monkeybug

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    When is it too late to intiate CPR?

    monkeybug replied to myschuler's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Worse mistakes in hospital? I wouldn't think so. In the hospital, you'd call a code and then the code team would swoop in and make the decisions. There would be a house supervisor or a physician to...
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    Lidocaine for Migraines

    monkeybug replied to SusanJean's topic in Pain Management

    I often get IVs of lidocaine for intractable migraines. Never heard of using it in nasal spray form, but it makes sense. At times during my many years as a patient I have been prescribed Stadol,...
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    Community Nurses - Transporting Equipment Issues

    monkeybug replied to H.R.Logan's topic in Public, Community Health

    I looked like a pack mule this morning trying to carry in everything. We have one large tote that gets the basic equipment taken care of, but if we decide to take anything extra it means more bags....
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    New Construction Nightmare

    monkeybug replied to Tristar's topic in General Nursing

    At my very first job, we got a brand new hospital, and we had similar experiences. Why don't they ask a group of nurses? We are the ones that have to work in the
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    Rate of sexual harassment occurrences at a hospital?

    monkeybug replied to lis4b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I never experienced anything like that, even back when I was young, thin, and cute. I've always worked in L&D, so I've experienced a fair amount of "earthy" joking around, but nothing that ever...
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    What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    monkeybug replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    My worst error was actually averted at the last minute (thank you, God). Back when I was a new nurse, we had multidose vials of Potassium on the unit. Our drug cart had a little indentation meant to...
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    What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    monkeybug replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated 15 years ago, and the first IV and the first Foley I ever did were in my preceptorship. So, I hadn't graduated yet, but I didn't get to do them in clinicals. I have acted as a preceptor...
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    Breastfeeding and 12 hour shifts...

    monkeybug replied to 3KittiesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations! And yay for you for breastfeeding! After my baby was born, I was working on L&D, some 8s and some 12s. I breastfed for 15 months, but stopped pumping after he turned 12 months...
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    Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    monkeybug replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My schedule when I worked at the hospital was 8 on 6 off. Perfectly acceptable, and not all that uncommon, at least where I am. I didn't enjoy my 8 on, but my 6 off was awesome. But I agree, if she...
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    LPN/RN ...Is it all the same? Please Advise!

    monkeybug replied to j464335's topic in General Nursing

    I have never worked as an LPN, so I don't have a lot of basis of comparison, but I think it's the same all over. Okay, maybe not as bad as the facility you described (that sounds appalling!), but...
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    5 things you wish you knew as a new nurse

    monkeybug replied to Bugs20091's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. That older nurses are not mean and cynical and uncaring, they are realistic and experienced. I spent a lot of my first six months thinking, "I would never say/think/do that!" and then I became a...
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    Critical care nurse with migraines on disabilty

    monkeybug replied to theremotejen's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have some questions for you, if you don't mind answering them. I have chronic migraine. I travel 600 miles one way to see a doctor (in fact, I'll be flying to see him next month). He's one of the...
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    The nurses every co-worker hates

    monkeybug replied to RNGriffin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Umm, wow. Okay, I kind of get why your manager said what she did. I don't think anyone should have to be best buddies with their coworkers and go out to dinner every night after work, but these are...
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    On call requirements

    monkeybug replied to mombabyRN96's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are required to take call 4 hours before and 4 hours after our call shift. If you are working a 12 hour shift, then the call is either before or after. We don't have a set number of hours, but I...
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    How much experience before travelling?

    monkeybug replied to 88nurse2010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At least 2 years, in my opinion. And that should be 2 years in a busy unit with complicated patients. You are expected to hit the ground running and function on your own when you travel. My very...
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    What gadgets/tools do you own?

    monkeybug replied to aachavez's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm a public health nurse (former L&D nurse) so my bag is stocked with BP cuff, stethoscope, adult scales, infant scales, measuring tape, flashlight, and smart phone. I have nifty apps on my...
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    The cost of a Ace wrap

    monkeybug replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    I remember watching a show years ago about birth around the world, and it showed a man in Afghanistan desperately running from pharmacy to pharmacy searching for the particular suture the OB wanted,...
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    The nurses every co-worker hates

    monkeybug replied to RNGriffin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't mean this in any rude way at all, but is it possible you have mild Asperger's? That would make it very difficult for you to relate to others, and people often misjudge people with Asperger's...
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    Training OB nurses for natural birth support

    monkeybug replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When we get a patient that really wants to go natural, I generally end up taking her because it is such a rarity at our hospital and the other nurses are uncomfortable with it. (or this was the case...
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    Opinions about Tympanic Thermometers

    monkeybug replied to Kristy02_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a family member who is a pediatrician, and all she uses in her office and with her own kids is a temporal artery scanner. That's what she gives as baby gifts to everyone. I LOVE TAS, but the...
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    Exhaustion bloopers

    monkeybug replied to K+MgSO4's topic in General Nursing

    I have ordered take out and told the restaurant worker "I love you." Very
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    What would you do?

    monkeybug replied to violet_violet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That really is a gruesome
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    Nurse Family Partnership

    monkeybug replied to JulcaryRN's topic in Public, Community Health

    I'm NFP in a brand new agency, so right now I spend tons of time with my coworkers (and I adore them). Max caseload is 25 clients, each visit is 1 to 1.5 hours. When we shadowed an older agency, it...
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    Question about men in labor/delivery and nursery.

    monkeybug replied to jhyde17's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have had a lot of discussions about this at work (no male RNs in our unit, and our manager has basically said it will never happen) and what we have decided is the difference is the level of...
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    Question about men in labor/delivery and nursery.

    monkeybug replied to jhyde17's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I live and work in the south, and it is incredibly rare to have male L&D nurses here. Very, very, very unusual. And at the rate that our patients refuse to have male students, it would probably...