ProgressiveActivist BSN, RN

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  1. ProgressiveActivist

    Never wanna take students again.

    ProgressiveActivist replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And so it
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    Pulling meds early?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to snizzlenort's topic in General Nursing

    Don't your anesthesiologists give odansetron and morphine at the end of the case? Do your patients consistently come from OR awake, hypertensive and in pain? If so, something is
  3. ProgressiveActivist

    Never wanna take students again.

    ProgressiveActivist replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Performance issues aside, a student with an arrogant attitude and a horrible personality will be a nurse with an arrogant attitude and a horrible personality. That student can either learn to...
  4. ProgressiveActivist

    Am I safe, or do I need to quit?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Kancarrs's topic in General Nursing

    Since you are in the gauntlet just skip the nicey nice customer service bs. Families are a huge time suck-have the surgeons contact info at the ready. Get a routine down. Assess, turn, medicate q...
  5. ProgressiveActivist

    Insulin Titration help

    ProgressiveActivist replied to edglesssauce's topic in General Nursing

    No. This is not a valid question unless you have a blood glucose or a specific order for x units per kg per
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    Overmedicating...NO!!

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Isitpossible's topic in General Nursing

    Agree that many drugs that prolong the QT. I have seen torsades in an alcoholic who received IV haldol. I have seen a frail woman go into respiratory arrest from 0.5 mg of lorazepam po. I would...
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    Insulin Titration help

    ProgressiveActivist replied to edglesssauce's topic in General Nursing

    Your initial rate is usually weight based and then titrated according the blood glucose. The rate is easily determined because the concentration is one unit per
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    Overmedicating...NO!!

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Isitpossible's topic in General Nursing

    IV haldol most certainly can prolong the QT and put the patient at risk of
  9. ProgressiveActivist

    Insulin Titration help

    ProgressiveActivist replied to edglesssauce's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a test question? Are you a
  10. ProgressiveActivist

    Would you have told management?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting question. I guess it would depend on if I trusted the management. If the manager is a gossip or buddies with the off going shift, probably not. If the management is trustworthy I would...
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    Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    ProgressiveActivist replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    Is this hospital out of alcohol preps and flushes? Then why aren't you using
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    Overmedicating...NO!!

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Isitpossible's topic in General Nursing

    Dont cosign the ativan waste and say no you can explain this to the
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    Nurses thrown under the bus

    ProgressiveActivist replied to GM1928's topic in General Nursing

    I am pretty sure that the surgeon is going through his own disciplinary process for not answering the page and that he has childishly decided to be mad at the nurse. He will answer them now. And if...
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    Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    ProgressiveActivist replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    You were correct to report this nurse for her lazy and dangerous
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    Nurses thrown under the bus

    ProgressiveActivist replied to GM1928's topic in General Nursing

    All of the nurses who played dumb, or are unable to critically think their way out of a paper bag, and ignored that damp, musty, funky dressing for a week should be counseled for a major infraction...
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    Modest or Over-Sensitive

    ProgressiveActivist replied to housecarl79's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unacceptable. It takes 5 seconds to open and place a sterile towel. He should report this to the patient care
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    Never wanna take students again.

    ProgressiveActivist replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha. Doesnt know the difference between an IV pump and TF pump but doesnt think she needs clinical experience. That is some scary impaired thinking. Copy the facts in this post and write an incident...
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    Scripting?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to meg0620's topic in General Nursing

    I have not had this training or brainwashing to join the cult of zombie nurses. It sounds like you will have to play along when your cult leader is around in order to advance in your career. If the...
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    Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If I do not trust the off going nurse, I insist on a bedside
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If some asks for "help for a second" dont be a wuss. Say " no I cant. I will when I get this
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    Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If the charge nurses eyeballed the patients liked they used to, there would be a direct line of accountability to the middle management and care would
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    Verbally threatened for the first time today

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Jdgrn13's topic in Health, Stress Management

    If you are threatened once by a visitor, do not go back in that room without a witness or some kind of
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    How much trouble am I in?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Tropicalsun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She did not say it was a PCA. Between 1800 and 1930 residual IV dilaudid would have infiltrated or run into the bed. The nurse/wife has said she was exhausted and that it was not her best decision....
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    How much trouble am I in?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Tropicalsun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was off the clock in the preoperative area with my relative at midnight and the OR nurse couldn't get the IV. I did it and I would do it again if there was no other option The only "safety issue"...
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    How much trouble am I in?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Tropicalsun's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The pt had fluids running in an infiltrated IV which the assigned day and night nurses ignored. The IVF ran until the wife turned them off. The nurses were negligent. Someone had to go under the bus...