ProgressiveActivist BSN, RN

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  1. ProgressiveActivist

    What are your clinical practice issues?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to anangelsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Med reconciliation not done upon discharge, or in the ED. Then the patient is readmitted with a very outdated list of home meds. The bedside nurse who finally does it has to deal with...
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    How much trouble am I in?

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

    The husband did not have IV access, receive IVF or dilaudid for six hours. The wife/float pool nurse placed one in order for him to receive basic medical care because the hospital nurses are not...
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    How to leave unsafe situation?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Janeaux's topic in General Nursing

    Call out. Spend the day applying for jobs
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    RANT, sick of certain nurses

    ProgressiveActivist replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I'm glad it was moved to a lower
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    RANT, sick of certain nurses

    ProgressiveActivist replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I have to state the obvious. It is unacceptable for non nurses to post their ignorance and hostility on a site called all
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    Accused of sleeping

    ProgressiveActivist replied to cdthorste's topic in General Nursing

    A formal complaint from a patient or visitor will be taken
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    New to the ICU: Need a book

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Rich_'s topic in Critical Care

    Buy a used copy of the AACN procedure
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    How to say no when someone asks for your stethoscope?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to emt... rn student's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some people got an A in entitlement. They "forget" to return your stuff. Learn to look them in the eye and say "no I need it for my
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    RANT, sick of certain nurses

    ProgressiveActivist replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    CNAs dont "work on traumas" they assist with tasks under the delegation and supervision of a Trauma NURSE. Are you ATLS or TNCC certified? Didn't think so. YOU need to can the attitude and stay in...
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    Has anyone done the WGU online RN to BSN program?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to mightymitern's topic in Western Governors University

    pass/fail = 3.0 GPA = C
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    does this sound extremely unsafe or is this typical??

    ProgressiveActivist replied to raindrop's topic in Cardiac

    It sounds extremely unsafe. If youre busy it could be hours before you notice a change in rhythm, ectopy aberrancy or new RBBB or long qtc. What happens is people just turn off the alarms and the...
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    choose wisely. you get what you pay
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    Online Rn to Bsn as schools as good as brick and mortar?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Online Distance Learning

    way to raise the bar
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    Breast pumping in an ICU

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Stacyalexisk's topic in MICU, SICU

    I am not "anti lactation." and certainly not uncomfortable with being around nursing mothers. I am anti visitors disrupting the workflow in an ICU by needing privacy to mechanically express breast...
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    Breast pumping in an ICU

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Stacyalexisk's topic in MICU, SICU

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    Breast pumping in an ICU

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Stacyalexisk's topic in MICU, SICU

    Providing the visitor with privacy to use her electrical or manual breast pump means closing the blinds. Then I can not monitor the patient and THAT makes me very uncomfortable. This visitor's right...
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    What do I need to know before I start precepting Neuro/Stroke ICU?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to nurseguyjosh's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    to the OP, you are not precepting, you are on preceptorship. The RN is the preceptor, you are the student, she is precepting you. You are not precepting. Some nurses, and I am one, will...
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    Breast pumping in an ICU

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Stacyalexisk's topic in MICU, SICU

    She's a visitor not an employee so is the hospital under any kind of obligation to provide a breast pump and a private space? It is totally inappropriate for a visitor to bother an ICU nurse with...
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    Accused by a patient's family member of not assessing

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

    When some visitor claims to be a nurse it means nurses aide. If some visitor claims to be an ICU nurse it means they are looking to start trouble. An ICU nurse would never need to have every little...
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    Breast pumping in an ICU

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Stacyalexisk's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would like to respectfully ask what is a reasonable number of breastfeeding breaks in a 12 hr shift? We have nursing mothers who are always present and the ones who are always disappearing for up to...
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    Breast pumping in an ICU

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Stacyalexisk's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don ' t understand why a visitor, who says she is a nurse no less , would trouble the ICU staff with her personal needs. What's next supplying portable oxygen and narc drugs to visitors?...
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    Leaving the nurse profession

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Cindycin37's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A friend once told me that corrections is the best kept secret in nursing. She worked in a county prison. Her hours salary and benefits were very good and she was quite happy in that
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    Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient Medications

    It was a good question. Please keep
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    Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient Medications

    The braun smart pump tubing requires 20cc to prime. Read the package. If you are hanging ceftriaxone or cefazolin that's nearly half the dose. It is acceptable practice to use a NSS flush bag at kvo...
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    When's the doctor coming in??

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

    Our docs leave a business card on the bedside table. Since they are also get hcaps scores I tell them to try that number and set up an appointment. If they are reasonable normal humans I will give...