ProgressiveActivist BSN, RN

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    Shift blaming

    ProgressiveActivist replied to EmergencyChocolate's topic in General Nursing

    Just notify the MD if there is a serious lapse in patient care such as blood ordered at 8 am and never given and document . Let him report it or chew out the responsible party. It's pretty effective...
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    Telemetry Unit interview

    ProgressiveActivist replied to AZRNallday's topic in General Nursing

    Also familiarize yourself with CMS core measures for CHF MI and
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    Charting, done by the amazing psychic nurse

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

    No. As long as the boxes are checked no one cares. If the family complains about serious negligence it might be addressed. They also have the option to file a complaint at cms.gov Don't make it...
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    Telemetry Unit interview

    ProgressiveActivist replied to AZRNallday's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/critical-care-nursing/interview-for-transitional-1007935.html
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    (Revised) advice!!

    ProgressiveActivist replied to CarlHester's topic in Men in Nursing

    Nurses and NPs need to pass and have a strong foundation in Chemistry to be safe practitioners. If you can not pass Chemistry you will not get in a Nursing program other than LPN or
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    Saline infusion vs. pressure bag for Arterial Sheath Patency

    ProgressiveActivist replied to tonyrn21's topic in General Nursing

    If the sheath is not going to be pulled, write the occurrence report as a deviation from policy and standards of care. Cite hospital policy. Recommend education for all IR staff. Recommend that...
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    Question for ICU nurses!!!

    ProgressiveActivist replied to babychunsa's topic in General Nursing

    Learn your rapid sequence intubation drugs. Label them or tape the vial to the syringe. Focus on your role of pushing drugs. Ask another RN to check the dose. If an MD is getting huffy with you for...
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    I am a new nurse and I am hating my job

    ProgressiveActivist replied to prubio352's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I hate med surg swore I would never do it again but I do get pulled to work there once a year and it still sucks. 1. Stop doing CNA work. Inform your patients to ask for the CNA by name for food...
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    Should we put up with verbally aggressive relatives ?

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

    Your comments are offensive. If you are a nurse you would know that every dose of Phenergan dispensed and every EMR has red flag warnings for diluting phenergan. File a complaint. Just because you...
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    Coworker conflict

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Lena23's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like a rough place to work. No one is going to coddle you because you're in school nor should they. They will respect you if you have skills and a good work ethic. It also sounds...
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    CNA rant

    ProgressiveActivist replied to QuarterLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Educate your patients and visitors on admission and at the start of your shift. Tell your patients to ask for Sam the nursing assistant for food, drink refills, the bedpan, bathing brushing teeth or...
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    ProgressiveActivist replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I have only seen two Myxedema coma patients in my career; one was a pt that I had as a student. He was nonverbal, immobile with the doughy skin and oafish facies. He had horrific skin breakdown. He...
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    Hospital that bans family members

    ProgressiveActivist replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I came in to a situation with 2 cots three recliners(provided by the idiot house supervisor) in an ICU room, multiple laptops, a gang of men watching the final four and yelling while their buddy the...
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    How do you get out of the room politely?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to jessimee's topic in General Nursing

    You're not working for tips and it's not your job to socialize with random needy or talkative people. A simple I have to go do some work should
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    Gossip Girls... (And boys)

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

    Gossip is for people who feed on negative energy. The person who sucks all the energy out of the room with their ******** moaning and whining brings everyone down. There's always one and they enjoy...
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    Do you hold drunks against their will?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to OldNurseNewRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit that I have not worked ED in about ten years. There was a time when the police took people to jail for public drunkenness and people died in a holding cell from DKA, alcohol...
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    Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    Why should he take up a hospital bed? So we can watch him herniate and die? Let him go home to die in his own bed as per his
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    Hospital that bans family members

    ProgressiveActivist replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just heard the prime minister of Israel say: when bad behavior is rewarded it just gets worse People, stop rewarding scammers freeloaders and obnoxious behavior. It only makes them
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    Hospital that bans family members

    ProgressiveActivist replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To get rid of disruptive visitors: Set up the room. On day one turn the volume up (just enough to keep them awake )on all equipment alarms. Use the lock function on IV pumps. Or locking cases....
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    16 Ice creams

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    If this was the VA she would get an 1200 cal clear liquid diet and her benzos and opiates would be tapered or d/c'd. The freeloaders decide to shape up or leave. Depends on the
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    Being cross trained wthout a choice.

    ProgressiveActivist replied to sky1263's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/nurses-do-drop-1030100.html As usual I see a lot of people who dont work in a specialty area such as a stepdown telling the poster to suck it up....
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    STNA assessing lung sounds?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Denali_25's topic in General Nursing

    What is a STNA? If that is an acronym for a nursing student, let her practice. If this person is a nursing assistant or home health aide, then she needs to stop doing nursing
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    STNA assessing lung sounds?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Denali_25's topic in General Nursing

    Duplicate post, disregard
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    16 Ice creams

    ProgressiveActivist replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    what is
  25. ProgressiveActivist

    how would a nurse assess acute exacerbation of asthma?

    ProgressiveActivist replied to CNS2b11's topic in General Nursing

    The old adage that goes the worse they sound the better they are holds true. Listen with your stethoscope. You hear wheezes when the airways are contricted. If they sound tight -which means they...