cherrybreeze

cherrybreeze ADN, RN

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  1. Neurontin decreases the effectiveness of PO pain meds?

    cherrybreeze replied to TeleRN311's topic in Patient Medications

    they did: according to the op, they also tried po dilaudid without

  2. Gasp! An uninsured Nurse (rant)

    cherrybreeze replied to optimist's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This: The hospital I worked at (and every other hospital in the country!) treats patients that will never end up paying their bills. I wouldn't want to see someone not receive health care due to...

  3. Gasp! An uninsured Nurse (rant)

    cherrybreeze replied to optimist's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What do you base that

  4. Gasp! An uninsured Nurse (rant)

    cherrybreeze replied to optimist's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You're right, it doesn't. BUT. While I don't agree with the reaction of the assistant, but I totally agree with where s/he is coming from. Working healthcare, we've ALL seen, numerous times, how...

  5. Tylenol IV

    cherrybreeze replied to Adri_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I remember seeing a memo that came out shortly before I left my last job, that pretty much stated this was how it would be given as well (for the first 24 hours). If not that, then it would be given...

  6. Touching blood without gloves

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, geez. Forgive me for asking for clarification for something that (still, sorry) isn't rational? One more time, for the cheap seats in the back: gloves are NOT to protect

  7. Touching blood without gloves

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    That still doesn't make sense to me. When an IV insertion is done properly, nothing touches the site once it is cleaned, and nothing touches the needle, so that remains sterile no matter what. I...

  8. Touching blood without gloves

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you wear sterile gloves for an IV

  9. Med error? help im going to loose ky mind thinking about this!!!!!!

    cherrybreeze replied to avenellpn82's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. There wasn't nearly enough info in the OP to even know if an error occurred, or what that error might have been, if there was one. I was hoping that by reading through the thread I would be...

  10. How do you deal with suspected addicts?

    cherrybreeze replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember taking care of a para who had pain issues as well, and a lot of nurses did not believe that he had any due to his spinal injury. I don't claim to know everything there is to know about...

  11. How do you deal with suspected addicts?

    cherrybreeze replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    You definitely didn't say that, and I don't think anyone inferred that you do this (other posts eluded to withholding meds, which I think is why that came up.....also, some of us know from personal...

  12. How do you deal with suspected addicts?

    cherrybreeze replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on both sides of the fence, nurse and patient. I have chronic pain, from several sources (proven by either surgery [direct visualization] or radiographic films). There isn't a day that...

  13. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    cherrybreeze replied to studentCL2009's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    We don't take an oath..... There may be a code of ethics, but no

  14. Medication Administration through a feeding tube

    cherrybreeze replied to lalexa15's topic in General Nursing

    i'm confused about a couple of things (and consider me playing the devil's advocate here, i won't say either way what i

  15. Touching blood without gloves

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    BWAHAHAHAHA!

  16. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    cherrybreeze replied to studentCL2009's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I didn't get that impression from the OP. The person in question could easily have gotten home from said shift and made the post....it wasn't necessarily made from/at

  17. How do you deal with suspected addicts?

    cherrybreeze replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    The bolded statement jumped out at me as not fitting the rest of the scenario. What do you mean? As for the rest....I don't necessarily see the "suspected addict" that you do. I do see what could...

  18. Touching blood without gloves

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    That's the point, though. The theory IS based on handwashing, but how could it account for those that don't? The gloves still don't matter if that's the case; the gloves were in that person's hands...

  19. Plz help with Bumex, amio, dopamine, cardizem calculations!

    cherrybreeze replied to RamaMama's topic in General Nursing

    Blah.....blah....blah. Here we go again, the "compassion" spiel. Spare me. Compassion within your profession and dealing with patients does NOT equate to answering homework questions on an internet...

  20. Foley sterile field

    cherrybreeze replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    It was a joke, Adi. Lido jets cannot be used without an order, and very few of our docs would order them for a routine foley insertion. Having a cath placed isn't comfortable, of course, but you can...

  21. dover business college fails whole class

    cherrybreeze replied to Kimberly M's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't see anything in the OP saying no one has graduated from this school in 4 years??? She says that the REQUIREMENT (the 85 to pass this test) has been the same since

  22. Touching blood without gloves

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Add me to this camp: the gloves are to protect the WEARER. They are not sterile, so they're not any more or less clean, really, than the nurses' hands, as long as they've been washed. So many...

  23. Narcotics pyramid/tier

    cherrybreeze replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    This is true; reminded me of something else (again with my sis): she had surgery a few years back for a kidney stone, had a stent placed. She had MAJOR issues with pain afterwards (turns out the...

  24. Narcotics pyramid/tier

    cherrybreeze replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    As a general rule, certain narcotics are stronger than others. With myself and people I know, though (personally, not patients), I've seen how much that can vary. For example, Percocet and Dilaudid...

  25. Had to bite my tongue and....

    cherrybreeze posted a topic in General Nursing

    try not to laugh. It's been discussed here MANY times....how student nurses plan, often even before doing any of their nursing classes, to become CRNA's or NP's. It's SO very typical. Labor Day...