Vtachy1

Vtachy1

BNAT instructor, ICU, Hospice,triage

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  1. If a person codes at Walmart..

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our social worker suggested a bracelet. Is that legal/will the paramedics honor this, until the doctor gets the paper back to the patient? It would be so much easier if EMS would listen to the...

  2. If a person codes at Walmart..

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why would someone lie about that? The paramedics really think that some stranger is going to come up out of the blue and say that they are my spouse? It sounds

  3. If a person codes at Walmart..

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is so very wrong for them not to listen to the next of kin who would make decisions if I were unable to make the decisions. Why wouldn't they listen to my next of kin if we happen to not have the...

  4. If a person codes at Walmart..

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, if they code me and I don't happen to have my POLST Form on me, then I will sue for assault and battery!! Do Not Resuscitate me under any circumstances. I worked 13 years in ICU I do not want...

  5. Nurses can educate I thought it was part of our job?

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in School

    I have a little bit of an odd profession. I am a nurse paraprofessional. The county health department takes care of all the health plans and the lice checks etc. I monitor kids or help with insulin...

  6. Foley cath

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Do you cath always for no urine in an actively dying patient? We expect no urine right? THey aren't drinking. But no urine for 2 days and no discomfort. I feel as long as they are comfortable and...

  7. Foley cath

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We don't have bladder scans. Bladder was not distended. I did talk the family into inserting one. No urine for 3 days. Got over 1000 out. Day two I tried talking them into it but they wished for...

  8. Should we teach unlicensed caregiver . . . . .

    Vtachy1 replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I hate the gel. We use it and you may as well put on water as the gel.. I feel that it doesn't do a thing for people. I prefer rectal ABHR. Can you get haldol

  9. HIPPA

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in School

    I was told by my school that I can give info to the doctor even if the parents have not signed a consent for me to do so. Is this true? THEy are saying that for school nursing it doesn't apply, we...

  10. Blood sugars over 400

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in School

    The healthcare plan instructs to test the ketones and if negative then push non sugar fluids and water. Its a high school kid that is special needs. So do you usually call the parents when it is...

  11. Nurses can educate I thought it was part of our job?

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    I know, it is a problem. And that's where I come in to administer the insulin to disabled child. Teachers are so busy and they do have too much on their plate, but unless every school has a nurse...

  12. Nurses can educate I thought it was part of our job?

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    I agree but there is no money. All schools in Illinois are in severe debt. It has to stop. I wish they would go back to one room school houses. Just the bus routes alone are over a million...

  13. Nurses can educate I thought it was part of our job?

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    Yes, you are exactly 100% correct. I just thought everyone knew that a parapro was a teacher's aid. And that is what I do. The legal part, go ahead and sue, I will give over whatever you want if I...

  14. Nurses can educate I thought it was part of our job?

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    I would gladly give up my license if someone felt that badly about me that they wanted to sue me. They can take all I got, I would pretty much rather do anything than experience the abuse that I have...

  15. Nurses can educate I thought it was part of our job?

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    I am an RN with a BSN. You see compensations is not my concern. I am not interested in the money. I have been a nurse for 25 years. I will take $14 an hour with much gladness if it means I can...

  16. Nurses can educate I thought it was part of our job?

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    I would be training the teachers how to care for diabetic students according to their healthcare

  17. Blood sugars over 400

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    It only says that there is no need to call parent for blood sugars over 250. That's all it says. I know the school has had problems with this mom. Or at least the case manager has got into it with...

  18. How much is too much morphine?

    Vtachy1 replied to Neomikeyboy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The problem when a patient is actively dying is that they are tachypneic. The morphine is to help them slow down their breathing so that they are not feeling like they are running a marathon. So the...

  19. How much is too much morphine?

    Vtachy1 replied to Neomikeyboy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The way my brain was thinking was that it might be a facility nurse taking care of a patient in long term care faciity, who was calling hospice for orders for

  20. Ripped into a million pieces

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Have you ever been ripped into a million pieces by a patient's husband or family? All I did was ask if they would like a CNA to start coming to the home, and I get chewed on and chewed on and chewed...

  21. Therapy

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have been experiencing a lot of anxiety for several years. I think I am finally ready to see someone about this. How do you go about finding a good one? I don't want to talk to someone I can't...

  22. Therapy

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It seems that a lot of us nurses struggle with anxiety. I wish I could make it go

  23. 10 minutes and no emergency meds for seizure

    Vtachy1 replied to Vtachy1's topic in School

    The student had an EEG, was at the hospital for 2 days, and found to be having psychogenic seizures. All meds have been discontinued and therapy has started. He did tons better the last 2 days....

  24. Summer Vacation and Unemployment?

    Vtachy1 replied to squidbilly's topic in School

    I have been working PRN at my other job that I had before school nurse job for this reason (so that I could have some income over the summer). It has not been fun at all working weekends. The...

  25. Tell me your experiences with pulmonary fibrosis

    Vtachy1 posted a topic in Pulmonary

    What things helped? Tell me everything you can about the course of your patient's illness. What meds were they on for the cough that goes along with