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  1. what do you say when they are right?

    CompleteUnknown replied to MelissaLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is great advice, and pretty much what I was going to say, but said so much better than I ever could. OP, you never know, you might just be the one that starts to get some things changed and some...

  2. A Pre-nursing Student who believes...

    CompleteUnknown replied to digoe74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well your friend would think I'm weird because I'm an RN who actually likes basic care. It's not hard to do, you can't get into too much trouble doing it, you're not likely to muck it up and overdose...

  3. Incident Reporting

    CompleteUnknown replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Argggghhh don't you just HATE this sort of drama? And all for trying to do the right thing. As for your manager screaming about it being a communication issue, perhaps as a result of the incident,...

  4. Provenge

    CompleteUnknown replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply NurseKate. So the idea is that hopefully the patient gets (approximately) an extra four months of being minimally symptomatic rather than an extra four months of debility and...

  5. GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    CompleteUnknown replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Maybe it's a cultural or regional thing or whether or not your parents chewed gum when you were young and impressionable or whether or not you ever almost choked from laughing or gasping with gum in...

  6. Insulin Med Error

    CompleteUnknown replied to ea274's topic in General Students

    There are specific insulin syringes that measure in units, but they're just one ml syringes with the divisions marked in units rather than in mls. All insulin these days comes in 100 units/ml so 10...

  7. Provenge

    CompleteUnknown replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I'm not familiar with this drug. Are patients reasonably well when this is given or are they already quite debilitated? What sort of policies are you needing to

  8. Insulin Med Error

    CompleteUnknown replied to ea274's topic in General Students

    Agree that the first incident you describe is a near miss that would have led to an error if you were allowed to continue - but it was caught and no doubt you'll check more carefully from now on. We...

  9. "They give the meds, we do the care"

    CompleteUnknown replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't watched the show but I agree with previous posters..... however..... there's a part of me that is tempted to almost agree with what the CNA said. Of course the nurse is doing a hell of a...

  10. Never enough-vent

    CompleteUnknown replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    I've never understood why nurses don't just come out and tell patients the number of staff on duty and the number of patients each nurse is responsible for. I know, I know, we're not supposed to do...

  11. Division of Labor in Nursing

    CompleteUnknown replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know... like some of the posters, I think I'd rather do most things myself. The more we give away, the more patients we are expected to manage and this is really hard when you're trying to...

  12. Have you CYA if you make a "note" that a patient won't follow policy?

    CompleteUnknown replied to peeweedelivery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bolding mine. I don't work in OB but this is happening everywhere and it's SO true, it's just making things harder (for staff AND for patients/families) by the

  13. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    CompleteUnknown replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Not quite sure what you mean there. I'm not talking about medical care as in diagnosing and treating an illness. Maybe it's different where I am, but midwives can and do give advice and reassurance...

  14. We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    CompleteUnknown replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting discussion. I'm in Australia and I sometimes think that perhaps people don't fully understand what is meant by preventative interventions. It's not just about quitting smoking and eating...

  15. discontinuing pressure alarms

    CompleteUnknown replied to sls73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess I should have added that our alarms alert staff through the nurse call system - there is no noise in the room so the alarms aren't frightening to the resident or disruptive to

  16. discontinuing pressure alarms

    CompleteUnknown replied to sls73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Agree with the others - they don't prevent falls but they do alert staff that someone is out of bed. Of course you can't always get there in time to prevent a fall, but often the resident doesn't...

  17. Colace and Senna BAD drugs???

    CompleteUnknown replied to looking_2_head_south's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if this will help as I'm in Australia and the drug names are different. It's been the case for some time here that docs are encouraged to try prescribing plain coloxyl (comes in 120mg tabs)...