canesdukegirl BSN, RN

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    What constitutes violating a patient rights in surgery?

    canesdukegirl replied to SMAH's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I fear that you may be missing the point. Although you are correct in stating that homosexuality is now (finally) socially accepted, there are still some areas in the country where it is not. It...
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    How to tell a dark-skinned pt is pale?

    canesdukegirl replied to nursing.mypassion's topic in General Nursing

    ALWAYS assess the mucosa to determine paleness. You can't go wrong with this assessment. When I was a vet tech, that was the only way we could assess adequate circulation in animals. In pts with very...
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    explore lap

    canesdukegirl replied to fuyuojo's topic in General Nursing

    Based on your second post, my guess is that he had free air in the colon which could have necrosed. If his injury was at the splenic flexure and the anastamosis was not repaired adequately, he could...
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    What constitutes violating a patient rights in surgery?

    canesdukegirl replied to SMAH's topic in General Nursing

    It could be. For example, if you were surmising about your pt being gay, some of the other staff members MIGHT then assume the pt was gay because of your comment (you know the old game where you...
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    Is working in the or really that stressful?

    canesdukegirl replied to Angeleah's topic in Operating Room

    OP, to answer your question, yes. Working in the OR is fast paced and can be stressful. I felt that your question, "Are OR nurses overreacting when they make these kind of statements?" was a bit...
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    Does "we will be interviewing more people" mean you won't get a job?

    canesdukegirl replied to markfish's topic in General Nursing

    OP, this is absolutely correct. My husband is a manager in health care and he is required to interview the applicants that are qualified for the job. This is mandated by HR. Even if he knows which...
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    Counting?

    canesdukegirl replied to mercys's topic in Operating Room

    There should be a policy created in your facility to count instruments during a lady partsl case for EXACTLY the situation you found. My facility does not mandate that instruments be counted for total...
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    Planning a better experience for nursing students in the OR

    canesdukegirl replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the frank reply, NJ. I realize that these students are both fascinated and awkwardly uncomfortable in the OR. I strongly believe that learning and the retention of learning commences only...
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    setting alarm clock to take pain meds?

    canesdukegirl replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I also instruct patients in this way regarding pain meds. Take the dose as prescribed the first 24-48 hours, pain or not. THEN the pt can taper off as needed. It is so much more difficult to get pain...
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    Supervisors FB Friends with Staff?

    canesdukegirl replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    I used to be FB friends with my supervisor until I found out that she was using other staff's FB accounts as a way to nail them for various things. I set my account differently, and she no longer has...
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    Planning a better experience for nursing students in the OR

    canesdukegirl replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks y'all. I just felt so badly for this poor student. She was obviously uncomfortable, and didn't know the very basics of which person held which role in the OR. I did feel that either the...
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    Hold injection site with Lovenox?

    canesdukegirl replied to RescueNinja's topic in General Nursing

    According to the manufacturer, you should hold the injection site ONLY while administering the drug to ensure that only the fatty tissue is being injected. Furthermore, the manufacturer does NOT...
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    No call No show ?

    canesdukegirl replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    If she never responded, you cannot be held
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    No call No show ?

    canesdukegirl replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    So if you worked on Sunday, did you not check your email for a confirmation for Monday since you put yourself on the available list? Or did you check it on Sunday and did not see any response? Have...
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    What do you think constitutes insubordination?

    canesdukegirl replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I must chime in here. Although it is proper form to say, "CNA X, can you please take a BP in room 203?", what I am getting from NurseLoveJoy's post is that her NM advised her that if you put your...
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    Full Time Nursing Student with a Full Time Job

    canesdukegirl replied to adampricecna's topic in General Nursing

    ADAM-you got in?!?!? YAY!!!! Try working perhaps 11p-7a and see if you can juggle that. If it is too much, cut back some. Your boss is supportive of your going to school, right?
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    What do you think constitutes insubordination?

    canesdukegirl replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Write her up EVERY time you see her refusing to do the job that is outlined for her to do. Your DON can listen to complaints all day long, but unless there is documentation of each event in which she...
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    What computer system do you use in the OR?

    canesdukegirl replied to ShannonRN2010's topic in Operating Room

    UGH...we use CPM. HATE
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    What info should be "tattooed" on a nurse's brain?

    canesdukegirl replied to rloh961's topic in General Nursing

    Oh lordie, this is a hard question to answer. There are so many things that are tattooed on my brain that I would be a spectacle at Bike Week in Myrtle Beach if they split my cranium! Pathophysiology...
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    Foley to LIS???

    canesdukegirl replied to myk_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Roser, if I understood the post correctly, the pt had CBI for two days post op. THEN the MD ordered foley to LIS. If the CBI were continuing with the foley to LIS, there would not be such a risk of...
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    Foley to LIS???

    canesdukegirl replied to myk_RN's topic in General Nursing

    MunoRN-you are exactly right. If a pt is s/p TURP, the bladder can be friable. I cannot imagine placing a foley to LIS after TURP. I can't wait to hear what my surgical urologists think about this. I...
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    Nursing students who do not understand what nursing is about

    canesdukegirl replied to DNS on the go's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    When I was in nursing school, we had a student that could be described in the way the OP described her student. He was former military, was all about task and delegation (understandably so) and...
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    Calling residents affectionate names?

    canesdukegirl replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    This is FUNNY!!!! I guess that he was referring to you as "Ma" because he was subliminally equating you with his dearest caretaker, which would have been either his mother, or his wife (southern folks...
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    Calling residents affectionate names?

    canesdukegirl replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I can only contribute to this post while sharing with you all my experience with being on the other side of the fence. I was gravely ill about 10 years ago and was hospitalized for 3 weeks. The nurse...
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    false reassurance

    canesdukegirl replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    I just have to add this, with the knowledge that I am taking the risk of being tarred and feathered by you guys...but I hate HATE HATE it when someone tells an anxious pt to "just relax." Like being...