ShonaRN0522

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1. What is "stacking"?

   ShonaRN0522 replied to whisperinrain's topic in Patient Medications

   I have heard of stacking. We refer to it with neb txs. For example, if someone comes in with a severe asthma attack, the ERP may order 3 neb txs "stacked" which means one right after the other. I...

2. BID Order Questions

   ShonaRN0522 replied to ShonaRN0522's topic in Patient Medications

   Never even thought about the restraints being a problem....Yet another screw up with this patient I suppose. *sigh* I didn't want to use soft restraints on him, and by waiting, I was trying everything...

3. Uniforms and dress codes

   ShonaRN0522 replied to inkedRN's topic in General Nursing

   The facility that I work at allows us to wear whatever colors we want. We wear different colored badges with RN, LPN, or CNA printed in large letters. It works well for

4. BID Order Questions

   ShonaRN0522 replied to ShonaRN0522's topic in Patient Medications

   Happy New Year Everyne! Thanks for the comments and advice. I've looked in the P/P manuals, and I've asked every nurse I work with for their opinion, and still have not come up with a straight...

5. BID Order Questions

   ShonaRN0522 posted a topic in Patient Medications

   hi everyone. i am a new nurse, and am finding that i am doing a lot of second guessing myself these days! here is one i could use some advice on. the other night, i had a patient with a hx of...