jodyangel RN

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    How does your unit run ENDOTOOL?so...

    jodyangel replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What? It’s the program my hospital requires with an insulin drip. We have OB pts w uncontrolled DM. Not safe in
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    Violence is Not "Just Part of the Job"

    jodyangel replied to WalterWho's topic in General Nursing

    Yes!
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    IV Compatibility

    jodyangel replied to calfro87's topic in MICU, SICU

    No this is a PIV. I work in Antepartum....not
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    IV Compatibility

    jodyangel replied to calfro87's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is a
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    IV Compatibility

    jodyangel replied to calfro87's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ive been taught that ONLY 0.9 NS is compatible with Insulin....so if they need D545 patient has to have 2 IVs
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    IV Compatibility

    jodyangel replied to calfro87's topic in MICU, SICU

    Is D545 and an insulin gtt ok to run on the same line? What will it do if it was run
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    Written Up

    jodyangel replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

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    Insulin drips patients on L&D

    jodyangel replied to Upgrading_Status's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do them on our Mother Baby Ante floor. Its with a program which tells you how to go up or down on the drip. You will have 4 other
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    39 IOL

    jodyangel replied to Surfandnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    its the norm at most places Ive worked. Usually
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    Survival guide for women of color

    jodyangel replied to dinah77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good
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    My IV Skills are Terrible!!!

    jodyangel replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh I Always pull a finger off. Can't feel thru those darn thick
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    ADN L&D position

    jodyangel replied to belle980's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No. Having done both...I can tell you L&D is a horse of a totally different color. I love Antepartum so that’s where I’m
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    Survival guide for women of color

    jodyangel replied to dinah77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes of course they
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    Survival guide for women of color

    jodyangel replied to dinah77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry but I’ve not seen racism in my unit. Most of our population is black and many with multiple health issues. I work in Antepartum. I didn’t hear about Kiera but I’ll
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    Forced meds?

    jodyangel posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    So...if a patient who is an adult but has the mental capacity of a third grader refuses her Insulin and po antibiotics...and the doctor says just Go in there and give her the insulin without saying...
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    Forced meds?

    jodyangel replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm going to request not to be assigned to her
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    Forced meds?

    jodyangel replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've only contacted her OB who says I need to just draw up the insulin, take it in and jab her without speaking. I'm not doing
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    Forced meds?

    jodyangel replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Making decisions still means I would have to forcibly inject her. Sorry I'm not doing that. Her parents aren't even involved with
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    Forced meds?

    jodyangel replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Apparently they've made her parents in charge of her care. But they got this over the phone....they don't come
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    Forced meds?

    jodyangel replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No. I've done all that. She grunts, yells NO and covers her head. So you think it's ok to try and pull her covers off and just stick her? I don't and when I go back in, if she's still there I'm asking...
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    Is this folklore or an old wives tale?

    jodyangel posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok so I was going to give my 2 day old csection her water pitcher so she could take her pill. She said "OH Im not allowed to drink with a straw, my nurse told me". I'd never heard of such a thing so I...
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    What time do you do vitals at night on mother baby

    jodyangel replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Called sepsis protocol. Vitals
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    Made the dumbest mistake last night!

    jodyangel replied to linzjane88's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Vitals every hour? So the mag patient gets no
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    "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

    jodyangel replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

    Klone, Tell us more about this. HOW did this program get started and where does the funding come from? ...comprehensive case management program for pregnant/new moms, which includes postpartum home...
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    Rh + and - and Coombs and blood types

    jodyangel replied to Postpartum RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes so a positive Coombs means there was blood mixing at birth and the baby has developed antibodies. So mom gets her Rhogam to protect her next pregnancy and baby gets a closer watch of it's