Cheyenne RN,BSHS

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    Lantus insulin question

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to evans_c1's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    if my patient's blood sugar is low, below normal but not critical, i hold insulin, any insulin, and call the doctor. whether the insulin is long acting or short, a low blood sugar may require some...
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    Uterian cancer, please help

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to FutNurseStudent2008's topic in Oncology

    hi destany, it does depend on the staging of the cancer and if any other organ systems are involved, such as the lymph system or the colon, etc. for what it is worth, i am fifty years old and was...
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    anyone love there job?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    believe it or not, i started as a med/surg nurse on the 3-11 shift in 1985. since then i have worked icu, home health care, ltc, and tried a stint in juvenile corrections. now almost 20 plus years...
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    Press Gainey AARRGGHH

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

    our most esteemed powers that be have said that for each patient we bring to a bed...we need to ask them "what is the one thing that i can do for you that will assure that i am giving you very good...
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    The War with the Floors

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

    our facility is about 150-200 beds. the house supervisor coordinates our admissions and/or transfers. the hs will obtain the room number from the unit's charge nurse and find out when the bed will be...
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    Geri-psych?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to PeachPie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    whenever a resident hits you, it's always the same lecture from the administrators and directors about how we should consider the persepctive of the resident and that we probably did something to...
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    Poor clinicals any ideas

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to Butterflybee's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    it is good to have the different clinical sites and part of the reason is so that students can get the experience that they need. make sure to avail yourself of every opportunity, even if just to...
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    DRS ARGGGGHHH! Can't live with them, can't shoot them!

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    yes. i am sure it is. lol. but remember no matter how deep you bury the body, the wild critters might dig him back up... so cremation might be in order.
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    That ain't my resident! I am dumbfounded...

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    my daughter works as a cna in a nursing home facility. she is also in school for nursing. she tells me the "that's not my patient" horror stories everyday. i used to do volunteer work three days a...
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    leaving hospital nursing (long)

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    hi jessica. 12 hour shifts are not for everybody and they do tire you out. specially if you have two or three days in a row. what i do like is that there are more days off during the week, so for me...
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    How soon is too soon to quit?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like that place may need lessons on team work and communication techniques. lol. it is very hard to be a nurse in any area. patients need so much and staffing is usually less than ideal, so...
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    Reminiscing

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to knockandhello's topic in General Nursing

    mixing your own drips in glass bottles for icu patients and having to calculate by hand the drug amounts, the dilutant, and the patients weight/kilogram amount in order to know the amount of...
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    Quick, you only have one line...what do you write?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to PumpkinButt's topic in General Nursing

    i'm not sure that this will help, but sometimes just writing the position you have held, such as staff nurse on medical floor or nurse manager of ob, will in itself explain what you have done. job...
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    "What Do You Want Me To Do About It?"

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to welnet66's topic in General Nursing

    i usually answer with "well fix it. that's why you went to school and get paid the big bucks for remember." they usually aren't sarcastic after that and will give me the orders i
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    Handling long shifts and pets

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to DogWalk's topic in General Nursing

    first off, welcome to the usa and thank you for coming and bringing your input here. i have two dogs, italian greyhounds, and work 12 hour shifts 3 days a week. the dogs have actually gotten used to...
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    Nurses are not "allowed"

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to beautifulb's topic in General Nursing

    when i try to chart in the patients room, the patient and the family keeps talking away to me and looking over my shoulder or asking questions. or they decide to need the bathroom or another blanket...
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    Nurses are not "allowed"

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to beautifulb's topic in General Nursing

    you may not believe this one but the nurses at my facility have to stand and chart in the hallway. we use the emar system, computerized everything. so we are not allowed to even be in the nurses...
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    What other nursing forums are there?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ljds's topic in General Nursing

    hi lori, there are numerous online discussion groups for nurses. most of the different companies such as aol, yahoo, and msn have message boards and discussion groups. you can look for nursing...
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    This poll is directed to the Med/Surg staff nurse.

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    for poll purposes, is this with an aide? and days or nights? i should have clarified. thank you. i specifically work 7 am to 7 pm so i tend to be egocentric and look at day shift; however, i really...
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    This poll is directed to the Med/Surg staff nurse.

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS posted a topic in General Nursing

    Med/Surg patients are defined for this poll as surgical care patients, telemetry patients, dialysis patients, and the other typical acute care patients that are now placed on the floor. What is your...
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    PRN night nurse with a problem

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to babiesX2's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like you have a lot on your plate. i would look for an agency staffing position but only if you are really comfortable working in all the various hospitals, locations, and units that might come...
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    Change of shift report

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to angel333's topic in General Nursing

    i work on a 36 bed med/surg floor. we have telemetry and dialysis patients on our floor as well. the nurse patient ratio is susposed to be 1:6 but will go to 1:8. i have used taped reports in a ltc...
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    Kardexes and Care Plans in current use

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to eecRN's topic in General Nursing

    our facility uses the computerized charting system and our kardexes are printed out at the beginning of the shift. the care plans are built into the plan of care on admission and may change based on...
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    Tele floor: what is you pt ratio?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    our floor has a 1:6 to a 1:8 ratio on day shift and unfortunately, the same on nights. i just don't think they ((being the higher administrators))) get it!
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    Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

    thank you dusttildawn. it was a terrifying experience and being a young nurse and new nurse, i didn't know how to stand up for myself. you said a mouthful and it is true that patients are...