blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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  1. New grad as a unit manager

    blondy2061h replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I do. And I'll be the first nurse to call the attending when I'm not trusting the

  2. New grad as a unit manager

    blondy2061h replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No one is trusting resident physicians with

  3. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

    blondy2061h replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "That patient is so anxious their dog probably needs benzos just from being around

  4. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

    blondy2061h replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    OMG. I'd be in jail for

  5. Fill In The Blank...

    blondy2061h replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "I can't believe I haven't ended up in ICU yet. Usually that happens in the first 24 hours I'm in the

  6. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

    blondy2061h replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Touching the humerus isn't unusual or harmful in a correctly given deltoid injection on a thin person. Usually you can feel the needle hit the bone and bounce back a bit if you do it. More disturbing...

  7. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

    blondy2061h replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding! You have no idea what kind of training some contracted MA's have. We let RN's get the shots from each other or their boss, and employee health has RNs from anywhere in the hospital pick...

  8. My coworker was high and got away with it

    blondy2061h replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    The time that patient care was probably compromised was when OP was out playing Sherlock Holmes while Jon was taking care of her patients plus

  9. contact with vre pt without gloves/gown

    blondy2061h replied to TeeDotNurse's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital doesn't use isolation for VRE any more, even amongst our most vulnerable populations. We haven't for years, so that should tell you how at risk you are from this exposure. Obviously if...

  10. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    blondy2061h replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Omg, that is HILARIOUS. And reminds me of a story I have too. We had a new fellow on service who was from China. She had a bit of a "to the point" demeanor about her, especially considering our...

  11. Advanced Fetal Monitoring

    blondy2061h replied to teresawilson1987's topic in General Nursing

    I read this as "advanced fecal monitoring" and was hella confused, thinking, "Okay, there's C diff, and O&P, and a culture, and what

  12. My coworker was high and got away with it

    blondy2061h replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    I was joking... And many downhill skiing. Like the sport. No drugs

  13. My coworker was high and got away with it

    blondy2061h replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously it was snow and they wanted to go

  14. My coworker was high and got away with it

    blondy2061h replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]24454[/ATTACH] This whole thread has reminded me of

  15. My coworker was high and got away with it

    blondy2061h replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    So reporting the concerns was the right thing to do. And there ended the right thing. No company wants one employee doing their own little investigation into their peer. HR departments have official...

  16. My Mom passed away. Did I do the right thing?

    blondy2061h replied to LovingMom1's topic in General Nursing

    Your mom did not have serotonin syndrome. You are correct in thinking that one zofran would not be enough to cause this. Working in oncology, I routinely have patients on 8mg of zofran q6h and PCAs of...

  17. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    blondy2061h replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha. This is a good story to use as a teaching point on why room number isn't an

  18. Flexiseal and tylenol suppository

    blondy2061h replied to jtanga's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have Zassi which was nice. It had a port just for giving rectal medications. You could stop stool flow while giving it to force retention. You had better be brave when clamping it off in...

  19. Religious Dilemma?

    blondy2061h replied to Avid reader's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Ah, to be a student, so newly exposed to the wide variety of horrendous patients you'll have to deal with. I try and treat all patients equally, though I'm definitely warmer than some. When patients...

  20. new position

    blondy2061h replied to Slkd289's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure. I wear Danskos. I'm guessing some of your trouble comes from the fact that you were observing, and probably standing still versus walking around. Try thicker socks maybe? Trial and...

  21. After removing hub protection cap, do you still need to wipe with alcohol pad?

    blondy2061h replied to missjune's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy was to NOT scrub after removing curos. They are clean then and the longer you mess around between the time you take the cap off and access the line, the more chance of that becoming...

  22. new position

    blondy2061h replied to Slkd289's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing it's supposed to be "wore leads and my danskos," leads being to protect from

  23. Patient brings own urine sample for preoperative pregnancy testing

    blondy2061h replied to DineenC's topic in General Nursing

    I had preop labs once that included an HCG. Two days later they did a urine HCG at the facility. I thankfully hadn't become pregnant in those two

  24. Patient brings own urine sample for preoperative pregnancy testing

    blondy2061h replied to DineenC's topic in General Nursing

    Would you test a blood sample a patient brought in from outside? It's better to have a waiver documented than information that is patently false and

  25. Vent from a crusty old bat

    blondy2061h replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    Report incidences as they come up to his superiors. Nothing will change without a paper