KatePasa

KatePasa

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  1. The Last Dose

    KatePasa posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm a nurse on a med-surg floor that treats inpatient hospice patients along with our variety of other patients. I have also worked for our local hospice prn. Lately, I've had a a lot of hospice...

  2. Nurses not prepared for report

    KatePasa posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Any

  3. Nurses not prepared for report

    KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've encountered times when the information on the Kardex was more accurate than the report given to me, and sometimes it's exhaustive to remember to give each item on there or detail each specimen...

  4. Nurses not prepared for report

    KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I did once. One of the new nurses said it was my "job" to tell her all of that stuff. I see report as an opportunity to share SBAR and information about what happened on the shift, not tell the...

  5. Nurses not prepared for report

    KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Incoming nurses. We the custom on my unit is to get the basics off a Kardex, ie name, dob, diagnosis, allergies, monitoring, labs, specimens needed, diet, code status, activity, standing orders and...

  6. Nurses not prepared for report

    KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sorry, I erased it because I felt kind of snarky, but this relates to dealing with coworkers coming to get report without even knowing things like the patient's

  7. Unit Manager Offered Me a Job Before Graduation. How to proceed?

    KatePasa posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I completed my preceptorship on a busy med-surg floor. It was a great experience and I worked well with the staff there. Evidently so well, they gave me recommendations to the unit manager, who told...

  8. Unit Manager Offered Me a Job Before Graduation. How to proceed?

    KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Considering she asked me to submit an application and what shifts I would be able to work, I considered it a job

  9. Advice to New Nursing Students

    KatePasa posted a topic in General Students

    Have you ever fallen in love? If it was anything like when I started to feel something for my husband, you were nervous as all hell. I wanted everything to go right. And, any misstep or problem was...

  10. Preceptorship

    KatePasa replied to katy81's topic in General Nursing

    I love you, Grn Tea! This is more or less what I tell all of my classmates when they complain that they about don't get to do or being sent to clinical sites where they just end up watching the...

  11. Nursing Diagnosis - Psychosocial

    KatePasa replied to Lemetria Whitehurst's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look at your assessment data provided above. Your nursing diagnosis is right there in your summary, twice! Best of

  12. Narcotics administration

    KatePasa replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    Just curious...is the cancer patient white and the SSC patient black? Just curious. Is suspicion of drug seeking ever driven by a patient's race? Just a reminder...Med-Surg nurses are charged with...

  13. Narcotics administration

    KatePasa replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    It's sad to see SSC patients labeled as drug seekers once again. Nurses have no business projecting what their idea of what a person's pain SHOULD be. Valuing a patient report of pain as more valid...

  14. What is the average of a nursing student?

    KatePasa replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    I've heard the average age of a nursing student is 30. Impirical evidence from my program suggests that's true. I'm

  15. Finding Focus Amidst Turmoil

    KatePasa posted a topic in General Students

    I'll get it done. I always get it done. Maybe just writing this thread with provide me with the catharsis of talking to my peers and help me get through reviewing for the final exam that marks the...

  16. Preload and Afterload??????

    KatePasa replied to CARAMELO's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Preload is venous return/ventricular filling...so anything that would increase those increases your preload, for instance fluid volume overload or dilated ventricles. Afterload is systemic vascular...

  17. CAD/CHF Train of Thought

    KatePasa posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I like to simplify. I figure that the human body systems must be simply and efficiently designed enough for us to be roaming the earth for so many moons. So, instead of getting tangled in details, I...

  18. What books do you have on your desk?

    KatePasa replied to nurseprnRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Let's move left to right... I have The Well Designed Mixed Garden by Tracy DiSabato-Aust and Planting the Natural Garden by Piet Oudolf...because we all have to have hobbies and my previous profession...

  19. CAD/CHF Train of Thought

    KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you! I have Strunk & White's. My mother is an editor and she added that to my orificenal. Tabor's was required by my program. I have Kee's Pharmacology, which I love. I think I'll get...

  20. Subcutaneous and IM injections.

    KatePasa replied to Capp's topic in General Students

    You can also decrease the angle of the injection. Instead of popping it in at 90 degrees, you can decrease the angle to 45

  21. Need help with the insulin to carb ration for type 1 diabetic

    KatePasa replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here is an excellent resource for information on diabetes: National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse Home You can order lots of free pamphlets from them by clicking on the link that says "order...

  22. CAD/CHF Train of Thought

    KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks to both of you. I'm sorry that I wasn't clearer in my original post (or my second one for that matter). I'm having trouble communicating, probably as a result of so much studying. A couple...

  23. CAD/CHF Train of Thought

    KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What exactly is your task? My task is conceptualizing the major malfunction of these disorders in a way that eases explanation, to myself, to other students that are struggling, and eventually to...

  24. When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    KatePasa replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

  25. Binders!

    KatePasa replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    I use one 1" binder per exam. Buy them at Walmart right before school starts for around $1 a peice. Label them and keep them for