eatmysoxRN ASN, RN

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    If You Give a Patient a Cookie

    eatmysoxRN replied to Mully's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm glad we don't stock cookies on my unit!
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    New TV Show- Nurse Nation on MTV

    eatmysoxRN replied to kingofthekicks20's topic in Travel

    Nurses aren't portrayed accurately to the public anyhow. At Halloween it's about skimpy lingerie. Adult movies use nurses all the time. TV shows pretty much seem to make nurses either all about drama...
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    Didn't know where to put this, but help?

    eatmysoxRN replied to BeccaC623's topic in General Students

    Welcome to nursing. We get exposed to everything, and it's almost always before we know it's there. That's why universal precautions exist. Except for wearing face masks, contact shouldn't be an issue...
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    when to start compressions?

    eatmysoxRN replied to NurseCollins799's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'd grab a 12 lead if they weren't attached to a monitor that had 12 leads. Monitors can show crazy stuff. Check the
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    What's the nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    eatmysoxRN replied to Niki_RN's topic in General Nursing

    ICU Stepdown/tele. 8:1 is for both days and nights, although days slip usually 6:1. We admit and discharge more than any other floor. We are insanely busy and should have better ratios. We get blamed...
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    This is a really embarrassing question but I have to ask

    eatmysoxRN replied to 2bRNatasha85's topic in Pulmonary

    In real life, listening on the patient's back to lung sounds can be helpful as well. Ask the patient to take a deep, steady breath. I love my cardio
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    CPR actually WORKS!

    eatmysoxRN replied to slc1984's topic in General Students

    I think the quality of chest compressions has a lot to do with poor stats. I think a lot of times people don't push hard enough or allow for recoil. Of course ACLS needs to be pretty spot on too. One...
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    Blood sugar is high but patient has no insulin

    eatmysoxRN replied to Alnitak7's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I know that sometimes we monitor blood sugars in patients receiving high doses of solumedrol. If it's too high they sometimes have sliding scale
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    How many patients do you get on night duty?

    eatmysoxRN replied to uniquegifts1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    8 on cardiac Stepdown unit. Running around and managing drips and post procedure issues can be very trying at
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    Do physicians have authority over nurses in the hospital?

    eatmysoxRN replied to sjalv's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd say a fourth of my shifts I never see or speak with a doctor. I use routine orders as needed. Handle things myself. I make decisions without any doctors dwindling over me. I appreciate the...
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    "I don't want him as my nurse"

    eatmysoxRN replied to libran1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When a patient tells me 10, I confirm by saying "so this is the worst pain you've ever experienced?" Sometimes the patient will be like.. Well maybe it's an 8. Sometimes they continue to say it's a...
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    Zithromax IVPB question

    eatmysoxRN replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Medications

    Just throwing out there that some meds can not be mixed with NS. I gave an med for fungal meningitis (don't recall the name) that had to be run at a certain rate and had to have boluses before and...
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    I Quit My Job

    eatmysoxRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is what I wrote when I got home after deciding I'm never returning to my first real nursing job. Struggling RN I come from a middle class family. There are a lot of gaps...
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    I Quit My Job

    eatmysoxRN replied to eatmysoxRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

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    Medications in syringes

    eatmysoxRN replied to Janca's topic in Patient Medications

    I use micromedex all the time. If it's unsure or not tested, I call pharmacy. I also have the app for iv compatibility on my phone. It's
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    How many hospitals do you have?

    eatmysoxRN replied to green34's topic in General Nursing

    The place I work is the only hospital that offers any type of advanced care within 40 miles. There are very small community facilities but they can't handle anything that needs more than just an ER...
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    What is the "best" stethoscope for the ED?

    eatmysoxRN replied to jrsRN07's topic in Emergency

    I have a cardiology III and it's great. However, it is heavy. If you could test then and hear just as well with a lighter one, I'd do the lighter
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    Nurses who go on breaks during report

    eatmysoxRN replied to cleback's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely unacceptable. You need report. They need to give you report then do what they need to do. Is this a tactic to ride the clock? I won't take over care until I receive
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    When is high too high?

    eatmysoxRN replied to Maddy_Rose's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'd have called the doc and asked if it was okay to get an EKG and put the patient on tele. I'd also suggest a cardiology consult. There's a reason the HR is so high and it probably should be treated...
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    Telemetry to ICU.... To stay or not....

    eatmysoxRN replied to Katelyngrace's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'd switch. The ratios in tele are killing me. I'm considering moving
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    When is high too high?

    eatmysoxRN replied to Maddy_Rose's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What was the
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    When the patients aren't looking..... Rockin' ER video

    eatmysoxRN replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    Sweet!
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    When the doctor doesn't respond to their page...

    eatmysoxRN replied to kate4rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Is the only thing you had a pager number? Call around to see if you can find another number. The doc should have
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    Got fired for changing fluid rate

    eatmysoxRN replied to lolakbolak's topic in General Nursing

    You were fired for that? My facility has a patient first mind frame. Assuming no CHF, I'd open up fluids too. That patients pressure needed to come
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    What Is The Shift You Will Never Forget?

    eatmysoxRN replied to bsartor's topic in General Nursing

    Walked into my job one morning in the small hospital I worked for. Had an ER and a 20 bed med surg unit that accepted any age of patients. Had a young child, probably 7, who was on telemetry. That in...