on a NURSING website. Yet again another example of how nurses don't get the recognition that they should. To say that the OP is in so many...

  6. Need advice..i think one of my managers want me out

    rkitty198 replied to asdf80's topic in General Nursing

    Please!!! Get out of there! Run and run fast. Better to not have a job by choice than to get fired from one or never be able to work as a nurse again because you lost your license. You are not the...

  7. Where do you peg feed your patients

    rkitty198 replied to conroenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have a patient who does continuous feedings all day and all night. They have a portable pack that goes with

  8. methadone clinic..good 1st job?

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

    One of the girls I work with did this as her first job and she is an RN. Granted she said she didn't learn a ton of skills, but she liked

  9. brilliant freaking idea - pull ALL CNA's. . .

    rkitty198 replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    That is incredibly

  10. Am I at fault here?

    rkitty198 replied to SarahRN2010's topic in General Nursing

    What a crazy order. I wouldn't have given the enema either if the patient had a BM. Half the time the MD dosen't even look at the I's and O's to see if they even had a BM before they write orders like...

  11. The chest pain vent.

    rkitty198 replied to enigmaticorange's topic in General Nursing

    I wondered the same thing! I asked our Cardiologist why they do that, one told me... That they gave orders for a patient to recieve morphine for chest pain. All indicators were that this patient was...

  12. your thoughts...

    rkitty198 replied to Lanesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Remember you cannot answer these wrong. It wont be your letter that hinders you from getting in the program (unless you completely screw it up) The less pressure you place on yourself the better! Good...

  13. your thoughts...

    rkitty198 replied to Lanesmama's topic in General Nursing

    BS I agree, but I had to answer them too when I was getting in... Basically think outside the box... They are really asking: 1. What attributes do you have that would make you a good nurse? What...

  14. Unsure of my dad's doctor...

    rkitty198 replied to SweetLikeSugar's topic in General Nursing

    I am not entirely sure if it is due to reimbursement, but I have been noticing that MD's are not getting consults either! Cancer patient with HR in the 160's for weeks and the Oncologist never even...

  15. HELP: Nur Dx for Colovesical Fistula - Colostomy Pt

    rkitty198 replied to cld1217's topic in General Nursing

    I always did mine based on "what is going to kill them first." (morbid but the truth) Risk for diagnoses were not diagnoses that my instructors liked because they are "risk for," and I am sure there...

  16. So... how do you deflect family members when you're busy?

    rkitty198 replied to nenabee's topic in General Nursing

    Half the time they don't even care about "Grandpa Joe" and the massive heart attack he just had. They are too busy describing the watery diarrhea they had after eating Sushi, the night before, and...

  17. RNs to write Diagnoses for medications?

    rkitty198 replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    GLORIAmunchkin72 I totally agree, it would be very nice! I was giving Codeine to a patient post-op. I figured it was for pain and I wondered why the MD would choose that over something else. I did...

  18. RNs to write Diagnoses for medications?

    rkitty198 replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse I work with had to write all of the diagnoses related to the drugs she had to give to the patients in the mar next to each drug when she worked LTC. A nurse cannot diagnose, but writing a...

  19. 2 1/2 liters ascites fluid drained

    rkitty198 replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    Ascities is the term to describe fluid collection. Not just caused by liver damage. Working Oncology many patients with tumors get ascities. Colon, ovarian and pancreatic cancer (many more tumors...

  20. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    rkitty198 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No pushing Lasix through an infiltrated IV will not help to bring the fluid from the tissues to the vascular system. I dont want to hear during morning report how you forgot your birthcontrol pill and...

  21. Help! EBP on not inflating foley balloon prior to insertion

    rkitty198 replied to highlandlass1592's topic in General Nursing

    According to BARD the manufaturer of our Foley devices, they do not need a test inflation before inserting. I dont think it would cause problems, but it isnt

  22. Profound hypoglycemia after d/c sodium bicarb gtt

    rkitty198 replied to WWRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the patient may be suffering from a multi-system failure?? Acidosis and renal failure are probably the culprit rather than the bicarb drip. Systemic failure (I think of this because of the...

  23. Management of Epidurals, Bolus dosing?

    rkitty198 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello My questions revolve around bolus dosing. Our policy only goes over the CAD Prism pump itself, and also goes over how to monitor the patient. The policy does not clarify bolus dosing. So with...

  24. Pneumonia Vaccine Fell Through the Cracks

    rkitty198 replied to Daliadreamer's topic in General Nursing

    I had something similar happen to me. I was going to give the vaccine to my patient and it had already been given. My patient didn't remember getting it. I called pharmacy and sure enough it was...

  25. Management of Epidurals, Bolus dosing?

    rkitty198 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, THANK YOU all for your responses! I feel so much better about my decisions with your support. I am going to talk to management again (we have been switched over for 6 months now and I haven't...