dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    dudette10 replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks. A follow up question: under what circumstances should NS be used, i.e. Who is at risk for hyponatremia? Are all patients with an NG to suction at

  2. Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    dudette10 replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    GrnTea, I have one question from what you wrote. Why use NS--and specifically not water--to troubleshoot the

  3. A Response from the OP on the issue (poor choice of words) on the concept of a ADN Vs. BSN

    dudette10 replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    I don't think I even commented on your thread, but I read the whole thing. You haven't learned a damn thing, and your apology is hollow. You're still making excuses. Please don't pull out the...

  4. A vent and requesting advice on a classmate.

    dudette10 posted a topic in General Students

    I am back in school for my master's, and a peer is driving me crazy with her need for hand-holding and lack of independence. We have a presentation to do, and we spent two hours together outlining it...

  5. A vent and requesting advice on a classmate.

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the replies. I won't work with her again, if I can avoid it. It's really mentally draining. I am beginning to ignore her anxiety associated with the deadlines. Our mini deadlines are...

  6. Advice on creepy doctors?

    dudette10 replied to carterr's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am in no way a "shrinking violet," but I do understand different, sometimes less effective ways of handling unwanted advances and inappropriate conduct. Playing the blame the victim game does...

  7. Advice on creepy doctors?

    dudette10 replied to carterr's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Really?! Blaming the victim then saying that you're jealous of sexual harassment for the money from a

  8. Bad Supervisor

    dudette10 replied to Sochi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would send the meeting notes to HR, the C-suite, the BON, and see what they have to say about it. Her negative behavior is escalating because no one does anything about it. She needs to go....

  9. PRN Differentials

    dudette10 replied to calivianya's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital's PRN rate is very good. I was surprised when an agency nurse and I got to comparing hourly rates, and I found out that she makes $10 less than I

  10. Turning the scripting around for our benefit.

    dudette10 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a "Eureka!" moment recently with a patient. We are scripted minimally (just use "excellent") at my hospital, but I've read enough here to know about the full scripts that some of you are...

  11. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    dudette10 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone above expressed my own sentiments very well. Here's another thing that you can learn from this, now that your perspective on DNRs and hospice patients has been altered. A few of us mentioned...

  12. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    dudette10 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    There were a couple things that didn't go his way from the get-go. The OP's reaction to DNRs on his floor was understood in the context of his being a new nurse. In that context, his notion of DNR...

  13. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    dudette10 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    I am all for different opinions on ethics, and the conversations around here about code status and resus get very lively, to say the least. However, these conversations are in the context of poor...

  14. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    dudette10 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. A patient who has a DNR in place may be the first person you see. Sometimes, the code status isn't really

  15. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    dudette10 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    cholmes, there will be a pile on, ok? Just remember that some people are hitting the reply button after reading your OP and haven't seen your other posts. I want to believe you learned something...

  16. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    dudette10 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    You know how there are "who should be assigned to this patient" questions on the NCLEX? I'm beginning to think that hospice and DNR patients should be cared for by experienced nurses

  17. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    dudette10 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    I gotta say...this is why making myself a DNR scares the crap outta me. Too many nurses who have no idea what DNR truly

  18. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    dudette10 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    I figured there would be quite a few posters educating you on what DNR means and why it often doesn't matter to nursing care UNLESS there is an arrest. As for this statement, if a patient is on...

  19. Who teaches essential nursing skills?

    dudette10 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Mybe I'm the odd man out here, but the skills part of nursing can be taught in a matter of hours, not years. Maybe schools need a skills intensive every semester, and then open the skills lab a few...

  20. That nagging feeling...

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's the kind of story I'm talking about! Thanks for your contribution. Did you ever find out what was wrong that caused her to

  21. Turning the scripting around for our benefit.

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for your comments! And thanks to Admin too for moving this back to the patient relations

  22. discharge/admit nurse

    dudette10 replied to ambitiousblonde's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean the actual physical assessment, or just the admission questions related to history, living environment, POA/living wills, meds, allergy confirmation, ADL independence, etc.? I see a...

  23. discharge/admit nurse

    dudette10 replied to ambitiousblonde's topic in General Nursing

    Can you explain why you didn't like the position?

  24. I failed out of Nursing School... Appealed and WON!!

    dudette10 replied to ToBeBornANurseJB's topic in General Students

    Have you ever heard of Bloom's taxonomy? There is no way that medical tests are written at the recall level. Have you seen sample USMLE test

  25. family members working in the same hospital and exact same unit

    dudette10 replied to EternalFeather's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    FWIW, if he knows that you have an interview, he may have already made some waves about you, and the interview will be all a