MomRN0913

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  1. ICU nurses/former ICU nurses, please advise... :)

    MomRN0913 replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in Critical Care

    I wrote a whole post and lost it. I'm a former icu nurse and kind of want to go back. It was pretty much where I started as a new grad with the exception of floating for the first 4 months. I loved...

  2. First time Im going to have to deal with legal issues

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    Tha is for the support. Good news is my director came in the next day, got the md on the phone to say yes, that was indeed his order. She then reviewed my documentation and said I was completely...

  3. First time Im going to have to deal with legal issues

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in Home Health

    Im not going to say too much because this issue might become legal, but I just need to vent. I am a HH/ hospice nurse who has a patient with a crazy and manipulative family who foud out something...

  4. First time Im going to have to deal with legal issues

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    Gotta love auto correct. I am not making a visit to Oreos. I have a scheduled visit to the patient

  5. Pulled to other floors?

    MomRN0913 replied to DroogieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    It is a part of the job no one likes. I understand it has to be done, but it was done unfairly in my old hospital.We had 2 ICU's, MICU and SICU. I worked MICU. We would get pulled to the ER for the...

  6. Rectal use of opiates???!!!

    MomRN0913 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Patient Medications

    We do it in hospice when a patient can't tolerate SL administration, in order to avoid the SQ, IM

  7. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    MomRN0913 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I actually haven't worked a holiday besides July 4 th this year for almost 2 years. I'm working thanksgiving this year. And with our HH company, that means thanksgiving, the day after and the...

  8. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    MomRN0913 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, sometimes I do. I am divorced and don't get my young daughter every holiday which is difficult. I have no SO, and not much family, so I prefer to work on the holidays I don't have her....

  9. Depressed over worked. Need advice

    MomRN0913 replied to sweetresq's topic in General Nursing

    First, breath. Second, you don't need to go from 60 to 0. I think if you cut back to normal hours you would not feel that much better! It's not all or nothing in the nursing profession. And there...

  10. How to choose which PRN blood pressure med

    MomRN0913 replied to vashtee's topic in Patient Medications

    The blood pressure did not kill the patient. The hemmoragic stroke did. The brain could no longer regulate the blood pressure and heart rate. Did the patient die peacefully? If he did, nothing...

  11. End of life "gibberish" - are we missing something?

    MomRN0913 replied to bryce's topic in General Nursing

    Could have been giving you lottery numbers! I would playing them

  12. 12 hr shifts and the single mom

    MomRN0913 replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    I've been trying to get a job like that loci life. Not having an easy time. I work in HH/ hospice but is by far too much work for me as I work a full 8 hour day and have tons left over for...

  13. 12 hr shifts and the single mom

    MomRN0913 replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    I became a single mom when my D was 6 months old. I was per diem, and went back to full time nights. I had joint custody with my exh. He took her on the nights I worked and I pretty much had to do...

  14. Yet Another Pre-Employment Drug Screen Thread

    MomRN0913 replied to YouSmellLikeCDiff's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had Percocet For a tooth I had pulled. A week later I had my preemploymeny drug screen. Stupid me took one about 36 hours before the drug screen for a back ache. So I said to the employee health...

  15. Wound Care

    MomRN0913 replied to WeirdNurseKelly's topic in Home Health

    Bummed=

  16. Wound Care

    MomRN0913 replied to WeirdNurseKelly's topic in Home Health

    The patient I mentioned was nicely diuresed with aldactone and bummed and that helped a

  17. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    MomRN0913 replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Worst mistake..... Putting a demerol syringe in the pca instead of the morphine that was ordered when I changed it. Thank god he wasn't allergic, it he was getting the wrong drug and highly...

  18. Wound Care

    MomRN0913 replied to WeirdNurseKelly's topic in Home Health

    We have a hospice patient who had awful stasis ulcers. We weren't intending to heal, just keep comfortable, but lo and behold they are almost healed. Vasoline gauze then cover with telfa and wrap...

  19. are there nurses who ACTUALLY care ?

    MomRN0913 replied to seriouslyserious's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And I apologize for my lack of paragraphs. My I pad gets rid of them for some

  20. are there nurses who ACTUALLY care ?

    MomRN0913 replied to seriouslyserious's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm confused. Because some classmates decided to cut your presentation shorter, you came to the conclusions most nurses don't give a ****? If your going to make a big deal over something like that...

  21. What to do in family emergency situations?

    MomRN0913 replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    I will completely honest. If it was a true emergency with my daughter or father, I would be gone in a hot second. Luckily, I know my coworkers would just pick up where I left off and something they...

  22. How do you treat an allergic reaction to Dilaudid?

    MomRN0913 replied to art71372's topic in Patient Medications

    Also, I take tramadol for back pain and sometime I get very itchy with no rash. I would call it a side effect. I don't consider myself

  23. How do you treat an allergic reaction to Dilaudid?

    MomRN0913 replied to art71372's topic in Patient Medications

    I remember a patient who was allergic to dilaudid, with rash and itching ( I hate the word pruritis). And was given Benadryl wil the

  24. Handling personal care refusals from private pay dementia clients

    MomRN0913 replied to CabanaDay's topic in Home Health

    One thingI've learned in my 6 months of home health. You can't change how people chose to live. If they want to neglect themselves and are competent to do so, that is their right. If they want to...

  25. What to do when the Doctor wont call back??

    MomRN0913 replied to sleepdeprived1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Is this a psyche hospital? If it is and there are no docs in house or an er, you call