SaoirseRN

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  1. Men's incontinent brief

    SaoirseRN replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

    What about a skin barrier like something you would use for around a

  2. Since when is "left hip surgery" a "medical diagnosis."

    SaoirseRN replied to MedTrans68's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Our hip or knee replacements usually come in with the diagnosis of "osteoarthritis left hip", for

  3. Seriously?!?!

    SaoirseRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Well-to-do lady in her early 40s, high functioning alcoholic. Wanted to come in for detox but was very obviously intoxicated and was told by the doc she needed to sober up before being admitted. So...

  4. Why are some nurses so DRAMATIC?!

    SaoirseRN replied to ampiskator's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work with a nurse who is the "everything always happens to me" nurse. When she gets an admission after hours, it's "why is it always ME getting the admissions?" When she ends up on the team with...

  5. my patient forgot their prescription at discharge....

    SaoirseRN replied to paperheart's topic in General Nursing

    Document what happened -- that you provided the patient with the prescription and discharge info. Once that information is given, the patient is discharged and you are no longer responsible for his...

  6. How to measure a wound

    SaoirseRN replied to jlogan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You could not accurately measure depth without touching the wound. As long as the swab is sterile, right? However, perhaps mention to both instructors the conflicting info and see what they say...

  7. Respiratory Therapists Stingy with o2?

    SaoirseRN replied to haji's topic in MICU, SICU

    Why even check the O2 saturation on a dying patient? I get using Bipap as a comfort measure, but at that point, why worry about numbers? You don't care for the dying based on numbers, you go by...

  8. Nurses: Why do many of you do this?

    SaoirseRN replied to terina66's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a similar incident with a wall mounted hear register at my ancient hospital and an explosive C-Diff incident. They had to remove the register and found the "explosion" ended up not only inside...

  9. Hospice Care

    SaoirseRN replied to 280090's topic in General Nursing

  10. Drawing blood from a foot?

    SaoirseRN replied to EGVnurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It is for the reason you were told. We have to get a doctor's order for any form of venipuncture in the feet -- be it blood draws or IV

  11. fungating facial wound

    SaoirseRN replied to NC29mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I actually had a patient with a fungating facial tumor similar to what you described except it didn't require packing. However it had numerous "bleeders" whenever the dressings came off and I did use...

  12. 12 hour shift

    SaoirseRN replied to haiman7's topic in General Nursing

    Love my twelves. I would hate working eights and having to do more in a

  13. Is it ever ok to remove a resident from his room while giving routine care

    SaoirseRN replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    In a code situation, or a situation where a patient was behaving violently, I have removed a roommate. For daily care,

  14. Fitness and nursing

    SaoirseRN replied to Rhi007's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I don't on work days, but try to be active on my days off. I work twelve hour shifts, two days then two nights. On the morning before my first night shift, I try to get out and be active. I'm...

  15. question: can you chart on a pt. being rude?

    SaoirseRN replied to aligar89's topic in General Nursing

    Quotes are my best charting friend, because as others have said, what is considered "verbally agressive/abusive" to me may not mean the same thing to others, but "Get the **** away from me, you stupid...

  16. Why do doctors ask the nurse?

    SaoirseRN replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As for the doctor who called you to ask what Dr. X wrote, two reasons I could see for this... 1) you implied it was a night shift. Chances are, the doctor knew the nurses would be awake where perhaps...

  17. fungating facial wound

    SaoirseRN replied to NC29mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We use something called mepitel which is I believe an inert silicone-type material that is kind of like a post-it note in that it stays where you put it but is easy to remove. Use it directly on the...

  18. That awkward moment when....

    SaoirseRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That awkward moment when you realize diazepam and Valium are the same drug? (I tease. Not meaning to

  19. What do you love most about your floor/specialty?

    SaoirseRN replied to LauraLiz's topic in General Nursing

    I love that my hospital is smallish, and that I know most of the nursing staff in most departments, 95% of the physicians, and a good portion of the support staff by name. We aren't tiny, but just...

  20. Different Piggyback Antibiotics, Same IV Tubing??

    SaoirseRN replied to Pinky89's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I was taught to back prime and this is acceptable practice where I

  21. Time management

    SaoirseRN replied to dd225's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My biggest piece of advice is to accomplish as many tasks as possible with each visit to a patient. It saves a lot of time (fewer trips = fewer steps). I always do a meet-n-greet round immediately...

  22. Patient safety while floating

    SaoirseRN replied to Lexus02's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I float often into the ICU/telemetry area. We often have to use med/surg nurses in the unit for staring reasons, and in my hospital I would provide the direct patient care but the critical care nurses...

  23. Agoraphobia...anyone with experience?

    SaoirseRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No true experience but I did watch a documentary once. The individual featured was able to handle going out to certain places within a limited "comfort zone" and anything beyond that was not possible....

  24. Rant: sick of MAs

    SaoirseRN replied to mclennan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP was describing the MAs where OP works, and acknowledged that it isn't like this everywhere. It IS like that where OP is from and that is the basis for the

  25. Best complaint you've heard?

    SaoirseRN replied to ColleenJune's topic in School

    Never mind ... Not school