oldiebutgoodie

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  1. Good Advice for nubs.

    oldiebutgoodie replied to first_lobster's topic in General Nursing

    I beg to disagree. It's "newb". As in "newbie".

  2. Cardizem question

    oldiebutgoodie posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Why does a cardizem drip need to be on its own line, as opposed to piggybacked into a bag of 0.9ns? Especially if the drip is going at 5 or 10cc/hour, I was taught (somewhere) that you need to...

  3. Feeling jaded...

    oldiebutgoodie replied to optimisticSRNA's topic in MICU, SICU

    So two years is a critical point, hmmm? Kind of like the 7 year itch? Interesting....

  4. Pain Scores Effective or not

    oldiebutgoodie replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    A good scale should be reliable (get the same score again and again) and valid (is measuring what it is supposed to be measuring). I question the validity--perhaps we are just testing the patient's...

  5. The C.R.A.P. Score

    oldiebutgoodie replied to hollysunshine's topic in Emergency

    Thought this was hilarious, and quite applicable, and I'm not even an ER nurse! I guess my moral fiber is softening... Recently had a guy getting 2 mg Dilaudid q 2hours on the dot for abdominal pain...

  6. Pain Scores Effective or not

    oldiebutgoodie replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this thread! I HATE THE PAIN SCALE, and I think it is a load of c***. It is obviously the product of the bad old days when pain was not medicated appropriately, but we have swung totally...

  7. Fingerstick Glucose Testing-Do Alcohol Wipes Interfere w/ Results?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to PsychRN-Kris's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is an example of hearsay in nursing. Everybody has an opinion,, but where's the data behind it (other than anecdotal)? I tried to find some studies on this issue, and did find this one:...

  8. PICC removal

    oldiebutgoodie posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Could anyone explain how to properly remove a PICC line? I have found lots of info on inserting a PICC, but not on removing. One of our PICC nurses had patient lie flat, she removed the sutures, had...

  9. Cardizem question

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ohhhhh.... I think I get it. There was one pump, not 2. SO, if I had 2 pumps, it would be okay, and actually preferable, because if the drip is low volume (5 cc/hr) I need more fluid to keep it open,...

  10. Cardizem question

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    No, didn't ask the pharmacist. I posted the question because the CCU nurses got all frowny-faced with me when I brought the patient to the CCU, muttering under their breaths "NEVER piggyback...

  11. Feeling jaded...

    oldiebutgoodie replied to optimisticSRNA's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yesterday I had a patient in uncontrolled a-fib, who had also just had a seizure, His wife was beside herself because he had diarrhea and she demanded Immodium, and because his butt looked red, and...

  12. Considering Air Force New Nurse

    oldiebutgoodie replied to mrsabc's topic in Government, Military

    Check out this web site: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/Joining_the_United_States_Military.htm My son is a medic in the Air Force (enlisted). Since you have a college degree, you...

  13. Nursing Grand Rounds as a clinical teaching strategy

    oldiebutgoodie replied to msnrn3's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Several years ago in my BSN program I had a clinical instructor in the PICU who had walking grand rounds with us (the students). Each student had to present her patient to the group, and the group +...

  14. Anyone Lost A Baby?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    I'm so sorry for your loss. I have also lost a baby, and felt like a truck hit me for many months. That is probably a good idea to go in to check the schedule, to ease your way back in. Don't feel...

  15. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    oldiebutgoodie replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I gotta say, I admire all of you who do L&D and Mother-baby. In my rotation in nursing school, I had the most obnoxious, demanding families to deal with, I swore I would never, ever do it. My...

  16. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have done hospital nursing now almost 2 years, and every time I think it is working out, the hospital changes schedule, hours, or staffing. Gave my notice today, and I am going to work PRN for a...

  17. Report time

    oldiebutgoodie replied to NPRoseMona's topic in General Nursing

    And you can always say, "I'm a new nurse, and still refining my report. Thanks for the feedback. How do you keep track of .... (enter here)." Hopefully, the other nurse will either quit being a PITA,...

  18. Unfinished tasks from previous shift?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    One of my favorite questions from a doc is, "Why is this patient still here??!!" (usually indignantly, with the assumption that SOMEBODY should have discharged him/her eons ago). Well, gee, Dr., I...

  19. My morale is shot...

    oldiebutgoodie replied to dzadzey's topic in General Nursing

    I hear all of you. I have been a nurse almost 2 years now, and am also going to work a float pool so I don't have to get called in by the nurse manager to b***h about various minor issues, mostly...

  20. need link re study on nursing care vs good surgeon in better outcomes

    oldiebutgoodie replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Well, here are some links, but not sure if they are an exact matchto the study you recall. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=28069 http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/rnstudy.htm...

  21. Pros and Cons of Travel Nursing

    oldiebutgoodie replied to TraumaICURN's topic in Travel

    I have a condo that I have rented to travel nurses in the past. One nurse had been put up in an Extended Stay America or something like that, with only a bed and a lounge chair in the room (per her...

  22. Dx: Brain Death S/P work

    oldiebutgoodie replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I have a recurrent dream where I have forgotten a patient all day long, and at the end of the day, I look at the assignment board and realize I never knew I had that patient! Similar to the dreams...

  23. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    oldiebutgoodie replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I think that the issue here should not be who's right and who's wrong, who eats who, etc. The issue is obviously that there is a LOT of emotion here, and it seems to stem from newbies (not just young...

  24. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    oldiebutgoodie replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, I have to agree with the OP about "nurses eating their young". The fact that this topic seems to come up so frequently indicates a real problem to me. I think the issue is the treatment...

  25. Med surg RN needs help with the taboo subject

    oldiebutgoodie replied to liljsmom02's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I googled "ostomy" and "sex", and found a few sites with info that is semi-helpful: http://www.uoaa.org/ostomy_info/ http://www.bigeye.com/sexeducation/ostomy.html...