blondy2061h

blondy2061h MSN, RN

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  1. have you ever caught norovirus from work or a patient?

    blondy2061h replied to Healthcare102's topic in General Nursing

    I had it in nursing school. I got it our first day back from winter break, so I didn't get it from a patient. I had a long lecture that night. Went in feeling fine. About half way through I started...

  2. Patient refuses blood products. How does your hospital ensure their wishes are followed?

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

    I work blood and marrow transplant. They simply don't get BMT's if they're against blood products. The transplant itself is a blood product, and it would be extremely difficult to impossible to...

  3. Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    blondy2061h replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our water pitchers come in a package with 10 pitchers with 10 lids. People drop their lid all the time, so someone goes to grab a new lid. But then central doesn't restock them because they come up...

  4. Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    blondy2061h replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Linens. We had a storm and our linen delivery couldn't get it. We had a directive to use lots of disposable pads and do no unnecessary bed changes. The aids were thrilled not to have to make

  5. my mother is sick and requesting brain surgrey

    blondy2061h replied to Shrader21's topic in General Nursing

    As others have stated, we cannot offer medical advice. We can give you advice on making this decision, though. Get at least two opinions, probably three before making any decisions. Carefully...

  6. MAGNET Designation

    blondy2061h replied to kgg6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Everything about my job has gone downhill since we got magnet. I hate the term. I can't believe how much money we waste on

  7. Nurses are control Freaks

    blondy2061h replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses as patients are fine. Nurses as family members of patients are a thorn in my side. And we encourage patients NOT to wear gowns. More likely to bathe, so oral care, ambulate, and overall act...

  8. What did I do wrong?

    blondy2061h replied to mzsuccess's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Or they're oblivious to their mistakes, which is even more

  9. What did I do wrong?

    blondy2061h replied to mzsuccess's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    How about that! Thanks so much! I'm thrilled to be able to quote

  10. What did I do wrong?

    blondy2061h replied to mzsuccess's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ksrn20- how? I see no way to do it on my iPhone. When I brought the topic up in the site suggestions section I was told it was eliminated to save

  11. What did I do wrong?

    blondy2061h replied to mzsuccess's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    LadyFree28- perhaps they're on the mobile website, where administration refuses to add the quote feature back, making threads 10x harder to

  12. What did I do wrong?

    blondy2061h replied to mzsuccess's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    NorthmanRig- and adult with type 2 diabetes will tolerate far more insulin than a child with type

  13. Furosemide drip

    blondy2061h replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in Patient Medications

    Yeah, 200ml/hr of lasix makes no sense. Our drips are usually Bumex. We'd be augmenting the lasix with Zaroxylyn and spironolactone before we got to that dose. And yes, anyone needing such a dose...

  14. What did I do wrong?

    blondy2061h replied to mzsuccess's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm so

  15. Furosemide drip

    blondy2061h replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in Patient Medications

    Micromedex says the max rate is 4mg/min, so 240mg/hr. It's possible the 200mg/hr rate is correct, but it's still an order I'd be questioning, especially as an initial rate in a relatively small...

  16. skeptical of another nurse

    blondy2061h replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, our aids and unit secretaries know more than that "nurse" did. Heck, most people that have ever been a patient in a hospital know what a pulse ox is. My family knows these things just from...

  17. 24 Hour Services

    blondy2061h posted a topic in General Nursing

    Curious how different hospitals operate. I know this will be based on size and what types of patients you see, but which of the following services does your facility offer

  18. 24 Hour Services

    blondy2061h replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    It's 1am for our computer reboots. Save all charting by

  19. skeptical of another nurse

    blondy2061h replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    This seems only slightly below par for what I've experienced with agency nurses at my facility (not a dig at agency nurses- we only tried it once and ended up with a crazy). But yeah, I'd be calling...

  20. What's with ...

    blondy2061h replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    There's lot of interesting stories I'd be willing to tell if I could do it totally anonymously- not even linked to my user name. Between everything I've posted under this user name, and the stories...

  21. What's with ...

    blondy2061h replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where do I sign up to get paid to be on

  22. 265 q's on NCLEX RN

    blondy2061h replied to shantel_92's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Please let us know how you did. So often people start these threads and we never hear from them

  23. 265 q's on NCLEX RN

    blondy2061h replied to shantel_92's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Not necessarily riding the pass/fail line the whole time. Not sure if it's still the case, since I'm not nearly a decade outside of school, but when I took it some tests were randomly selected to go...

  24. Bathroom? What's a bathroom ... ???

    blondy2061h replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I really don't find this funny. I think anything portraying nurses not getting bathroom breaks as the norm is damaging. The more we normalize it, the more people take it as acceptble, and it's not. I...

  25. Influenza

    blondy2061h replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    We've only had three patients on my unit with influenza so far this season. We've been diligent about isolating all suspected cases