EarthChild1130

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    Support for life support?

    EarthChild1130 replied to ToxicShock's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone in my family and all my friends and coworkers know that if I have little or no chance for recovery or quality of life, they are to let me go. Fortunately for me, my entire family feels the...
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    Did you get any real benefit from being in the Student Nurses Assoc.?

    EarthChild1130 replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!! I got to go to the convention in Salt Lake City too!! :) It was pretty fun. We went from Univ. of South Alabama in
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    Tossing Your Cookies...

    EarthChild1130 replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    Sputum does it for me too...I can handle ANYTHING else...wounds, poo, urine, severed fingers, (lol)...but if someone hocks up a loogie, I am
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    what cheat sheets do you keep with you?

    EarthChild1130 replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    I never carried a lot of stuff in pockets either that didn't really need to be there because then my shirt started to feel really heavy! LOL However, I have begun to carry my Blackberry phone which...
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    The reality of educating patients about their meds

    EarthChild1130 replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    I work outpatient psych, and I help quite a few patients with their weekly med boxes, and each week, we go over each med they take, including what it is, why they're taking it, any side effects. I...
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    I really need your help with these guys!!

    EarthChild1130 replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    I would say the UTI can go back to the residential facility because most UTIs can be treated fairly easily with oral abx, whereas the others will need to be treated more aggressively. The second...
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    Help! Hate my Job

    EarthChild1130 replied to SonicnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, all jobs are NOT like this...I think it's ridiculous to expect you as a new grad to be charge nurse! Before you give up on your newfound career, try to find a job in a different hospital where...
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    Why Are So Many Students Worried About Expensive Tuition

    EarthChild1130 replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 2005 with $40,000 in total debt from a Bachelor's in Nursing and what was left over from my Bachelor's in English...and I'm STILL paying it off...and even though my job description says...
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    Off The Wall: Nurses & Sticks

    EarthChild1130 replied to is5512's topic in General Nursing

    I never minded any of it...shots, labs, IVs...it's all so fascinating!! Now if someone had to drop an NG tube in me, I think I'd die right there on the spot...I HATE putting them in and I hate...
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    A glimmer of hope...??

    EarthChild1130 replied to oregonchinamom's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck! Incidentally, I'm also from a "small town in southern Oregon" lol...the new grads here have had a HECKUVA time finding jobs!! If you're from the same place as me, I can ONLY imagine!...
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    Oldest Nurse

    EarthChild1130 replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    We had a nurse who came 2 hours a week to our clinic to administer injections. She just retired 2 months ago at the 'young' age of 90. She and her 94 year-old boyfriend now travel around the state...
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    Insomnia meds for psych patients?

    EarthChild1130 replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

    When I worked inpatient we had big success with Seroquel and Benadryl. We didn't use a lot of Ambien when I was working on the unit. In answer to another poster, we are having equal outpatient...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    EarthChild1130 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    1. I think it's wonderful that you are the Great White Spirit and Jesus in one person...I also think it's 'neat' that you can, according to you, teleport to Philadelphia in 7 minutes flat...I do not...
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    A Patient Made Me Cry Today

    EarthChild1130 replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am so glad that man knew your kindness today...and I am certain that whoever did that to him will get what they deserve, one way or another. Karma has a funny way of doing that. (((Hugs))) to
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    Do you always state that you are a nurse?

    EarthChild1130 replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    I usually don't, but people always guess when we start talking...and if I'm with my mom she ALWAYS tells everyone 'This is my daughter the nurse!' lol:rolleyes: I don't mind though. I'm proud of what...
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    adverse reactions to medication handouts

    EarthChild1130 replied to inthesky's topic in Psychiatric

    In my state, when I got my license here, they sent me a little book called 'Nursing Practice in Oregon: What You Should Know' and it was a summary of the nursing scope of practice for this state...it...
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    Your facilities position on using "float" nurses to psych?

    EarthChild1130 replied to stephva1008's topic in Psychiatric

    On the first unit I worked, it was closed to floating, either in or out...nobody was allowed in, and we were not allowed to float out (which I personally thought was silly since I wanted to keep up my...
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    Starting as a new grad on night shift

    EarthChild1130 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Psychiatric

    If psych's your thing, then try it and see if it fits for you! My first job as a nurse was a 7p-7a job on an inpatient unit...and I adored that unit! I only left when hubby got restationed out here...
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    At what age do you plan on retiring from nursing?

    EarthChild1130 replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    I plan on working full time until hubby retires from the Coast Guard (10 years from now)...after that, I plan on becoming a hermit on our land! Seriously, we own about 130 acres of land in...
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    IM injection (current research?)

    EarthChild1130 replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    I give injections weekly at our clinic, as we have about 30 or so patients who receive long-acting injections, and both they and I prefer the dorsogluteal injection to ventrogluteal. I asked most of...
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    Clozaril

    EarthChild1130 replied to Jules A's topic in Psychiatric

    We have about 15 people still on Clozaril at our clinic, and we started a guy on it about 7 months ago...mind you we've tried EVERYTHING on him and nothing was working...Clozaril seems to be working...
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    you know you are in for trouble when.....

    EarthChild1130 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO I so totally love this!! I am rather fond of Haldol myself!! Thanks for that! (and thank Neptune for
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    you know you are in for trouble when.....

    EarthChild1130 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    1. You get paperwork for a new patient and highlighted in the history is 'He spent 3 years in XYZ State Hospital, where he nearly bludgeoned a nurse to death with a shower nozzle hidden in a...
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    Alcohol Intoxication.

    EarthChild1130 replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    On one unit I worked, we used Librium q4h, and standing orders that were something like check BP q4h and if BP is greater than 140/90, give Librium (or some such order)...on another unit we used CIWA,...
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    Could someone be using my Insurance to buy pharmacuticals?

    EarthChild1130 replied to rockenmomRN's topic in General Nursing

    After hearing the stories that my patients have told me about the various things they have done to get other people's meds, I wouldn't mind showing ID to a pharmacist...I'm just REALLY glad that they...