K+MgSO4 BSN

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    Project ideas

    K+MgSO4 replied to graypa's topic in Nurse Management

    Leadership rounds. When I opened my ward I implemented leadership rounding...this was the off going and on coming charge rounding on every single pt checking in and following up on any issues that may...
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    What's your favorite nursing task?

    K+MgSO4 replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oral assessment and care. A pt who has had a bowel obstruction and is NBM, breathing through their mouth because the Ryles is down one nare. Breeding ground for fungi. Lots of oral care, Nilstat and...
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    I hate fake call outs.

    K+MgSO4 replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is, but you may not be privy to all the information. 1 nurse is going through a marriage breakup, another is attempting to fall pregnant and stay pregnant, 2 have family members going through...
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    Stupid hurts.

    K+MgSO4 replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    A hairbrush is not a sex toy, should not be inserted bristles first, rectally, by your 22 year old boyfriend, at age 16, when your parents are
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    Cry me a river...?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Really? I have been nursing for 13 yrs., the last 3 yrs. as a NUM. I have cried this year...at one of my regulars dying, the traumatic way he died and the experience it had on my team. Last...
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    What is "Up-to-Date" ?

    K+MgSO4 replied to 80sNurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    One google search later
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    End of Year Reviews...finally done!

    K+MgSO4 replied to txredapple79's topic in Nurse Management

    Shhh! I don't need to do mine until August - just after I return from my trip back to Ireland (from Australia). Think I can delegate it to my acting
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    Fluid drainage.

    K+MgSO4 replied to Nursing Au's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    It's an error. What I will also say is these documents are terrible. Not in "Plain English ", full of advanced terminology and only really suitable for someone who has completed a gigh school...
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    Freaking out over a patient fall!!

    K+MgSO4 replied to Zenndaya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Do NOT do this. If anything was to occur to a pt using your gait belt, or if your vs equipment is not calibrated by the biomed team at the hospital you are on placement at you WILL be
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    Fluid drainage.

    K+MgSO4 replied to Nursing Au's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I have just read the information and it does not state that. In one column on pg 23 it states that the narcotic infusion will be taken down. In the other column it states that the end of the bed will...
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    What do you do...

    K+MgSO4 replied to hungup's topic in General Nursing

    I think the last time this happened on a ward was about 6 yrs ago. Our city has grown so much and the hospital has not been able to keep up with demand. But when it used to happen - train with the in...
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    Obtaining Supplies School Project

    K+MgSO4 replied to bdershimer9's topic in General Nursing

    For what? An IV? A routinely performed procedure on your ward? Something abnormal to your ward? You need to explain more. My ward is well stocked with things that are relevant to the patient cohort...
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    Weird Interview!?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have had this happen, non clinical job I was applying for in quality. Came in dressed up, the direct manager and another senior team member were seated appropriately but the director of the service...
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    S & M Nurses

    K+MgSO4 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    God I miss M&S
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    Free teaching labor

    K+MgSO4 replied to Theresasnakeinmyboot's topic in General Nursing

    Yes they get paid...but in my hospital that money goes to pay for the clinical educators that work with the students (supervised med rounds, inservices etc.) but the buddy nurses are not paid...
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    6 Phrases Every Nurse Manager Must Learn to Say

    K+MgSO4 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nurse Management

    I can't fix that, but I will find out who does. It shows that you don't know everything but you know how to ask the right people. Really helps with people you have on a leadership track as sometimes...
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    DNA testing

    K+MgSO4 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    On a tangent, these testing services are uncovering many long hidden secrets. From a Irish POV many people who were adopted / sold by the Irish nuns from Magdalene laundries but were unaware are...
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    Blood Transfusion

    K+MgSO4 replied to Elena88's topic in General Nursing

    Not everyone works in a high level hospital as you appear to... I work at a quanternary hospital in Australia (i.e. major trauma hospital) and we don't have that blood line and I work in one of...
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    Coping with Aging, Ill Parent as a Full-Time Nurse

    K+MgSO4 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck with it. I think having a separate social life will be a very important part of being able to cope with this
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    Coping with Aging, Ill Parent as a Full-Time Nurse

    K+MgSO4 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you both need to have a grown up conversation about your new living situation. There is the risk of your mum falling into mothering you, cooking meals, laundry but also expecting you to be...
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    Thoughts on vegetarian/ vegan diet

    K+MgSO4 replied to bs76247's topic in General Nursing

    Beware of young people suddenly moving to a vegan lifestyle. It can be a flag for an eating disorder as it normalises restrictive eating behaviours. However I have conversely had a patient admitted...
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    Code Blue

    K+MgSO4 replied to BingoBoys's topic in General Nursing

    While you don't need a full handover on every patient do you not have a shift huddle where resuscitation status, unstable patients, falls risk, potential discharges and expected admissions are...
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    Are Patients Cared for Equally? Challenges of the VIP Patient

    K+MgSO4 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    So glad I work in the public system in Australia. Saying that I had the mother of the premier of the state as a patient and didn't know until the CEO rocked up to thank us for our care as she had...
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    Do you miss bedside nursing?

    K+MgSO4 replied to anewsns's topic in General Nursing

    I miss always having someone to handover to. Once my shift was done I was absolved of responsibility. I miss having someone to complain to about broken equipment or a wheelchair steering weird. Now I...
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    Dealing with death

    K+MgSO4 replied to TheNewNurse94's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, Palliative care is an amazing thing for patients, their families and friends. This guy does sound like he is at the terminal phase of his life. As a nurse you have the honour of ensuring that he...