fluffwad

MDS coordinator, hospice, ortho/ neuro

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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    fluffwad replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had an elderly couple, both very demented. One night he got it up and neither one could remember what this was all about. So she smeared stick deodorant all over it to take down the swelling. She rang...
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    Anyone with a diabetic cat?

    fluffwad replied to Daytonite's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've had diabetic cats in the past. I bought a glucometer elite for mine.....the glucometer that has the little green strips that suck up tiny amounts of blood. The ears are handy, but I found that...
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    fluffwad replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a woman who was 101. She rung her bell but then just looked at us. Eventually she said "Am I dead
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    No luck in finding Nursing job.

    fluffwad replied to brotherbear's topic in Nursing Career

    That depends on what LTC you work for...........some of them do TPN, vents,
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    AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! More new CMS guidelines!

    fluffwad replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm going to one of those seminars later this month, and what I've already heard makes me just want to go play in traffic. Some of it ( like the determining the type of incontinence ) sounds like...
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    Anyone familar with Ohio City??

    fluffwad replied to Hopeful in Ohio's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hmmm. I've lived in Geauga County (east side of Cleveland )for 13 years and I've never heard of Ohio City...what county is it
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    Morphine/ativan cocktail

    fluffwad replied to aprilleverett's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The difference is that morphine is not a poison like cyanide, which will cause you to die. It might cause some one to die if the dose is too large. So will water and tylenol. The patient I mentioned...
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    Morphine/ativan cocktail

    fluffwad replied to aprilleverett's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The ANA acknowledges that high doses of morphine might potentially decrease respirations enough to hasten someones death. ( but so can K+) This is not the same thing as saying morphine ( or K+)...
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    Morphine/ativan cocktail

    fluffwad replied to aprilleverett's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    .5 mg of MSO4 is not a big dose.......depends on the patient's response to it...........I've given MUCH larger doses (40-100mg) than that to patients who remained alert and oriented. I've heard...
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    Discharging disheveled patients from the hospital

    fluffwad replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is one of my pet peeves, too. I work in LTC and we occassionally get snitty calls from some ER nurse who thinks she is just the last word about 'why did we send this patient to the ER....they are...
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    No Internet access at work

    fluffwad replied to pricklypear's topic in General Nursing

    There are programs out there that can severely restrict internet access and use. If your facilities computer geek should know how to implement this. There are also programs to track who is doing what...
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    Has anyone not yet received their license renewal for 2005?

    fluffwad replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Every 2 years. It was
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    Sexual health and the elderly

    fluffwad replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Also depends on how demented these people are: many years ago I had a married couple, both very very demented. One night he got it up and neither one of them could remember what this was all about. So...
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    nurses getting involved with patients

    fluffwad replied to CLadybug's topic in General Nursing

    Getting emotionally involved with a patient is not a good idea because: 1. it can cloud your judgement ( if something happens to this patient, the nurse might panic)....this is why nurses are not...
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    Waiting for the result is killing!!

    fluffwad replied to Ashi's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Heh..............in 1983 I had to wait 5 months. You could tell if you'd passed or failed before you opened the letter by the size envelope you
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    Taking Pictures of wounds

    fluffwad replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had one little problem with this........one day the nurse doing the pictures was working on a PC where the folks in the hallway had full view of the butts on the
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    Taking Pictures of wounds

    fluffwad replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I do use Photoshop on our wound pictures to edit for size and crop off all those un-necessary rectal views! :chuckle Takes me about 2 minutes. However, if you really wanted to do it, it is possible...
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    Taking Pictures of wounds

    fluffwad replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We use a digital camera ( poloroid film is about $1.10 a shot now)...a simple model with autofocus....bad shots are just deleted. Photo taken initially, then measured q week. The photos are printed...
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    Has anyone not yet received their license renewal for 2005?

    fluffwad replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I got mine Saturday. Renewed online.....liked that option a
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    OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    fluffwad replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    NE Ohio / MDS
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    Do you have a Weasel at work?

    fluffwad replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

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    Do you have a Weasel at work?

    fluffwad replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I can post this in the employee
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    Hello, what are soem basic needs for a PT. with a subdural hematoma?

    fluffwad replied to Aeronurse's topic in General Nursing

    Consider: Comfort Safety ( r/t impaired memory / judgement, poss. impaired balance) Assistance with ADLs ( toileting, bathing, eating, etc) if he is unable to do them If his mobility is impaired, then...
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    Do you have a Weasel at work?

    fluffwad replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    Getting close personally to someone who is your supervisor can be dangerous. Not only because of how others might see it. It can put the supervisor in a tougher than usual position if he /she has to...
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    Do you have a Weasel at work?

    fluffwad replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the weasels/ brown-nosers I've ever encountered eventually got canned when the all the stuff they weren't dealing with blew up in admin's