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bjaeram

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  1. education

    bjaeram replied to bjaeram's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Just one more piece of info that might be important. He is not on any meds, just diet controlled. He tried metformin and it made him angry and grumpy so he took himself

  2. Feeling Flustered

    bjaeram replied to MystyqueOne's topic in General Nursing

    I think three in a row is much better then every other night. It takes time to adjust back to a day schedule and if you have to switch back and forth every day you will be really screwed up. In a...

  3. I am an RN and I have Osetogenesis Imperfecta

    bjaeram replied to NightNurse876's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My brother has OI. He is short, about 5'2. He had several broken bones as a kid, his femur 3 or 4 times. However after puberty it got better which does often happen. Since puberty he has only had...

  4. Standard Hospital Scrubs National Standard?

    bjaeram replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital actual does hand out the information on admission and it's posted on the walls. However we DON"T have to wear the same brand, just color. Physicians wear lab coats...I think that

  5. Diagnostic test results. What do you tell the patient?

    bjaeram replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    That is ridiculous!! It has NOTHING to do with HIPPA. You aren't sharing the results with the visitors in the hallway you are sharing them with the patient who has every right to know them. As far...

  6. Diagnostic test results. What do you tell the patient?

    bjaeram replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    In general I think it's the doctors job but at times I do share. I WILL NOT treat something if the patient doesn't know what is wrong. I'm not going to walk into a room and give an antibiotic or...

  7. What's the task you like doing most on the job?

    bjaeram replied to PreStudent101's topic in General Nursing

    Adenosine! Or the frantic 15 minutes of a fresh MI getting them iv'd and drugged and ready for cath lab. emergent c-section in the

  8. acls algorithms

    bjaeram posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone point me to the algorithms online so I can review them. I've looked everywhere and can't find

  9. Is it legal for a nurse to work 24 hours straight?

    bjaeram replied to MrsMwenja_RN's topic in General Nursing

    That is horrible and I hope it's not a regular occurance. I am and ER nurse and I do appreciate the staff staying with patients in the ER. The ER a lot different then being admited. We don't have...

  10. Checking visitor's vitals

    bjaeram replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    You can take a blood pressure without offering advice. I have taken them all while saying "I can't tell you what to do, I'm not an MD, but here is what your bp is" I think a lot of you are overly...

  11. Vented Patient PEA

    bjaeram replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    You aren't in the room 24/7. I often peek in without actually going in. Plus just because you go in doesn't mean you check a pulse. I've never seen a person on a vent need a meal

  12. Vented Patient PEA

    bjaeram replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    I think her question is very valid. If a person is in a room on a vent you are not constantly standing there with a hand on their pulse. If you just glance in the room and peek at the monitor all...

  13. Checking visitor's vitals

    bjaeram replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    I get the legal mumbo jumbo but really it's a bp. You can get it done at Walmart, you can go to any firestation and they do it. (They are medical professionals with no other obligation to the pt)....

  14. Claiming suicide can get you out of anything!

    bjaeram posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm so ****** off. We got a guy last night that was violent, fighting with family, breaking windows, ect. The family called the police and he cried suicidal and ended up with us instead of in jail....

  15. Having trouble with a difficult situation

    bjaeram replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I think brain death is easier because the "person" is dead. With cardiac death the person is still there but the body is dead. My SIL died a year ago due to sepsis. It was the hardest time of my...

  16. Claiming suicide can get you out of anything!

    bjaeram replied to bjaeram's topic in General Nursing

    hehe that's exactly what I wanted to do!!!! I did try hard with him. I took him drinks of water, I tried to reason with him, ect. It would work for a short time then he would escalate again. I do...

  17. Claiming suicide can get you out of anything!

    bjaeram replied to bjaeram's topic in General Nursing

    He eventually got a lot of drugs and was sleeping peacefully when I left :) But that doesn't fix anything, just masks it. I agree he was not "right" but his actions were intentional. He was very...

  18. Claiming suicide can get you out of anything!

    bjaeram replied to bjaeram's topic in General Nursing

    We live in a decent sized town and our officers are very trained. They have a special group of them to deal with this. Our jail does offer mental health care and eval. The problem was not that they...

  19. ER computer programs

    bjaeram replied to gardengal1's topic in Emergency

    We have allscripts and it sucks! Very time consuming and you can only click what is available to click an often the right thing isn't ther. It stinks so bad we are going to Epic after less then a...

  20. Foley sterile field

    bjaeram replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    I just lift the top tray and pull out the tubing a ways and place the top tray back where it was. Stick the end of the foley in the goop. After I place the catheter I throw out the top tray and then...

  21. and everyone's... OK with this?

    bjaeram replied to tater.jake's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly on for our pay in IN. Not good pay but it is what it is around

  22. Is this normal?

    bjaeram replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in General Nursing

    If she wanted to she could take the ones out of her purse, have hubby bring a bottle, buy some in the gift shop.....if she wanted to she would

  23. This can't be right!?

    bjaeram replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the point is not to fill in the other nurses holes but to look at the books together before the off going nurse leaves and make her accountable. It's a double check. If its not done then the...

  24. Pyxis - The Ultimate Fomite

    bjaeram replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Worse yet I've seen people lick their finger before scanning.....sooooo gross!! I do think moisture helps though and I just the alcohol trick. Just get your finger a bit moist and

  25. Something wrong with this picture.

    bjaeram replied to Mimi2RN's topic in General Nursing

    My first thought was stupid, unfeeling mother. The girl went to an appointment by herself, got the scary news that something might be wrong and she needed and MRI, then was told she couldn't get it....