blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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  1. Clean stick needle change

    blondy2061h replied to Emergencyhotdog's topic in General Nursing

    If blood can't move, then IV tubing should be completely shareable amongst patients by your

  2. Clean stick needle change

    blondy2061h replied to Emergencyhotdog's topic in General Nursing

    Because if you stuck yourself theoretically any contaminates could make their way through the needle to the syringe barrel, into the medication. It's the same reason insulin pens are for single...

  3. Night owl on day shift

    blondy2061h replied to kataraang's topic in General Nursing

    I would imagine if you're on a traditional hospital unit (which 7-7 usual is), it should be fairly easy to ask your manager if there's a night shifter who would want to work day shift and you could...

  4. Nclex att about to expire! Help!

    blondy2061h replied to kenlee_012's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Look at other locations. Granted, things may have changed in the nearly 10 years since I had to worry about taking my NCLEX- which is why these questions are better served in their specific

  5. Always failing skills!

    blondy2061h replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    In real life orders won't say IVPB. You're expected to know how to give it based on the medication, rate, and

  6. Popping off top from lab tube when drawing labs

    blondy2061h replied to pattykolo888's topic in General Nursing

    I always just put a needle on the end of the syringe and put it in the tube that way. That's also wrong, because you risk sticking yourself. Do it the way Shadow

  7. Patient expires after you give pain medication

    blondy2061h replied to CoastMedRN's topic in Patient Medications

    End of life patients often get pain medications q2 hours or closely there to. And they're going to expire. So they're going to expire shortly after somebody medicated

  8. Ugh...the price of Epi pens! WWYD

    blondy2061h replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you need 4? Two should suffice in most cases- which is one pack. The child should be carrying them. The Adrenaclick is much cheaper, but in most cases the script will need to be written for a...

  9. Temp job before residency?

    blondy2061h replied to SnowSeal's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, only working home health for two months is a dick move. You might not even be off orientation when you want to quit. And I'm not sure how this cross country road trip will fit in with a new home...

  10. Does segregation exist in hospital settings

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

    Our demented screamers get private rooms. Granted, if we're at 100% capacity only about 1/6th of our patients have room

  11. Does segregation exist in hospital settings

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

    Yes, we don't put males and females in semi private rooms together, and I put patients under 22 on the pediatric unit which has far nicer rooms than the adult units. Ageism and sexism right there...

  12. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    blondy2061h replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    I think comfort level has a lot to do with stress. I worked BMT for years. BMT would be considered by many to be an extremely stressful specialty. For my first 2 years I felt the stress intensely....

  13. Blue Apron, Hello Fresh, Etc. - Help with Meals

    blondy2061h replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in General Nursing

    I tried Plated. I ordered two meals. The first I tried was a very complex recipe and took me longer to make than if I would have picked out my own recipe, gone to the store, bought the ingredients,...

  14. A question about the use of drawing-up needles

    blondy2061h replied to 5alazar's topic in Patient Medications

    Right, I bring the flush, needle, and med on my COW to the bedside and do it there. If for some reason I'm not giving it immediately, I label it over the saline label on the syringe with what med I...

  15. Your funniest "are you serious?!?!" MIDAS report

    blondy2061h replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I write incident reports all the time and encourage others to do the same. I've been part of the post incident review process, so I know they're not viewed punitively. It only takes sitting in a few...

  16. A question about the use of drawing-up needles

    blondy2061h replied to 5alazar's topic in Patient Medications

    But the important thing is you now no longer draw up your own saline flushes! Is it a wonderful feeling? Apparently when some of the nurses I work with first started they kept a litter bag of saline...

  17. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    blondy2061h replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like you're setting yourself up for a negative self fulfilling prophecy if before you even start you're expecting not to be able to love your job and your personal life. Like it or not, if you...

  18. Called in on days off...what to do?!?

    blondy2061h replied to Kalypso22's topic in General Nursing

    So you're not just a supervisor of that unit, you're a house supervisor, but with a patient assignment too. Fun. How many beds is this place? To answer your original question, I would pick up...

  19. Called in on days off...what to do?!?

    blondy2061h replied to Kalypso22's topic in General Nursing

    Are you salaried or do you at least get paid when you pick up? I've never heard of a role like this. You have your own patient assignment and deal with issues that arrise? Are you essentially a...

  20. Calling report to the floor.

    blondy2061h replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    That makes

  21. Calling report to the floor.

    blondy2061h replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    We've had ICU patients that simply can't be moved to OR- all of their equipment won't fit in the elevator, so they've done very basic things like trachs bedside in

  22. New Grad RN Alone in Rehab at Night??

    blondy2061h replied to LanaEl's topic in Rehabilitation

    What type of acuity does this rehab do? Rehab facilities can vary widely in the level of acuity they take. Generally speaking, for acute status changes at night you'll be notifying the physician and...

  23. Calling report to the floor.

    blondy2061h replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, so does our icu. What's the point of a critical care nurse with a 1 or 2 patient ration watching them on a monitor in PACU vs ICU? In fact, we don't have off hours PACU, so if emergency surgery...

  24. Rationale for full normal diet after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy?

    blondy2061h replied to GE90's topic in General Nursing

    "We do not advise restricting the diet in any way because a restricted diet has not been shown to affect postoperative recovery [41,42]. Despite this, wide variability exists in the dietary...

  25. Lantus

    blondy2061h replied to rolvue's topic in Patient Medications

    Ideally Lantus is a basal insulin, used to maintain blood sugars in a fasting state. When used correctly, the sign of a well dosed Lantus dose is that if nothing is eaten after it's taken, blood sugar...