Turd Ferguson

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1. New Grad Battery Nursing exam (georgetown university hospital

   Turd Ferguson replied to connolkm's topic in General Nursing

   Never heard of it, but for your sake I hope it's nothing like

2. How long can a patient go without urinating after receiving a Duramorph spinal?

   Turd Ferguson replied to willyRN86's topic in Orthopedic

   We have a similar policy on our ortho floor. No pee by 4-6 hours? Bladder scan. Scan shows over 200-300mL (depends on MD)? Foley. I'd rather do a straight cath to relieve the patient temporarily,...

3. Documentation of Pain Reassessment

   Turd Ferguson replied to LindaCordero's topic in Orthopedic

   We have a similar problem hospital wide, here is a basic flowsheet of what has transpired. 1. Establish expectations for reassessment of pain (within 30 minutes for IV meds, 1 hour for PO, "timely...

4. Dilaudid Max Dose

   Turd Ferguson replied to laurainaz's topic in General Nursing

   Good gosh! What's the ratio of Dilaudid to Morphine... isn't it around 1mg Dilaudid = 8mg

5. What's new in nursing?

   Turd Ferguson replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in General Nursing

   Rep said it's beneficial for patients with deep bone pain (ortho surgery, minor traumas) to be discharged home. Comes in a case of 5 and I believe there's 24 hours worth of doses (q6h?) in each...

6. What's new in nursing?

   Turd Ferguson posted a topic in General Nursing

   The repetitive topics and posts on AllNurses have bored me. I'll try to break the monotony and offer a thread where we can discuss the latest and greatest pertaining to nursing. Here's two products...

7. Best practices in Discharge Process

   Turd Ferguson replied to Process Engineer's topic in Orthopedic

   My floor has had such a position before. Discharge/float RN, also helps with admissions. Really took some of the excess burden off the floor nurses and expedited the d/c process, which in turn sped up...

8. Nurse vs. Doctor videos

   Turd Ferguson posted a topic in General Nursing

   Found this while browsing around on YouTube. There are plenty of similar videos on there a la XtraNormal variety. You've gotta admit... that's pretty

9. New Grad Charge Nurse for Rehab to Home Unit

   Turd Ferguson replied to Keila's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Wow. Being hired as a new grad into a charge role with six weeks of orientation does not equate with being the safest practicing new grad you can be.

10. Almost done with nursing school..but......

    Turd Ferguson replied to RedXIII_'s topic in General Nursing

    To add to this, a tattoo should not be any reason for an employer to discriminate against you during the hiring process. If they inform you that you need to cover it, just smile and say "not a...

11. MRSA: why hx of MRSA must be documented in the pt's chart?

    Turd Ferguson replied to Miley22's topic in General Nursing

    It acts as a precaution to those initially viewing the chart so they know the patient needs to be on contact precautions. If the patient presents to the hospital, they will be placed on contact...

12. Short nurse bio for social media (facebook..)

    Turd Ferguson replied to elenaperod's topic in General Nursing

    Down with

13. My hospital is breaking the law...

    Turd Ferguson replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh... I couldn't imagine receiving report on 12 patients... how long does that

14. "Code Gray Certification"

    Turd Ferguson replied to walkdanielle's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like that could be right... I know most facilities require you to be certified in order to perform "takedowns" Code grey where I've always been has meant

15. Is it true? BS + RN does not = BSN?

    Turd Ferguson replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    Oooohhh... now I understand what you were asking!