annister

annister

Oncology/Hematology, Infusion, clinical

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  1. Vent: suspended for not charting on time

    annister replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in Patient Medications

    Ok, I understand the topic of this thread has been focused on blame, accountability and the appropriateness of the subsequent disciplinary action that followed. My immediate reaction to the...

  2. What is the difference between an oral and rectal thermometer?

    annister replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Where you put

  3. Just when you thought you'd heard it all

    annister replied to mizfradd's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure that's on back

  4. Thinking about outpt onco/infusion, thoughts?

    annister replied to LisaFis's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Depending on your personality, the positives may look like negatives (and the negatives positives.) So here goes... POSITIVES: * you get to know your patients well and you will be able to pick up on...

  5. Making Reservations for the ER

    annister replied to kaliRN's topic in Emergency

    It seems to me that if one has the time/physical capacity/mental capacity to get online or call for a reservation for the EMERGENCY room, one may want to consider the possibility that his/her ailment...

  6. Morphine vial dose...HELPP!!!!!

    annister replied to Marie1205's topic in General Nursing

    The question of varying dose availabilities is not important from what I read of your situation. You should be asking yourself "why did I give a drug without checking the strength/ml on the vial?" If...

  7. Oncology Drug shortage

    annister replied to plum94's topic in Oncology

    Call me crazy, but I think it's all a matter of money. We have had issues (on and off) getting IV: B12 Magnesium Decadron Leucovorin Cisplatin 5-FU and most recently, Taxol (probably THE most...

  8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    annister replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Look! It's a bird...it's a plane....oh, wait, it's just a high

  9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    annister replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "sure, I can run your chemo in wide open so you can get to your important appointment...I didn't realize your appointment involved a ride to the ER via EMS. How silly of me.

  10. What is the one piece of advice you wish you could tell yourself as a nursing student

    annister replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Take any and every opportunity that presents itself (and seek new ones) to perform skills that you have "learned." If you practice as a student, you have one less worry when you start your first...

  11. Failed NCLEX 5 times

    annister replied to tayvia99's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My immediate reaction is this... NCLEX is based completely on the "perfect world" version of nursing. Is it possible that your experience as an LPN is causing you to answer the questions in the...

  12. What HAVE you said to patients???

    annister replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    When my Baker Act patient (accidental OD) asked why He couldn't have the wall clock in his room, I said "they are afraid you'll be in here killing time" before thinking. I thought the sitter was...

  13. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    annister replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The only thing stopping me from ripping off your arm ( which is very firmly gripping by boob at the moment) and using it to knock the silly grin off of your face, is the fact that I have one hand...

  14. Question, about HIPPA

    annister replied to purse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm not sure about the rules with HIPPA, but the boundaries set by HIPAA may have been overstepped. Sorry, I had a rough night

  15. "I'm A Good Nurse" Syndrome

    annister replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I've come to accept the reality that not everyone (well, anyone) can be perfect like me. Don't bother trying, it just makes you look

  16. Are you insulted????

    annister replied to CNABESS's topic in General Nursing

    It's not insulting. If it were, nurses would be insulted by everyone but other nurses. And from what I've seen, many nurses can't seem to get along with each other. I notice some people can turn...

  17. Death is just a little too close...

    annister replied to thenameismac's topic in General Nursing

    I can remember being obsessed with this fear that I had of death and dying for most of my childhood and teenage years. I dwelled on all of the potential (negative) possibilities that my imagination...

  18. ANGRY...venting

    annister replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I could give you a textbook sized list of BS justifications for why your facility is right or wrong, but who would I be kidding anyway? I'd be lying if I told you I wouldn't be just as angry in the...

  19. You know the untouched left over food items on pt trays>

    annister replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    It does in my hospital. Probably not just in isolation rooms, either. Funny, I can never seem to get a room cleaned when it's desperately needed, yet I had a patient recently who went for dialysis...

  20. Renal Unit

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

    We have a lot of HDY and PDY patients. We don't get much more of a warning than "we're on our way down the hall" when they take pts. to ADU. We recently started using an SBAR sheet and the ADU nurse...

  21. Why are patients...?

    annister replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why can you only ask for........one........thing..........at..........a...........time..........?????? When I say "Is there anything else I can do for you right now?":) You say "Nausea...

  22. Nurses who steal narcotics....

    annister replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    I am not quite as hardcore one way or the other as some here, and I do feel for anyone dealing with addiction. Hell, I'm smoking a cigarette at this very moment. Addiction, to anything, sucks....

  23. Do you think removing an NG tube is "killing someone"?

    annister replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say about this post is that I wholeheartedly

  24. So tired :(

    annister replied to EarthChild1130's topic in General Nursing

    Is that geographically

  25. Nurse-Patient Ratios on East Coast

    annister replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    I say more or less (mostly more) true here in FL. I'll add that, sometimes, in order to send one of my pts. to the icu, they have to have coded and been intubated. And it is not for a lack of patient...