Buckeye.nurse

Buckeye.nurse

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  1. How to handle the tough questions from patients.

    Buckeye.nurse replied to candacesw's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a hematology-oncology floor. Sometimes patients need a safe place to vent. One of my friends recently went through her own battle with cancer, and she shared a quote that I absolutely...

  2. Charge Nurses Who Micromanage

    Buckeye.nurse replied to YumCookies's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe respond with something like "Thanks for checking in on me. "X" interventions have already been done, I'm working on "Y", it would be a big help if you could do "Z". Is there anything else I...

  3. Policy help

    Buckeye.nurse replied to puffin170's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with having input from risk management prior to implementing a waver. From what I've seen, wavers generally include something about the dangers of oxygen tanks when getting "fresh air". I've...

  4. Early sign of UTI in the elderly, urgency or confusion?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to ShelbySilvertooth's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with SourLemon. Daily weights are useful for monitoring fluid overload, and the therapeutic effects of diuretics (or the lack thereof)...but I agree that patient assessment (including skin...

  5. "Sharing Humour"

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Dinatg's topic in General Students

    My husband and I had issues with infertility. On our first consultation meeting with the specialist, he pulled up my pelvic ultrasound. There was a big arrow the radiologist had used to point to an...

  6. "Fighting" Cancer

    Buckeye.nurse replied to My3GuysinVA's topic in Oncology

    I just wanted to add that from my experience in hematology, our patients fighting Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Multiple Myloma all fight for various reasons. Some are fighting to get into remission so...

  7. When was the last time you had to be assertive with a coworker?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to KJRod's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assertive pretty much every day I work. Some days the communication is with a doctor (often for a patient who is declining and needs interventions such as the situation KelRN described). Some...

  8. "Sharing Humour"

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Dinatg's topic in General Students

    Humor, when used correctly (know the context and your audience), can be very beneficial. I generally don't use humor until I know my patient well (think 6+ hours into the shift), and know whether...

  9. The pain scale has been harmful

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My employer recently introduced the Defense and Veterans pain scale. There's a link to the graphic embedded in our flowsheet that we can show patients. I like the additional questions on the back,...

  10. Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the suggestion. I will add that documentary to my mental "to read" list as

  11. Going into nursing with a bad memory?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to MeAnurse?'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you mentioned this concern to your primary care provider? I'd suggest starting there. I wish you well as you sort this out and start your nursing

  12. Relocating to Columbus after ADN - Opinions??

    Buckeye.nurse replied to NurseJoy1992's topic in General Nursing

    I'd also like to offer a word of encouragement. When I moved to Ohio 6 years ago, it was tough to get into hospitals without a BSN, unless a nurse was experienced with great references. Now the...

  13. Insulin/glucose checks

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Emilythenewgrad's topic in General Nursing

    You're not wrong. Waiting until morning hoping the blood sugar would go down could lead to a bad outcome for the patient. You acted prudently by re-checking, and calling the provider again. Sour...

  14. Dealing with Stress at Work

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Funny you asked Davey

  15. Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    Like Penelope, I graduated from nursing school in 2004, so caring for HIV/Aids patients has been part of my entire nursing career. I agree with the *many* previous posters who have commented that...

  16. Condom snorting

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    This is usually just preceded or followed by the phrase "Hold my beer!". Oftentimes also followed by a trip to the

  17. Advice for the young.

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Kdk239's topic in General Nursing

    I think all of us on here talking about errors we made prove it is not the end of your career. My advice still stands--as long as you learn from it, and apply that knowledge going forward, then you...

  18. Advice for the young.

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Kdk239's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to point out that an error of omission can be just as serious as an error of commission. Like not.done.yet, my first error was an omission. I was a newly minted nurse, in my first few...

  19. Best choice for emergent desaturation in COPD

    Buckeye.nurse replied to CraftyKitten's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree with Offlabel after reading your post a second time. If a patient is not just hypoxic, but also *unresponsive*, it's time to call a code before they decompensate further into cardiac

  20. What do you do with your wedding ring?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Nephron44's topic in General Nursing

    Davey Do, I should know by now not to drink anything while reading your posts. :) On a somewhat related note, during my 7 year pediatric gig, we sometimes got floated to the NICU. Policy there was...

  21. Advice for the young.

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Kdk239's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you learned from it, and are applying that knowledge to your practice moving forward you should be just fine

  22. Will marijuana ever be okay in nursing?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    There isn't really any clinical trial level evidence for marijuana currently. Just tons of anecdotal evidence--which a BON shouldn't and isn't going to use. That's why one of the points of the...

  23. Will marijuana ever be okay in nursing?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    Just a few other thoughts :) Here's the American Nursing Association's official position statement on marijuana: "Professional nursing organizations need to advocate for all nurses and to advance...

  24. Will marijuana ever be okay in nursing?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    This topic has come up on Allnurses what seems like 420 times At this point, I personally think that choosing to use marijuana is a risk to one's licence. Whatever your personal views are on the...

  25. How much PTO does everyone get?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Camino77's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure the exact formula, but something like 4 hours of vacation time every 2 week pay period (I've been there 6 years). The time off scales with senority. Our cap is 240 hours of vacation....