BlessedMomRN

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  1. Traveling with intubated patients

    BlessedMomRN replied to mcleanl's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yikes, my least favorite part of caring for an intubated patient! We are a little country hospital and bag them all the way there, during the procedure, and back. We don't have port-o-vents....

  2. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    BlessedMomRN replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    This is a tough position for you because even on med/surg blood is given routinely. I think you need to discuss this with the elders of your congregation and come to terms with if it is a violation...

  3. Possible exposure to Hep C from needle stick

    BlessedMomRN replied to RNmom24's topic in General Nursing

    You must, must, must report this to your occupational health department and to your OB. You did not do anything wroing, this is a bad needle design. Get the healthcare you deserve now; especially for...

  4. IV start question.

    BlessedMomRN replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen fellow nurses get a flash, but once cath is introduced and flushed, no blood return. The IV still worked fine. I've been told that the cath could be against the vein wall. By the way, I'm...

  5. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    BlessedMomRN replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A different perspective... I know some physicians that are irritated that PhD prepared nurses are referred to as Dr.

  6. Is it to late for me to become a Nurse?

    BlessedMomRN replied to louis345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i was 43 when i graduated from nursing school. i'm living the dream as an icu nurse! with age comes life experience. get your degree; the opportunities are so wide open to the type of nursing...

  7. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    BlessedMomRN replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    agreed. i read over and over that nurses don't get the respect we deserve for our clinical expertise, yet i see nurses running around in cutsie scrubs. i'm a big fan of solid navy blue, gray, black,...

  8. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    BlessedMomRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Any doctor that sits at my work station the moment I stand up to answer a call light; logs me off in the middle of what every I'm doing and pushes my stuff to the side so they can log on. There is a...

  9. Accelerated BSN, how much did it cost you

    BlessedMomRN replied to Sophiamez's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh BSN. Had to have a Bachelors,required sciences and a CNA to apply. $22,000 tuition only. Classes were online and all clinicals except the first were one on one...

  10. Ambulate with Femoral Lines

    BlessedMomRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Unless the patient could walk on their hands, I'd tell the doctor who wrote the order that they may ambulate the

  11. New to ICU? What have you learn so far?

    BlessedMomRN replied to RN28MD's topic in MICU, SICU

    i come from a low-tech country hospital which is one of 15 hospitals in a large system. we ship many patients to our mother ship which is a huge hospital equipped with state of the art medical...

  12. Can a doctor write you up or fire you??

    BlessedMomRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, looks like I need to use spell check prior to

  13. Can a doctor write you up or fire you??

    BlessedMomRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    A tip... When a doctor tells you "stop calling me about this patient," (and you will hear that at some point), state "Let me repeat this order I'm writing on the chart... Stop calling me about this...

  14. Just interviewed a nurse who *loves* her job

    BlessedMomRN replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job too! I'm 45 years old and have only been a nurse for 2 years I was hired directly into ICU on the weekend program. I hate the alarm at 0500 and lay in bed for 30 seconds going through...

  15. What professional Websites do you use?

    BlessedMomRN replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Be careful about Wikipedia. The info is not always

  16. SNF/nares MRSA

    BlessedMomRN replied to pistolchick's topic in General Nursing

    We swab every admission to ICU. The med/surg floor swabs those with certain high risk factors. Once a positive comes back we put them in contact isolation. A local healthcare system stopped...

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

    BlessedMomRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thanks for asking! I was doing my first CNA clinic in a nursing home. I was assigned to bath a male resident with dementia. I was doing pericare and he reached out to me and started rubbing my hair...

  18. Can I - as an RN - recommned OTC drugs?

    BlessedMomRN replied to mischaj718's topic in General Nursing

    "being a fairly new nurse, i am wary of what i can and cannot do (what my scope is). i am even wary to recommend otc drugs. then the nurse that i was training with was telling me that if a patient...

  19. Does Death Have A Smell?

    BlessedMomRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    There was a cat in a nursing home that always snuggled up with patients that ended up dying within a week. The staff starting notifiying family based upon the cat's behavior that their loved ones...

  20. MERRY CHRITMAS!! Twas the night before Christmas Parody

    BlessedMomRN replied to midnite688's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    This one's going up in the employee's bathroom for sure! Thanks for the