BelleKat

BelleKat BSN, RN

CVICU, Burns, Trauma, BMT, Infection control

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  1. positive drug test help

    BelleKat replied to puppielove's topic in General Nursing

    You pretty much have to have a valid Rx for darvocett for a (+) random drug screen. You won't necessarily lose your license but you could be referred for further monitoring until they determine...

  2. Need some prayers....

    BelleKat replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry for your friends loss,she is in my

  3. -Extra- Narcs?

    BelleKat replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the nurse is hanging onto the 10mg dose and giving 2 5mg doses from the same tubex without getting another out. That's how we used to do it. I don't know why she'd sign two out

  4. Ethical Issue: Nurse with MRSA

    BelleKat replied to Penguin67's topic in General Nursing

    I realize it's a difficult situation,that it's not black and white but also the pts don't deserve to be exposed to mrsa by someone who has a mrsa + draining wound,especially the babies who don't even...

  5. Ethical Issue: Nurse with MRSA

    BelleKat replied to Penguin67's topic in General Nursing

    I would assume nothing and think that this nurse is working to keep from having to call in and has not had any conversation with her supervisor or she would be at home. I know nurses who had to stay...

  6. Warning Signs

    BelleKat replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes they tell you. BELIEVE THEM!! I've had pts say,"I feel like something bad is going to happen.... or I don't feel like I'm going to make it". Something like that. Watch them

  7. Funniest complaints

    BelleKat replied to nursecass's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a pt who was delirious b/c of burn sepsis(he lived) yell "Get those ****** cats off my airplane wing!!" I left the room

  8. Present at death

    BelleKat replied to chirstine's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm.....Wow How beautifully stated.. You gave her a compassionate and dignified passing,your care eased her. Well done,I'm glad you were there for

  9. As a new nurse I had my first patient death experience

    BelleKat replied to AllieRat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That sounds callous I know but that is her way of dealing with that pt's death. Sometimes I say "well,they finally went home or aren't in pain anymore" It might sound like I don't care when I actually...

  10. Severe Respiratory Acidosis

    BelleKat replied to NHSbaseball32's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely!

  11. So confused

    BelleKat replied to NursePeace's topic in General Nursing

    Agree,it's toxic work enviroment,RUN don't walk somewhere else. She "lost" 26 percocetts?

  12. Severe Respiratory Acidosis

    BelleKat replied to NHSbaseball32's topic in General Nursing

    It's great that he's feeling better.

  13. Severe Respiratory Acidosis

    BelleKat replied to NHSbaseball32's topic in General Nursing

    All I can think is that he was a little over sedated along with the fact that he had lung surgery.Did they rule out PE? Or is he too sick? Is he is anticoagulated now(lovenox,etc)? I know he's s/p...

  14. Severe Respiratory Acidosis

    BelleKat replied to NHSbaseball32's topic in General Nursing

  15. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    BelleKat replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's so sad. Maybe it would've changed if you had stayed there but it sounds like the DON dropped the ball in addition to enabling her mightily. The DON might have thought she was doing her a favor...

  16. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    BelleKat replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :deadhorse:deadhorse

  17. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    BelleKat replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Maybe people shouldn't have to go bankrupt,lose their house and car and move into a shelter with their family in order to get treated for an illness or

  18. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    BelleKat replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agreed and i haven't read all the pages yet but I want to say something. What is the FIRST thing that you lose upon finding out that you now have a complicated,chronic illness>>>>> YOUR...

  19. amoeba

    BelleKat replied to CandE25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It depends on what system has been affected. CNS in;

  20. Finally!!

    BelleKat replied to D&Ggirl's topic in General Nursing

    :hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp:

  21. Help with Lab reference sheet-taking med surgical nursing

    BelleKat replied to tequilaseay13's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm don't you have resources to look that up? The same ones I would use to answer it maybe? I'm sure others will have different resources but I use medscape or emedicine. Good luck!...

  22. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

    BelleKat replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They might have to take out of the defense budget,

  23. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

    BelleKat replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is just an amazing poem that makes tears run down my cheeks. I'm glad that I've been ABLE to keep my parents in my home,it's a privilege mostly,hair pulling out curse others(less common). I was...

  24. Bringing diseases home to your kids from work?

    BelleKat replied to abbabask's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I did when working in so called "dirty units" like Burn Unit or BMTU. Working with the homeless or immigrant population doesn't really expose you to too much more than a "regular" pt...

  25. Insulin injections...when to give in.

    BelleKat replied to KalipsoRed's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I always ask established diabetics where they want their insulin b/c they know where they have to give it more often and they might not have the chance for someone else to give it. So I might be able...