TiffyRN BSN, PhD

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    question about nurses on methadone

    TiffyRN replied to Ntheboat2's topic in General Nursing

    So your co-workers want to call a State agency and give out details of their patient's medical records? Maybe, and here I say maybe, if your co-workers knew of their patient's actual actions that...
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    did the md's pen go into v-fib??

    TiffyRN replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital went to CPOE several years ago and postings like the above make me nostalgic. . . NOT!!! Geesh, I remember the gathering of the nurses late at night to try to decipher the chicken...
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    Has anyone made a medication error and *not* get fired for it?

    TiffyRN replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Absolutely! I followed a nurse who accidentally mixed a bag of fluids with exactly 1/2 the needed vials, but that's okay, cause they ran the rate at twice the ordered rate, so in the end, the patient...
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    IV "wide open" ??

    TiffyRN replied to sassyann8585's topic in General Nursing

    I know there are maximum flow rate recommendations and I found one site. I'm sure it's possible to blow the higher gauge sites if the fluids really were to run wide open. What I've seen emergency...
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    So we can't wear clogs...

    TiffyRN replied to allycat77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    See, this is the thing, I believe that many of these different kinds of shoe bans are based on personal preferences/prejudices of the powers that be. My crocs were the only kinds of shoes I ever...
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    So we can't wear clogs...

    TiffyRN replied to allycat77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Imccrn62: Please keep in mind that it is difficult to convey tone on these boards so I am asking this in a very respectful way. I was confused by assertions (by my management team) that my Crocs...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    TiffyRN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Oh wait, I know this one!! Nurse Specialty Certification, Inpatient Mortality, and Failure to Rescue - Kendall-Gallagher - 2011 - Journal of Nursing Scholarship - Wiley Online Library But I'm sure the...
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    Hospital closing my entire unit.

    TiffyRN replied to miranda819's topic in General Nursing

    Let me start by expressing great sympathy to the OP. I have never experienced any such thing and I can only imagine how hideous that would be especially since you comment about what a great team you...
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    What can you tell me about NEC?

    TiffyRN replied to picurn10's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Almost any NICU nurse with more than 2 years experience can tell a tragic tale of one of their personal patients that developed overwhelming NEC. All of us are waiting for the equivalent of...
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    Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    TiffyRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I haven't performed CPR like many of the adult ICU/ER nurses out there but in 20 years I've done the compression/ventilation thing a couple dozen times though always in a work scenario. To my...
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    Better living--and working--through chemistry.

    TiffyRN replied to dudette10's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I think there is a higher percentage of nurses on anti-depressants than other people and I believe it's due to many factors including higher percentage of women nurses (women roughly twice as likely...
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    Revenge Can Sometimes Lead to a Sticky Situation

    TiffyRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh my! A good nurse would never act that
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    Kinder pooping pants

    TiffyRN replied to Gampopa's topic in School

    Wow, what a huge variety of causes this thread has exposed. This was a problem for my step-son that I became aware of when I became part of the family and he was 7. It took me about a year to...
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    "Baby Friendly"

    TiffyRN replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    OK, a little trouble for "baby friendly". . . Newly published research (in Pediatrics, but how credible are they anyway?) shows that not only are pacifiers not detrimental to rates of breastfeeding,...
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    I feel i am doing the Lord's work

    TiffyRN replied to SNB1014's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    SNB1014 I have to say I clicked on this title fully expecting to not like the thoughts expressed but I was so wrong. Your thoughts are beautifully expressed. Count this crusty ole agnostic as...
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    "Baby Friendly"

    TiffyRN replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The hospital where I work is certified. Those guidelines have impacted the NICU very little except perhaps much more support for mothers who want to breastfeed their sick/premature infants. Our Neos...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    TiffyRN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I understand the frustration the OP expresses. Mine was combined with a huge dose of fear. This same fear (of writing) kept me out of school for nearly 20 years. Just over a year ago, I had my...
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    So we can't wear clogs...

    TiffyRN replied to allycat77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    OP, hope those Dansko tennis shoes work for you. Thanks to this thread I ordered some stylishly bright New Balance in a wide width (which I didn't know they had) and got them yesterday. They fit...
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    So we can't wear clogs...

    TiffyRN replied to allycat77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I was enlightened by this thread by finding that New Balance has wide width shoes as they have always been too narrow for me. I just went online and ordered a pair in 7.5W in those cool bright...
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    So we can't wear clogs...

    TiffyRN replied to allycat77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I guess I just think differently than so many others here about the permeability of shoes and the vulnerability of the skin on my feet. I've been a nurse for 20+ years and I've had a great variety of...
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    Can a Nurse do a Respiratory Therapist's job?

    TiffyRN replied to cumberbachtRNtobe's topic in General Nursing

    To elaborate on what PMFB-RN said, Thankfully, this board has a wealth of experiences and I have known RNs to perform almost all the tasks RTs perform including nebs, ABGs, intubations & vent...
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    Can a Nurse do a Respiratory Therapist's job?

    TiffyRN replied to cumberbachtRNtobe's topic in General Nursing

    I've said it before, I'll say it again, The nurse's job is to do anything and everything that anybody else either cannot or will not do. RTs are great, I try to learn all I can from them. In my...
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    RN in a Vet's office

    TiffyRN replied to alrighThen's topic in Nursing Career

    I know every profession has it's array of personalities but just recently I cared for the infant of a vet who called me dumb (not to my face) and threw things. I know this person was in a stressful...
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    RN in a Vet's office

    TiffyRN replied to alrighThen's topic in Nursing Career

    mgngal; I'm sorry if you perceived some of us not respecting a desire to enjoy life more for less pay. I totally get that. When I worked with adults, I used to say that I would be happy to take a...
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    Mystery Baby

    TiffyRN replied to xfitrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's quite possible there is something more wrong with this infant than just the usual poor feeding seen with a lot of IDM kids. Have you ever spent much time perusing through Smith's book...