SaoirseRN

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  1. Pain Medication addicts

    SaoirseRN replied to rgvnurse85's topic in Patient Medications

    I didn't realize your situation occurred in the recovery room, my apologies. And I agree with your points as well. I have, though, seen too many times when patients (on the ward) just don't say...

  2. general surgery clinical question

    SaoirseRN replied to nobocopy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look up what "troponin" means. The part I don't understand from your post is the word

  3. Do you stand up for yourself to patients?

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

    I think it's truly sad when there is an expectation that we should simply take verbal (or other) abuse from people simply because we are nurses and they are "custromers". I don't work in the USA, so...

  4. Do you stand up for yourself to patients?

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

  5. Do you stand up for yourself to patients?

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

    That's not what the poster meant. Obviously it is okay to have someone step in if need be. What the poster meant was don't let a "customer is always right" policy dictate whether or not you should...

  6. Best one sentence handoff report

    SaoirseRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    "The three in the chairs at the desk are yours, so good

  7. Do you stand up for yourself to patients?

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

  8. Problems with constructive criticism

    SaoirseRN replied to nursecandace737's topic in General Students

    Also, remember that clinical placements rely on subjective reports/feedback from other humans. Sometimes, while we may not be doing a "bad" job, we aren't what somebody expected. An example: When I...

  9. Pain Medication addicts

    SaoirseRN replied to rgvnurse85's topic in Patient Medications

  10. That awkward moment when....

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

    That awkward moment when you say to a coworker, about a doctor who just left, "Wow, he's hot!" ... only to find out he was around the corner and well within

  11. How to deal with rolling veins?

    SaoirseRN replied to nurs1ng's topic in General Nursing

    You have obviously figured out that you should never be in your own way! I never anchor the skin below the insertion site because then your other hand really is in the way. Depending on what works...

  12. Facebook notification

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

    Is it possible this person was friends with this patient prior to them being a patient? However I do agree that was an inappropriate use of

  13. Non compliance

    SaoirseRN replied to delaynenicholson's topic in General Students

    I like to say that we can only help people if they are willing to help themselves. Expending energy on those who won't help themselves is a wasted effort, no matter how good your intentions are. Save...

  14. IV removal etiquette?

    SaoirseRN replied to pa715's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this. No needle is left in the vein, and the tube left behind is not sharp, is actually quite flexible and cannot stick you. A glove isn't a bad way to throw it out -- saves a small drop of...

  15. No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    SaoirseRN replied to mysixlittleones's topic in School

  16. oxygen sTaturations

    SaoirseRN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is they are calling it a sTat or

  17. oxygen sTaturations

    SaoirseRN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

    I was doing narc counts with two different nurses recently who both said fentalyn instead of fentanyl. I also work with a nurse who always says "continent" when speaking of long-acting narcs, ie,...

  18. bolus w/o order....yes or no?

    SaoirseRN replied to sarahbeth2006's topic in General Nursing

    She should not have done that. Without being there and seeing the patient, I cannot speak to her thought process in doing so, but no. She was practicing medicine, which is beyond her scope. In my...

  19. Is this really a med error?

    SaoirseRN replied to gemini14's topic in General Nursing

  20. skin test

    SaoirseRN replied to ms.greyrn's topic in Patient Medications

    Canada here. In a few isolated cases we have done the "small test dose" with Benadryl on standby, but generally we go with the patient's word about what they are/are not

  21. Is this really a med error?

    SaoirseRN replied to gemini14's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a med error. It's an incident, I agree, and an incident report would be applicable. But a med error form puts the fault with the nurses, which isn't the case

  22. How do you judge glucose monitoring?

    SaoirseRN replied to mitral's topic in General Nursing

  23. Apologize for last post...

    SaoirseRN replied to hershdawg's topic in General Nursing

    This is actually a good lesson in communication for you. What you say, how you word it, and the order in which you do have a direct impact on how your words are received, and likewise the response you...

  24. I'm seeing a lot of unprofessional posting here related to venting about patients

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

    Not everyone has HIPAA, per se, however I know in Canada we take confidentiality seriously and have our own laws, under different names. I expect this is the same for other countries. Whether HIPAA...

  25. I'm seeing a lot of unprofessional posting here related to venting about patients

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

    Whether it's "pleasure" or "fixture", I believe the reality is more likely that people object strongly to a student who believes he has the right to declare the professionals unprofessional. Tell...