Anoetos BSN, RN

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    All Men Shift

    Anoetos replied to kalevra's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've had a couple of occasions where all the nurses and techs in a given area of the ER were dudes. We had to reach out for a female chaperone if we had a pelvic
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    So how does it feel like to be a male nurse

    Anoetos replied to panjeremy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It feels like fighting a bear and beating
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    Student Nurse with a poop problem

    Anoetos replied to Grrrse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Let's just say it
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    Male patient refuses Female Nurse

    Anoetos replied to Pointofcareanalyst's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm not offended, but I think there is a place where things like this come up against necessity and when it comes to saving lives, every one needs to put on their adult trousers and get to work,...
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    From construction to nursing, has it been done?

    Anoetos replied to jerc47's topic in Men in Nursing

    I worked in construction years ago... Then sales... Now I'm an RN... It's worked out well for
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    Male patient refuses Female Nurse

    Anoetos replied to Pointofcareanalyst's topic in Men in Nursing

    It is reasonable to honor the sensitivities of any patient with regard to gender issues, when they can be accommodated. When they cannot, it should be explained. When they cannot be accommodated, the...
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    Student Nurse with a poop problem

    Anoetos replied to Grrrse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Remind me to tell you about the time I gave a constipated colostomy patient an
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    Student Nurse with a poop problem

    Anoetos replied to Grrrse's topic in Men in Nursing

    So many things I thought I couldn't handle when I was a student and when I was just starting out as a nurse... I do all of them pretty regularly now. Poop? Vomit? Urine? Blood? Bronchial secretions?...
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    New Grad - OK to start with PH with no clinical experience?

    Anoetos replied to caryt123's topic in Public, Community Health

    If public health nursing involves teaching, I am very excited to be starting it. I have always loved helping people navigate healthcare and understand things. I've been a nurse for two years. I got a...
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    PICC line blood draw

    Anoetos replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I usually waste more than I flush. Flushing is for line clearing and patency, so I can't really see the point of a policy of flushing with 10 or more, but I am certainly willing to be educated on it....
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    Antibiotic initiation/effectiveness

    Anoetos replied to 1fastRN's topic in Critical Care

    There's no way to have known this was coming. Sepsis can "gallop" on an elderly patient, but it doesn't usually. There doesn't seem to have been any indication that she was moribund. She came from the...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Anoetos replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Had a girl come in the other night with a tooth ache. No big deal, I get it...the likelihood of getting an oral surgeon on a Sunday morning is nil, but we can give ABX and pain control. Tooth aches...
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    Question about IV therapy

    Anoetos replied to EmilyEmily's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    All giving them a hypertonic solution would do is draw fluid back into the intravascular space, possibly correcting a hypovolemic state, but it would do nothing for their hemoglobin and in fact might...
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    Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    Anoetos replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    But I feel like I've derailed the thread with my rant. Sorry about that folks. I
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    Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    Anoetos replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

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    Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    Anoetos replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    But more directly to your case, why deny the pt what they want? If they have a high tolerance to opioids it's unlikely that 1mg of dilaudid is going to do much for them. Certainly not as much as for...
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    Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    Anoetos replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    I think sometimes patients get caught up in a cycle which ends up generating narcotic dependency and we are as at fault for this as they are. Let's say they get a spinal fusion which never really...
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    Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    Anoetos replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    I read up on the hypotensive effects of dilaudid and they're actually negligible except with chronic use. I did this after a patient died on
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    Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    Anoetos replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    I only dilute dilaudid for opioid naive patients. For those with chronic pain and high tolerance I push it hard and fast and I always flush. They appreciate
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    Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    Anoetos replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    The problem with hydralazine, Brainkandy, is that it's unpredictable, for every ten patients it works for, there are two or three for whom is either does very little or does too much. That said, I...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Anoetos replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy come in, said he had a fever of 99 degrees F, but what really made him come in was that he was having bad
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    Emergency Room Skills

    Anoetos replied to Nursepreneur's topic in Emergency

    Pretty new to the ED but so far I've had a lot of success in calming patients down. Usually all it takes is an open handed explanation of what's going
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    Any good "nurse" shows on tv? Netflix?

    Anoetos replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Grey's Anatomy is ridiculous. Not only do they degrade RNs, the RNs don't do anything. Pt needs to be ambulated? A doc does it. Pt needs meds, a doc gives them. Basically, everything RNs do every day...
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    Why do Nurses tell students to go BSN??

    Anoetos replied to besaangel's topic in General Students

    I got my BSN mostly on loans, but with a few grants and scholarships, as well as a decent veteran's discount. The program was a private "ground up" 8 semester deal including prereqs. Credit hours were...
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    Why do Nurses tell students to go BSN??

    Anoetos replied to besaangel's topic in General Students

    We had a talk from our Chief Nursing Officer recently in which she noted that the Magnet standard would be moving and that we were aiming for 80% BSN among our RNs (we're currently at about 64%). Then...