canigraduate

canigraduate

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  1. Giving a PRN Medication on Accident

    canigraduate replied to ichiro12's topic in General Nursing

    So, this is at-work homework, not an actual situation? In ideal world, any time you give a medication to a patient and it is not perfectly administered, it is reportable. Same thing in the real...

  2. Giving a PRN Medication on Accident

    canigraduate replied to ichiro12's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!! I was thinking, "Jeez, did you trip and fling the trazodone through the air into the patient's open mouth?" Accidental, erroneous = two different

  3. Have any of your patients ever told you that you're a good nurse?

    canigraduate replied to EquinoxSolstice92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Jesus, there's a lot of crab in the bucket mentality here. If you get a compliment from a patient, you're not a good nurse because you're pandering to them? Grow up. I get compliments from my...

  4. Not enough equipment

    canigraduate replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    I wrote a nasty gram to my manager and director just a couple of weeks ago about this same thing. We have computers on wheels and little hand held scanners and, at the time, only 1/3 of them worked on...

  5. Refusing to give nursing pin to student!

    canigraduate replied to Haleiwa's topic in General Students

    It depends. When I paid for my pin, it was made obvious that there would be no refunds. We had to sign a paper. If if there was a similar situation where it was disclosed beforehand that there would...

  6. Another reason unions suck!

    canigraduate replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I really don't understand why y'all try to change people's minds. Flu, guns, unions... There is no debate here, it's all rant. Ranters don't care about rationality, they just want to scream. If you...

  7. LA County Sheriff's Dept. & Marijuana

    canigraduate replied to Alex_RN's topic in Correctional

    Eh, as long as you convince yourself you're "borrowing," you're fine and won't set off the machine on the stealing questions. I would have said "no" to the drug thing, because I drank so much alcohol...

  8. early morning stomach ache

    canigraduate replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I swear, our schools turn out the dumbest kids these days. Can't figure out basic health, but, by golly, they can hack an

  9. Another reason unions suck!

    canigraduate replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It's pretty stupid to rely on a pension these days. Most hospitals don't offer them, and of the ones that do a lot are doing buyouts because their pension funds aren't robust enough to support their...

  10. Inserting an NG tube post arrest

    canigraduate replied to abidingpanda's topic in General Nursing

    You're particularly confrontational lately. Hope things are going OK for

  11. Inserting an NG tube post arrest

    canigraduate replied to abidingpanda's topic in General Nursing

    Couple of points: 1) A PEG doesn't have to be for feeds, it can be for decompression and aspiration prevention. My grandma had one for that reason after hiatal hernia surgery. 2) Positioning is...

  12. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    canigraduate replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How does you being supernurse help the OP? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad for your sake that you are the nutso lady whisperer, but tooting your own horn isn't helping anyone. How do you actually do it?...

  13. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    canigraduate replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Numbs 'em right up, and you get a high that lasts longer than snorting. Then your teeth fall out on their own. So, the question really is, do you want

  14. Another reason unions suck!

    canigraduate replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You're on a rampage lately. Maybe you need a few days

  15. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    canigraduate replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Part of working in the ED is learning how to manage difficult people. Your mandate as a nurse is to care for the patient. Not feelings-wise, but action-wise. I get not wanting to deal with jerks. I...

  16. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    canigraduate replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    (((Hugs))) back at you. Losing a parent sucks. I'm so sorry about your furbabies! Science shows we grieve pets as much as we do people. My immediate reaction to this is to laugh like a loon and...

  17. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    canigraduate replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, we had a lot of that when I worked Neuro/Trauma. Drowning victims with anoxic brain injury, motorcycle accidents, massive strokes, delayed eclampsia... Very

  18. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    canigraduate replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I honestly get the sense that you just want a quick quip to make the patient and family shut up. Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. This situation was allowed to progress too far. Young people...

  19. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    canigraduate replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    In the South, you're what we call "good people." It means we'd cut off an arm and hand it to you to if you needed it, 'cause you're that

  20. Self defense and protection in a hospital.

    canigraduate replied to Ruger8mm's topic in General Nursing

    To be serious, for a second: Unless you are trained in self defense and in tactical situations, you are not helping, you are in the way and are likely to get other people hurt. There are two...

  21. Confusion over what psych nursing is really like?

    canigraduate replied to PsychNursStudent's topic in Psychiatric

    Depends on the setting. In acute care, it's a lot about stabilizing, medicating, and de-escalating or sometimes restraining. In inpatient, it's more about group therapy, safety checks, and medication....

  22. A Drive by, seriously!

    canigraduate replied to Bevp's topic in School

    That's a special kind of stupid, right there. I'm surprised, though, at how easily they got in. Most schools have locked doors, keycards, security, and the whole nine yards these days. You may want to...

  23. One Liner to Diffuse Escalating Situation With Patient

    canigraduate replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    After reading this thread, I understand why so many of my patients who come from the ED are angry and in pain. Major failure of the

  24. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    canigraduate replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned: That it's cheaper to run off the good managers than to staff adequately. Playing the guitar makes me happy. I learned 3 new chords today! The Panthers are killing me. My poor dogs had to...

  25. The lesser of 2 annoyances

    canigraduate replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I say A. 1) Your professional life is just as important as your husband's. There may be some medium ground, like twozer0 suggested, where you can both commute a little, rather than one of you be...