TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    New Nurse Struggling and Stressed

    Being a new grad is a two-headed dragon. The first part is just being a new grad and still having a very steep learning curve ahead of you. And just when you've graduated and thought the worst was...
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    CNA 11 Years need your help

    Regardless of age and mental status, mom is very much in the picture and had issues with the whole debit card thing. Maybe the biggest moral of this story is to be really leery of handling anyone...
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    CNA 11 Years need your help

    Ooookay. I'm thinking you might have been just reprimanded for violating professional boundaries if it hadn't involved a debit card and if your employer even managed to find out. But the minute...
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    Age vs Years Nursing

    60 and 36 years of nursing. I've been retired 2
  5. I wish I could be more encouraging but the trail of med errors greatly concerns me. A med error or two, especially for a new grad, falls into the **** happens category. But a "ton of errors"?...
  6. Homework?
  7. Wuhan has the only two virology labs in China. They study animals in the labs, including bats. Too much of a coincidence. At this point I'd have to see something pretty convincing
  8. I watch Jesse Watters myself. The statements attributed to him (and others not in the MSM) are often grossly distorted. I personally believe the virus escaped from one of the Wuhan labs. Just too...
  9. I would personally prefer that anti- vaxxers be shut down. The problem is who gets to decide who gets shut down and who gets a voice? That's what scares
  10. A thousand times this. It's easy to dismiss anything as propaganda or conspiracy theory if it doesn't match your viewpoint. Instead of expecting government or corporate entities to protect us from...
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    New job, so discouraged and sad

    I think your biggest problems are a less-than-assertive personality and learning-curve-itis. Time and experience alleviate both of these. The plus side of your former job is that they were used to...
  12. The problem is that most facilities care more about appearances than what the patients actually experience. As long as the neglected patient doesn't complain everyone is happy. But not only did...
  13. The same people who are skipping heparin administration are nit- picking IV dressing changes? Don't be chronically annoyed by this behaviour. Deal with it. Missed meds and heparin, delayed blood...
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    New names for placebos!

    OMG I love it. Reminds me of the old snake oil expression: "Cures coughs colds runny noses dirty orificeholes and makes childbearing a pleasure". Also reminds me of Monty Python's Medical Love
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    Judy Mikovitz, Ph D and Anthony Fauci, MD

    You don't need to believe good or ill of Dr. Fauci unless you've researched him yourself and formed your own opinion. I was PM'd Judy Mikovitz's video on FB by a nurse, no less, who seemed to believe...
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    Stop Hating on Psych Nurses

    That's great that he was able to interact therapeutically with patients. But even psych patients have elevated BPs, need labs, etc. Unfortunately, psych attracts a lot of nurses who give themselves...
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    First date joke

    I think the joke works better if you say he had a foot
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    New names for placebos!

    Bogusta. Fauxzine.
  19. I haven't read through all the posts but there is more to the aquarium cleaner story. The demised husband was reportedly a highly intelligent engineer who wouldn't have ridiculous ideas like that....
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    Lithium and Dehydration

    I'm not sure but I think it might have something to do with the narrow therapeutic window. I think fluid/sodium levels have to be fairly balanced, which is why regular blood work is required. Another...
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    Can I lose my license for this?

    The first and last name of the patient?
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    Orientation debacle

    Another thought just occurred to me. Check out "hypergraphia". It's a symptom of several disorders. She may be in need of actual
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    Orientation debacle

    I agree with previous posters but I'll go one further. I think this behaviour is definitely a red flag of some sort. I certainly do agree that this should be immediately communicated to the...
  24. I'm curious whether the syringes were pre-drawn up by someone to save time. I've seen people almost accidentally use TB syringes instead of insulin syringes, which is why they should be stored...
  25. I agree that the orienting nurse should not be sitting, even though it would be a welcome break. If the preceptor is supernumerary at this point she could do the sitting. Otherwise the appropriate...