RescueNinja

RescueNinja

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  1. Patients "waiting to die"

    RescueNinja posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a pt right now that has been actively dying for about 2 weeks now. I was super surprised when she lived through last weekend and she is still alive as I type. She has had her final religious...

  2. Patients "waiting to die"

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    My little lady finally passed away yesterday. She suffered for so long Sounds odd to say, but her passing was absolutely a

  3. Patients "waiting to die"

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your replies. I enjoyed reading all of your stories & hope more are posted. They were definitely comforting. I am off tonight, but I have asked a coworker to call me and update...

  4. Patients "waiting to die"

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    This is how I have always viewed this topic in the past. Purely scientific. The patient will die when their organs and vital processes fail. There's just something different about this lady, but I...

  5. Patients "waiting to die"

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know... She just has this look on her face of pain, but not physical pain. I know I sound crazy, but I think she is trying hard to die, but something is keeping her here or her body isn't...

  6. Patients "waiting to die"

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    I know I'm helping her deep down, but I just feel so helpless watching her lay there so lifeless. Sounds selfish, but it's terrible. Even though I think she looks comfortable and I'm giving her pain...

  7. Patients "waiting to die"

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    Omg how awful!! The night before last my pt was having periods of apnea > 60 seconds...I didn't even realize that was possible! Then last night she was breathing every 15-20 seconds. So sad! I wish...

  8. Funeral Home Workers

    RescueNinja posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a death at my LTC home last night and had to call the funeral home to come pick up the body. When the attendants get there, we don't usually go in to get the body with them but for whatever...

  9. Funeral Home Workers

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    Just a little update - I did call and report this to my DON and to the funeral home. I never heard anything else about it and unfortunately my DON quit shortly after this happened so I don't have any...

  10. Do you use your pda/smartphone at work?

    RescueNinja replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! At my LTC facility no "electronic devices" are allowed, but I explained to my DON that a) I refuse to work without my cell in case of emergencies and b) I use it for nursing reference like...

  11. Funeral Home Workers

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your replies. I will call the funeral home when I go in tonight and leave a message for my DON. I wanted to report it last night, but didn't know who to speak to first. After I...

  12. Hold injection site with Lovenox?

    RescueNinja posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a Res on Lovenox injections right now and I have had to teach some of the older nurses how to give it as some of them had never even heard of Lovenox. Anyway, during my preceptorship I was...

  13. range order rationale

    RescueNinja replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has gone on way too long IMHO. The exact same questions (and some with a few words changed) have been asked and answered repeatedly over the last 8

  14. No call No show ?

    RescueNinja replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Next time if you don't hear back by the day before the shift I'd just give them a quick call and confirm whether you are scheduled or

  15. Hold injection site with Lovenox?

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, she used to time me lol. Now I'm a RN on my own and won't be holding the site any longer lol (unless necessary of course) I do give it slowish, with the airlock, deep s/c, 2+ inches from...

  16. Hold injection site with Lovenox?

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    Okay...no more holding. Learn something new everyday Thanks

  17. Hold injection site with Lovenox?

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    I never thought about pts scratching it...interesting point! So we are supposed to hold

  18. Hold injection site with Lovenox?

    RescueNinja replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...thanks for all the replies. Maybe it is an old school thought?? My preceptor was an ICU nurse with 25+ years of

  19. A Word of Wisdom

    RescueNinja replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in General Nursing

    I want to know where you have been looking. I am a young, new nurse and in my area it is the opposite of what you are describing. The older nurses are getting all the jobs and the younger nurses are...

  20. No call No show ?

    RescueNinja replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure, but I've seen it happen. There was one day where it was almost the exact same situation as you described and I was instructed by my DON to mark the nurse as "A" (absent) which means no show,...

  21. No call No show ?

    RescueNinja replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility it would be considered a no

  22. No call No show ?

    RescueNinja replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Did you go in for the rest of the shift when they called you to find out why you weren't

  23. What info should be "tattooed" on a nurse's brain?

    RescueNinja replied to rloh961's topic in General Nursing

    The very first thing you need to know about every single patient is their code status. Nothing is stopping pts from going downhill at 7:01 and it often happens

  24. Have you ever had the kind of day

    RescueNinja replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've often thought about how much easier it'd be if I popped a foley in and threw on a leg bag before my

  25. Have you ever had the kind of day

    RescueNinja replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to carry a phone too. It's inevitable, as soon as the pee starts to flow, the phone rings. 110% of the time. One time I had the phone in my front pocket and when I sat down something else in...