blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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  1. Why do hospitals continue use the incentive spirometer?

    blondy2061h replied to felixis12's topic in General Nursing

    Very true! And in oncology- oral care is another example of this. Some patients love to try and improve their outcome any way they can. I encourage oral care, IS, ambulation, and their best attempt...

  2. What is the least stressful high paying nursing specialty?

    blondy2061h replied to celtickimba's topic in General Nursing

    Anesthesia is also essentially trying to get your patient to and keep your patient is the correct stage between life and death that you want them in. Nothing stressful

  3. I just set my friend up

    blondy2061h replied to Kaylle's topic in General Students

    I'm so confused by this whole post and think mayhaps you both need to have a serious chat with the career counseling office. Her more than you. Nursing IS a career where you make >$50,000 with a...

  4. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    blondy2061h replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    Someone could have a medical license or a nursing license and have 30 years of pschiatric or neonatology experience, but have no idea how to run a code on an

  5. Why do hospitals continue use the incentive spirometer?

    blondy2061h replied to felixis12's topic in General Nursing

    But they look so pretty sitting on the bedside table, or kicked under the bed on the floor, in the wrapper until

  6. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    blondy2061h replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    We have another post and

  7. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    blondy2061h replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    First off- if someone is needing epi in a code situation, they're ALREADY dead. Nothing is going to make them more dead. Everything being discussed is what's being done to try and resuscitate them....

  8. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    blondy2061h replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    Epi q3-5 minutes. Remember high quality CPR- rate at least 100, sufficient chest compression, full recoil, switching compressors, interrupting compressions for less than 10 seconds. IV access. IO if...

  9. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    blondy2061h replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    I'm more than confident that the airplane would have paperwork for you to fill out and that both the ambulance crew and hospital ED team would be interested in hearing some form of

  10. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    blondy2061h replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    These are both rhythms with pulses- the OP states the patient was in a cardiac arrest, which I take to mean pulseless. Those rhythms are VT, VF, asystole, and PEA. Epi is indicated for all of those...

  11. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    blondy2061h replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    What arrest rhythm isn't epi indicated

  12. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    blondy2061h replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    I would think it would be pretty obvious if someone knew what they were doing or not by watching them start an IV or stumble with a

  13. Medical Marijuana for nurses

    blondy2061h replied to JB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a coworker who faced disciplinary review for being considered impaired when she made some poor decisions when she was advertising that she was using benzos that were legally prescribed to her at...

  14. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    blondy2061h replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    Most of my doctor's do online chart software now that I can send them messages through. Thank goodness! So much easier to be able to write lengthy, secure, detailed messages than play phone tag with...

  15. Hospira Symbiq Pumps Vulnerable to Hacking

    blondy2061h replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I really thought I'd be able to find the episode on Netflix. Or Amazon Instant Video. Or iTunes. Or YouTube. But nope. Found the whole season on Amazon on DVD for $14 shipped. Guess I'll...

  16. Hospira Symbiq Pumps Vulnerable to Hacking

    blondy2061h replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I can't paste for some reason, but the article can easily be found on Forbes by googling "hacking insulin

  17. Hospira Symbiq Pumps Vulnerable to Hacking

    blondy2061h replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Really though, anyone motivated enough to hack an IV pump through a hospital's wireless network, could more likely just walk in, act like they belong there, and program the pump however they want....

  18. Immunosuppresssion precautions versus neutropenic precautions

    blondy2061h replied to GayeJorstad's topic in General Nursing

    We do protected environment, which is needed if ANC is I don't think we have specific precautions for non-neutropenic patients on immunosuppressive drugs, besides a private room. The provider can...

  19. Special Snowflake!

    blondy2061h replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought special snowflakes were patients. I prefer The Young and The Pretty for non-COB

  20. Was told telling a patient to hold a bp med for bp <90/60 is practicing medicine

    blondy2061h replied to SWRNUSA's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly what they said to do. Not take it UNTIL the physician could be

  21. "I'm not floating."

    blondy2061h replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    I used to hate floating until I realized literally every unit in the hospital is easier than mine. I'd go back to my unit to take my break and visit my coworkers and work harder in my 30 minute break...

  22. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    blondy2061h replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    And good grief, could you have just one continent, walkie-talkie one for a change? Their communication skills could really be improved

  23. RN's and specialty catheters

    blondy2061h replied to AnthonyD's topic in General Nursing

    Our foley order set says "insert Foley catheter, if not easily passed on first attempt on male patient, place coude catheter." Since this policy went into effect I have placed a lot of coude...

  24. staffing requirement..is this common practice?

    blondy2061h replied to studentRN1218's topic in General Nursing

    Just because there's no law mandating staffing, doesn't mean hospital policy, or even unit policy, doesn't dictate what acceptable staffing is for that unit. To to answer the original question, an...

  25. staffing requirement..is this common practice?

    blondy2061h replied to studentRN1218's topic in General Nursing

    Just because there's no law mandating staffing, doesn't mean hospital policy, or even unit policy, doesn't dictate what acceptable staffing is for that unit. To to answer the original question, an...