thehipcrip

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1. What do you think? (warning: vent ahead)

   thehipcrip replied to Nursey103's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   The OP never said anything about not feeling safe. In fact, she never gave her rationale for pushing the Benedryl 30m after the Dilaudid. Are there factual reasons for giving the two meds...

2. colostomy

   thehipcrip replied to mrnewman's topic in General Nursing

   Some folks are able to control evacuation using irrigation -- essentially giving themselves an enema through their stoma. One friend has had such success with irrigation that he covers his stoma with...

3. "That nurse is vile" (long)

   thehipcrip replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

   If this had happened recently, this is definitely good advice. But since the OP said she's resisted posting about this for months, re-opening the matter with her manager by requesting a sit-down this...

4. What is my legal and Ethical Obligation?

   thehipcrip replied to tripletsgranny1's topic in General Nursing

   The OP states that the second nurse asked the first nurse for *her* birthday, the drug and the dose, not for a patient's birthday, drug and dose. Seems clear to me that the first nurse needed a...

5. syringe to collect specimen from foley?

   thehipcrip replied to nursing81student's topic in General Nursing

   Many urologists treating people with spinal cord injury consider collecting the first urine emitted immediately after a new sterile catheter is placed to be the best practice. This ensures that the...

6. Long term foley use

   thehipcrip replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

   Ack! Forgot my link. The NIH funded study that recommended using the 10 percent bleach solution and found that pseudomonas thrived in bags cleaned with vinegar can be found at:...

7. Long term foley use

   thehipcrip replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

   He should be on some anticholinergic medications to both prevent painful bladder spasms and to help prevent bladder shrinkage. Just because the ditropan didn't work doesn't mean others shouldn't be...

8. IV antibiotics compatible with D5W ?

   thehipcrip replied to Mithime's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not a nurse and I found both the correct name of the ABX and the answer to the question! This doesn't fill me with confidence about the competency of some of the new grads entrusted with keeping...

9. Your thoughts/reasons patient is in pain or addicted or what...?

   thehipcrip replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

   If I discovered a nurse had unilaterally decided to 'stretch out' the time before I received pain medication that was ordered by my physician, I'd file complaints with everyone from her employer to...

10. Patients' "home remedies"? What have you seen

    thehipcrip replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    There are a number of people I know who manage their bladders with catheterization [indwelling and intermittent] using instillations of a wound-care product called Microcyn to prevent urinary tract...

11. That is IT; have had it with nursing...I'm going insane!

    thehipcrip replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Riiiiiggght. And right now, your counterpart is posting a similar rant over at AllTeachers.com about how they should become a nurse because it's a high status profession, they're well-paid, and all...

12. Drug error

    thehipcrip replied to coneartist's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with software like this is that the geeks [and I use that term with the utmost respect ] who develop it have almost zero input from the actual end users, so they don't know about features...

13. Cleaning Catheter Leg Bags?!

    thehipcrip replied to jocelynlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I had to come back to this thread and address the fact that a nurse thinks that cleaning urinary collection bags is "ridiculous". Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common type of...

14. Cleaning Catheter Leg Bags?!

    thehipcrip replied to jocelynlpn's topic in General Nursing

    A study funded by NIH and done at the University of Utah recommends cleaning all urinary leg bags with a solution of 10% bleach. The procedure should be two rinses with tap water, sloshed vigorously...

15. How do you deal with suspected addicts?

    thehipcrip replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    From the meds alone, it sounds like the 20-something is living with central pain, a specific type of chronic pain that occurs as a result of damage to the central nervous system. I've been living...