blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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  1. Kid, you made my day!

    blondy2061h replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

    It's possible that the family is affluent but doesn't give the teen spending money and certainly wasn't willing to fund this

  2. Do you titrate drips?

    blondy2061h replied to LittleRedOwl's topic in General Nursing

    Thankfully on my unit, it's doing that with one other patient to take care of. That would make my head hurt

  3. Do you titrate drips?

    blondy2061h replied to LittleRedOwl's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, though one of our step down units will do art lines also. Obviously not ideal. Like I said, by the time a second pressor is started they're likely in the process of being moved to the unit unless...

  4. Do you titrate drips?

    blondy2061h replied to LittleRedOwl's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely agree with

  5. Do you titrate drips?

    blondy2061h replied to LittleRedOwl's topic in General Nursing

    But what makes an ICU an ICU? We have 1:2 ratios when doing cardiac drips with active titrating, we attend the same cardiac classes the ICU nurses attend, and we have most of the same cardiac...

  6. Do you titrate drips?

    blondy2061h replied to LittleRedOwl's topic in General Nursing

  7. Do you titrate drips?

    blondy2061h replied to LittleRedOwl's topic in General Nursing

    Every step down unit in my hospital can do Levophed now. It only recently became that way. It used to be reserved for the purely critical care areas. Now it's recommended as a first line pressor in...

  8. My patient died today

    blondy2061h replied to TU RN's topic in General Nursing

    You've made it nearly 2 years without having a patient die? This patient would not have gone on to lead a happy life had you gotten him back. Sometimes the best outcome is having someone pass. At 84...

  9. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    blondy2061h replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse got caught diverting narcotics so now they're obsessing over checking people's med carts at the end of their shifts. If I intend to divert, I'm not gonna be storing it in my

  10. Management and modified duty

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

    Then they can pay her worker's comp to sit at home. I do agree having you watch tele monitors seems like a good use of light duty. My job does not offer light duty at

  11. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    blondy2061h replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not talking about step by step guides. I'm talking about obvious things not covered that need to be standardized. How often peripheral IV's get changed. Who can suction a trach? I had an aid who...

  12. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    blondy2061h replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    Why are policies written so vaguely that there's no purpose in even having one at

  13. Annual Physical - Does Your Job Require This?

    blondy2061h replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in General Nursing

    They give us a form to fill out. It asks about any symptoms you're currently experiencing. It asks if you have any chronic illnesses. I have type 1 diabetes and the lady that runs the employee health...

  14. Dr. On Demand????!!!!!

    blondy2061h replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    I think just going over my medications and past medical history would use the entire 15 minutes

  15. Dr. On Demand????!!!!!

    blondy2061h replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how far it can go. Like it's got to be easy to fake a cough or a sore throat and get antibiotics. It's not like they can listen to your lungs or get a good look at your tonsils, especially if...

  16. Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

    blondy2061h replied to TryVeganToday's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confident your urinal using patient and your 9 year old daughter are thinner and far less "blubberful" down there than I or our average adult

  17. giving D50 for hyperkalemia

    blondy2061h replied to NurseT88's topic in Patient Medications

    We give an amp of D50 pushed over 17 minutes. We'll give the 10 units of Regular IV push if they've been having high blood sugars or have diabetes. Current recommendations are that if they have normal...

  18. Tool For Un-Occluding IV's?

    blondy2061h posted a topic in General Nursing

    On another forum a member was discussing a time in the hospital when her IV occluded and her nurse shoved some sort of tool down it and wiggled it around to remove the occlusion. I've never heard of...

  19. Tool For Un-Occluding IV's?

    blondy2061h replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. This is all pretty much what my response was in the thread

  20. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    blondy2061h replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    It's to prevent the inmates...ehrr...patients from

  21. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    blondy2061h replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand our cafeteria hours. And the set up really limits

  22. Does the Shadow know anything about nursing?

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    I'll go in by myself and ask if someone who is there to observe me- hands off- is okay to come in. I work in a teaching facility and by the time patients are admitted for their bone marrow transplant...

  23. Does the Shadow know anything about nursing?

    blondy2061h replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Very similar protocol to meanmaryjean at my

  24. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    blondy2061h replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, didn't even think of that

  25. Kid, you made my day!

    blondy2061h replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

    Fantastic story! I'm so glad he was able to find your clinic. 8 shots. Yowza! I know how sore I was after one