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  1. Getting used to this med pass! Is it just me?

    vwgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started at a new job, and haven't had to do a med pass in quite some time. The unit I am on is small, about 20 patients. Morning meds are to be started at 6am. My patients have an average of...

  2. Getting used to this med pass! Is it just me?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I can't start at 6. There's a reason I can't go into, but it has to be 630. I just can't ever see myself getting this all done in 15

  3. Sterilize and Reuse Mask

    vwgirl replied to NurseSugar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thanks, I had no

  4. Sterilize and Reuse Mask

    vwgirl replied to NurseSugar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The president also said we can do this. He had no specifics on this either. Because it can't be

  5. I feel very torn

    vwgirl posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am really struggling with this, so much so that I've erased this a dozen times. I am on the old side, and a severe asthmatic who has had seven bouts with pneumonia in my life. The position I'm...

  6. Headache for three weeks

    vwgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I am getting just a LITTLE frustrated with this; the short version of my story is as follows: had a headache which encompassed the entire top half of my head (from top lip up) for a week which...

  7. Headache for three weeks

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I had been taking Tylenol #3, which really didn't do anything except make me MORE tired. Motrin 800 did nothing as well. The IV Toradol worked great, but that is, obviously, not practical for...

  8. Headache for three weeks

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Not a stiff neck, just a lot of tension, I think. I too, thought Cipro should have been working by now, but she did put my on it for 20 days, so I thought maybe it too longer. I know that sinus...

  9. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

    vwgirl replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was a radio announcer/DJ for seven years before I became a nurse. I got out because of a multitude of things: awful pay, no benefits, no job security, and because I realized I was never going to be...

  10. Is there something comparable to Toradol that can be given IV for pain?

    vwgirl replied to bellehill's topic in Pain Management

    The head of our OB department puts his post-op c-sections on round the clock Phenergan in addition to their Morphine PCA; they are all so snowed that they could not complain of pain even if they...

  11. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will try to be brief here: I went to the endocrinologist and had an extensive workup done for polycystic ovarian syndrome because I am fat, hairy, have bad skin and have a mom and sister with PCOS....

  12. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    My calcium was fine, and no, they did not do a dexamethasone suppression test. I know that cortisol levels can be elevated at different times of the day and that these times will be different than...

  13. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I thought the same thing. I asked to speak to a nurse when I called and the nasty receptionist told me, "We don't have any nurses here," and I thought, well, THAT explains a lot right there! I...

  14. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am, but I checked them out and none of them should interfere with this test. As far as my doctor being there for me (which someone else posted), the doc who ordered this test refuses to have...

  15. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am, but I checked them out and none of them should interfere with this test. As far as my doctor being there for me (which someone else posted), the doc who ordered this test refuses to have...

  16. Elevated cortisol level- what does it mean?

    vwgirl replied to vwgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I will try to be brief here: I went to the endocrinologist and had an extensive workup done for polycystic ovarian syndrome because I am fat, hairy, have bad skin and have a mom and sister with PCOS....

  17. How to help new mother who is very detached from baby

    vwgirl replied to LauraLou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ...the way my unit will drug screen a mom with no prenatal care, but only if she has no insurance. The ones who are well to do and were planning on a home birth with the midwife, then happened to...

  18. Taking Kids to the Job is it OK?

    vwgirl replied to Destinystar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How about the time your childcare falls through (babysitter has a death in the family) and no one else is available to help you? This just happened to me recently on a night when both my husband and...

  19. Ideal work-life

    vwgirl replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say is, I REALLY envy you! (I know, I am not supposed to envy, but I can't help it!) I doubt I will ever get to a point where I can spend as much time with my kids as I want; right now I...

  20. Ideal work-life

    vwgirl replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have in no way acheived balance, as is evidenced by the panic attacks that hit me about fifty percent of the time when I have to go to work. I work three twelves, but I commute 45 minutes each way;...

  21. What comments do you hear from OB's about birth plans?

    vwgirl replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Me too, but I like where I live now, so I won't be joining you anytime soon! (Too broke to move

  22. What comments do you hear from OB's about birth plans?

    vwgirl replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Me too, but I like where I live now, so I won't be joining you anytime soon! (Too broke to move

  23. What comments do you hear from OB's about birth plans?

    vwgirl replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Archaic practices abound! At an undisclosed location on the east coast, you too can experience all manner of outdated OB goodies. The weird thing is, no one else who works with me seems to think any...

  24. What comments do you hear from OB's about birth plans?

    vwgirl replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Archaic practices abound! At an undisclosed location on the east coast, you too can experience all manner of outdated OB goodies. The weird thing is, no one else who works with me seems to think any...

  25. What comments do you hear from OB's about birth plans?

    vwgirl replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They routinely give enemas in my L&D too; it is even on the standard order sheet, although not all docs will do it. BTW, we still use Demerol/Phenergan for most pain control with our sections, so...