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  1. SLU in Hammond

    laurakoko replied to Gottago's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Might be meeting you soon, Lakeview Regional Med Ctr in Mandeville, is one of your clinical areas! I work there.... Good luck in nursing school. SLU is hard, but the students are very "seasoned" upon...

  2. "Granny-Dumping" in Psyche Unit

    laurakoko replied to Town & Country's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Happened to us last week. The 'granny' said she was going to kill the doctor... they dumped her off at the ER. Louisiana has some law that states nursing homes cannot dump for psych reasons unless...

  3. Recurrent Muscle Spasms LONG VENT

    laurakoko replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    HEY !!!!!!!!!! I can feel what you are going thru!!!!!!! I don't have numbing/tingling in my finger, but after a car accident, I have shoulder and neck pain. I had 2 MRIs, one showed everything ok,...

  4. Nurses can't just write their own orders...can they?

    laurakoko replied to Maynmom's topic in Travel

    HEY !!!!!!! If you don't read ANY other POST READ THIS I also once had a doc who ALWAYS wrote, "resume home medications", as an order. So, like idiots, the nursing staff wrote the orders for the meds...

  5. Charity Hospital

    laurakoko replied to tracimom's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    MOON 30, I don't know where in LA you are, but there are also some accelerated programs in Mississippi as well. From what I understand, they are well worth the out of state fees. I also agree with...

  6. Murder/Suicide at St. Joseph's This Morning....Sad

    laurakoko replied to CseMgr1's topic in Georgia Nursing

    ohhhhh........... maybe it was just

  7. what a great night I had...

    laurakoko replied to papawjohn's topic in MICU, SICU

    gggggggggggggoooooooooo youuuuuuuuuuu That's an awesome job. Very well done, very caring, very smart. Continue with the wonderful care. I hope if I am ever sick, I have a nurse like you.

  8. med surge staffing ratios

    laurakoko replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    about med/surg staffing ratios............ any more than 5 to 6 being the MAXIMUM pt load to one nurse, LPN/RN is DANGEROUS. Been a nurse for a while, and in many positions, and however trying to...

  9. New Med/Surg manager wants your input on staffing matrix

    laurakoko replied to catalyst's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Nurse manager, RN team leaders, care managers sounds like just too much mangement to

  10. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    laurakoko replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I know this is a thread I have seen before..... I guess "seekers" will do whatever they have to do to get the "fix" ?!?!? I know some patients take the ER for granted, but I get really mad that the...

  11. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    laurakoko replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Patients want their care, and they want it the way they want it because they PAY. The insured, pay high premiums. The worker, pays high taxes for medicare/medicaid. The uninsured get billed, and maybe...

  12. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    laurakoko replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen many times nurses pushing medications thru lines with something else running. Back in my LPN days, I asked an RN to give a push for me, the pt was nauseated. I had IVF- like NS hanging,...

  13. Wedding rings that sit "high" up vs. gloves

    laurakoko replied to fyrelight74's topic in General Nursing

    Careful with the wedding ring. I know a nurse who when removing her gloves, the diamond came out inside the glove, she didn't know, and tossed it in the garbage! She realized it was missing later...

  14. ER violence

    laurakoko replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    I have to agree with the family member.......... I have been a nurse for 10 + years, and worked in the ER..... However, I was on the "other side" as I brought my sister to the ER with abd pain. It...

  15. What do patients say that irks you?

    laurakoko replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had a patient, yesterday, screamed: "I need the nurse, nurse, NURSE," I went in, is everything ok?!?!? Yeah everything is ok, but, can you heat my pizza, change the baby, get a blanket for my...

  16. What squicks you out?

    laurakoko replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    ANYTHING that comes out the

  17. How do you get into case management?

    laurakoko replied to agwilkerson's topic in Case Management

    My new case managment position just fell into my lap. I was charge nurse, on a Med Surg unit for years... One of the case managers was going out for weeks for surgery, and needed someone to cover the...

  18. On-line classes for case managers?

    laurakoko replied to laurakoko's topic in Case Management

    Thanks!

  19. Steven Johnsons Syndrome

    laurakoko replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    I actually thought it was kind of strange that it took 3 days to have the anaphylatic reaction. I talked to the doctor again today, and he said it was normal for that period of time to go by. The doc...

  20. Steven Johnsons Syndrome

    laurakoko replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking of allergic reactions.......... had a pt that came in with CAD, and had a coronary stent placed to the LAD. About 3 days later, wasn't feeling well, contributed it to the procedure, but then...

  21. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    laurakoko replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    It happened this weekend! I have always heard these stories that someone "lost" something in an orifice...I just thought it happened once or twice, and the story kept getting around... until SATURDAY...

  22. Male Nurse and OB/GYN ? Is this okay ?

    laurakoko replied to earthlovers123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good

  23. Medication error

    laurakoko replied to kittiesareus's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wanted to share this story of a medication error that happened last week in our facility.... This started with a 20+ year RN in L&D. She had a patient, 36 weeks preg with twins who began pre...

  24. Is there such a thing as a "VIP" patient?

    laurakoko replied to ButterflyRN04's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is a funny story.... while I was at the bedside, one of my patients said, "and I am under the impression Dr P.. knows about my temp?" I replied, "temperature? as in fever?" She said "well, yes,...

  25. Working with Poor Management

    laurakoko replied to SthRNBelle's topic in General Nursing

    WOW, it is like this everywhere isn't it?!?!???????????????????????? Sorry for you, just keep trying to do the best you can for your patients.... it's what I do, or try to