blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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  1. PICC line blood draw

    blondy2061h replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of wasting 20 ml with every blood draw. We've had patients on q2h blood draws. Could you imagine the iatrogenic anemia? And we don't change caps with every blood draw. That's facility...

  2. Screaming match with my preceptor

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

    I would argue that two years of overall nursing and three months on the unit does not make you an experienced

  3. Screaming match with my preceptor

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

    You need to be looking for a new job. Your days there are numbered. You also need to learn some effective anger management in the mean time. But also, be looking for a new job because this sounds...

  4. Patient Bathing...or Not.

    blondy2061h replied to LobotRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you reusing basins? If so, ask them to do a culture on one that's been hanging out for a bit... If not, I can't imagine bath wipes being less cost

  5. Patient Bathing...or Not.

    blondy2061h replied to LobotRN's topic in General Nursing

    We weren't doing them for ages. Just went back to them. Our CAUTI and CLABSI rates have gone way down with them. It's literally against policy to do any other type of bed bath now. Our ICU and...

  6. Patient Bathing...or Not.

    blondy2061h replied to LobotRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our patients also do chlorahexadine wipes. Our walkie talkie patients do them by themselves. It takes about 10 minutes to do it with a bed bound patient. A chairbound patient I'll make do their own...

  7. What do you eat in the morning?

    blondy2061h replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    New

  8. Circumstances it's OK to quit without notice??

    blondy2061h replied to Cola89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    How long have you worked there? If not long, they might not make you fulfill the two weeks. But you you offer it. If you've been there awhile, two weeks should feel like a drop in the bucket-...

  9. Nothing replaces a good old fashioned skills day

    blondy2061h replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    How on earth do you do a mega code

  10. IVs in the breast

    blondy2061h replied to kasekin's topic in General Nursing

    I had D50 peripherally and got thrombophlebitis

  11. Are we saving lives?

    blondy2061h replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    As I've matured as a nurse, I've learned to feel proud of the times where I've picked up on subtle changes and stopped a progression of things to the point where the heroic measures are needed, almost...

  12. So fed up with my coworker

    blondy2061h replied to Rainy day RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You can't fathom how much free time she has? Maybe offer to baby sit for her for an hour. You'll have a very good idea of how much free time she has. I don't know hospital nurses that have...

  13. So fed up with my coworker

    blondy2061h replied to Rainy day RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She has four kids. She probably works a few days a month to get out of the house and away from the kids once in awhile, bring in a little extra money, and keep up her

  14. 5-year-old chooses heaven over hospital

    blondy2061h replied to anh06005's topic in Nursing News

    I'm so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine going through something like that. Thank you for sharing your

  15. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

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

    Okay, do you date? Your relationship with your mother is not the same as a room mate. A room mate didn't birth you, change your diapers, teach you to walk and talk, drop you off at school, and yell...

  16. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

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

    Thank you! I'm so sick of people acting like 50 or some sorbet arbitrary number is this solid wall of no fun after

  17. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

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

    The cobs are really going to enjoy snacking on you. You have much to learn, young

  18. advice on what to do or say to a friend from church

    blondy2061h replied to nurse~in~the~making's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you do decide to continue to pursue nursing school, I strongly encourage you to try and improve your writing skills before hand. I'm not sure if English isn't your first langue, or if you just...

  19. Sharpie on Tegaderm

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha. This made me

  20. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

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

    If I had a bunch of extra money, I'd buy a Tesla. No gas. No oil changes. And no further depleting the ozone layer. Then I would save up for solar panels for my house so I could charge it for free...

  21. Sharpie on Tegaderm

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    I'll have you know none of the supplies featured in my post was taken from the hospital. That was all crap my insulin pump supplier has sent me over the years to help me better tolerate my infusion...

  22. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

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

    No, it doesn't work like that. Your employer will have a contract with 1 or a few major insurers. They'll work with the insurer to decide what is covered, with what copays and deductibles, making sure...

  23. Sharpie on Tegaderm

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Well I managed to put all of them on my arm, so once I got the backing off with both hands, I was able to get the frame/front off with 1-Hand on all of them. Except the hypafix- which had no front...

  24. Sharpie on Tegaderm

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    I took that pic right after I took them off. It was fine moments

  25. Sharpie on Tegaderm

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, here we go. First, our contestants: Hypafix, Tegaderm, IV 3000 Hand, and Opsite Flexifix. Next, the writing utensils: A Mini Sharpie, a Fine Tipped Sharpie (which wasn't nearly as different...