RunninOnCoffee

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  1. Question for NM's/ Mother baby nurses

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in General Nursing

    First off, I don't work in mother baby or L&D so my knowledge of these areas is limited to my own personal delivery experience and a short 6 weeks of clinicals. What I do know is, each new mom...

  2. The every year Snow thread

    RunninOnCoffee replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    And this my friend is why I live in FL 😉 No advice I can give you, but sending prayers to ya! Once a beach girl, always a beach

  3. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    These are awesome!! My cheeks hurt from laughing! Nursingjudgement-I am pretty sure I must have cared for your pt #4's long lost family member. Except for this one it was root beer. Oh and in night...

  4. MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a female nurse with 5 years experience (in my mid 30's) I've seen both. Overall for the most part there isn't really a difference. However we do have a small handful, and honestly mostly foreign...

  5. Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    RunninOnCoffee replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    This was my first thought too! Used swab caps at one place and now the curios caps. Personally, I much prefer swab

  6. Accidently took home a patients' insulin!

    RunninOnCoffee replied to iliket0fuu's topic in Patient Medications

    First year of nursing got into my driveway, went to pull out my phone and discovered 2mg of Dilaudid.... Oops! Back to work I went. Then just a few years ago did it with Morphine. Very long day and...

  7. Late for work excuses

    RunninOnCoffee replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Several years ago before I graduated nursing school the unit secretary replacing me called in because she was "already too drunk to come into work." I ended up staying until I couldn't keep my eyes...

  8. Our units acuity is at an all time high.

    RunninOnCoffee replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have been slammed full all...summer....long! Slap full and did I mention low staffed hospital wide! I work the next 5 of 6 days and just want to crawl in a hole somewhere and

  9. Tripping/rolling ankles in Danskos

    RunninOnCoffee replied to pedsrnmare's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had the same problem until I finally ended up spending the afternoon portion of my shift getting X-rays in the ER for a potential fx. Thankfully none, but I got to become very friendly with crutches...

  10. What are the best Nike shoes for a 12 Hour Shift?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to mf299709's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    From my personal experience (and each person is different) Nike's, Brooks, etc are great for walking and running but for hours of standing I come home with my knees, ankles, and feet just aching. I...

  11. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    RunninOnCoffee replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    As being part of the responding code team ACLS is a protocol therefore no physician medication order requirement. We frequently start pushing meds before responding code physicians arrive. One of the...

  12. Code blue questions

    RunninOnCoffee replied to SimpleNewGrad's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above poster. My other thought was also if the pt was not intubated that meant you were using a bvm. In doing so probably blew a large amount if air into the abdomen. This combined...

  13. What nursing task do you loathe???

    RunninOnCoffee replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Placing NGT's. For some reason that feels like one of the most barbaric things to do to someone. I know good and well they will feel so much better once the abdomen is decompressed, but shoving...

  14. What I learned this week (7/4/15)....

    RunninOnCoffee replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned again that synthetic marijuana is really bad for the noggin and combined with a full moon makes for entertainment for all the family members in the ICU......even after we closed the little...

  15. My patient died today

    RunninOnCoffee replied to TU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure you did everything you possibly could! Remember when it's your time, it's your time and there is nothing we can do about that. Mourn his loss tonight, say a prayer for his family, and go in...

  16. Letting very young children see a dying patient

    RunninOnCoffee replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in Critical Care

    I had a pt with 3 very young kids that had been accepted by OPO for donation and mom wanted kids to be able to see dad one last time. While we did not tell the little ones that part we did just tell...

  17. Boca Raton Regional Hospital

    RunninOnCoffee replied to NEWBETHRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know anything about the unit. The Boca area is nice and one of our best unit nurses is leaving soon to go work there. Good

  18. Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    RunninOnCoffee replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Foul language in pt care areas. Most of us are guilty of slipping up with a word here or there, but when you unleash a string of curse words often within hearing distance pt's and family members, I...

  19. 500 cc of Vanco/Ns over 2 hours via pump via picc line

    RunninOnCoffee replied to lumbarpain's topic in Patient Medications

    Our facility puts vanco in 250 ml bags. Most I run is 94ml/hr due to the concentration. Vanco can be ototoxic so it's more so the mg/he to be concerned of like other posters have already

  20. Relocation to a family friendly livable city with warm climate

    RunninOnCoffee replied to wasup's topic in General Nursing

    My advice, and my home is the FL panhandle. Still have the advantages of the FL weather minus some of the chaos and more family friendliness of south FL! Best wishes, and good luck to you and your...

  21. Nonsedated Pt's equal self extubations

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in General Nursing

    My current hospital seems to think it's a good idea to cut sedation off of our intubated patients 24, 48, even 72 hours prior to extubation. To me that just seems cruel. Propofol usually wears out off...

  22. Nonsedated Pt's equal self extubations

    RunninOnCoffee replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh I just went on my soap box about this while giving report tonight after getting an 84 y/o intubated septic pt. One if our problems is primarily we get surgical and trauma pts and rather than...

  23. Burn question: Just want to

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a family member end up with a second degree burn on a large section of his LUE resulting in several blisters that have already ruptured. In talking to him I discovered the only treatment his doc...

  24. Burn question: Just want to

    RunninOnCoffee replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I must have miss phrased that. I'm not looking for medical advise or to give medical advise. I just have never heard of not going with a Silvadene based treatment and was wondering a reasoning...

  25. Only African American Nurse on Staff

    RunninOnCoffee replied to nette1022's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have no advise for you, however I wanted to say I'm really sorry you are having to go through that and from your post and responses you are the type of nurse I would love to work with. Wishing you...