MunoRN RN

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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    MunoRN replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's true that all sorts of things in the home can pose a danger to a child, which is why risk screening usually focuses on statistically more significant risks which includes guns in the home....
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    A sobering story-------

    MunoRN replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I realized that wasn't a fair way to put that question, so I added more to my post, you're quicker at responding than I am at adding more info, my
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    A sobering story-------

    MunoRN replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    She's certainly not the first nurse to be distracted while drawing up meds, should all these situations result in a nurse being fired or effectively losing their ability to practice? It's been...
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    A sobering story-------

    MunoRN replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    There's a pretty well proven principle that punitive action against med errors increases future risk of med errors, not decreases them. All punitive action does is encourage other nurses to avoid...
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    Ventilator Questions

    MunoRN replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in Critical Care

    Nurses are actually legally required to determine if the policies they are encourage to follow are safe and appropriate. "Just follow your policy" is potentially disastrous advice. I also disagree...
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    Septic Shower

    MunoRN replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in General Nursing

    As far as medical terminology goes, "Septic" is not particularly well defined, although based on the generally agreed upon definitions the doctor explaining it to you was not correct. "Septic...
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    Weed and work.

    MunoRN replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    There seems to be a general assumption that if someone uses marijuana that they are always stoned. I like an occasional beer, would it be safe to assume I'm always
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    Looking up patients previously in your care

    MunoRN replied to Clovery's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    HIPAA does actually allow for caregivers to evaluate their care by reviewing information pertinent to care they have provided even if they are not currently caring for or will be caring for that...
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    Reaction to rocephin

    MunoRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Patient Medications

    Acute hypotension is an expected part of anaphylactic shock and along with airway constriction is what makes it acutely life threatening. Hives is typically a late sign which is clinically useful...
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    teenagers and pot

    MunoRN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Active THC is only present for a few hours after ingesting marijuana, drug tests typically look for THC metabolites (non-psycoactive components resulting from the metabolism of THC). Marijuana is...
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    teenagers and pot

    MunoRN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Marijuana can certainly be harmful for adolescents which is actually one of the arguments for legalization. Marijuana is a widely available product whether it's sold by drug dealers or licensed...
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    Weed and work.

    MunoRN replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    India Pale Ale. Tastes kind of like you're eating pine cone covered with lawn clippings, but in a good
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    Aortic stenosis

    MunoRN replied to glitterglamRN's topic in Critical Care

    I know that used to be the assumption but I don't think there is broad agreement anymore that hypertrophy is the cause of myocardial ischemia in AS.: ARTICLES | Journal of Applied
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    Weed and work.

    MunoRN replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I will freely admit that during my stretch off I like to go out to dinner, and a big part of that is getting a good IPA on tap. During the summer I also go to trivia night, so about twice out of...
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    Depression and Coronary artery Bypass graft

    MunoRN replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    Considering the OP has been a member for 7 years I sort of doubt they are a student. It's actually a very reasonable question and there's no worry of giving away the answers because there aren't...
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    Where are all of the holistic nurses?

    MunoRN replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Holistic

    It's not a nursing "speciality", it's a core part of all nursing. There is unfortunately an element in nursing that doesn't recognize holistic care is a part of all nursing, which is the...
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    Patients taking selfies in clinical areas

    MunoRN replied to whichone'spink's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    This is where staff need to be very careful and I've known of security staff who faced criminal charges for falsely believing they had the right to require a visitor to give them their phone to delete...
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    Legal question POA

    MunoRN replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    An 18 year old is an adult and legally capable of making their own decisions. In many states, the legal age for medical decision making is younger than 18, so a parent can't override a 16 year olds'...
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    Dilemma With Documentation

    MunoRN replied to carl5480's topic in General Nursing

    It wouldn't be appropriate for the nurse doing the documentation to suggest that they were the one who evaluated the patient, but there is nothing at all wrong with a nurse acting as a scribe for...
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    How do US nurses feel about the testing/disclosures they must do?

    MunoRN replied to NurseStorm's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's reasonable for both BONs and employers to take measure to protect patients from avoidable harm, and one could certainly argue that they don't always set a good example (safe workloads for...
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    Central line infection- how long until symptoms occur?

    MunoRN replied to Seas's topic in General Nursing

    I think you may be jumping the gun by assuming the patient definitely had a CLASBI just because they developed a fever. There are a long list of reasons why a patient can develop a fever, bacteremia...
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    Pre employment physi

    MunoRN replied to Ozymandia's topic in Occupational Health

    I would consider a BON to be a reliable source of what that BON's standards are. As for employment it varies by employer, some do not allow even prescribed use of certain medications they consider to...
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    Is this true?

    MunoRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    It's a stretch to say it's "no longer acceptable", that would suggest wide acceptance of some recommendations that at least so far are not well established. The Infusion Nursing Society does...
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    Depressed self-referral to ED

    MunoRN replied to jana82's topic in General Nursing

    Generally the police don't lock people up for that, on what charge would they be locking them
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    Advice of hipaa violation

    MunoRN replied to Bejey4353's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    There is an important distinction between being the designated POA in the event the patient becomes incapacitated and being the active decision maker because the patient is incapacitated. You...