anon456 BSN, RN

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   Nurses with newborns at home

   anon456 replied to KD_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

   That's a very good idea! Unfortunately I work on small units of 18 beds, and the only shower is for patients, so I wouldn't want to use it for myself. ? And since I float, like I said, I don't have a...
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   Nurses with newborns at home

   anon456 replied to KD_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I just logged onto this forum after a long time away from it in order to see if others are in this same situation! Thank you for posting! I have a 9 week old (full term) and am going back to work in 2...
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   nurses put on paid leave for carrying out orders for potentially fatal doses of fentanyl

   anon456 replied to Verthandi's topic in Nursing News

   I have always wondered about this myself. As a hospice nurse we often give a LOT more doses of comfort meds than is typical for non-hospice patients. I used to be very uncomfortable with this, and...
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   Nurse accused of impregnating women in vegetative state

   anon456 posted a topic in Nursing News

   A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of impregnating woman in a vegetative state who gave birth last month at a Phoenix health care facility, Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said...
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   A nurse with a difficult name??

   anon456 replied to Moonkitten's topic in General Nursing

   I have a "nurse name" that I use only at work, and otherwise I am called by my real name. While I expect people in my life to learn and say my name, I don't expect that of sick people or stressed out...
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   Walmart cashiers wearing gloves?

   anon456 replied to Misstika's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

   I asked one of them why she was wearing gloves and she said it was to protect her
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   Allergic to cats in AL, what can I do?

   anon456 replied to Mrsvirgomama's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I am also not giving medical advice here-- just sharing my own experience. When I was hired to hospice nursing I was originally going to work both the inpatient units and home setting for our...
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   Something that has been eating away at me

   anon456 replied to Mu0r's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with comments above and wanted to add: Document the heck out of the situation as you communicated with the doctor, what they said back to you, what you observed that they did, and how patient...
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   Weighted blanket "to prevent contractures"?!?!?

   anon456 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   1. Is it possible that the wife misunderstood the rationale behind the weighted blanket? For example maybe the hospice nurse told her to use rolled washclothes to prevent contractures of the hands,...
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    What Can be Done

    anon456 replied to tmcintyre1234's topic in General Nursing

    This is a wonderful article! I found myself going back and remembering my own version of the patient you described above, with a similar history. My patient had a severe anoxic brain injury at the age...
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    I Desperately Want Out

    anon456 replied to toxiktraktor's topic in Nursing Career

    In addition to the great input you've had from other posters, I was thinking that could very well be the actual job making you feel depressed, OR it could be that you are changing phases in your life...
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    Jahi McMath is finally at peace

    anon456 posted a topic in Nursing News

    For those who have been following this saga . . I'm glad she was finally allowed to be at peace. Jahi McMath, girl at center of brain death debate, has died after surgery, family says | Fox
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    It Never Occurred To Me.

    anon456 replied to Have Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wonderful!
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    Death's Perfect Timing

    anon456 replied to r_doyle62's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh so wonderful! Thanks for sharing! I am a hospice nurse and I have seen some amazing things that make me (and my co-workers) believers in powers that are outside our human
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    To Suction or Not To Suction, End of Life & Hospice Patients

    anon456 replied to NickICU-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have struggled with this as well. My company doesn't take any particular stance on it other than to do whatever is needed to make the patient and family comfortable. I also don't want a patient to...