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begalli

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  1. HELP!! Hospital covering up a murder???

    begalli replied to Jennifernsammy's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said, an RN is continuously at the bedside - 24/7. So I guess the answer is yes, someone is always there to "watch" the drip. Remember that a drip is a med that runs continuously. Kinda...

  2. Nasty medical students

    begalli replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    This group and their leader would get kicked out of my room the minute they showed any disrespect to any patient or nurse. My nurse manager would back me to the hilt. I had this experience as a...

  3. HELP!! Hospital covering up a murder???

    begalli replied to Jennifernsammy's topic in General Nursing

    I'll also add that our charting is computerized. So if we stop the drip for whatever reason or temporarily, we do not chart that it's been given. The pharmacy can track what's been given by looking at...

  4. HELP!! Hospital covering up a murder???

    begalli replied to Jennifernsammy's topic in General Nursing

    No one has ever died because we hang our narcs the way we do. Our patients are constantly monitored. An RN is literally at the bedside/in the room 24/7 and that's probably why JCAHO is okay with...

  5. 'Moral values' and organ donation

    begalli replied to wannabee's topic in General Nursing

    wannabe's statement, I think, is based on an assumption that donation is the "moral" thing to do: I think what wannabe is trying to say is that one would think, based on the "moral" ground that people...

  6. HELP!! Hospital covering up a murder???

    begalli replied to Jennifernsammy's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. 99% of the time we hang morphine, fentanyl, dilaudid (for epidural) bags on our regular baxter pump (we often bolus straight from the bag as well). This is in the ICU. I know it to be true...

  7. What about breaks?

    begalli replied to avahsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    12 hour shifts: 3 - 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute unpaid lunch/dinner break. (night shift usually combines one of the 15 minute breaks for a 45 minute lunch break) 8 hr shifts: 2 - 15 minute...

  8. Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders

    begalli replied to MurrR's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's great that you're so into nursing! Seems like you realize that nursing is more than simply tucking people into bed and you already see beyond those "we care" commercials on television....

  9. Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders

    begalli replied to MurrR's topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I know of several of our docs and a few rns who have worked with this great organization. I don't know of anyone who has recently been involved but one icu rn who participated several years ago...

  10. 'Moral values' and organ donation

    begalli replied to wannabee's topic in General Nursing

    Off track here for a minute...When you don't wear your seatbelt, you not only endanger yourself, but others as well. One example: You're not wearing your seatbelt. You're hit or you hit another car...

  11. 'Moral values' and organ donation

    begalli replied to wannabee's topic in General Nursing

    Any decision a person and/or family makes in regard to organ donation is the right decision for them and should be accepted with unconditional respect. I do believe the question should be

  12. 'Moral values' and organ donation

    begalli replied to wannabee's topic in General Nursing

    Just out of curiosity...is the recipient of a transplanted organ eligible to donate an organ themself? Like say, someone has a heart transplant. Something goes wrong on down the road. Are the...

  13. Why can nurses be so mean?

    begalli replied to minneRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There's a lot of wisdom in this thread. Thank you. I think it's not so much a male vs female thing. Maybe it has more to do with one's level of maturity, no matter what their age or

  14. Cordis cath ???

    begalli replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    Cordis'/introducers are as common on my unit (CT ICU) as are foley caths. I never draw blood from them usually because if a pt has a giant line like an introducer, they also have an art line (which is...

  15. Why do they have to give you an "F" for failing final compentencies?

    begalli replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. This is what really bugs me about nursing school. Aspects of the educational process is so unlike the real world. I mean, of course it's good to know all of this stuff, but are they training...

  16. Life is futile, dead is dead, the other side

    begalli replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    "I don't have a mom anymore." I'm so sorry for your loss, Pam. No matter how much one can rationalize something such as what you've gone through, there is no way that anyone can ever really be ready...

  17. Please Help Me!

    begalli replied to Desperate_2_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would recommend that you own up to your mistake and not use the word "coerce" (unless you actually were and can prove it).I don't beleive that something like this would stop you from earning a...

  18. BOILS....need advice

    begalli replied to SarasLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of good advice here but the best thing to do would be to have it looked at by a doctor, PA, or NP. My daughter once had a "boil" on the calf of her leg. It was about 1 1/2" in diameter, about...

  19. Disconnecting Swan For Transport?

    begalli replied to armynurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    We disconnect everything from the swan that can be disconnected (pap, cvp, temp and co cables). Basically, anything that absolutely does not need to travel,

  20. Instillation of Saline into Bronchioles when Suctioning

    begalli replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Extremely rarely I'll use a couple ml's of ns to help in collecting a culture if the patient has little or really thick secretions. I only use single bullets however and again, very rarely. I'm...

  21. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    begalli replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    And as I also said in that post...my mind races faster than my fingers can type. Thanks for your feeling, but I never asked for an opinion.Typing what I did was therapeutic for me in a way. But won't...

  22. Poor America doles our substandard social policy

    begalli replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

  23. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    begalli replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very well aware that a Whipple is a palliative procedure. I advised my dad against it. Sorry to be so vague, but one thing I didn't mention is that dad's pancreatic cancer turned out to be a...

  24. What do you think about computers on you unit?

    begalli replied to evltwnRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have computerized charting in our adult ICU (not L&D, but we do sometimes get bleeding post-delivery moms!). There is one computer for each bed...they are at each bedside. The thing I like is...

  25. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    begalli replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Jan. No, we're not letting this go. To do so would be to dishonor my dad. I guess my whole point of telling my story is to say that it's not always the family who wants to do everything. I...