LuxCalidaNP

LuxCalidaNP

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  1. Share your BOOYAH moments...

    LuxCalidaNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please share some of your stories about near misses, accurate assessments, and care provided that made you as a nurse shine to the whole team! This week on our cardiac surgical ICU, I caught a 3/6...

  2. Milk and Molasses Enemas

    LuxCalidaNP replied to trixie's topic in General Nursing

    As far as evidence-based practice goes, there is NO evidence that Milk o' mo works any better than a warm H20 enema. plus, you're screwed if you missed that milk allergy in their

  3. If you don't work at the bedside, where do you work?

    LuxCalidaNP replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Clinical Nurse II, running the independent nurse visits at a large family community health practice, lots of wound care, follow-ups, UTI visits, some urgent care, teaching on new diagnoses, etc. Love...

  4. Difference bw Doctors and Nurses

    LuxCalidaNP replied to Bormio's topic in Nursing Humor

    Doctors learn on dead people. we learn on the

  5. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    LuxCalidaNP replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    One of the problems is that there is no regulatory body for MAs....so nursing can't hold them accountable, nor can medicine, for using false claims. the only people who can legally sue them for fraud...

  6. Nurse Quacktitioner Doll

    LuxCalidaNP replied to AliveToday's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They make them for physicians

  7. JADED

    LuxCalidaNP replied to wrkout_grl's topic in General Nursing

    Bailing on nursing after Med/Surg is like leaving Baskin Robbins because their vanilla isn't tasty: There are so many other ways to change lives! But burn-out is a toxic experience, yes for you, but...

  8. Things that should be banned in acute care.

    LuxCalidaNP replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Whether or not the OP is being sarcastic, there are some things that make me think, "WHA?!" For example, on our cardiothoracic surgery floor, we have folks who (*EVERYDAY*) bring their loved ones a...

  9. Wedding in a Hospital Room

    LuxCalidaNP replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    Great story, so bittersweet! btw, hope this was cleared for HIPPA

  10. PACU nurse applying for CRNA

    LuxCalidaNP replied to ReeseW's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Here at VCU/MCV (Supposedly the #1 Nurse Anesthesia school in the US), we have PACU nurses that get accepted

  11. Hang in there, new grads!

    LuxCalidaNP replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    The irony of the typical response, "Oh but you'll always have a

  12. What do you do when you come across a...

    LuxCalidaNP replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    The textbook answer from management practicum is: If you suspect a coworker is intoxicated, do not approach them directly, nor converse with employees about your suspicions. instead, go to your...

  13. I am an American.

    LuxCalidaNP replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wonder what you might say in Nicaragua, getting cat-called by all the male docs, and when you asked for a change, they responded, "We're Nicaraguan! This is our country! We don't have to humor your...

  14. blood sugar drop in middle of night...

    LuxCalidaNP replied to iluvnoodles's topic in General Nursing

    This might be part of the Somoygi effect (nocturnal hypoglycemia followed by preprandial hyperglycemia). Unless it is dangerously low, changing insulin order before bedtime can actually make things...

  15. Most creative thing you've done or could do as an RN

    LuxCalidaNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    Enough griping... I'm interested to hear what people have done or want to do with their license that ISN'T the status quo... Start a grass roots patient advocacy group? CAM consulting? Global health...

  16. Most creative thing you've done or could do as an RN

    LuxCalidaNP replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

    Nice! I'm stoked to meet more people who are into medical

  17. Still Angry at MAs playing nurse or PA

    LuxCalidaNP replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Under almost ALL states Board of Nursing laws, making ANY change to medication orders without the physician's order, it is prosecutable as PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE, a felony. The problem...

  18. Can You Become A FNP Too Quickly?

    LuxCalidaNP replied to rnmet's topic in General Nursing

    As I near the same goal, I hear lots of mixed messages. The older nurses hold fast to the notion that you MUST work 2 years of med/surg if you want to do anything else. The more contemporary nurses...

  19. Accelerated BSN, how much did it cost you

    LuxCalidaNP replied to Sophiamez's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It was worth it to me to be an RN, and I KNOW this is my calling....and it cost

  20. Gay Nurses... help!

    LuxCalidaNP replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    wow...just....wow.

  21. volunteering in other countries - share your stories!

    LuxCalidaNP replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in Ecuador with patients with Hansen's disease and in Nicaragua for a year and a half...I can't tell you the stories, the inexhaustible demand that foreign medicine places on your integrity....

  22. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    LuxCalidaNP replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I totally agree...When I'm coming out of anesthesia in the PACU and someone's sponge-bobbed bust is hanging over my face, I find it hilarious that they wonder why people think that nurses aren't taken...

  23. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    LuxCalidaNP replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...some real haters here! I get paid enough to do what I do, and while I have worked hard for it, this is what I was made for! I had a choice between DO school and NP school, and I chose nursing....

  24. Air bubble in Heart chamber

    LuxCalidaNP replied to FREDhp's topic in General Nursing

    @2ndwind- What is your source for the trendelenberg? All of mine say left lateral decubitous position. I guess the idea to keep the blood dependent in the right ventricle so that it continues...

  25. UTI questions

    LuxCalidaNP replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It depends on the microbe... Some UTIs can be self-limiting if the patient increases their water intake, or is not at a high risk for developing them. Others, you want to treat quickly and...