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lupin

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  1. Why do dying people reach upward?

    lupin replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I saw the raising arms thing and calling out for dead (or absent) family members quite a lot in LTC and NH. My own grandmother who was A& Ox3 right up until she passed, woke up at one point...

  2. How to deal with the constant violence

    lupin replied to cursenurse's topic in Emergency

    My husband and I have a little ritual we do when I get home from work. He asks me how work went and I tell him that it's over now. Somehow that helps me leave it at work. Vacations are a very good...

  3. Question/Concern about pt and Dilaudid IVP

    lupin replied to Christy1019's topic in Emergency

    Toradol might have worked better for her pain, sounds like there is some pain med tolerance there also. Sometimes that is quite common with chronic pancreatitis sufferers. I have only given up to 8...

  4. What do you think about a nurse breastfeeding infant at nurse's station during break?

    lupin replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WHy is the child at work with mom? SHouldn't it be in daycare or at home? Or did I miss a post about why the baby is there in the first place? I work in ED where we really get some of the...

  5. Holding our tongues vs things we really want to say!

    lupin replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    I have on occasion said the first thing that popped into my head, such as "OMG, that looks like it hurts like he**!" to a woman whose middle finger was dislocated sideways at the second joint. I then...

  6. Phenergan Supp given to toddler; child dies

    lupin replied to Mom23's topic in Emergency

    Um, it doesn't sound to me like the triage nurse had anything to do with it. Our standing protocol for vomitting states that for peds vomitting, IV may be started and labs sent, but any boluses or...

  7. hippa violation with teen mother

    lupin replied to love for nursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know if anyone has seen it or not, but on Yahoo news there is a story in the Top Stories category about a group of teens from a Mass. high school who all made a pact to become pregnant....

  8. Hospital "gift" for mom?

    lupin replied to Obnurseamber06's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a suggestion for a gift that is just plain helpful to a new family, I feel. I delivered last Saturday and am at home now after a c-section. I can't really get up and cook a full meal, my...

  9. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    lupin replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK, so I delivered last Saturday and the nurses who helped me were wonderful!!! My husband did a lot of encouragement like we planned before and the nurses kept me up to date on my progress. I ended...

  10. hippa violation with teen mother

    lupin replied to love for nursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In both the states I have practiced in, there is a state law that if the girl is over the age of 12 and seeking care for OB/GYN issues, we are not allowed to tell the parents what type of visit they...

  11. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

    lupin replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    See, I've been told by magazines to have a plan for delivery ready and spelled out but I have friends who I work with from l&d say that sometimes a birth plan constrains them too much. When I...

  12. Hospital "gift" for mom?

    lupin replied to Obnurseamber06's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a small hospital and am getting ready to deliver there in the next week or so. Personally, what I would like to receive would be something like a "baby 101" manual or something that would...

  13. Most silly reason for being called in the office?

    lupin replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    Oh, ho just got a new one. Last night we're packed, I mean if we get a code we're throwing someone in a wheelchair and out into the hallway. A lady comes in for swelling in her feet and feeling...

  14. Most silly reason for being called in the office?

    lupin replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    In the nursing field, I had a complaint against me because I did not let the Nurse Manager know that a traveling nurse on my floor was showing naked pics of his wife. I didn't even work on the same...

  15. Patient reactions to L&D nurses who have never had children

    lupin replied to BarkowRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't care how many kids the nurse has. I've known plenty of people with a carload of kids who I wouldn't get advice from on how to wash my dog, much less childcare advice. However, if I ask my...

  16. Ever have a day like this???

    lupin replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm in ER but it's not that much different. We see pregnancies going bad and all that, mostly miscarriages with mom, mom's mom, sisters, baby daddy, ex-husband/boyfriend and whatever drunken friend...

  17. Adn's Who Don't Care

    lupin replied to nursing4me23's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to go back for my BSN and then my MSN, but I have the idea that I want to teach nursing students. I was really impressed by one of my instructors in school who had been a single mom high...

  18. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    lupin replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    60 yr old man with am avon cologne bottle in his rectum. General surgeon had to basically butcher his abdomen to get it out (it was WAAAAY up there). It was Wild Counttry from Avon. Turns out xray...

  19. Dress Codes for the ER

    lupin replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    I feel your pain about a "dress code". Our hospital decided to change the dress code for RNs to all "Galaxy Blue" colored scrubs and LPNs to wine colored. The hope was to eliminate confusion as to...

  20. If you weren't a nurse what other job would you like to do?

    lupin replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    If i had any talent: a photographer, writer, jewelry designer, or something creative where if it went wrong, I had no one to blame but me. If money was no object: A certified beach bum,...

  21. am I going to be in trouble?

    lupin replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok first off, calm down. Second, talk to your DON to see if the state was notified and by whom. THirdly document everything that was said between you and the alleged state official as much as you...

  22. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    lupin replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Oh, geez, lots of stories come to mind..... How about a ramble of various symptoms ranging from chest pain to toothache, only to find out that the "emergency" is that they are out of their...

  23. Tolerance wearing thin in Triage,Help!

    lupin replied to concededrn's topic in Emergency

    Where I work we switch assignments since our staff comes in staggered. We are in triage no more than three hours, though I'm 33 wks along and sometimes will take two triage assignments so I'm not...

  24. er visitors...a funny

    lupin replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Let's all not forget the "Arm-chair" doctor who comes in with the pt (or is the pt themselves) and proceeds to tell you and the doc how to treat the problem because "my momma's second cousin's...

  25. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

    lupin replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

    First of all INGELEIN, I never read your post, I don't know your case, and I did not write my post in response of your post, but in response to everything in general, so perhaps you should not take...