GHGoonette BSN, RN

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    Too young to be a nurse??

    GHGoonette replied to eschoolgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's a difficult question. To an extent - and solely in my own experience - there is a tendency amongst CERTAIN types of "older" nurses to give youngsters a hard time. This didn't happen in the...
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    Whiskey Horse FoxTrot - Are You Kidding Me?

    GHGoonette replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    The sad thing is, there are so many people out there desperate to get a tertiary education and a valid qualification without the massive amounts of debt that go with it that they will be suckered into...
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    Please help settle debate about medical record/revoking consent

    GHGoonette replied to ERnurse2001's topic in General Nursing

    I presume there is a questionnaire that has to be completed on admission; that's pretty well standard. Space for you to record medications, food preferences and/or allergies is provided in most of...
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    New to Pacu

    GHGoonette replied to EvanRN123's topic in PACU

    OP, a lot depends on where you want to be in ten years time. By then you won't have small kids at home and may be wanting to make changes to your career. If the med/surg, or any kind of floor nursing...
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    lpn with actions against license to rn

    GHGoonette replied to wondering nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Did the school not inquire if you have had any disciplinary problems when you applied for the course? I would have thought they would have approached your employer before accepting you. After all,...
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    DD Register

    GHGoonette replied to magicbutton's topic in PACU

    The scheduled drug register is a legal document. After any incident adversely affecting a patient where there is reason to believe that drugs administered may be the cause, the information in the...
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    Nurses,if it ok to be scared of the hospital ER?

    GHGoonette replied to nobody067's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you're going to follow the advice you've received and GET YOURSELF CHECKED OUT AND ON AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT REGIME! And thanks, Mi Vida, for asking that very important question! The thing...
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    How do you know when a patient needs stitches?

    GHGoonette replied to starfishlpn's topic in General Nursing

    When the patient doesn't run in terror from the needle.... (Had that happen once in the ED, woman with a small cut almost wrecked the room when we approached her with the local
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    What do you see?

    GHGoonette replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    My friend Kathy (sharpeimom) thought from my avatar that I might use a buggy like the comical figure portrayed. Actually, that figure is Ethel the Eccentric, and was the "heroine" of a hilarious story...
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    MD: Why did you get a BG on this diabetic patient???

    GHGoonette replied to Murse901's topic in Emergency

    Right, having determined that this happened, I'd like you to consider the following; let's assume your colleague didn't do the finger stick and the patient was discharged, only to collapse and...
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    MD: Why did you get a BG on this diabetic patient???

    GHGoonette replied to Murse901's topic in Emergency

    When you use the term "hypothetical", are you saying that it's a scenario you yourself have imagined, or did you hear it from someone else that this actually happened? That is, did this happen to...
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    Looking for some advice- Mom verbally abusive/new grad not being able to find a job

    GHGoonette replied to crazyscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I agree 100% with Poi. Your mother is clearly one of those who are not worthy of the name. Get out before she totally destroys
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    Any recommendations?

    GHGoonette replied to AKA_Glamour_Pearl's topic in General Nursing

    If you're suffering from leg cramps after a few hours, you probably don't want a flat shoe; you more than likely need your heel raised slightly. Those Sanita clogs look like the right kind of shape,...
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    When "The Calling" wears off?

    GHGoonette replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    As previously pointed out, your passion for your work has its ups and downs. There are times when you feel like you can move mountains, others when you can't lift your head over the top of the...
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    Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    GHGoonette replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To all my colleagues: No, I have not missed you ONE BIT! I have been very happy on holiday, and I am NOT looking forward to seeing you next Monday. In fact, if I win the lottery tomorrow, you'll never...
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    What you'd REALLY like to say....

    GHGoonette replied to ICor9:24's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ooops, wrong
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    What would you like to know?

    GHGoonette replied to Sparrow23's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. You could give a day's lecture just on drugs (opiates, anaesthetic agents, muscle relaxants, volatile liquids etc etc) used in theater, but that's not going to be much use to ward nurses,...
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    My hospital is breaking the law...

    GHGoonette replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand that meds are supposed to be administered by an RN if it's outside an LPN's scope of practice, but why should the OP fear leaving an LPN to monitor a patient after administration? I...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    GHGoonette replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I had a weird experience a couple of weeks ago in our less than two years old hospital. I've heard people swearing blind the Theater is haunted, but I've never seen anything, although there are places...
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    Bitter dried up nurses that need to RETIRE

    GHGoonette replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe you hit he nail on the head here...promote 'em up to management where they can do less
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    Can you give additional doses of a PRN to increase an already given dose to a range?

    GHGoonette replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    OP states it's a hypothetical
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    no win situation

    GHGoonette replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    I think before you go ahead and quit, get yourself assessed by a psychologist to try to find out if the job is at the root of your feelings of low self-esteem and anxiety, or if there's something else...
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    Can you give additional doses of a PRN to increase an already given dose to a range?

    GHGoonette replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    Titrate the morphine to 1mg/ml, administer 4mg, wait for ten minutes, then ask the patient if there's any relief. If not, or if there's only partial relief, you may then administer a further 1-2mg,...
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    Bitter dried up nurses that need to RETIRE

    GHGoonette replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ah, now you've touched on a subject particularly close to my heart.... As a former manager, Mindlor, you will know the term "core business". In health care, obviously, "core business" is patient care,...
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    Ever carried a patient to PACU?

    GHGoonette replied to hypnus's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Only ever seen it done with babies, wide awake, short procedure, and then only with docs who are themselves new dads and a bit baby crazy themselves. It's not recognized safe practice, though,...