cardiacmadeline

cardiacmadeline RN

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  1. We Can't Use Tap Water for G-tube Meds? Only Sterile Water?

    cardiacmadeline replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    The only time we use sterile water for flushes is if the patient had stomach surgery. I also don't give meds one at a time, too labor intensive, not to mention the flushing in between each med. That...

  2. 8 months pregant starting new job

    cardiacmadeline replied to Guest393655's topic in General Nursing

    I do understand you want this job and with the job market like it is, that you don't want to jeopardize anything. But you plan on signing your paperwork with HR and then saying, oh by the way, I am 8...

  3. Phasing out LPN's?

    cardiacmadeline replied to liberty_bell's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't think we have too many LPN's at my hospital anymore. We have one on our floor that now works as a CNA, but I am not sure how that came about. But as an LPN, they were not allowed to call...

  4. Uniforms and dress codes

    cardiacmadeline replied to inkedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have mixed feelings on this issue. I have a couple of print tops (not cartoon characters) that I wear when I am running low on scrubs. I don't like wearing them much, because I don't feel as...

  5. Ugh...mini-rant

    cardiacmadeline replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Or maybe they had a sex change and still had their prostate. Happened to me

  6. Tired of being FAT and having low self esteem

    cardiacmadeline replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I did WW a couple of years ago. I did everything online and it worked great. I thought it would be a little difficult at first, but it wasn't. Once we started eating healthier foods, I didn't...

  7. Uniforms and dress codes

    cardiacmadeline replied to inkedRN's topic in General Nursing

    If my hospital went to color coded scrubs, I would be fine with it. However, I do think they should help employees pay for new scrubs. I am boring, I wear solid colors anyways, so switching to one...

  8. can dieticians write physician order?

    cardiacmadeline replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital. The MD will write something like "start tube feeding through PEG tube" The RD will then write tube feeding orders (type, rate, flushes etc). Same with supplements. The MD...

  9. Giving Digoxin with an Amiodarone drip and HR of 48

    cardiacmadeline replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital policy on dig is this-Prior to administering, you check an apical pulse. If lower than 50, you hold the medication. No need to call the doc and clarify. We would then leave a note for...

  10. RN views on Intern/Externs, Sitters, and CNA/Techs

    cardiacmadeline replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    My view on CNA's and sitters is this-I couldn't do my job without them. I am blessed to work with wonderful CNA's (with the exception of a couple you have to watch a little more closely) I was never a...

  11. Death of the Physical Assessment

    cardiacmadeline replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting article. I listen to bowel sounds on all of my surgical patients, but I've always felt it really wasn't all that helpful. I just do it because that is considered part of our nursing...

  12. CABG... highest number of grafts you've seen?

    cardiacmadeline replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    The highest I have seen is

  13. Feasible to get Thanksgiving and Christmas off as new RN?

    cardiacmadeline replied to ATLbubbles's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for saying this! I know some people I work with that have kids complain they don't like working some of the holidays, especially Christmas. Well guess what, people without kids don't like...

  14. What is the lowest K+ level you have seen?

    cardiacmadeline replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember the lowest K+ I've ever seen, I don't recall seeing any under 2. Now the highest K+ I've seen is 11! It was a couple of years ago and it wasn't my patient so I don't remember what...

  15. Lots of Snow!

    cardiacmadeline posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am sitting at home, right in the middle of the big snowstorm moving through the midwest. It sounds like pretty much all the schools, including the universities, are closed tomorrow, along with some...

  16. Lots of Snow!

    cardiacmadeline replied to cardiacmadeline's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Wisconsin. Good thing I am off today, they have not plowed yet and I wouldn't be able to get out of my driveway! That landlord story reminds me of the time I was in college and they were...

  17. Press Ganey

    cardiacmadeline posted a topic in General Nursing

    When given the opportunity to see your facilities Press Ganey scores, do you look at them or totally ignore them? I myself have decided I will know longer look at them. I have better things to do at...

  18. Lots of Snow!

    cardiacmadeline replied to cardiacmadeline's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies! Cross country skiing to work would be kind of fun! I always thought taking a snowmobile to work would be fun too! For you people that have rented hotel rooms, did your...

  19. Do people really need a bloody mobile at work?

    cardiacmadeline replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    I am glad to see someone standing up to improper cell phone use! Good for

  20. Still penny pinching

    cardiacmadeline replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    This is so true! People I work with have big diamond rings and 3000 square foot houses. But if that's what you like, then so be it, but don't complain to me when you don't have any money. Our house...

  21. Nurses/patient care/cell phones

    cardiacmadeline replied to snuggles49's topic in General Nursing

    Cell phones are all I have ever known and I really like them. Absolutely hate pagers! We don't have to take our cell phones on break, because we hand our phones off to another nurse. Calls are not...

  22. Still penny pinching

    cardiacmadeline replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    I know that some people, including my mother in law, think that we are loaded. It is kind of annoying actually. Nurses in my area make decent money but we are certainly not millionaires. My husband...

  23. Medical staff rude to my brother;complicated;advice please

    cardiacmadeline replied to burberrylover's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nice thought, but how many members of the public know that these options

  24. Medical staff rude to my brother;complicated;advice please

    cardiacmadeline replied to burberrylover's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, I agree. I believe there should have been some kind of care conference prior to surgery with the doctors (a hospitalist, surgeons, and perhaps an oncologist and a social worker). I don't...

  25. Q4-6

    cardiacmadeline replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, if a doctor writes an order for q4-6 hours, pharmacy enters the order as q4 hours. To me, it really doesn't make sense to give a range of times when ordering a prn