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    Processing in soiled/ dirty utility room

    beckster_01 replied to safety_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    We have plastic, disposable bedpans as well. Each toilet has a sprayer attached which is what I usually use to clean them. Once it is clean I swipe it with a wet wipe. If it is particularly gross I...
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    Peripheral IVs

    beckster_01 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    If it is a peripheral vessel, it is a peripheral IV :) Monitor it just as you would any other PIV. If it is infiltrated you would still see signs of inflammation, pain, etc. I have seen IV's placed...
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    Fired for giving Med late

    beckster_01 replied to Beaubou's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really have any input on the resume question, but I have a couple more tips that haven't been mentioned yet. First of all, where was your charge nurse during all of this? On my unit, part of...
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    Fun ideas for a study group/party

    beckster_01 replied to BelleNscrubs04's topic in General Students

    Not necessarily cheap, but fun anyways
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    Forced to be in charge before I'm ready.

    beckster_01 replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    I oriented to charge with a little over 1 year of experience. The only reason it took that long was because we had a massive management turn over and the group I got hired with got 'forgotten,' and...
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    IV in an artery

    beckster_01 replied to jrmarr's topic in General Nursing

    This may be obvious, but when I was first starting to place IV's I forgot to remove the tourniquet before saline locking the IV (hello mess). I was pretty confused when the blood returned into the SL...
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    "Listening to nurses is key to being a good doctor"

    beckster_01 replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Reading this reminded me of my favorite night/weekend float that I got to work with today. He is so quick to listen it is unbelievable. I can call him at 0330 and he calls back in a matter of minutes....
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    Older, overweight, and drug addicted patients

    beckster_01 replied to NurseBatzy's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could say that I could be the nurse you described for every one of my patients. I will be the first to admit that it depends largely on the patient's attitude, and perhaps more on my own...
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    Nurses eating heathy

    beckster_01 replied to ronnyronoh's topic in General Nursing

    I'm eating my big bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream right now... Why don't you type "nurses who smoke" into the search bar, then replace the word "smoke" with the words "eat junk food." In fact,...
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    Are you a nurse? Do you draw blood? Can you take our Quick Survey?

    beckster_01 replied to swytas's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    what is your educational background? bsn years of experience? 1.5 as an rn years drawing blood? around 3. i drew blood as a tech, but didn't work for about 6 months at the end of my program/before i...
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    Heart Stop Beating - man lives without heart

    beckster_01 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I find this pretty fascinating as well. I was still under the impression that the LVAD was simply a band-aid until the patient could receive a transplant. I'm interested to see this technology...
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    Heart Stop Beating - man lives without heart

    beckster_01 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know if patients get discharged with a VAD? I know that the floor on my hospital that does care for VAD patients often has these patients for weeks to months. I don't know if that is...
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    Heart Stop Beating - man lives without heart

    beckster_01 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Is this basically taking the technology of the LVAD to an extreme? Instead of placing a pump inside the heart, they replace the whole heart with a pump? Even though my unit does not work with LVAD...
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    Patient Sitter - Is 15 $ an hour good?

    beckster_01 replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    Maybe I should move across the lake to Ontario. If your PCA's get 21/hour what do the nurses
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    Do your staff desert the floor during a potluck?

    beckster_01 replied to pattyslattery's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. For one thing our unit has food ALL the time, regardless of your shift. Which is great, but it isn't usually anything too special lol. If I don't think I will get in the break room on time to...
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    NO, NO, NO!!

    beckster_01 replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    I find that interesting because I tend to feel better about my job when(if) I am able to look through their chart and get a better 'snapshot' of the patient. I tend to be a better advocate when I am...
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    NO, NO, NO!!

    beckster_01 replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    Netglow I agree. I don't think anyone is arguing against patient education, that and advocacy are major parts of our jobs. The problem with medicine is that it is largely educated guesswork. A team of...
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    NO, NO, NO!!

    beckster_01 replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. I find that I save my "caring" for the patients that want it. That may make me look like a terrible nurse on paper. It doesn't meant that I ignore the ones that look for reasons to take...
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    NO, NO, NO!!

    beckster_01 replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    That is why I generally refrain from mentioning anything but the PRIMARY diagnosis with the patient, unless they bring it up to me first and/or my care is being directly changed by the diagnosis. I am...
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    I know nothing about Colorado...

    beckster_01 replied to beckster_01's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Thank you for your replies! Sorry it took so long for me to get back. So after thinking about it a little longer I think I am caring less about the size of the hospital/patient acuity, but more about...
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    Who are you at work?

    beckster_01 replied to pinksunflower's topic in General Nursing

    Haha Jack Bauer...love it. I am another one of those quiet, "stand-offish" types. I have been on the same unit for a year and a half and have hung out with people from work a total of 3 times. I am...
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    ALL nights or day/night MIX shift to pick? HELP! need to reply to recruiter!

    beckster_01 replied to froggy8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know that you already made your choice, but I wanted to throw in my opinion since it is totally opposite of everyone else's. I work rotating days/nights and I love it. I usually work 2-3 weeks of...
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    New Here! Need nursing advice

    beckster_01 replied to MaxFitTrainer's topic in General Nursing

    Not to sound discouraging, but I see a couple red-flags after reading your post. First of all, I am thinking mainly of in-patient nursing as that seems to be what you are considering. Being a nurse...
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    Blue top lab tube....no heparin!

    beckster_01 replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard people say they contain heparin, and now that you mention it I definitely remember seeing "Sodium Citrate" not "Heparin" on the label. It could just be a word-association. People know...
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    C-Diff, and isolation precautions

    beckster_01 replied to katrinabreck's topic in General Nursing

    My facility is pretty strict about our isolation precautions, mostly because they had a reputation for being the worst offender in the area for nosocomial infection. We do the standard gown/glove/wash...