SolaireSolstice

SolaireSolstice BSN, RN

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  1. Why do night shift nurses get paid more when day shift clearly does MORE work?

    SolaireSolstice replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That. And you just made me giggle out

  2. Can RNs pull Picc Lines

    SolaireSolstice replied to Chan285's topic in General Nursing

    I remove PICC lines all the time. I also remove IJs. Only thing we don't remove on the unit is tunnelled lines. And yes, there is training. It is not something we learned in Nursing

  3. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    SolaireSolstice replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do not complain about staying late to chart when you could have spent that hour you used to surf the internet getting it all done. Yes, actually, I am busy. Just because I'm sitting in front a...

  4. Fired By Patient Family

    SolaireSolstice posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a very difficult weekend at work. Very high acuity patients. One of my patients' family members asked the doctor for me not to take care of the patient anymore. The doctor was really apologetic,...

  5. Question about shift differentials

    SolaireSolstice replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    Mine too. Weekend night shift is rarely looking to

  6. Can 2% lidocaine be given IM?

    SolaireSolstice replied to newnursealice's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, good to

  7. Can 2% lidocaine be given IM?

    SolaireSolstice replied to newnursealice's topic in General Nursing

    The doctor puts it in deep IM. Why are you mixing Rocephin with lidocaine? We always hang ours,

  8. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    SolaireSolstice replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ok, this was totally my bad. The other day I was helping my confused patient clean up after the bedside commode, another nurse was holding him up while I wiped him with those wipes that can't be...

  9. Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    SolaireSolstice replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've seen this several times here, but count me in on one who has an urge to document "output" after using the

  10. Can 2% lidocaine be given IM?

    SolaireSolstice replied to newnursealice's topic in General Nursing

    We use it for bone marrow

  11. Do your ancillary depts annoy you (security, transport)?

    SolaireSolstice replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say it's about 50/50 for me. I wish they would come see me before barging into my patient's room for whatever. Half of them do. Such as: I wish RT would stop and take a moment to get updated...

  12. Fired By Patient Family

    SolaireSolstice replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    My response above was the assertion that the doctor, administration, etc had not backed me up. I felt supported, not only by the doctor, who was doing what was in his limited power to protect me, by...

  13. Fired By Patient Family

    SolaireSolstice replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    You are too quick to assume that. The doctor in question, this patient's doctor, is my father. We decided it would be best for me to switch assignments because it would become a giant ethics issue if...

  14. Patient's and Advance Directives

    SolaireSolstice replied to almostthere2's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at has an ethics commitee that would, and has addressed these sorts of

  15. How do you make potassium tolerable?

    SolaireSolstice replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    You can cut it in half. You can also "melt" it down in pudding. I always break it in half too, usually by accident. That pill is

  16. vancomycin in end of life?

    SolaireSolstice replied to rainbowsandsunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She must have been worrying about fluid overload, but probably just focusing on details instead of the overall

  17. Discharge Vital Signs

    SolaireSolstice replied to blo0eyes's topic in Emergency

    We do discharge vital signs on patients who are leaving via contracted transportation to another facility, but no discharge vitals on a stable patient who has been deemed ready to leave to go home,...

  18. Funny Nursing Dreams

    SolaireSolstice replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've had a few weird nurse dreams. This one was a new dream in an old familiar style. Last night I was at work in my head. I had a patient load of 4 patients. Toward the end of the shift I got a call...

  19. very basic IVPB question

    SolaireSolstice replied to ivyjean's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Most of the time, I run a PB with the primary delayed until the PB is finished. However, you can run them together. It depends on the pump. Our Alaris pumps will run them together. Also, if I am...

  20. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    SolaireSolstice replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This weekend I had a patient who needed to be manually irrigated "as needed". After 4 hours of no output, I bladder scanned and went to manually irrigate (my first time doing this). I got instructions...

  21. *Easy* things I just hate doing

    SolaireSolstice posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am venting my pet peeves. I had one of each of these yesterday, 1 patient w/ 3 of these. Share with me yours. I hate: 1. Giving enemas - I have never not caused a huge mess even before I get the...

  22. Birth Control Pill Question

    SolaireSolstice replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    These are questions you should ask the person prescribing your birth control. This site cannot give medical

  23. Another Vent...About a Frequent Faller!

    SolaireSolstice replied to king_of_the_hill_fan's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There's "bed in the lowest position", and then there's the "low bed". A low bed at my hosptal is a bed that lowers all the way to the floor. If a patient rolled out of a low bed, the fall would be...

  24. How do you handle patients/relatives?

    SolaireSolstice replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm probably not the best one to be answering this, because I tend to be rather blunt, but no one else has replied, and I too have had these issues with family. However, I don't usually say it with a...

  25. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    SolaireSolstice replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This weekend I took care of a patient who had been transferred in to my unit after a round in the ICU. He hadn't had a BM since admission 4 days previous, and he felt the need for one after transfer,...