Indy

Indy LPN, LVN

ICU, telemetry, LTAC

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  1. preceptor's question(s)

    Indy posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey y'all! I've been a nurse for 4+ years. In this time I've formally precepted two new grads. Informally I teach people all the time, but the new grads are the people I get excited about. Okay so...

  2. preceptor's question(s)

    Indy replied to Indy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in an LTAC and I can tell you, 8 patients is too many! Holy crap, I can barely handle five with a

  3. The Concerns of My Loving Wife

    Indy replied to JohnWatson's topic in General Nursing

    I'll try to answer. But you know the answers will vary a lot. 1. I know of one medsurg job in my county that is an 8 hour shift (that is, one floor on one of the hospitals). The rest of the...

  4. Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

    Indy replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Tubal ligation: Me: Watch my breathing... gone. After? 5 hours of trying to wake up, then my mom was there. Lithotripsy, I didn't know how modern that procedure had gotten. The versed was so cool,...

  5. Drug seekers: where's the compassion?

    Indy replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a lot of belly fistula patients in the last year, along with some recovering from multiple traumas and it seems to me our docs really like to give them dilaudid. Like, REALLY, the patients...

  6. The little things that an aide does that make a difference...

    Indy replied to SmartMorgan's topic in General Nursing

    The act of actually doing your job, taking initiative to do your work without having to be told, is a priceless gift in and of itself these days.

  7. Question about job duties as a LTAC RN

    Indy replied to NeekNurse's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I don't think you should work with a 1:8 ratio. Our loads are 4 to 5 patients nightshift, sometimes 3... It's very hard work and you would not be able to survive long in that environment with eight...

  8. New Years Eve Blue Moon

    Indy replied to DogWmn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm working, we'll be short handed, I'm stocking our unit up on

  9. Wildest lab values you've ever seen?

    Indy replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a troponin of 131. The dude lived to go home, then died a few months

  10. preceptor's question(s)

    Indy replied to Indy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well I did the "very little help" thing last night- I made myself a resource for the entire unit and helped with questions and did occasionally rescue my orientee from drowning. In my world that...

  11. preceptor's question(s)

    Indy replied to Indy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Four is considered full here, five is ouch but sometimes happens. She is right at her 11th week I believe. I have put so much effort into this training that I don't want to screw up the "letting...

  12. Interesting blog Describes view from family's eyes

    Indy replied to Whiskeytown's topic in General Nursing

    There is a doctor in the comments telling the family that patients in rehab with a feeding tube "need" a nissen fundoplication to avoid reflux. Good golly, whatever happened to sitting upright and...

  13. Best Mattress for Heavy Soon-2-B Nurse?

    Indy replied to fortunato's topic in General Nursing

    My nightshift preceptor is a bit fluffy with bad knees. (I like the word fluff when talking about anything less than a true, 400 lb+ bariatric patient.) Anyhow she had a support mattress, forget...

  14. Is nursing depressing? Would you leave because of that?

    Indy replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing can be depressing, yes. Night shifts screw with your body in so many ways, making imbalances more likely. It takes more work to be sane and healthy if you're any member of the health...

  15. SC Nursing Board Abuses Power & Authority

    Indy replied to kristie0701's topic in General Nursing

    The place to appeal this is twofold: The governor's office and the media. If enough people get excited about it, the governor can fire the actual board and replace it with different people....

  16. Why should a patient void before surgery?

    Indy replied to TASIA305's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a few surgeries, and they don't bleed "all over the table." They bleed, people suction, sponge, etc. There's not usually any puddles of blood just lying around. And if the doc is doing...

  17. texting at work

    Indy replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I still have yet to send a text message. The cell is for road emergencies, or to carry when my child's at special events in case they need to get ahold of me. I don't care if that makes me a...

  18. Would you want to be your own nurse? Your own patient?

    Indy replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    My flaw as a patient would be the neverending mouth. The last time I had outpatient surgery, the CRNA doing my preop said she would give me some ativan prior and I came back with "well now I'm...

  19. What do you nurses think of these allied health professionals?

    Indy replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see OT and ST much but their recommendations come in handy for, say, my guillian barre patients, some of whom never seem to sleep. I have laid eyes on one chaplain and one nun since starting...

  20. Milk and Molasses Enema

    Indy replied to medicrnohio's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks to the microwave the thing is a lot easier to make nowadays. I had to do this without supplies other than a retention bag, a patient fridge, and an old OB nurse to tell me the process. So...

  21. What is happening in your hospital? Not using N95 mask, NO screening for H1N1 ,

    Indy replied to JobsearchingRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My facility is only a year old and we just managed to get the N95 masks, so they are in short supply. We are an LTAC so we have some idea of who is contagious with what, when they arrive. That is...

  22. Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

    Indy replied to Aaron86's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Indeed. I find it funny that people are complaining when there's a nurse coming around with either the mist or the shot, offering it to them; where I'm at there is no shot available yet. However, if...

  23. Things you don't want to hear your Aide say

    Indy replied to readytoroll's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't wanna hear "you better gown up for this one" on a non-isolation patient. I especially don't want to hear "Who's got the vick's" right after

  24. TPN HELP!!! (please)

    Indy replied to peachpower's topic in General Nursing

    Ok that's a good point about the propofol. But it brings up a question: Why does propofol tubing have to be changed every 12 hours, period, to avoid infection d/t lipid content, when I see lipid...

  25. I did a no-no

    Indy replied to mamad7's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit this whole question has me a bit muddled. I understand the bit about not taking your own prescription meds, and/or the hospital's meds that belong to patients, and diverting them for...