blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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

    blondy2061h replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I started a blood transfusion without actually connecting the tubing to the patient. When I went back in and saw blood everywhere I thought the patient's CVL had fallen out. I then went to the blood...

  2. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 1

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

    I've seen the shot given far too low and end up subq resulting in quite warm and irritated

  3. Orders from hell...

    blondy2061h replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Then he wanted to pick which nurses were assigned to make sure it was none of the "by the books"

  4. Orders from hell...

    blondy2061h replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    The assay's ability to accurately determine a glucose in capillary blood is the limitation, not the display. At levels this high most institutes have policies that stat plasma glucose levels should be...

  5. Orders from hell...

    blondy2061h replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I just remembered a great one. We had a patient on an uncommon specialty drug for an off label indication that had to come from a far away pharmacy and was exorbitantly expensive. The patient was...

  6. Orders from hell...

    blondy2061h replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Well I mean, yeah, it's a great order as long as you're not The Joint Commission. She had a variety of new complaints each night and the MD was sick of hearing about them and convinced they were all...

  7. Orders from hell...

    blondy2061h replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Our opiate drip order set includes a PRN narcan order by default for

  8. Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    blondy2061h replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

  9. Orders from hell...

    blondy2061h replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Ativan 0.5-2mg IV or PO PRN nausea, vomiting, pain, anxiety, insomnia, patient request, RN discretion, or any other complaint Pharmacy didn't verify that order for some

  10. Disposable pill cutters

    blondy2061h replied to ScottPR's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, we have blue ones too that are kept in each patient's med drawer, only used on that patient, and then thrown out or sent home with the patient at the end of the admission. I can't imagine ones...

  11. Unit Clerk Reading Allnurses.com ..

    blondy2061h replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    I had a co-worker call me "Blondy" once in real life. It startled me a little, but I tried not to show it. I am blond so it's not a far stretch to come up with that on your

  12. Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    blondy2061h replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Probably

  13. Irony regarding cellphone use at work

    blondy2061h replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I use a Dexcom continuous glucose monitor that sends the readings to my phone. My phone is my only display for it. I need my phone to see my continuous glucose readings. There are certainly...

  14. Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    blondy2061h replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    It probably isn't good, but those three days he'll spend in PICU will help his parents find some closure, hopefully, vs if he had never made it

  15. Terminating a contract/Buyout contract

    blondy2061h replied to vinzabe's topic in International Nursing

    This may be a dumb question, but have you asked your employer what happened to the wage you were originally promised? How half of it

  16. Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    blondy2061h replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine how awful that was. Your story brought tears to my eyes. (((Hugs))) Kids can be shockingly resilient. Hopefully you'll all be in for a pleasant

  17. A good start to my new job

    blondy2061h replied to AvaRose's topic in General Nursing

    I'm definitely on the shy side, at least until I get to know people, so learning how to be social was a hurdle for me. I've found keeping a mental database of small talk ideas/conversation ideas in my...

  18. Weird meeting with manager

    blondy2061h replied to amzyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Requiring an active order for narcotics is great until you have someone in status epilepticus and need benzos now, have someone with cardiac chest pain and want morphine and pharmacy is way behind...

  19. House supervisors!

    blondy2061h replied to GenSurgRNFA's topic in Nurse Management

    She's in Southern California, land of high cost of living. I make over $100k as a house sup in a part of the country with a much lower cost of

  20. Unit Clerk Reading Allnurses.com ..

    blondy2061h replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    Well, now she might (know the real Paco USA was standing right behind

  21. Need some advice about error :(

    blondy2061h replied to ineedadvice's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I'm coming at this from an oncology perspecrice where we send patients home with CVLs, feeding tubes, TPN, trachs, and chest tubes and their non-medical professional family members are taking...

  22. Need some advice about error :(

    blondy2061h replied to ineedadvice's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, as long as no harm came to anyone, I'm not sure this is one I would take

  23. Irony regarding cellphone use at work

    blondy2061h replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work house supervision now so have to carry my work cell phone with me at work. When people are busy I try and do what I can to help out with patient care. I don't want to get totally rusty with the...

  24. Accept a job in an unwanted specialty?

    blondy2061h replied to evee2212's topic in General Nursing

    ER is very hard to get as a new grad. Step down is usually readily available. Step downs are also often difficult units to

  25. 5 Weird Questions Patients Have Asked As An OB Nurse

    blondy2061h replied to JanineKelbach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Aren't you the one narcissistically ranting about being the only superior one in this thread