Munch

Munch

Med-Surg/Neuro/Oncology floor nursing.

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  1. Treatment for uncontrolled N/V post chemo

    Munch replied to MillieT's topic in Oncology

    I do have to agree about the zofran copay. I get a script for zofran every month because one of the medications I take daily makes me extremely nauseous. The copay I have to pay is 80 dollars for 90...

  2. Is medical marijuana effective for cancer patients?

    Munch replied to annacat's topic in Oncology

    I Live in NY and sadly medical marijuana isn't legal. Not only would it benefit oncology patients, it also helps chronic pain patients, glaucoma and so on. When my dad had pancreatic cancer we could...

  3. Treatment for uncontrolled N/V post chemo

    Munch replied to MillieT's topic in Oncology

    When I worked in oncology, Actually a common regime for nausea and vomiting is Zofran, Ativan and Benadryl. Many patients/caregivers ask why benadryl and it is used because benadryl can be relaxing...

  4. Patients dying

    Munch replied to nesje30's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my personal life yes. In 2002 four days after I turned seventeen I lost my father to Pancreatic cancer. We all know how terrible of a disease pancreatic cancer is. During his final days my father...

  5. RN TO PA

    Munch replied to anhela's topic in General Nursing

    Same with where I work. I actually don't see many NP's around the hospital at all. We do have PA's everywhere around the hospital, mostly in the ED and

  6. Im a nurse and I take xanax....

    Munch replied to KayDubb's topic in Health, Stress Management

    like many of you said I take controlled substances as well. I have legit scripts for it and no one gives me a problem at all. I take Valium for muscle spasms, opana er for long acting narcotic and...

  7. Glad I stood up for myself...

    Munch replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you for standing up for yourself. Perhaps if they didn't yank you out of orientation so soon, so wouldn't have gotten hated on so soon...also I'm glad your supervisor put you back in...

  8. Is this woman for real??

    Munch replied to Mikey31079's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my....where did they find this

  9. Sedation for a spinal tap??

    Munch replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    When I had my spinal tap after I was having complications(pain going down my neck amongst other things) from my neurosurgery(they wanted to make sure I didn't have meningitis) they gave me IV ativan...

  10. morphine,dilaudid,demerol

    Munch replied to EJSRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Sorry I worded it wrong. Of course I understand the medications I administer. What I don't understand is why in the same hospital in the ED they use one medication as a gold standard for pain and on...

  11. helping a friend

    Munch replied to missLissRn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a tricky question. My father died of pancreatic cancer when I was seventeen(so I barely had a job, let alone working in hospital). We took him home from the hospital on hospice(who are angels...

  12. ER wait time clocks????

    Munch replied to bonestAx's topic in Emergency

    My hospital doesn't have this but I did go to one that had that. Like the one poster said it goes by the time you check in to the time you see the doctor. But the hospital I went to didn't go by first...

  13. Suicide on unit

    Munch replied to as1234's topic in General Nursing

    It is sad but true. If someone really wants to take their life they WILL find a way. We one time had a 23 year hoard his medication(he was in for an extended stay after a really bad car accident, he...

  14. Post-op pain managment

    Munch replied to crissrn27's topic in Pain Management

    Wow that doctor needs to take a course on post-op pain management or something. My brother's ACL literally deteriorated and his meniscus was torn(both on the same knee). He had outpatient surgery to...

  15. morphine,dilaudid,demerol

    Munch replied to EJSRN's topic in Patient Medications

    In the hospital I work at in the ED morphine is usually the gold standard. Although I have been a patient there myself and being a chronic pain patient most of the doctors usually ask me what works...

  16. How can this much Demerol be safe????

    Munch replied to tiredofseekers's topic in Medical-Surgical

    How are these patients being admitted to the hospital in the first place? Especially the abdominal pain patients? Why does the ED physician admit them to the floor? I've had a couple of bouts of...

  17. prospects for a chronic narcotics patient.

    Munch replied to Guest219794's topic in Pain Management

    Since being in pain management for 3+ years if I ever need to go to the ED I go to the hospital where my PM doctor practices. That way he can let the doctors in the ED know that I am not a scamming...

  18. Explaining post op pain to patients

    Munch replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient Education

    I had the same problem when I had my craniotomy. My surgeon acted like the post-op period would be a piece of cake....WRONG. The surgery was only supposed to last 2 hours, it went on to last 4 1/2...

  19. That one patient that haunts you.

    Munch replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    This extremely mild mannered man in his late 40's came in to the hospital with pancreatic cancer. There was nothing anyone can do treatment wise, the cancer has spread to his liver then his lungs. The...

  20. Most Common IV Push Meds on Med-Surg

    Munch replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lasix Toradol Dilaudid(like champagne on new years) Morphine Ativan Reglan Zofran

  21. Anything about St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn NY

    Munch replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    St Francis Hospital is an amazing hospital with amazing staff, the nurses go way above and beyond and the nurses received the magnet award for nursing. I know this is a little late and hopefully you...

  22. Mount Sinai Medical Center

    Munch replied to allendale's topic in New York Nursing

    I have never worked at Mount Sinai hospital in NY but I have been a patient a few times and I have nothing but good things to say about the hospital. Of course being a patient there and working there...

  23. PCA Pump Settings

    Munch replied to Scoobiedoo's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to say what almost everyone else has said because it IS so important, there should be AT LEAST 2 nurses when changing the settings or bag on the PCA pump. I have to say one time when I was...

  24. Question re: Neuroscience Nursing

    Munch replied to unc005's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    My name is Erin like you! I had Neurosurgery too(though not as extensive as yours) at a large teaching hospital in the great city of New York by New York Magazines 2nd rated doctor for neurosurgery in...

  25. How do you treat headaches?

    Munch replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    For myself personally I am a chronic pain patient(just had a craniotomy to boot) so I get headaches a lot(got them before the crai, and now they are worse after the crani). I take narcotics...