lsyorke

lsyorke RN

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  1. Worst patient experience

    lsyorke replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    A nurses worst nightmare! Peace to

  2. Worst patient experience

    lsyorke replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Amy!! I was SOOOO

  3. Worst patient experience

    lsyorke replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was hoping that was the case, but this is what she posted: "Another resident's son agreed to take her with him and his

  4. Worst patient experience

    lsyorke replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I understand the "emergency" nature of this, but what are the legalities of just letting a resident go with another persons family member??? Yikes, that is asking ALOT of that family member and...

  5. Antidepressants and Sex Drive??

    lsyorke replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Psychiatric

    "Some practitioners have had such good results with meds that they end up overprescribing them. When your tool of choice is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail." Quote of the week!!!...

  6. Good response from some meds but they stop working.

    lsyorke replied to ZZTopRN's topic in Psychiatric

    The body likes things in balance. When you alter a neurotransmitter and artificially raise serotonin the body is going to try and put it back in balance again. Some bodies are better at it than...

  7. Antidepressants and Sex Drive??

    lsyorke replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Psychiatric

    The decision to take drugs is YOUR'S, not your doctors. You seem to have reconciled where the problem is and are not feeling well on the drugs so why would you consider taking another drug? These...

  8. Anyone heard of serotonin syndrome? Anyone experienced it??

    lsyorke replied to passing thru's topic in Psychiatric

    This wasn't Serotonin Syndrome, this was Zoloft withdrawal from to rapid a

  9. Lexapro

    lsyorke replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Psychiatric

    It was a post(made on multiple threads) that I reported early this am. The Mods handled it

  10. How bad is this med error?

    lsyorke replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    No needle, plastic cannula if I'm reading the OP correctly and the syringe was marked normal saline. Sure, it shouldn't have been left in the room, but writing this up is just stupid. If this is the...

  11. not sure about my new job

    lsyorke replied to badkids's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I had to laugh at this one... Glamourous... nursing!!!!:chuckle I've done ortho for 20 years and love it, give it

  12. Left Nursing to Pursue Pharmaceutical Sales?

    lsyorke replied to purpuragray's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to check out http://www.cafepharma.com They don't sound like a happy

  13. Lexapro

    lsyorke replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Absolutely therapy should be the first option. But it's not since most insurance companies won't pay for it. So instead of therapy to deal with a transitional situation(alot of depression is...

  14. Strattera (wasn't sure where to post this)

    lsyorke replied to RNin2007's topic in General Nursing

    Please realize that long term use clinical trial studies of antidepressants have not been done. The longest clinical trial was for 12 weeks. We are seeing long term adverse effects that have been...

  15. Strattera (wasn't sure where to post this)

    lsyorke replied to RNin2007's topic in General Nursing

    Strattera now carries a warning that is the same as antidepressants for suicidality. It is actually an SNRI (similar to Effexor) antidepressant and can have many side effects.. tics just being one of...

  16. Lexapro

    lsyorke replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Those two comments should make you think

  17. Serotonin Syndrome

    lsyorke replied to crab23's topic in Psychiatric

    We've seen more lately with the trend of using more that one antidepressant. ie. Zoloft and Wellbutrin at the same time. Or an ssri with St. Johns

  18. Serotonin Syndrome

    lsyorke replied to crab23's topic in Psychiatric

    I've taken care of patients with this and also talk to alot of survivors of it. What would you like to

  19. Is it selfish not to get a Flu Shot?

    lsyorke replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a facility that I would be running from. I believe that's called

  20. Education vs. Experience

    lsyorke replied to amullis's topic in General Nursing

    Getting experience in the real life of nursing can only help when you move on to Graduate School. Nursing in school and nursing in real life are two completely different

  21. Lexapro

    lsyorke replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Psychiatric

    The comments made about the potential for bad side effects of any drug is NOT discouraging anyone. It's informing the patient about potential adverse reactions that can happen with any of the...

  22. I think my PPD is positive

    lsyorke replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    Relax, mine always look red and raised for the first 24 hours. Local reaction that goes away before the 48 hour

  23. Constipation Tricks

    lsyorke replied to caringRN's topic in General Nursing

    4 ounces of apple juice mixed with 4 ounces of prune juice warmed up! Gentle and effective and doesn't taste all that

  24. re HBV antibodies <10...?

    lsyorke replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    I had the initial series of HepB vaccine. NO immunity! Repeated vaccine dosing.. NO immunity! Repeated it again.. NO immunity. I gave up!! I won't take any additional vaccine after recieving three...

  25. Your opinion on nurses being role models of good health

    lsyorke replied to JustGettingStarted's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, NO offense taken!! It actually amuses me that nurses should be held to a standard that no other profession is. Ah, in that fantasy world!! We try and do the right thing, but life sometimes...