K+MgSO4 BSN

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    Subcutabeous IV for End-of-Life

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

    Sub cut lines are only used in my hospital in a palliative setting for small volume infusions such as morphine/ midaz for management of pain / agitation. If a patient is not taking oral nutrition or...
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    Australia Fires

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

    Please read this. https://bbc.in/2t70YmH there is so much misinformation about the fires and I think you have bought into some of it, that major metropolitan or country towns are being burned to the...
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    Do you have trust in your doctors?

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

    I have spent the last 2 years reporting the head of department to risk, clinical ethics, director of medical services etc. They finishes next week. It is possible to get bad people out ut it...
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    Inserting Indwelling Catheter with No Foley Kit

    K+MgSO4 replied to 1luvJesus's topic in General Nursing

    Do a cost analysis of how much these work arounds are costing compared to the cost of a foley pack. Including nursing time hunting for supplies and your CAUTI rates including increased LOS, IV...
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    Strategies for HAPU prevention

    K+MgSO4 replied to ThrivingSince2017's topic in General Nursing

    I work geri ortho as well. Turning doesn't help in itself, it is the skin assessment that should happen every time a patient is turned or moved in or out of bed that needs to happen. I would suggest a...
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    Australia Fires

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

    Huh? We are a first world country. While the fires have been devastating it is mostly bushland and farmland that has burned. There has been only a small loss of human life and injuries reported....
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    Got new full time job, still working 8-10hrs prn at old job and they are still taking benefits out.

    K+MgSO4 replied to Tiggeriffic_77's topic in General Nursing

    Annemarie I would suggest changing you name and removing your profile
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    Do American nurses need orders for everything they do?

    K+MgSO4 replied to GE90's topic in General World

    As my hospital works through the set up of EPIC (an EMR) I have discovered that the term"order" is used in the EMR for everything that nurses do in paper based systems automatically. E.g. obs, BSL,...
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    Ignorant questions by me

    K+MgSO4 replied to direw0lf's topic in General World

    Here is my view on it. Many Americans who want to work overseas only choose English speaking countries. This narrows it down to UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada realistically. I am...
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    Rehab? Asking for a future nurse

    K+MgSO4 replied to HiddenShadow20's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Check out the nurses/Recovery forum on the site. It is a wealth of
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    PICC line dressing changes difficulty

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

    Does it nor have an anchoring device such as a stat-lok? Otherwise you may need a second pair of hands in sterile gloves to anchor the line while you change the
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    Break in sterile technique

    K+MgSO4 replied to RN78910's topic in General Nursing

    Please stop worrying about this. As others have said antibiotics are there for a reason, a bedside surgical procedure is as Hawkeye Peorifice put it in M*A*S*H meatball surgery. Its about saving a...
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    My wife the nurse takes offense to my jokes

    K+MgSO4 replied to Roger reed's topic in General Nursing

    If it upsets her, then you stop. It's not a joke if she is upset. Also nobody is 'a lab' that is a
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    QOL vs Preservation of Life

    K+MgSO4 replied to MBar1's topic in General Nursing

    There is a term I discovered in my studies. QALY Quality Adjusted Life Years, and its inverse DALY Disability Adjusted Life Years. While it is used for population health I think it can be used in...
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    Random tests?

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

    Nicotine has been proven to assist only in pts who smoke cigarettes prior to diagnosis of UC. It is often New Year that we see a spike in new diagnosis due to resolutions to quit. Marijuana has no...
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    Dobhoff med administration conundrum

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

    Is it an ENfit connection? ENfit is the international entral nutrition standard. It has proven reduced clinical errors with a connection via a specific syringe design. This design cannot be...
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    Are boundaries ok?

    K+MgSO4 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    @llg brings up great
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    Address change violations!?

    K+MgSO4 replied to allisonleigh122's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am surprised at the amount of paper that people are still receiving from nursing boards. My board sends everything electronically. Mind you I only get about 2 pieces of paper mail a week,...
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    Huddle being used as a disciplinary tool

    K+MgSO4 replied to Zay's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    As a manager that is shameful. Huddles should be used to share information. If an incident has occurred e.g. A number of my nurses had reported dermatitis to me. We huddled about hand care and the...
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    NE-BC

    K+MgSO4 replied to starla2112's topic in Nurse Management

    What is
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    No One Understands

    K+MgSO4 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    Move out. Find a flat share. I lived with "strangers" for many years. Most become friends. Some are oddballs that at least give you good stories to talk about with
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    What do you do when the thing that makes you a great nurse manager is also your primary source of burnout?

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

    I hear you. I was initially in the same position where the staff were calling me on the weekend to trouble shoot or I was hanging back until 7PM helping. What I learned was that I needed to give my...
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    Needless ports

    K+MgSO4 replied to Mountainmama15's topic in General Nursing

    You can use leur slip syringes with needless systems, it is just a 1/4 turn to secure it in the IV hub. Definitely works for the Clave
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    what are our rights re: being filmed/recorded at work?

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

    You need to look up your state legislation as well as ask your manager what your organisation policy
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    While we were arguing; We disappeared

    K+MgSO4 replied to Yep, Me's topic in General Nursing

    Read this