Gabe's GirlLVN

Gabe's GirlLVN

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  1. Dumbest Pt Family Statement or Question

    Gabe's GirlLVN posted a topic in General Nursing

    okay, we have the chart what you could if you could get away with it thread so this is my curious question because well read for yourself.... pt's family member said "he doesn't breathe well with out...

  2. IV start on obese pt

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to bisacat's topic in Emergency

    obese pt's in tx are usually hard sticks. after a couple of nurses attempts and a charge nurse attempt we called the house supervisor who got it on the second try just last week. keep having faith...

  3. What's your patient load?

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    med surg days 7-7 load

  4. Skills Test-Dressing a Client

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to MichaelCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    for example lets say the pt has on a button down shirt. after taking out one arm put the new shirt on that arm. you can do that for pull over t-shirts too. pull the shirt over the head leaving an...

  5. medicine without a license

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to georgianurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pt has a right to refuse a med, but not a right to change a dose. In TX what she did was illegal because she changed a dr.'s order. But at my hospital insulin requires 2 licensed signatures. Look...

  6. MRSA and C-Diff

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen a nasal swab for MRSA where I work. We culture the wound.

  7. Wasting Narcotics

    Gabe's GirlLVN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    a nurse asked me to waste morphine with her so we went to the med room. she showed me a syringe, no vial, and put the syringe in the sharps. i told her i could not waste with her and that she knew...

  8. med/surg

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to nursingrocks71's topic in General Nursing

    I guess different places have different needs. At my hospital as a new LVN you cannot go to the OR, ICU, or

  9. How did you know you REALLY should be a nurse?

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to csab's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I knew I should be a nurse in the first semester of nursing school. The more I learned about the body's mechanism's to keep it in balance the more interested I became. Also at my first clinicals I...

  10. med/surg

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to nursingrocks71's topic in General Nursing

    No I'm thinking med-surg a new graduate is not going to get a job in the

  11. Im being blackballed!..experienced nurses please reply

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to 1styearsucks's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just think that there are 2 many nursing jobs out there to be somewhere you are unhappy, best of luck to

  12. What Would You Like to Chart if You Can Get Away With It?

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    ***LVN recorded FSB of 35 at 1400 gave orange juice in crackers. Asked me why FSB is not in normal range at 1415 looked at her stupid walked off administered D50 per standing order 1430. Can we...

  13. Fungal infection

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to Codypatody's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    oh and make sure if she can't turn herself to turn her q 2 hours, and i would go with the powder to absorb the

  14. Fungal infection

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to Codypatody's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    it is definately possible this is due to the antibiotics and that she has gotten a superinfection. if the area is constantly moist then this is going to persist and get worst, the fungi love the...

  15. Moving to Texas is not a good deal for nurse

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to John123's topic in Texas Nursing

    i don't know where you get your information from either. a gvn base pay in houston is $25 an hour the 1:8 ratio is unheard of for me. i think if you got into nursing for the soley the money then...

  16. Alone in my "hippie" beliefs in Texas at Nursing School.

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to Ekstasis's topic in Holistic

    Some babies don't take milk, my baby had to be on soy because even though I ate healthy, breast milk made him constipated. Your first priority is your pt and you are going to have to accept what they...

  17. med/surg

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to nursingrocks71's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated at the end of August and got a job on med-surg floor before I graduated. Stay busy on the floor, show initiative and ask your nurse often if there is anything you can do. Many...

  18. Drug Classification Cards

    Gabe's GirlLVN replied to WndrWmn's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The main suggestion I can give you is to learn the medications by class, not individual names. Also remember that some classes have names that are very similar, for example beta blockers end in "lol"...