NurseyPoo7

NurseyPoo7

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  1. Pt signed out AMA then died! what do you think?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to jenrn6282's topic in General Nursing

    Did you document all the education you gave him.... eg. No coumadin and

  2. What meds to crush and what not to crush?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to rehabhereIcome's topic in General Nursing

    Protonix Flomax

  3. Nitro-Bid (nitroglycerin topical)

    NurseyPoo7 replied to vadee's topic in General Nursing

    ... gloves solve this

  4. RN's in hospitals. What is the worst part of your job?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to GCTMT's topic in General Nursing

    Things I hate about my job. No help. - They want our unit to do primary care nursing (provide all nursing care such as meds, assessments, dressings, etc... plus, baths, ADLs, toileting, etc.) yet our...

  5. Assisted Living Facilities.....

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Butterflybee's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in 2 ALFs. The first one was basically a nursing home. Lots of problems. Stolen controlled meds. Skin tears and falls all over the place. Wandering pts. Stage 1 & 2s. Extremely short...

  6. Anyone else feel like they don't know basic first aid?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    It was a basic first aid course. And by BASIC... I really do mean BASIC. Like one the general public would

  7. Anyone else feel like they don't know basic first aid?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    One of my jobs (RN in ALF) made me take a BASIC first aid course (they said EVERYONE that worked in the facility from housekeeping to nursing had to have this course). When I was in the class, the...

  8. blood in stool but...?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Could have an anal fissure

  9. High BUN and Creatinine

    NurseyPoo7 replied to nialloh's topic in General Nursing

    Saw my highest today BUN 148 Cr 7.76 Went for emergency arrow cath placement &

  10. Med or documentation error?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Ms Mischief's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto.

  11. Med error need guidence

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised Pharmacy didnt pick up on this,

  12. ? Why are people saying that nursing is tough? i dont understand whats so hard about

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Jelet's topic in General Nursing

    Call your local hospital and ask about shadowing a nurse for a day!!! You will follow her (or him!) around for a day and you will see exactly what she does!!!Also, have her take you to other units,...

  13. How do they get people with contractures in a casket?

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Seriously. I know this is probably a morbid question, but I've always wondered that... Does anyone

  14. Other majors related to NUR

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Colts4ever's topic in General Nursing

    RT,

  15. patients eyes moving back and forth horizontally... dying?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I see a lot of you mentioning the nystagmus (Thanks, I knew there was a term for it, but I couldn't remember) in brain damage ... I did see she had a Hx of CVA but when I was in the room when she...

  16. patients eyes moving back and forth horizontally... dying?

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Had a new admission today - pt was a full code, supposed to go to step down unit. But came to our med surg today after she was stabilized on 100% face mask (aspiration). She got up to the unit right...

  17. What would you do in this situation?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    All our incident reports go to Risk Management -- if anything needs to be fixed, they come up and discuss the issues with the NM or the nurses... and they will attempt to fix any problems so the...

  18. What would you do in this situation?

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had a drop in census the other day, and 2 nurses were pulled to other units. Luckily, both of them were the ones with all the discharges/transfers, so both of their groups combined had maybe 4-5...

  19. What would you do in this situation?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Right, I'm not trying to get her in trouble (although, I personally would not like her to be my own nurse if I was in the hospital). I am just trying to cover my OWN butt in case something

  20. What would you do in this situation?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it was only 4pm or so by the time she even picked them up. We get off at 7pm, so there was only 4 hours and a few of those patients were walky talkies, had little meds to give, etc... She had an...

  21. Black tarry stools, negative colonoscopy

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Had a patient today... 90-some year old, demented LOL. Came in with an H&H of around 7 & 21. Had her colonoscopy today. Of course, I am the one who gets chewed out for her not drinking her...

  22. purple glove syndrome

    NurseyPoo7 replied to underdogRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ive never seen fosphenotyin , either. We give IV dilantin still. I work on a "neuro" unit. We get CVAs and seizures, but we just moved over and havent started getting brain injuries, spinal cord...

  23. Organ Donation

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a primary nurse, have you ever brought up organ donation to pts families? There was a pt on my unit today that passed away (expected). Had been taken off the ventilator a day or two before and...

  24. My traumatizing night...

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Mary C's topic in Medical-Surgical

    There was a pt on a vent on a med surg

  25. Cheyene Stokes - Dying pt

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was always under the assumption a pt with cheyene stokes is considered to be entering the last phases of dying. I had a pt today who had a "large" brainstem hemorrhage, expected to pass. This is on...