rita359

rita359

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  1. Personal Malpractice Insurance

    rita359 replied to ProvRN's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely have your own insurance. Its relatively cheap. Well worth the money for the peace of

  2. pregnancy and working

    rita359 replied to Nurse Somebody's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on the pregnancy!Sounds like you are worrying a lot. Relax. Mother nature will take care of most of this pregnancy. Can empathize with morning( or all day) sickness as 27 years...

  3. Well meaning but is it helpful?

    rita359 replied to julesradio's topic in General Nursing

    Still have some of my nursing textbooks from '66-'68 but all they do is gather dust. Can't bring myself to get rid of them. I am a book person, love to read and have many books I've read over the...

  4. Physical lifting limitations? medical field?

    rita359 replied to oceantides's topic in General Nursing

    Can think of a lot of positions in the nursing field that would probably not require much lifting. Most of them also require more schooling than just Rn but would require the RN first. In this day...

  5. Mophine IM vs IV

    rita359 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    For many years IM was the only easily available route as butterfly iv needles were metal and did not stay in place very long. There was also no such thing as a saline lock with butterfly needles....

  6. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    rita359 replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

  7. high patient turnover on the floor!!!!!

    rita359 replied to mjbsn2006's topic in General Nursing

    With administration wanting to keep beds full it seems the beds do not even get cool before the next patient is admitted there. Like the idea of an admit/discharge nurse. My hospital tried an admit...

  8. Pancreatic Cancer

    rita359 replied to MvbRn's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience as most have posted, life expectancy for pancreatic cancer patients is short unfortunately. However, my sister in law has a form of pancreatic cancer called a glucagonoma which...

  9. do you actually wait?

    rita359 replied to StacieRN's topic in General Nursing

    At one time I may have done something without an order first but with the way things are now I would never do that. As for a patient with a blood sugar of 20 we have a hypoglycemic protocol so I have...

  10. Nurses never in hospitals

    rita359 replied to natnurse23's topic in General Nursing

    My experience is mostly hospital though I worked nursing home part time for awhile. Knew nurses there who had never done anything but LTC but you can bet they were experienced nurses. Wasn't...

  11. need advice

    rita359 replied to runnernurse487's topic in General Nursing

    Unless future employer brings up the subject I'd forget it. If they do ask tell the

  12. Physician pats patients on the head

    rita359 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I too think it is a generational thing. He doesn't mean anything bad by it. Maybe he just needs someone to explain to him that these days people don't feel about this patting like they did in...

  13. Nursing diagnosis

    rita359 replied to Liebchen's topic in General Nursing

    How about nutrition problems related to his alcohol intake and stated lack of nutrition (less than 1 meal per

  14. Most interesting Micro-organism!!

    rita359 replied to kcstudentnurse06's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this one. For many years ulcers were treated with maalox or mylanta and when this microorginism was first discovered it took 10+years for the medical community to accept the findings. I...

  15. What do you think

    rita359 replied to purple1953reading's topic in General Nursing

    Also can take complaint to physician on staff who is director of his

  16. I say this patient is being abused...

    rita359 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the wife is afraid of her husband. However, making this situation better would have to be delicately handled or the womans situation could go from bad to worse. Much as we would like to...

  17. Reader's Digest article on nursing

    rita359 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Sad story. Have seen any number of sad stories lately. This article makes it seem like it was night shifts fault but the boy was in trouble for many shifts and everybody who assessed him failed....

  18. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

    rita359 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Must say that when my mother and son were in the hospital someone was there almost all the time. Being a nurse I kept quiet and out of the way. It was 2330 when I discovered Mom had no output the...

  19. Do you shower when you get off work???

    rita359 replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    The Good Lord must have been looking out for me all these years. If doing all some people are doing--bagging shoes, clothes etc-- were really necessary I would have been dead a long time ago. I feel...

  20. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    rita359 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    I second that. I don't think there is an iv push med I don't dilute and give slowly at

  21. How much do u like nursing? Scale of 1 to 10

    rita359 replied to goldie66's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say it depends on the day. Usually a 9 but if you ask me after one of those shifts from H... then it would probably be a 7. Has never been low enough to make me think about quitting, just low...

  22. When should enough be enough?

    rita359 replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Please remember that "this too shall pass". Right now your life is complicated. When school is over it will be less complicated. It will be much better for the rest of your life to complete your...

  23. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    rita359 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    Follow the 5 rights of drug administration at all times. Check, recheck. Don't know how many recent news articles there have been, and how many screw ups I've heard about. This year and 10 years...

  24. Get Your Bp Down!

    rita359 replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Recent continuing ed meeting I attended with a speaker who was an endicrinologist speaking basically about diabetic patients said bp less than 100 systolic was ideal as long as patient did not get...

  25. New here and venting already

    rita359 replied to Butterfly Faery's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. Respiratory treatments are important. This patient knows his baseline needs better than either you or his doctor. The doctor was negligent in not ordering them in the first...