Morning-glory

Morning-glory

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  1. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    Morning-glory replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on staff at a hospital for a year, then went to agency nursing after doing some outpost nursing in the back of nowhere. I went back as agency at my old place and I still had to take the IV...

  2. Fetal death after maternal death

    Morning-glory replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    http://americanhistory.si.edu/polio/howpolio/ironlung.htm So I think there must have been something to the pressure applied at 15 breaths per minute to her chest that keep the blood

  3. Fetal death after maternal death

    Morning-glory replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yup! Then again, it is a family story and no one in the family was actually in the room, but my aunt did die of polio, and the baby was taken out post mortem. But again, my other uncle (her brother...

  4. Fetal death after maternal death

    Morning-glory replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Back in 1953, my aunt got polio. A few years earlier she had had a head injury from being thrown from her horse, the virus got into her brain. She became paralized very quickly and was put in an...

  5. Third Shift Blues

    Morning-glory replied to gracie05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Working nights can be hard. I've done it for 10 years and I'll go back to days every once and a while to see if I can do it, but I always come back to nights. A few hints for those who are starting...

  6. Some musings about reading posts here...

    Morning-glory replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    Funny enough, after doing my elementary school in French, I was sent to an English high school. The class that I learned the most grammar in was Typing. It was taught by an old nun who took the time...

  7. How would your ER handle these patients?

    Morning-glory replied to luckylucyrn's topic in Emergency

    In Ontario (Canada) the age of consent for care is 14. Without limitations. Of course the family should be involved, but it isn't necessary for care to be provided. They can't drink till they are...

  8. ESRD Refusing dialysis

    Morning-glory replied to Morning-glory's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks everyone. Just today when she woke up, she looked like she had the wind kicked out of her. I guess she had a long night despite the Serax. I'm starting to feel overwhelmed. I know that we...

  9. ESRD Refusing dialysis

    Morning-glory replied to Morning-glory's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thank you so much ROOK, I really appreciate the input. My M-I-L has not left her house in 25 years and now that she has to go out almost everyday, it increases her anxiety to the point of...

  10. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

    Morning-glory replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    All of this has been a very interesting lesson on the in and outs of clinic dialysis. I know that in Canada we do things differently but it had never occured to me that it would be that big a...

  11. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

    Morning-glory replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that

  12. "Those who can, do. Those who can't..."

    Morning-glory replied to AnonymousCanadian's topic in General Nursing

    Med/Surg is slave labour, no matter what the salary is. I am working in a LTC psych facility and love it. I disliked LTC, but the psych componant keeps things

  13. Dialysis patients who are incontinent

    Morning-glory replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Good question Tweety, I have to ask, as no one has said anything about it yet; Would it not be possible to have a couple of NA available to provide the basic comforts to HD patients? I strikes me as...

  14. "What Do You Want Me To Do About It?"

    Morning-glory replied to welnet66's topic in General Nursing

    I do indeed expect a doctor to answer their pager, even if they are in OR. They may wait a minute or 2 before calling me if they have to, but I want him to answer me. I will not call a doc for a...

  15. Pubic hair

    Morning-glory replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    Considering all the grief I got for shaving an old lady's mustache, I wouldn't touch this one with a 10 foot pole. And this is my hundreth

  16. need help getting out of dangerous job!

    Morning-glory replied to Cali_Nurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Go, and go quickly. Don't wait another day. I've had a job like that and put up with it for months. Then, when they were about to fire me, I quit. No looking back. I was working agency nursing...

  17. Is Ativan 10 mg po per dose too much?

    Morning-glory replied to lorster's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Holy cow, what a mess. I would not have given 10 mg Ativan PO. In fact just last week I had a pt getting 2 mg po qid and he was stumbing around peeing in garbage cans and couldn't hit the toilet...

  18. OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

    Morning-glory replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen a silent knight, but why do all methods of crushing pills have to make such a racket??? Three o'clock in the morning and your waking everyone up. Hammer and baggies, old pill...

  19. Your Pet and your schedule...

    Morning-glory replied to KatieBell's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked night 12's for 6 years and I am now on a 2 weeks days, 2 weeks nights rotation. I had 6 cats at one point. Cats will sleep about 18 hours a day. This is normal for them. I never had...

  20. Needlestick last night and freaked out

    Morning-glory replied to nursekelly217's topic in General Nursing

    I too got a needle stick injury. The Sharps box was on the way to being full and the butterfly needle didn't go all the way in, so I whacked the box to shake everything down, but I missed (it was 0300...

  21. Lasix and Foley for female patients..automatic ?

    Morning-glory replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    Stevie, That's why I made it an issue. One day I got 3 LOL back from the OR with no foley. I was really mad. I went to the floor manager and spoke to the surgeon the next day in a "by the way"...

  22. Lasix and Foley for female patients..automatic ?

    Morning-glory replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    I hear you guys on the not putting in a foley for the convenience of the nurse. Having worked Ortho for 6 years, however, I never understood why they didn't put a foley into our elderly hip...

  23. What do patients say that irks you?

    Morning-glory replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not an OB nurse by any stretch of the imagination, but I have been reading this thread for about 5 hours. I did work some outpost nursing and "caught" a few babies. Scary stuff!!! Cheers to you...

  24. Meds you hate to give....

    Morning-glory replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone ever have to give IVIg? It is a blood product that comes in glass bottles, needs special tubing, premeds including lasix and requires q15 minute vitals for up to 4 hours. You also get to keep...

  25. Colleague Abuse

    Morning-glory replied to MCF's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have found that the abuse is less in less stressful situations. I have gone from working Med/Surg to Ortho (with a more cohesive team) to psych nursing which can be stressful, but it is a much less...