trebugRN

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  1. Potassium question...

    The anesthesia docs at our hospital would be alarmed about a 3.4, but the renal docs would be happy. Just have to know tour population sometimes.
  2. What? Really?

    I work on a floor and it's the same deal. I recently left for other reasons, but was glad to be leaving charge behind. Only been in my new job a month and they are already asking me about charge.....NO NO NO!!!!!
  3. How do you treat headaches?

    Wow, what if I legitaminately have allergies to Daypro and Nubain (had it in an epidural, not a pretty experience at all). I might be in the ED, but I don't want to lay there wondering if that is going to happen to me! It stinks to have these heada...
  4. A friend's DH was in a horrible bike accident. She reasoned that since they gave her his helmet back that it was OK to wear. I asked her if they told her that it shouldn't be reused and she said "yes, but I think they just say that" So, something t...
  5. Where do you take temps??

    I work in peds and we almost always do axillary temps.
  6. Getting Sick at Work

    At the bedside in a isolation gown, in a the warm room beside a sweet old lady helping talk her thru a PICC insertion. Couple of days before I had my 2nd blood patch from a major spinal headache, I was a little more dehydrated that I realized. I blac...
  7. people are *rarely* deliberately jerks to patients but they do have opinions (whether or not they are appropriate, they exist and are not going to go away). should they have talked about it out of earshot? sure. is it a debilitating insult? hardly. ...
  8. Hateful, mean nurses

    It can go both ways... I work at a large teaching hospital, and it's the opposite with the age categories. The younger crew all hang out together outside of work, and believe me, they have each other's back at work. They are tight--in every way. The ...
  9. Narcotic Use and Diversion in Nursing

    Just hoped on and started reading this thread. What a brave group here. Keep up the fight!!
  10. I have an ET and have been a nurse for 4 years. It's not a problem at all. I take my meds (propanol is Cheap - $4, can you switch to that?). When I am really tired, anxious or have had too much coffee, it's more obvious...but you know yourself an y...
  11. EPIC Computer Program

    Hi Epic users, (thought I posted this Friday, but I don't see it anywhere - pardon me if it's hiding out there somewhere!) We are going live with Epic soon. I work in a Pediatric hospital on a Renal floor. Wondering a few things about items I couldn'...
  12. EPIC Computer Program

    Hi, Just completed Epic training (our hospital will go-Live May 30th, had 12 hrs of training...hmmm, not enough? For those of you that are using Epic already, I have a question. I work on a Renal unit, in training I didn't notice anything about PD ca...
  13. Tips for New Interns: How To Get Along With The Nurse

    I work in a teaching hospital, and I would LOVE to leave a list of tips for these wippersnappers! + I am with "your" patient 12hours a shift (often more than one shift in a row) and if I think it would be helpful for the patient to have an order for ...
  14. Is Lasix dangerous??

    Wow, pushing IV lasix -- I have seen it cause massive fluid shifts and kids (peds nurse working on a renal peds floor) and kids be intubated ON THE FLOOR and go to the unit. I make it a practice to never give it fast push - always on a pump - and ha...