DidiRN

DidiRN

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  1. Nurses Who Smoke

    DidiRN replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I will say this....if they ever came out with a pill or shot and said this will immediately make you quit smoking without any severe side effect or you wouldn't have to suffer withdrawel, I wouldn't...

  2. Nurses Who Smoke

    DidiRN replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's legal and I like it. Won't do it forever, don't smoke in front of

  3. Precedex...

    DidiRN replied to mjl2525's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've have never taken care of fresh open hearts before, but have many thoracotomies for lung CA's or other issues, and Toradol did wonders of the post op pain these folks suffered. Even when opoids...

  4. What kind of office jobs can nurses hold?

    DidiRN replied to nursestudentx's topic in General Nursing

    Darn, she's been banned!! And here I was trying to think of the perfect nursing degree for her...like nurse interior designer....nurse runway model....

  5. Verbal abuse by physicians in ICU

    DidiRN replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi ErinnRN, I just left a facility that I worked at for quite a few years, and was always amazed the entire time how badly the docs treated the nurses alot of the times. I had been a nurse for around...

  6. Sedation Minimalization....Opinions Needed

    DidiRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Okay, maybe I'm an old fuddy-duddy, but I have a problem with this. I started working in a large ICU that is much more progressive with things that where I was before (at least that was my first...

  7. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    DidiRN replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Although in the end this whole thing brought to the public's attention of what our wishes would be at the end of our lives, I really can't help but think that the real reasons behind this was simply a...

  8. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    DidiRN replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this was mentioned before, but one thing I am really surprised at is that she was able to last this long after the tube withdrawal. I was thinking the human body could only live a few days...

  9. People Are Big Babies Anymore

    DidiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...or is it me? Maybe I'm the big baby instead. I'll explain... I've noticed in the past five years out of the 20 that I've been an RN, that the public is more and more difficult to deal with. I...

  10. 2 y old bruising

    DidiRN replied to Jess RN's topic in Pediatric

    It actually could have started from the cold or flu...I was told it could be any kind of illness that could trigger this. My son ended up just fine but they monitored his labs...they told me it would...

  11. 2 y old bruising

    DidiRN replied to Jess RN's topic in Pediatric

    Jess, maybe you should call your doc ASAP or go to the ER and have some labs done. My son, when he was 3 years old, had a mild stomach flu...then later he developed bruising and petechia all over...

  12. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    DidiRN replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

    I always hate it when i hear stories like this...everything should be ruled out medically before assuming it's depression or some kind of psych disorder. Sorry to hear about

  13. Roll Up The Rim Time

    DidiRN replied to Fiona59's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks Canada, for Tim Hortons! I go there almost every day! Love their coffee. I just won a free coffee the other

  14. eating at the desk

    DidiRN replied to dkarlin's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking you were allowed to have drinks at the desk, as long as they had a lid on them. That's what they started doing right before JCAHO where I worked at...provided us with lids for coffee...

  15. Christopher Reeve--did decubiti kill him?

    DidiRN replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    There is a type of decub that is caused from a catastrophic illness that can occur overnight. I've actually seen one of these; pt coded on floor, was in ICU, had multisystem organ failure...darn if I...

  16. Where Do Residents Rights End? Long, Sorry.

    DidiRN replied to Cheez-It!'s topic in General Nursing

    Not bathing a patient properly would be considered neglect in this country and would have very serious repercussions. Not only lawsuits but the facility could get in a heap of trouble too. This...

  17. Ohio Spring Get Together

    DidiRN replied to renerian's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Add me to the list :) I'm in central

  18. Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

    DidiRN replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

    Not surprised at all by a story like this. This is so tragic, and something needs to be done. I hope your awful story will maybe just start to wake up the public about how critical this problem is....

  19. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    DidiRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Now I do remember the nurse messin' around with my foley from time to time...had no idea why, and I guess I was so focused on the labor I didn't even bother to ask. Thanks guys for your help. I was...

  20. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    DidiRN replied to DidiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just looking for some possible causes. It actually happened to me, and it was a very long time ago. No previous history of anything. First child. I remember watching the urine turn from normal color...

  21. When circ's go bad...

    DidiRN replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    JWK, are you a

  22. As nurses we take a tremenous responsibility upon ourselves & I made a mistake

    DidiRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    EVERYONE makes mistakes and you have obviously learned from it. I would worry if you didn't get upset over it. Now go ahead and forgive yourself and move on, girl :) . Sounds like otherwise you did a...

  23. Shaving cream bed baths?

    DidiRN replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Students

    That's why we use it too, get alot of real stinkies. But I have seen some of them after using it just go ahead and routinely use it on everyone, because they say it gives them a "nice

  24. When circ's go bad...

    DidiRN replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't work in OR, but when I was in the surgical ICU I used to read the OR schedule everyday, and I was surprised at how many circs were done on adult men. The vast majority were over 50 yrs old...

  25. migraines and nursing

    DidiRN replied to Jen,SN's topic in General Nursing

    One year and I believe 1250 hrs; I think too you have to work for a place with greater than 50 employees? Could be wrong on that