blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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  1. When housekeeping...

    blondy2061h replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I hate that. Our code buttons are very easy to push. They're just like the buttons to open doors, and situations right under oxygen hook ups and the call light. Further, they're green, which is the...

  2. Jealous of my residency

    blondy2061h replied to Sinkorswim's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tell them "To each their own" and stop hanging out with

  3. How draw blood?

    blondy2061h replied to stan0509's topic in General Nursing

    Find your local heroin using community. The best vein finders you'll ever

  4. Any nurse practitioners wish they had be physical therapists?

    blondy2061h replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work for the state so our salaries are published online. I was playing around with that website last night. I made $30k more than one of the PT's last year. And they're required to have a doctoral...

  5. Got fired.. Need support

    blondy2061h replied to uniqueguy34's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Patients with heart failure and pulmonary hypertension can live on these drips long term. They can go home with them. And they're absolutely critical. They become symptomatic immediately if they

  6. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    blondy2061h replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    What?!

  7. Binded with a contract and trying to see the positive side of it.

    blondy2061h replied to nursejaclynxx's topic in General Nursing

    So the positive side of being binded with your contract is that it's stopping you from taking a crappy job with a shady agency for essentially minimum

  8. How to tell administration enough is enough

    blondy2061h replied to Lano1's topic in General Nursing

    You have a full patient assignment in addition to being house supervisor? Who watches your patients when you're going to codes? Don't your patients object to your pager going off

  9. Contracting C. diff: Experiences/stories? Advice?

    blondy2061h replied to tealRN's topic in General Nursing

    You have paranoia from being a new nurse. I've cared for patients with no precautions dozens of times and come back my next shift to find them on contact plus precautions for c diff. All antibiotics...

  10. Binded with a contract and trying to see the positive side of it.

    blondy2061h replied to nursejaclynxx's topic in General Nursing

    $15/hr is peanuts and trying to work as an agency nurse with no hospital experience would be TORTURE. Believe me, you're better off staying with your plastics job. Many nurses would kill for an office...

  11. Insulin sliding scale

    blondy2061h replied to nursemaan's topic in General Nursing

    It's mmol/L instead of mg/dl. Most of the world uses this scale. To convert these measures to the US standard mg/dl, multiple by 18. So 9 is 162 and 5 is

  12. Are Nurses First Responders?

    blondy2061h replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    Settled into place, like not with gaping wounds, having an airway and IV access established, being in a bed on a monitor, i.e., nothing like a patient a first responder sees. Not as dangerous- in an...

  13. Insulin sliding scale

    blondy2061h replied to nursemaan's topic in General Nursing

    You need to get this clarified with the prescriber. Generally speaking, if sliding scale is ordered pre-meals, it should be given based on the pre-meal glucose. Does he get standing novarapid with...

  14. Are Nurses First Responders?

    blondy2061h replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    A first responder has nothing to do with education level and everything to do with job description. A volunteer fire fighter has way less medical education than any nurse, but they're a first...

  15. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    blondy2061h replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I had a patient admitted with a severe headache. The hospitalist kept saying "I know this guy, he's a seeker" and giving him Tylenol, Motrin, and low dose oxycodone all night as he writhed...

  16. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    blondy2061h replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I suffer from terrible migraines. I totally understand seeking pain relief. I also like being able to be functional, though. I don't seek being

  17. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    blondy2061h replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the pain scale. You've got the patients grimacing and jumping a mile high when you touch them who are tachy with quick shallow respirations telling you they're "uncomfortable" and rating their...

  18. Accidentally told my coworker what I make, BIG ISSUES NOW

    blondy2061h replied to newrn93's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agreed. I work for the government and have for my whole adult career. Every RN is assigned a graded salary based on job title. Those salaries are scaled based on geographical location and cost of...

  19. got fired/terminated

    blondy2061h replied to YesYesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not sure how this rumor that previous employers can't say you got fired for started, but I really don't think it's true. What Can Former Employers Legally Say About Me? |

  20. I need intracatheter pressure explained to me

    blondy2061h replied to kemansha1's topic in General Nursing

    Once the fluid reaches the luer lock, the amount of pressure has already been determined by the syringe. I may be visualizing the wrong, so hopefully someone who's more of an IV access expert will...

  21. I need intracatheter pressure explained to me

    blondy2061h replied to kemansha1's topic in General Nursing

    Think of a hose nozzle that you can adjust how wide the spray comes out on. If you adjust the nozzle for a wide spread spray, the spray has far less force, right? Because that same amount of water is...

  22. Do Nurse Practitioners Assist In "Pulling the Plug"?

    blondy2061h replied to SunshineeStudent's topic in General Nursing

    In fact, going back to your other posts I see you are a pre-nursing student. That makes this post pre-mature and clearer why you're worrying about things nurses don't see as issues. Also, it means...

  23. Do Nurse Practitioners Assist In "Pulling the Plug"?

    blondy2061h replied to SunshineeStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Are you an RN now? In NP school? Still in RN school but thinking about going to NP school next? I'm a little confused what your role is right now, and feel you may be premature in worrying about...

  24. Is $28,000 worth it becoming a Surgical Tec

    blondy2061h replied to Blue Robin's topic in General Nursing

    No. Find a nursing home that will pay you while they train you to become a CNA. Join a waiting list for an RN program while you do that. If you're working as a CNA and comfortable with that job and...

  25. I have a kind, generous heart.

    blondy2061h replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    This is not at all what I expected to read when I clicked the title. I expected a story about someone that failed their boards 7 times but is definitely meant to be a nurse because they're so kind and...