rkitty198

rkitty198 BSN, RN

Med Surge, Tele, Oncology, Wound Care

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  1. Better Option: Pregnant in nursing school/after

    rkitty198 replied to Pa0428's topic in General Nursing

    I would search and read posts about grads not finding work for over a year after graduating. If you don't need to work right away, then go for it. If you need to work I recommend you wait- if you have...

  2. Supporting a woman in labor...

    rkitty198 replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just had my baby and wow it was tough! I didn't want any talking or anyone saying "push harder." I only wanted to hear "good job!" I was on a mag drip and was so uncoordinated and exhausted that I...

  3. I think my spirit is officially broken...

    rkitty198 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the other posters, your friend is just charting what the oxygen was. Our cna's do that and write it in the chart. I don't see what the big deal is. It was an accident I am assuming that...

  4. For the Clinic/office Nurses

    rkitty198 replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    My friend works in a gyn office. Pay where she lives hospital nursing is 22-24 an hour. This is in west Texas. So office work seems comparible. Oh I bet wound care would be so

  5. Never enough-vent

    rkitty198 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Katie5- cough, thanks for making me feel even more stupid, cough that is why I said "it backfired." The only thing that worked was the warm washcloth.... Kind of like an experiment, I tried my...

  6. Thank you, administrators and staff

    rkitty198 replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I thank you and curse you at the same time, because I have an addiction.....to this amazing website! Thank goodness I have an I-Phone and I can use the internet to keep up on my AN forum. I have taken...

  7. For the Clinic/office Nurses

    rkitty198 replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work in a clinic but my friend just recently started working in one. She loves it! Her hours are 8-5 and she is the queen bee there. She oversees the MA's and takes a lot of calls from clinic...

  8. Never enough-vent

    rkitty198 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    I try to plan a time of the day that the patient can ambulate, get AM care and such. I always tell them I can't do it "now" I have to check on my other patients and make sure everyone is okay and not...

  9. Has anyone dealt with a "Duval Drain"?

    rkitty198 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    We get them frequently too. We only flush a few times a shift with 10ml of NS- but with the tubing itself I am sure that not much gets into the patient enough to be suctioned out. I wondered about...

  10. Please help me, I'm in trouble.

    rkitty198 replied to ShellyRn1117's topic in General Nursing

    I have one 7 month old right now and let me tell you I don't know how you single mommies do it! I work full-time and complain about being tired, when I come home to a husband (who also works...

  11. Why do we continue to do it?

    rkitty198 replied to BrookeeLou_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Aww....I am sorry.... I have been nursing for 5 years and I can say that it has affected my health greatly. I have to find a way to continue doing what I love doing and not letting it affect me...even...

  12. New Nursing Student

    rkitty198 replied to eagle78's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!!! Congrats! You are a survior, woman! To go through all that you have been through is going to make you one heck of a nurse! I work Oncology and to see what patients go through makes me cry in...

  13. Procedure for NG feeding/meds

    rkitty198 replied to PreemieNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Here is some research from the AACN Journal... http://ccn.aacnjournals.org/content/29/5/72.full.pdf I can tell you how we do it....blah blah, but this is evidence based.... We go by the limit being...

  14. amp of D50

    rkitty198 replied to happyRN21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you have a so so IV, don't give D50! Give the Glucagon. It is very acidic and if it infiltrates- tissue necrosis (I have seen it happen). I would push it fast, yet be wary of your IV guage and go...

  15. Have you CYA if you make a "note" that a patient won't follow policy?

    rkitty198 replied to peeweedelivery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Npinwch- does the mother have more rights, or is it seen as equal? If one parent refuses the vaccines and the other parent plays it, how does that work? Also does it matter if the mother is also a...

  16. Why do we continue to do it?

    rkitty198 replied to BrookeeLou_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My reasons change from patient to

  17. About to graduate with no hospital employment experience

    rkitty198 replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    You are in the same boat with thousands upon thousands of other new grads. Did you make friends with any of the nurses you met during clinicals? It pays to have good relations with them because they...

  18. Have you CYA if you make a "note" that a patient won't follow policy?

    rkitty198 replied to peeweedelivery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your manager is WRONG! This is a child who's safety is in your care. If the father wants to refuse things about his healthcare, then so be it, but this is about the care of a voiceless child. I don't...

  19. Recording output from a CTT drainage

    rkitty198 replied to jlsr's topic in General Nursing

    We use sterile water. Fluid usually goes to -20cm level, but the md orders might say otherwise. You will refill the water more frequently if it is attached to suction, due to evaporation. A chest tube...

  20. Do you stop infusion "for a walk?"

    rkitty198 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    I normally unhook for showers, but these neutropenics keep wanting the full connection stopped to walk! I have been documenting like crazy: Pt wants to be unhooked, educated the risks involved and pt...

  21. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    rkitty198 replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    This one is true! High levels of estrogen lead to heartburn- as can a large fetus- the increased estrogen leads to an increase in hair growth. Thus why men lose their hair and thin faster is because...

  22. explore lap

    rkitty198 replied to fuyuojo's topic in General Nursing

    I have patients who are on ngt's for days without kcl in thier Ivs and they are able to maintain a balance of k. I wonder if it wasn't an issue with a post-op bleed from a perforation or an...

  23. explore lap

    rkitty198 replied to fuyuojo's topic in General Nursing

    Coffee grounds emesis IS blood period! Old or not! It may not be old blood depending on where the bleeding is coming from. How are we supposed to know what killed the person with such little info?...

  24. consults

    rkitty198 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility the doc ordering the consult has to call the consulting

  25. 7 wks pregnant, offered 36 hr night position

    rkitty198 replied to Nursey Face's topic in General Nursing