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    Grounds for Formal Complaint about MD??

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    Moia, yes, obviously the coumadin HAD to be stopped. However, I've been a homecare nurse for patients who were at high risk for blood clots, and, when the doc took them off coumadin prior to surgery,...
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    Grounds for Formal Complaint about MD??

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Suzanne. She is now trying to book an angioplasty for my husband, and since the last two invasive procedures done on him both ended in disaster, I just don't know what to do. I'm scared...
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    Grounds for Formal Complaint about MD??

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    She was our second cardiologist. My husband refused to go back to the first one after he insisted he start taking amidarone, a medication which has a very long list of side-effects. (Not sure of the...
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    Nursing interventions for CVA

    Jay-Jay replied to minnieme104's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Gee, I too, am wondering about this. My husband had a major infarct last winter, and what did they do for him in the ER?? Offered him ASPIRIN! :angryfire When they found he couldn't swallow, that...
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    Confession is Good for the Soul

    Jay-Jay replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    HBS, sorry you had such a bad experience with nursing. Perhaps it was the place/time/people you worked with who were to blame? We have several male nurses doing homecare, and they're wonderful...
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    Philippine nurses

    Jay-Jay replied to P_RN's topic in International Nursing

    :rotfl: Love it, Karen! Hope I'd do a bit better (being Canadian, and having a certificate to teach French.) However, the rule is: you don't use it, you LOOSE it! And I'm very much afraid I've...
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    Philippine nurses

    Jay-Jay replied to P_RN's topic in International Nursing

    Look no further...I've got one RIGHT HERE in my house!! She's sleeping right now, but I will ask her tomorrow if she'd like me to set up an account on my computer, and visit Allnurses while Roger is...
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    Uti

    Jay-Jay replied to etmx5313's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...I've had something similar in the past. It was due to an ovarian cyst which spontaneously ruptured. Except in MY case, I developed a really bad case of chills afterwards, followed by a high...
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    Protocol For Pancreatic Drain Tube Care

    Jay-Jay posted a topic in Home Health

    This week I saw a patient with Ca. of the pancreas. She has a drain tube in place, which the doctor has ordered flushed PRN with normal saline. Supplies were delivered for this yesterday: a large 500...
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    Protocol For Pancreatic Drain Tube Care

    Jay-Jay posted a topic in General Nursing

    This week I saw a patient with Ca. of the pancreas. She has a drain tube in place, which the doctor has ordered flushed PRN with normal saline. Supplies were delivered for this yesterday: a large 500...
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    Protocol For Pancreatic Drain Tube Care

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    This week I saw a patient with Ca. of the pancreas. She has a drain tube in place, which the doctor has ordered flushed PRN with normal saline. Supplies were delivered for this yesterday: a large 500...
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    Protocol For Pancreatic Drain Tube Care

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Home Health

    This week I saw a patient with Ca. of the pancreas. She has a drain tube in place, which the doctor has ordered flushed PRN with normal saline. Supplies were delivered for this yesterday: a large 500...
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    Adult ADD and Nursing

    Jay-Jay replied to rhiannonwolf's topic in General Nursing

    We already have a thread on this topic, in addition to the two posted by Rhiannonwolf. Please post your replies there. Here's the link thingy:...
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    Nursing and Adult ADD

    Jay-Jay replied to rhiannonwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Rhiannonwolf has already posted a thread with this question. Please post your replies there! Here's the linky:
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    homecare nursing

    Jay-Jay replied to interested's topic in General Nursing

    1) Not having to do shifts! 2) Being able to use own judgement 3) Not having admin. breathing down my neck/watching over my shoulder 4) One-on-one patient contact, with no call bells ringing 5) Being...
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    decision critical

    Jay-Jay replied to jeffbl5's topic in General Nursing

    Who are you, and why do you want to know
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    Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    Jay-Jay posted a topic in Oncology

    My husband has just been dx with Ca. of the bladder (urothelial carcinoma). He's also had 2 bowel obstructions, both of which resolved spontaneously. I've seen this sort of thing happen with Ca. of...
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    Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Oncology

    No, TMNurse, this is a Toronto area hospital. I COULD have had another urologist look at him, but there was no point...I have since found out they can do NO invasive procedures until 6 weeks post-MI....
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    Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Oncology

    Earle, he's having diarrhea. Good theory, though. He's also been on morphine for bladder spasms, which would be another likely cause....those have eased now the catheter's been removed. They're using...
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    Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Oncology

    Tina, they HAVE confirmed Ca. of bladder (see first post.) But I can't see it being advanced enough to be causing a bowel obstruction, as he's been followed by a urologist since 2002. I think he had...
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    Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Oncology

    Yes, Earle, I did. Thank you very much! :kiss Sorry I didn't respond...I'm a little stunned these days.
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    Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Oncology

    Okay, guess I'd better give the whole long story here... Roger has been having heart problems (a-fib, angina) for a number of months now. He finally consented to have an angiogram done in late...
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    Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Oncology

    Earle, to answer your question, the way the doctor explained it, a pseudo-obstruction happens because the person gets so sick that the bowel just shuts down. I guess peristalsis temporarily stops,...
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    Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    Jay-Jay replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Oncology

    Thank you all for your good wishes! :) Your support and kindness is very much appreciated. Tina, I really, really wish I COULD give you some good news, but the long and the short of it is, I think my...
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    Assisted Suicide

    Jay-Jay replied to ninas's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you're right, Hoopschick, it could have been considered murder/homicide. It only would have been assited suicide if the person had asked to