NurseyBaby'05 BSN, RN

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    Another Care Plan Question

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Michelle123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What about an actual diagnosis and a "Risk for" diagnosis? Risk for self-injury comes immediately to mind. Self-esteem, chronic low for current. It seems to me that any diagnosis appropriate for a...
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    Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    As for your OB nurse, I would have handled that situation a little bit differently. I would have said that I wanted to put an IV lock into you now while it would be an easy procedure instead of later...
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    Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Without trying to sound condescending, sometimes you don't want to give the pt. the flagrant option of saying no. An example, I admitted a woman who came in with Community Acquired Pneumonia and was...
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    Two months orientation. How can i handle family members???

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to ccrn2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Also, work a lot of nights. That's partly why I do. It's not just the families though. On daylight everyone wants a piece of you and there's just so much that is able to be spread around. At...
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    Does Your Hospital give extra $$ for Shifts?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty much the same song and dance where I work. The same holes have been in the schedule for about eight weeks and could have been filled easily by an agency nurse (who they can cancel at...
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    Does Your Hospital give extra $$ for Shifts?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    At what point do you call in sick?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I call in when I feel like I'm starting to get sick. Could I still work? Probably. However, over the years, I found that if I can lay low the first day before it hits me full on, I often wind up not...
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    Ampules still being used, Ouch!

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to NurseyPoo's topic in General Nursing

    I use a still wrapped 2x2. There's two of them in there plus the two layers of paper. Knock on wood. I haven't gotten cut
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    menu/recipe ideas for chemo pts

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to mtnmom's topic in Oncology

    Whatever they think they can keep down and sounds tasty to them. Sorry to be so simplistic, but like another poster said, tastes and aversions wind up being so individualized. A friend of my parents'...
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    I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_hug: :icon_hug: :icon_hug: Lori- I don't know what else to say. Keep your eyes and ears open and see what else is out there in terms of employment.
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    Constipation Relief...

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to SCgirl1962's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When I worked on the Neuro floor. Monday, Wednesday and Friday were bowel regimen nights. 8pm Dulcolax suppositiry, if unsuccessful for BM, then 8:30pm Fleet enema, if still unsuccessful for BM,...
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    need help with paper

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to dj44pm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What about hormone replacement thearapy vs other alternatives for peri-menopausal and menopausal women? Or does it have to be more in the maternal/newborn
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    All 3rd shifters

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to URO-RN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: If someone comes to me with a blood sugar @ 06:00, I'm not going to expect they day nurse to cover it two hours later. Besides, if a person's sugar is 300, I really don't want to wait...
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    Desperately Need Help With Care Plans

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to LVN2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What kind of surgery did your patient have? The distention could be from constipation. It could also be from gas or an ileus. How active has this patient been post-op? How much fluid has he taken...
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    Did you ever doubt your intelligence for Nursing school....

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    I put off studying nursing for a long time becasue I thought I wasn't any good in science. I always got Bs and Cs. Then when I was twenty-three or twenty-four, I had a wake-up call one day. I...
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    Foley vs Straight Cath

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to JenNJFLCA's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Both increase your risk for UTI, but the foley is greater. Think of the tube as a fast track for bacteria to the bladder. A lot of patients don't use serile technique @ home and it's OK. They're...
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    Replacement-Nurse Company: Undermines Progress

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to nyforlove's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Not only that, but you wonder what the working conditions are like to begin with at the facility. If the staff felt the need to unionize in the first place, they were probably not so good. They can't...
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    How to study with 5 month old baby???

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to kemerick's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am a terrible procrastinator. I finally would just decide to do twenty-five questions on the computer and tell myself it was better than nothing. They usually took 10-15 minutes. Once I would get...
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    Replacement-Nurse Company: Undermines Progress

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to nyforlove's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    When they chose to strike, did they think the hospital would just close it's doors? You don't get to dictate how things are run in your absence. As for these "opportunistic" replacements, they don't...
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    Female Foleys... I STINK AT THEM>>> HELP!!!

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    I was helping a co-worker insert a foley on a spunky LOL. She said an old school nurse showed her to prop a bedpan under a woman's hips. This seemed to put everything at a better angle. It was...
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    1st assignments for army nurses

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to cinja's topic in Government, Military

    Don't forget the Stryker forces too . . . .
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    I just can't catch on

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Brooke13-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Honey- Give yourself a break. You're five days off of orientation. I still have days like that. People who have been in the game far longer than you and I together still have days like that. The only...
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    How important are grades?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Will the schools you are looking at accept CLEP credit? You can save money and time and also not have it help or hinder your grade. It's Pass/Fail. Just a thought. When I took the tests a few...
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    does anyone really like nursing?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to karenne40's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Most days, yes! Some days, absolutely
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    Our Rights vs. Chemicals???

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to catlady's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pt with a new CBI and another nurse had the roommate that was a fresh ICU transfer. Needless to say we were in there at least every half hour between the two of us. Both patients had family in...