Gold_SJ

Gold_SJ

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  1. Saline flush without a physician order?

    Gold_SJ replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with Diva, I really dislike arguing. Everyone went out of their way to answer your questions wanting to be helpful, yet you are set on trying to tell people they are acting out of their scope of...

  2. Saline flush without a physician order?

    Gold_SJ replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Nursing

    --.-- What was the whole purpose to this question? To try to find a person in the wrong? I had found it interesting as I thought it was a genuine one, but

  3. Saline flush without a physician order?

    Gold_SJ replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Nursing

    This thread seems to be more about splicing hairs then the original question put

  4. Saline flush without a physician order?

    Gold_SJ replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe where you work your system is different, for my facility a standing order can be initiated by the nurse at their disgression. Eg. Child has a temperature of 40.3 degrees and is uncomfortable,...

  5. Saline flush without a physician order?

    Gold_SJ replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Nursing

    Well nurse initiation via a policy/procedure (for standing orders) is perfectly fine as it's approved by the medical officers and the facility. If it's a standing order it's fine to do that. Why you...

  6. Saline flush without a physician order?

    Gold_SJ replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the others, follow your facilities policies and procedures. Here in my facility it is only good practice to flush with NaCl 0.9% for children hourly if not on therapy to keep the vein open...

  7. 20 Things Nurses Wish They Never Had to Say

    Gold_SJ replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Really loved this :) Made me laugh. Hope you continue putting out more articles! 7) To any mother: "Your child has head lice." This one has always been one of my dreaded moments. Trying to tell a mum...

  8. HIPPA and counseling

    Gold_SJ replied to Maevish's topic in General Nursing

    Ooh, well when it comes to staff members or personal members in family/friends ect, it's perfectly fine to say names or conversations/interactions you have had. They (counsellor) are completely bound...

  9. HIPPA and counseling

    Gold_SJ replied to Maevish's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's perfectly fine as long as you don't mention names or any key elements that would allow the counsellor to hone in on who they are. (eg. Paraplegic when you're a town of 100 and there's...

  10. Woo Hoo!!! I'm done!!!!

    Gold_SJ replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!! You're an inspiration. :ancong!:

  11. Nurse locator devices...

    Gold_SJ replied to JRP1120, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility it seems its in ancient times, we have no idea where a nurse is, you must hunt them down with your own either sense or instinct. Some nurses just give up and hollar your name down the...

  12. "Potty Talk"

    Gold_SJ replied to RosesrReder's topic in General Nursing

    Ew ^.^;; Do they not even think of what feacal molecules are attatching themselves to their phone pressed right to their face? Taking a glove off so does not eliminate everything unless your hands are...

  13. Medication/Pharmacy errors...

    Gold_SJ replied to ObtundedRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I feel rather strongly on this issue. In our facility the rules are suppose to be ZERO TOLERANCE and any error, non signing, unreadable handwriting ect. Has to be refused by the nurse and rewritten by...

  14. Article Contest (Jul 1-Sept 30) - allnurses.com 3rd Quarter 2011

    Gold_SJ replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    I think I submitted my article in the wrong place :smackingf . Revision Required instead of Staff Review, I'm sorry still getting the hang of where everything goes. I don't need to do any changes to...

  15. Failed! 4days before grad!

    Gold_SJ replied to privatecarenurse's topic in General Students

    Try not to feel down (easier said then done), I had a similar experience for an ethics class, man was I upset and I missed out on graduating with all my classmates all because my professor didn't like...

  16. fired... where can a bad nurse go to find a job?

    Gold_SJ replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly don't believe you're stupid either, you did the hard yards, study and passed your boards, the intelligence is all there. I think you just need some support, it's a lot of work to try to...

  17. Attention all night shift nurses, techs, cnas, and pcts...

    Gold_SJ replied to LifesAJourney's topic in General Nursing

    In agreeance with Miss Vida, sounds like OP just needed a place to vent. I'm sure we can all relate to the shift from hell, feeling stretched like a piece of bubblegum and no support. Venting is good...

  18. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    Gold_SJ replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have a Dr Bush for our local gynaecologist. Along with a Dr Foot for a surgeon. Lol funniest though would have to be Dr Bullwinkle who lives in Rocky, he must get so tired over the joke of Rocky...

  19. I need to switch preceptors

    Gold_SJ replied to katygw's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats I'm truly happy for you :) You did the right thing for yourself and that is what's important. Staying with a preceptor who you're too uncomfortable to ask questions too is more determental to...

  20. I need to switch preceptors

    Gold_SJ replied to katygw's topic in General Nursing

    You can do it! Try not to give up you're going to be a brilliant nurse I'm sure. Everyone's uncertain nervous and frankly at times terrified in their new graduate year. Well I certainly was. The sort...

  21. Nurses with Bipolar Disorder

    Gold_SJ replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    >. If you really think things are going bad and your stress is off the charts that's really the time to take some time off even if it's just a couple of days to calm yourself and think through...

  22. Article Contest (Jul 1-Sept 30) - allnurses.com 3rd Quarter 2011

    Gold_SJ replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    Hmm are the ghost stories to be fictional or real life? ^.^ Edit: XD I have worked it

  23. What do you think of chiropractors?

    Gold_SJ replied to itsme's topic in General Nursing

    I personally think they're amazing they don't just do bones but muscles as well. I have three herniated discs and suffer occasional sciatic pain and numbness in my right leg when the sciatic/numbness...

  24. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    Gold_SJ replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    If I wasn't a nurse I'd be a writer! You know the fantasy/sci-fi type with some romance and drama thrown in there. Love my job but I do love writing oh so much more. Other then that I'm not sure a...

  25. Should I be worried about back problems?

    Gold_SJ replied to austriancrystal's topic in General Nursing

    Yes back injuries are very high in the nursing field particulary the lower back, similar to how shoulder/neck injuries are high in the administration/receptionist field. Just speaking out of...