mskate

mskate

Burn, CCU, CTICU, Trauma, SICU, MICU

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  1. Do you give your 10 AM meds at 8 AM?

    mskate replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    its not a matter of giving pepcid "wheneever i decide" - i am simply not worried about giving it an hour or hour and a half earlier in comparison to my other meds. you can go back into your charting...

  2. Do you give your 10 AM meds at 8 AM?

    mskate replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I almost always give my drugs like that. Or at the very least, scan them like that! If I have zosyn, vanc and iv pepcid due, two at 8 and one at 10 - they are all getting scanned, probably close to...

  3. Meal Break Rules in Cali?

    mskate posted a topic in General Nursing

    Say you work a 12 hour shift... there are no break nurses on the unit, you work until 430pm before you are offered a break. I said "at this point, i've already been here since 0700 without a break,...

  4. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    mskate replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    there has to be an informed consent re: this on the chart, usually for research purposes. without the consent - it is

  5. Giving Report

    mskate replied to Psyched Out RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    i always do my report the same way... 1.) name, age, allergies, pmh, the team thats following them and the name and pager of the resident on call. 2.) reason for this admission, quick run down of...

  6. We need visiting hours!! Does anybody have them?

    mskate replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    our visiting hours are 1030a to 630p and 830p to 1030p. we make exceptions for children, someone who is immediately terminally ill or for very agitated or confused people if the family has proved...

  7. Rude Resident Physician!!

    mskate replied to RNbabe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ugh!! i started reading that forum!!!!!!!!!!! I want to shake them!!! Esp for all of their "Just wait until I am an MD and I will get my revenge and all the stupid little nurses will learn!" ideas.......

  8. Meds. via Dobhoff feeding tubes

    mskate replied to MChambers's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    we give them that way all the time - crush them up well, let them dissolve (i crush then put it in a urine sample cup to shake it up) and push it right in. I have only very rarely had a problem with...

  9. Ruptured AVM

    mskate replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    where i work, brain dead = dead. you can turn off the monitors, etc... you do not need the families permission. its a matter of "do you want to be here when she has CARDIAC death WHEN take the tubes...

  10. chamberlin college

    mskate replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    i'm also enrolled in the rn to bsn online program. its well accredited, but

  11. Ethical dillema

    mskate replied to twister431's topic in General Nursing

    hrm... why did he increase the dose? did she appear to be "air

  12. Back Rubs

    mskate replied to Saifudin's topic in General Nursing

    i do what i call "lubing up" my patients after i bath them - i think it helps with skin care and condition, over all. they will get a barrier type cream on their bottoms and a thicker lotion up their...

  13. How does inadequate staffing relate to patient safety? Any stories?

    mskate replied to PediNurse2b's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    an one hospital i worked at, their step down unit had 1 separate patients die from brain bleeds after falling out of bed, nurse unaware d/t staffing

  14. Rude Resident Physician!!

    mskate replied to RNbabe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ooooooooooo write that resident up and take it to his

  15. discrimination help please

    mskate replied to lhsouthern's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a civilian on an active duty base for a while and I met similar resistance. I ended up having to go up the chain of command. Make sure you are always clean, neat and professional looking....

  16. What's the biggest problem, or issue, that you face in your profession?

    mskate replied to PediNurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    "customer

  17. What's the saddest thing you've seen in your career??

    mskate replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    16 y/o kid - the son of our ER attending. hung himself in the house. dad found him, cut him down, attempted to save him - did a thoracotomy in the house with a kitchen knife to do cardiac massage. got...

  18. MD rounds w/nurses..what should I mention

    mskate replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    - anti coags - ulcer prevention - fevers, vs, last cultures, etc... - lines that you may have, may need or may need to be changed. know when they were put int. - pain relief, sleeping agents,...

  19. tattoos and IV's

    mskate replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    IVs are a deeper pain... tattoos are much more superficial

  20. Are you planning to go on to become a Nurse Practitioner?

    mskate replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    thats my plan, ultimately. i've heard rumors about the laws changing, requiring a PhD for it

  21. Pharm Classes....

    mskate posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know when I went to school, there was a pharmacology class. It was vital and I still refer back to it when I work. I was speaking with a friend of mine who is in her 2nd year of nursing school and...

  22. trying to escape pittsburgh

    mskate replied to rectal itch's topic in Florida Nursing

    nope, i'm in socal at the moment. never worked in florida... st francis was a nursing school in pittsburgh that has since closed and been torn down. they built the new childrens hsopital

  23. Pharm Classes....

    mskate replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    the school is in pittsburgh. she is having a bunch of classes on nursing diversity etc... its not a BSN program... still an ADN. its just scary! but it explains a lot about what i see sometimes when...

  24. In Pittsburgh, CNA/Nursing student??

    mskate posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    My friend is a 2nd year nursing student in pittsburgh, not a CNA but would like to get a job as nursing assistant in the hospital. I know when I was a student, it wasnt a problem. but she was told by...

  25. trying to escape pittsburgh

    mskate replied to rectal itch's topic in Florida Nursing

    hahaha thats funny - i went to school at st francis in pittsburgh and now i'm looking to move