psu_213 BSN, RN

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    Why don't you just read the chart?

    psu_213 replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As an ED nurse, I have no problem reading of my assessment, nurse notes, meds I gave, etc. to the receiving nurse. My issue comes with having to read off all the normal lab and rad results that are...
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    Scripting sounds patronizing

    psu_213 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I can see your frustrated...could you tell me more about
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    Does everyone have a conscience?

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    To whom are you talking??? Better yet, why do you keep talking? (I should probably take my cue from Grandpa
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    Scripting sounds patronizing

    psu_213 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly...that person is basically "I'm not sorry" or "I mean to offend you." The one that really gets me is when people end a statement with "just saying'," as if this excuses an inflammatory or...
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    Scripting sounds patronizing

    psu_213 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    We had a doctor who was quite angry about labs not being sent in a timely manner. The nurse said (in her most sympathetic/pathetic/patronizing little voice), "Dr. Smith, I can see that your upset..."...
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    Does everyone have a conscience?

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    And much like an adult nurse who would tell a child "you should be thankful the world isn't full of people like
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    Unusual treatments

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I vaguely remember being taught that they (the cabbage leaves) should be frozen when applied...although this does not sound particularly comfortable, at least at
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    Unusual treatments

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    We learned about this one in school. Although when she described it, the instructor, who cute and old fashioned said to put cabbage leave "on the woman's t**s [slang word for female breasts that...
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    Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    psu_213 posted a topic in Emergency

    So it was decided by our hospital that it is no longer "acceptable" to draw labs when starting an IV--i.e. they have to be peripherally stuck for blood in addition to the stick for the IV start. The...
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    What to Expect - Root Cause Analysis

    psu_213 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know very much about RCAs and the legalities of them. All I will say--hang in there. I know this sounds really cold, but old people die--especially ones with comorbidities. It does not take...
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    Unusual treatments

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    A google search did not come up with a scholarly article on the soap in the sheets tx. One non-scholarly source said "some suggest the placebo effect. Since it works for people it has to be more...
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    Unusual treatments

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Probably because someone was expecting her to drink urine. I know we want the most narrow spectrum of ABX to treat an infection, but, in this case, I'm willing to wait for the C&S to come
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    Unusual treatments

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

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    Question about who is responsible for an incident report

    psu_213 replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I see some of those notes too. Either that or they chart virtually nothing on some sort of an incident. I don't know the legalities re: incident report, specifically if they can or cannot be...
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    Unusual treatments

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I should probably invest in that keyboard. Do they make a filter for one's
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    Question about who is responsible for an incident report

    psu_213 replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Speak for your self...Oh wait, I resemble that
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    Unusual treatments

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    At first I read this as "birthright" and then I though "why the stars?--just spell it out." Then I realized it probably was something
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    Diluting IV meds

    psu_213 replied to wanderlustnurse88's topic in Patient Medications

    According to who? This sounds like big trouble. At the end of a shift, suppose someone comes up to you and says "I pulled up this morphine at 9 this morning. I saved some of it, but at some point...
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    Unusual treatments

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors put sugar on a prolapsed rectum--yes, this is the US, and a "real" medical center. The sugar would draw the fluid out of the prolapsed rectum, and, in theory, make it easier to reduce. So we...
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    Question about who is responsible for an incident report

    psu_213 replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    No, it would not be illegal. She should simply state "Per report from Sarah Smith, RN, pt was observed on the floor at 2305 on 6/12/2015. See nurse's note by Sarah Smith, RN timed 2308 for details...
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    Are these things still taught in nursing school?

    psu_213 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Let me start by saying this is not meant to be a criticism of nursing students or any type of nursing program. Based on recent experiences I have to ask if these topics are still covered in nursing...
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    I'm a sexless nurse

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    This is probably not germane to the original discussion, but I have to ask... Why would someone who is uncomfortable with female anatomy (uncomfortable catheterizing females, etc.) take a position on...
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    I'm a sexless nurse

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Would you feel comfortable with a gay male nurse catheterizing you 18 year old son? If not, why is it any different? If so, then you have many more problems that just your discomfort with...
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    I'm a sexless nurse

    psu_213 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Can you explain this? You think it is easier for a female nurse to catheterize a female? Do you mean physically or psychologically for the nurse? (Either way, I don't think it matters, IMHO.) Part...
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    Nurse charting for clinic

    psu_213 replied to starvin4u3's topic in General Nursing

    I would state "Pt notified that prescription for Amoxicillin was called in to pt's pharmacy--Johnson's Pharmacy on 115 Main Street. Stressed to pt. the importance of taking full course of...