KatePasa

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 patients at the actively dying phase assigned to me on...

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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 that needs to be collected. Beyond that, after twel...

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 other nurse what the standing orders are or the basic ...

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 so on. Some new nurses, who just graduated, fail t...

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 name.

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 me "not to worry about a job and just pass NCLEX"...

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

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 a catastrophe. If he didn't return ...

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 nurse. Nursing school is so much more than poking, pro...

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

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 treating the patient's medical conditions, not addic...

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 if the patient is apprehensive about taking meds is...

I've heard the average age of a nursing student is 30. Impirical evidence from my program suggests that's true. I'm 32.

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 gateway to my senior year as a nursing student. How...

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 resistance...so anything that increases that increas...

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 like to ferret out the key processes that are the...

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 is landscape. Barron's Spanish-English Dictionary...

Thank you! I have Strunk & White's. My mother is an editor and she added that to my arsenal. Tabor's was required by my program. I have Kee's Pharmacology, which I love. I think I'll get her lab book, now. I have another which is so odious ...

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

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 publications". They arrive within two weeks usually a...

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 of instructors direct people to me when they are s...

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 patients. The defining characteristics for Decreased C...

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 reference.