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  1. heparin drip mistake! what would you do?

    confused101 replied to youngever's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a renal floor. Most of these people have 22's in. For the heparin/saline thing. Most of the time we only have one access. I always program two pumps. I have seen it with one, but that...

  2. Mixing IV meds

    confused101 replied to fleasle's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! I had a pt. ask why I didn't mix before. AKA frequent flyer. I love when they say well.. the other nurse did it this way. AKA I get a bigger high off of it. I have had people react to the...

  3. Anyone not making med errors?

    confused101 replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    oh believe me I'm not. That pharm is notorious for making mistakes. I'm just saying it's alittle easier when I can't remember who is who. I still ask pt. about stuff and I always question why the...

  4. Anyone not making med errors?

    confused101 replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in orientation I hung the wrong fluids on a pt for 5 minutes. I had two pt.'s both in b beds that had these outragous fluid orders. It was like alphabet soup. Anyways, I was at A bed...

  5. feelings about double rooms

    confused101 replied to starryx2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You got that right. I worked on a private room floor as a tech. It was so nice. Now I work double bed as a nurse. I go home with bruses all over me trying to get through the rooms with all of the...

  6. Employee of the month yet written up 4 insubordination and put on 60days probation.

    confused101 replied to icare4icu's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sounds like what happened to a nurse I work with recently. She got a little nastygram about some of the pt.s thought she wasn't nice enough and then got the employee of the month in the same moment....

  7. Why my patient quit nursing...

    confused101 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that! Who ever thought survery's were a big deal should have them stuffed you know where. I have managers that actually call these people up after they have been discharged. Someone can...

  8. Ever heard of waterintoxication?

    confused101 replied to swedishnurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I can't do babies! Makes me so sad! Yeah, water intoxication is psych related and don't forget to watch the sodium. I am having a signifiant amount of people with low sodiums come in...

  9. First Nursing Evaluation

    confused101 replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    Today was d-day. :) I got through my first review with flying colors. I just have to watch my P's and Q's more. Thank you Press Ganey and the Customer is always right piece of nursing life! :)...

  10. Question about FFP transfusion

    confused101 replied to astnm's topic in General Nursing

    I work adults so that might matter to the original poster. I don't know the abreviation of the floor name they were using. I use blood tubing. Our pumps can't do blood. I flush the line with...

  11. First Nursing Evaluation

    confused101 replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the encouragement. Now just the formality of getting this done. Thank you for your infomation and your experience in this occupation. It can be scary sometimes with all the formality...

  12. First Nursing Evaluation

    confused101 replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    I got a one year contract with a sign on bonus. I have my copy about it. All it says is that I have to work at said employer or will have to give back the part of the sign on bonus. The sign on...

  13. First Nursing Evaluation

    confused101 replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for being so informative. I had no clue about how the detail and the copies of things went. I have sat and done my self evalution. My manager stated she liked that I put examples on my...

  14. Share Your Saying

    confused101 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dilaudid is the elixar of life. I give ALOT of

  15. Share Your Saying

    confused101 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just shoot me in the head. I say that when someone just did something really stupid. Like dr.'s arguing with me. It's

  16. Share Your Saying

    confused101 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    "All I "Have" to do is pay taxes and die." QUOTE THat is a southern thing. I was taught that and "Duct tape saves the

  17. Share Your Saying

    confused101 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    I can only imagine!

  18. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    confused101 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    OH goodness. We once had a HIV pt. go to the bathroom acrossed the hall because they were confused. You want to have people show their true colors?? When that happened it all came out!

  19. Some days it just stinks to be an aide

    confused101 replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    You did a good job. When I was a tech I had a pt. that wasn't responding to me. Even after sternal rub. I checked the blood sugar it was 40's or something like that. The nurse I told was on the...

  20. Manager expects me to stay once I graduate

    confused101 replied to nickikh23's topic in General Nursing

    Go where you think you need to be. I had a situation like this before where I was a tech during nursing school. I knew I could get a position on that floor right out of nursing school with nothing...

  21. Wedding band irritation

    confused101 posted a topic in General Nursing

    To all the people who wear rings at work, I don't know what is irritating my ring finger at work. The soap??? The alcohol hand sanitizer. It is got to the point of breakdown after a 12 hour...

  22. Wedding band irritation

    confused101 replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    SWATRN, I think it is the alcohol stuff. I am doing much better. When I was in nursing school the hospital system we were at did not have latex free gloves unless you were special and had a...

  23. How to take constructive critisism...

    confused101 replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    Happy 4th of July! At least what is left of it. I like the 30/30/30 rule I sort of use that now. If there is not anything I can do about it now or improve on something than I let it go. I...

  24. How to take constructive critisism...

    confused101 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, On our unit they are trying this thing with not official write up's but just little reminders about things. Such as you didn't fill out a vaccination form upon admisson in room 1220 for...

  25. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    confused101 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is why I couldn't work