blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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  1. MD hung up on me lol

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

    Always stay professional but firm. Stop thinking of MD's as your superiors, but rather your colleagues. If you have a problem getting an MD to come in when you need them, offer to call the medical...

  2. how would a nurse assess acute exacerbation of asthma?

    blondy2061h replied to CNS2b11's topic in General Nursing

    Often in a moderate to severe attack you won't be able to get a peak flow. I'm not sure if your talking about a clinic or an emergency department setting, but in an emergency setting interventions...

  3. blood cultures

    blondy2061h replied to Nurse_AV's topic in General Nursing

    The prescriber specifies their desired site on our orders. We don't do many peripheral cultures at

  4. Different hospital units

    blondy2061h replied to emtpbill's topic in General Nursing

    I did clinicals on a MPU- medical psych unit. Patients who needed a locked down psychiatric environment, but also had acute medical issues. Really interesting variety. A lot of suicide attempts that...

  5. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    blondy2061h replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Did you leave out the part where this took place in

  6. Moving away - is it ok to give coworkers a moving away gift?

    blondy2061h replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, this is okay, and thoughtful. Make sure the gifts are fairly generic, given after letters of recommendation are written so that they can in no way be construed as a bribe, and given in subtlety...

  7. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    blondy2061h replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Our food service does serve breakfast all day. Go ahead and order that egg sandwich. I have had patients bring their own sheets in because ours are too scratchy. Go for it. Your family members are now...

  8. Suspended without pay for expired TB requirement?

    blondy2061h replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    Glad it worked

  9. Suspended without pay for expired TB requirement?

    blondy2061h replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    Why couldn't you get it placed on Friday before you left and read on Monday when you can

  10. Best fitness monitor

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    I really like the Fitbit software, and like the social aspect of competing for steps. However, I've had two Fitbits and they both broke in under a

  11. Best fitness monitor

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    I think the Apple Watch is fantastic for fitness tracking and motivating, HR tracking (I've compared it to a cardiac monitor and been impressed), and has been useful to be at

  12. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    blondy2061h replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    But only looking at gun related homicides and violence, the data is murkier. "There's no question that Chicago sees more gun violence than the rest of the country. Using data on mass shootings --...

  13. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    blondy2061h replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Chicago is "gun free" and has the highest gun related homicide rate in the country, but practically everyone is armed in Texas, and shootings are rare

  14. **venting**

    blondy2061h replied to bdbrdb's topic in Private Duty

    Uhm, I hate to comment, because I know it's hard to get a good feel for someone's whole relationship based on one venting thread, but your husband sounds pretty dense, and like the one that's lazy....

  15. lasix not given..

    blondy2061h replied to acts456's topic in Patient Medications

    If you're that concerned about her, does she perhaps need a brief "tune up" inpatient

  16. Ok, I am a little creeped out!

    blondy2061h replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Singular "they" is largely considered acceptable in writing. The Washington Post Style Guide Now Accepts Singular ‘They' | Mental

  17. Today sucked

    blondy2061h replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry. This stinks. You've got this, though.

  18. Ok, I am a little creeped out!

    blondy2061h replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most people hold a special place in their heart for their first spouse, if they're widowed. I've never heard of "monk's cloak cyanosis." Going to go look that

  19. What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    blondy2061h replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    When you check someone's glucose, don't you tell them the result? Sometimes this depends on policy, but in general, you can give lab results to patients. Now all of our patients can see their results...

  20. Never wanna take students again.

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

    I think students do need to experience working with a variety of nurses, though, as they will in the real world. Please tell me they're not just always working with one person. They need to learn how...

  21. Never wanna take students again.

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

    I was reading this trying to figure out where the huge, egregious error that would prevent OP from ever wanting students again was, as well. My thoughts are that it's not so much a specific mistake,...

  22. Is this harassment by a family member?

    blondy2061h replied to Sea_shell's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, three patients in one

  23. Insulin Titration help

    blondy2061h replied to edglesssauce's topic in General Nursing

    Depends how much IV fluid you give

  24. Insulin Titration help

    blondy2061h replied to edglesssauce's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing they meant to make that weight a blood glucose, as in his blood glucose is currently 226

  25. Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    blondy2061h replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    I swab caps even if I just disconnected tubing. And in between syringes with push