Wise Woman RN

Wise Woman RN

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  1. Catheter Bag Best Practice

    Wise Woman RN replied to nrsstephanie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We don't change the bags at night, ours have an antireflux valve. We try to keep breaks in the system to a minimum. We also get rid of the catheters as soon as possible, and begin bladder protocols...

  2. Leave the phone at home !!

    Wise Woman RN replied to disney158's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have no secretary, so the nurses have to answer the phones... I really dislike having to be a receptionist for people who are constantly having calls from family and friends... or worse,...

  3. Why still IV gtt rates on exams?

    Wise Woman RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    And then you get a positional IV... Stay and count the darned drip rate until it's exactly right, come back in half an hour and half the bag's gone in... makes you crazy sometimes...

  4. How does nursing school differ from the real world of nursing?

    Wise Woman RN replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Nursing

    All of the information that I learned in nursing school is stuck in my brain and won't leave, even after all these years... and every once in a while, something comes up that makes me glad for it......

  5. Shaky hands? Nervousness in clinicals?

    Wise Woman RN replied to spuropathy's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, does that ever bring back memories... trying to draw up insulin once in lab practice... my hands just shook, so I braced my arms on the cart. Didn't help, so I braced my wrists... LOL still...

  6. The teacher from hell!

    Wise Woman RN replied to keno138's topic in General Nursing

    I had a clinical instructor once who used a red pen all over my paperwork. I took it to the lead instructor, who found no errors in my work, and asked what the instructor was thinking... I said I...

  7. Morphine doses while dying?

    Wise Woman RN replied to Medsurg Mama's topic in General Nursing

    Earle, I admire you so... not just for this post, but because of all of your posts. It makes me feel that somewhere, a nurse can be a nurse again, and care for patients. Your strength and common...

  8. blood in stool but...?

    Wise Woman RN replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    perhaps hemorrhoids dropped a little blood in the stool... especially if bright red in a small amount... occult blood would be unseen blood throughout the stool, which is why you want to get your...

  9. So angry right now. Warning: Extremely long

    Wise Woman RN replied to HappyPediRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am so sorry for all of your bad experiences. I wish I could say more to make it better for you, but I am sure that there are many, many people on this board who are keeping you and your family in...

  10. Where to go?

    Wise Woman RN replied to kat29's topic in General Nursing

    Come to the northwest suburbs of Chicago... it's nice

  11. what would be your 1st intervention for pt aspirating?

    Wise Woman RN replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    First thing would be to take the food and drink away... then notify MD. He may order speech eval and video swallow... and chest xray, antibiotics,

  12. Need to know

    Wise Woman RN replied to meyun06's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated with an Associates Degree in nursing, and am now an RN. It was a ladder program, so you could stop at the LPN level or go on for the RN level which prepared students to take the

  13. Our new granddaughter

    Wise Woman RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    :heartbeat My first granddaughter was born today... My son-in-law sent me a video because I am unable to go there until the middle of July... I didn't realize how full a heart can get. She is 6.5...

  14. What do you think about a nurse breastfeeding infant at nurse's station during break?

    Wise Woman RN replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not much... hopefully there is a more private area for her to feed her baby... nurses stations are always notoriously crowded, and places for nurses to sit are at a premium, at least in every hospital...

  15. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    Wise Woman RN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it's time for a new boyfriend... to say you are "dumb" is not supportive in the least. I hope you follow your heart, not just in your choice of career, but in your choice of a life mate....

  16. How much do you feel that you can just "be yourself" at your job?

    Wise Woman RN replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    I am always able to be myself at work, as long as I parrot the company line and am completely happy to participate in all of the wonderful "extra" committees and provide all of the extra paper work...

  17. Ahh-HA! They're on to us!

    Wise Woman RN replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    The same scripting is in Illinois, too...

  18. So...you give out pain pills?

    Wise Woman RN replied to maire's topic in Rehabilitation

    I have been asked by other nurses lots of really silly questions.. Do you do assessments?? Do you check blood pressures?? Do you check blood sugars?? Do you do IV meds?? Seriously, they have no...

  19. "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    Wise Woman RN replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    Regarding kids and time off... I had a problem with scheduling. My boss would say, I am just going to put you in on this day or that, because so-and-so gets a break in child care if she has Fridays...

  20. You're too sensitive...

    Wise Woman RN replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    It means that you are not mean and

  21. Is this a "no-no"?

    Wise Woman RN replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    I would have called my doctor, and asked for advice prior to going to the ER. I have done this when my kids were little, and there was never any problem with

  22. Patient phone call - advising them

    Wise Woman RN replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I always refer them to the

  23. Bicornuate Uterus

    Wise Woman RN replied to RosesrReder's topic in Ob/Gyn

    DD has this. I took no drugs at all during pregnancy or nursing... but am interested in any

  24. Is Joint Commission more hindrance than help?

    Wise Woman RN replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    I think that the commission has worn out its welcome. The new "mandates" that they come up with are basic nursing care. Is it possible that now it's just a matter of justifying their own existence?...

  25. Chs ?

    Wise Woman RN replied to nici1978's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know what the initials stand