mjmcca

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1. Balancing medical needs V educational needs

   mjmcca posted a topic in School

   I am currently assigned as a 1:1 school nurse to a general Ed high school advanced freshmen. I have to frequently take him out of classes to administer treatments and medications. He misses large blocks of class time. What is my responsibility to his...

2. Any legal issue there?

   mjmcca replied to akasu's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. I took out some stitches my father in law had just because he was visiting the country from Morocco and we didn't want to incur another huge bill for their removal (the first bill being when they were placed) . Personally, I wouldn't do it f...

3. Living with poo

   mjmcca replied to dropbears101's topic in General Nursing

   I used to wear paper isolation gowns push my thumb through so when I put the double gloves on my wrists weren't exposed. I always changed before going home including my shoes. I think I only had my undies and socks stay they same.

4. poor report

   mjmcca replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

   I remember this time I had gotten report in a pt who was newly transferred from the ICU. HD pt. cant remember all the particulars it was a long time ago. Nothing noteworthy was given in the report. during my shift come to fine a handprint shape hema...

5. Wired Jaw :( Food Ideas Please

   mjmcca replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

   We taught our Pts to lean all the way forward and cut open the wires.

6. Modified self-scheduling has to go (IMHO)

   mjmcca replied to edogs334's topic in General Nursing

   Your employer wouldn't make these changes unless staffing was not evenly spaced out. You cant have 7 people on one day and 3 the next. We had a small unit only 8-9 nurses with a maximum of 4 staff needed each shift but we almost never had enough peop...

7. Wired Jaw :( Food Ideas Please

   mjmcca replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

   OH and squeezing it through your teeth? Is it possible to suck it around your back teeth ? Did they discharge you with a catheter tip syringe? We would modify ours with a piece of flexible suction tubing so you could feed through it. We would take th...

8. Wired Jaw :( Food Ideas Please

   mjmcca replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Apple sauce or other sauced fruits, yogurt, smoothies, shakes, puddings, try the stuff in the baby food aisle though many types wont taste all that good. Cream of wheat, farina, cream of rice, oatmeal you can water all of these down with milk until i...

9. Bellevue Hospital NYC

   mjmcca replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   Don't you mean NYU Langone? While it is across the street from Bellevue and probably shares some of the medical staff, NYU is a private hospital while Bellevue is a city one.

10. Bellevue Hospital NYC

    mjmcca replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if that is the case but it is/ was true at Kings County Hospital when I did clinicals there 20 some years ago. They have had renovations since then so I think the wards might be gone. If you think that Bellevue is Huge then Kings County woul...

11. Cleaning Catheter Leg Bags?!

    mjmcca replied to jocelynlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Some one is probably not washing them so the policy is being clarified for all. I bet that's a cost issue somehow, wonder what would happen if a few falls were attributable to the use of drainage bags. Hmm I thought all the bags hooked through t...

12. Cleaning Catheter Leg Bags?!

    mjmcca replied to jocelynlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I dont understand why you think this is ridiculous. Where I used to work we didn't have any fancy stuff to clean the bags so we rinsed with tap water and soap until clear. We only used leg bags to train people who would be using them at discharge or ...

13. Question on practicing in a state that you are not licensed in

    mjmcca replied to mjmcca's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah but at this point in time I am not sure it would be worth it. I would have to pay the licensing fees and there are CEUs that differ from the ones I have taken. The cost adds up. By the time everything would be said and done it would be after flu...

14. Question on practicing in a state that you are not licensed in

    mjmcca replied to mjmcca's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's in New Hampshire, but it sounds like they are all the same.

15. Question on practicing in a state that you are not licensed in

    mjmcca replied to mjmcca's topic in General Nursing

    I can refuse any events I do not want to participate in, so I have been refusing them. They employ other health care professionals CNAs, LPNs, MAs ect. I worked with an MA who goes to other states and administers flu shots. I had thought that they ha...