MomRN0913

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  1. Any ICUs or critical care settings where the standard ratio is 1:1?

    MomRN0913 replied to edogs334's topic in MICU, SICU

    It's very sad, the norm in the ICU where I used ot work is becoming 1:3 due to staffing and budget issues. 2 of those patients can be on vents and drips. WOuld love to move to sunny CA and have a...

  2. Is it wrong if I....

    MomRN0913 replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    Right, but asking how you are doing is one thing. Asking about treatments and meds is another. Are we supposed to dodge patients if they are out of our care and not our patients? And what if your...

  3. Male nurse in L&D

    MomRN0913 replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hhhhmmmmm, sounds like discrimination. However.... A male nurse wouldn't bother me. My OB/GYN is male and the best EVER. When I went into labor, my exH said "you better not have a male nurse" I...

  4. Morphine vial dose...HELPP!!!!!

    MomRN0913 replied to Marie1205's topic in General Nursing

    ditto

  5. Is it wrong if I....

    MomRN0913 replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's not wrong. That's nursing. I have had family members of patients I had taken care of, but not assigned ot that night ask me quesitons about their care and ask me to help. And I do if it's OK...

  6. What could "HA" be an abbreviation for?

    MomRN0913 replied to hubbellr1's topic in General Nursing

    Hyperalimentation is the first thing that came to my

  7. No Names....I'm just Saying That .....

    MomRN0913 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    i am the nurse who worked both day shift and night shift in the same unit, ICU. I am the nurse who will stay if I can to complete what wasn't done. I am the nurse who says to the apologetic nurse...

  8. Pt not allowed to refuse care?

    MomRN0913 replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    What needs ot be done is to get a psyche consult. If the Psychiatrist deems him capabale of making his own decisions about care, then it is his right to refuse. If they find him incompetent, then...

  9. Becoming a CM with no experience in CM

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Case Management

    I am an RN for over 5 years, first in bedside ICU nursing, then a miserable 6 months in nursing management working for a dictator. I no long her that job, I got fired for not signing an awful...

  10. Best way to unclog a PEG?

    MomRN0913 replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    Really warm water. I have used coke, gingerale, cranberry juice with minimal effect. really warm water.... that works

  11. I turned down a management job

    MomRN0913 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest mistake was taking a job in management. If you are happy, don't ruin a good thing. Honestly, my personal opinion. Nursing Management

  12. Nurses in the path of Hurricane Irene

    MomRN0913 replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    Please everyone STAY SAFE! i am in Northern NJ and am so thankful to be unemployed now. I have a 4 year old and love in the worst flood zone and will have to evacuate. My ex husband is leaving for...

  13. Pseudo-seizures

    MomRN0913 replied to Lucyinthesky's topic in General Nursing

    I will correct, I have seen pseudo-seizures and FAKE seizures. No, they aren't the

  14. Does your immune system go down when you start a new schedule?

    MomRN0913 replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Nursing

    It sure does. It happened ot me when I started nights as a new grad. Then when I started days last year. Then when I started a

  15. Elevated WBC's after cocaine use

    MomRN0913 replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    It's a stress

  16. Pseudo-seizures

    MomRN0913 replied to Lucyinthesky's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a few patients in the ICU who were seizure fakers. Some did it for the 2mg Ativan IVP it got them. Others did it for attention. No incontinence, no post -ictal phase, started talking...

  17. Yet another RN to BSN question....

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Looking to do it all online, at an affordable price, yet reputable degree. Can anyone help?

  18. When an employee is a patient

    MomRN0913 replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

    The way I see it, you rubbed them wrong at the coffee. No excuse, but that set the tone. When I had my daughter at a hospital in the system I worked in, I got no special treatment. After being NPO...

  19. Dilaudid Max Dose

    MomRN0913 replied to laurainaz's topic in General Nursing

    How is that going to work? I had a chronic pain patient, 4 mg IVP Q4, I believe and on a Fentanyl gtt at 150mcgs/hr.... on NC. Talking up a storm and all over the call bell. This was in the ICU of...

  20. Yet another RN to BSN question....

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the help. I won't have to take my NCLEX again, will I?! Christian based classes, not for me, I appreciate that info. As some know I am unemployed right now. I am a nurse for over 5...

  21. this is an amazing case!

    MomRN0913 replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    That is pretty

  22. Have you ever

    MomRN0913 replied to walkingonthestars's topic in General Nursing

    I was in nursing school with a person like this. She would fight her horribly wrong answers with the professor. In clinicals, she wanted to give 250mg of something instead of 2.5. I don't remember...

  23. Mechanical Ventilation

    MomRN0913 replied to ahm5012's topic in MICU, SICU

    They do save yourThey love to explain this stuff, this is their area of expertise. I also totally agree to have some friends in the RT. I was very close to the RT's and when I called, they answered,...

  24. why???

    MomRN0913 replied to smily11's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are the #1 most trusted profession in the national Gallop poll. That should say a lot. I have had many patients tell me it was the nurses that really did the work and explained everything,...

  25. Would you consider me?

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Getting frustrated on my job search. Associates degree RN, 5 years critical care, 6 months management. Can barely find a job. SO I applied in the system I used to work in at a different hospital...