DNS

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1. How about this for an order?

   DNS replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

   DNS response: Sorry Renashia, but Ativan is not an antipsychotic, it's an anti-anxiety agent. Anti-anxiety agents, anti-depressants & anti-psychotics are all under the umbrella of psychotropic meds, which is maybe what you meant. But Ativan is ...

2. How about this for an order?

   DNS replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, any Hospice nurse will tell you Ativan can augment the pain med, because it does help reduce the anxiety associated with cancer pain, i.e. fear of severe pain & suffereing. We use it in the nursing home when res. are experiencing pain ...

3. A message to new grads: NEVER....

   DNS replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Never.... assume (we all know what that means). Get your own info, don't always rely on the nurse who worked the shift prior to you. She may or may not have done as thorough an assessment as you would. Never... treat insubordinates as grunts. With...

4. Governator kicks nurses butts!!!

   DNS replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much for your insert on being a champion. I'm from KS, but I couldn't agree with you more. Good info. dns

5. Must we all die with a feeding tube?

   DNS replied to URO-RN's topic in Safety

   Boxermom: In 17 yr. of nursing, I've had ONE person who had a feeding tube who was able to wean from it & eat again. And, she had dementia, which is even more challenging. So yes, it does happen. Each case differs. However, I still say faml...

6. Must we all die with a feeding tube?

   DNS replied to URO-RN's topic in Safety

   Bill: It sounds like you received a great deal of good info on this. I just want to reiterate that nurses in LTC deal with this issue a great deal also. Hospice teaches us that a 'dry death' is more comfortable than a 'wet death', & I've seen ...

7. Yikes! Another bad observation at an LTC facility

   DNS replied to eddy's topic in Geriatric

   In reply to "YIKES" another observation in LTC: I do realize that there are many nursing homes in the nation where residents receive poor care & it IS almost always due to poor staffing, for many different reasons. And for this reason, the state...