mags-rn

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1. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

   mags-rn replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

   Ok, I have to weigh in here. You are walking a fine line when you start to label pts as "drug seekers" Granted, they are out there. Because a person asks what medication they will be receiving does...

2. G C S application

   mags-rn replied to Bruno Matos's topic in MICU, SICU

   In the Glasgow coma scale they get a 1 or T for tubed, as it is impossible to assess neurological function accurately without guessing, which defeats the

3. Things I've learned from my ER patients...

   mags-rn replied to SouthernERNurse's topic in Emergency

   1. The hospital is the only place that Panadol or Asprin can be obtained 2.I've learned that the first thing a person wants to do after vomiting is "reload the cannon" by eating or drinking and that...

4. New PICU nurse

   mags-rn replied to LtSusiePoz's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Ah, you have dealt with stressed parents. But ICU is a different kind of stress. Its one stress to see your child acting out , its a whole other stress to see your child hooked up to machines and...

5. Pain Medicine for a dying patient ...

   mags-rn replied to Tweety's topic in Pain Management

   I'd give it in a HEARTBEAT - and in fact have done so MANY times over my many years as a nurse. WHAT IF it's the last injection that helps the patient relax and die comfortably?? To me, THEN you are...

6. how do YOU deal with unruly patients?

   mags-rn replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

   I have heard many people take the matter of fact attitude including myself telling the patient that language like that will not be accepted here we have other patients that do not need to be subjected...

7. Persantine Myoview

   mags-rn replied to eenthebean's topic in Cardiac

   As the in above reply - there is very little danger in this myoview. My understanding is that it will dilate the coronary arteries pharmacologically (instead of through physical exertion i.e....

8. Steven Johnson Syndrome

   mags-rn replied to gwenith's topic in Burn

   Steven Johnsons and TENS tend to be partial thickness wounds and really dont require all those extensive and disruptive dressing changes. I forgot to mention, we started using ACTICOAT! This was...

9. Welcome to our new pain management forum

   mags-rn replied to Brian's topic in Pain Management

   http://www.vh.org/pediatric/provider/pediatrics/PediatricPainMgmt/index.html http://www.wch.org.au/rch_palliative/prof/?doc_id=1686 http://www.medicineau.net.au/clinical/palliative/palliative3.html...

10. PBS and Free Trade Agreement

    mags-rn replied to nyapa's topic in International Nursing

    Considering the amount of medication(s) ingested in the western world we are either the sickest bunch that ever lived or the most healthy. While it is true that we are healthier in many respects this...

11. New PICU nurse

    mags-rn replied to LtSusiePoz's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Congrats to you! I am a former Paediatric Nurse - hospital ward. I do ICU primarily adults nowadays. The one thing I can honestly tell you is to always, always take care of YOU...burn out comes to...

12. Things that make you go eww...

    mags-rn replied to TraumaQueen's topic in General Nursing

    There is an old joke. God put a thousand people in one room and filled it 1/2 full of poop. Then sneezed with copius amounts of snot flying. The ones who ducked became nurses, the ones who stayed...

13. Xygris question

    mags-rn replied to Dinith88's topic in MICU, SICU

    We've had great success with Xigris, but then it's been started early, and we've had little incidence of bleeding. I think it's a keeper. My only problem has been that thus far, patients have had to...

14. What bacteria is it that turns the drainage bags blue?

    mags-rn replied to Diamond Nurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I had to run a search as USA med brands differ to those in Australia. In answer to you questions 1. If the urine in the foley is blue the patient is probably on urised, a medication for bladder spasms...

15. What's your craziest story of the ER

    mags-rn replied to debo_lpnER's topic in Emergency

    Cross my heart the following is factual Now, grab on to something, folks - Last week - adult male arrived heavily intoxicated in A & E (Accident and Emergency) s/p assault. Drunk and acts like a...