MedicalZebra

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  1. codeine to morphine: what's the enzyme?

    MedicalZebra replied to lifeLONGstudent's topic in Pain Management

    I have the same problem with Percocet... but codeine works fine for me. After my kidney transplant I was getting Percocet and practically crying from the pain. I asked if there was anything else...

  2. bleeding at needle sites

    MedicalZebra replied to sandrakclev's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I've been on hemo for 10 years, and every so often I also bleed around my needle site-- in my case, it's because the needles were put in on top of a recent puncture, widening the hole and allowing...

  3. Pay per patient?

    MedicalZebra replied to Redman's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Holy smokes... FMC thinks I'm only worth 30 bucks?! (Geez, I know the life of a dialysis patient is cheap... but I didn't think it was that cheap!) As if the danger of forgetting things during a...

  4. What would you have done?

    MedicalZebra replied to MJFRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Do your machines have profiles? I had to start using one because I can't tolerate any fluid being removed in the last hour-- the profile I'm on takes most of the fluid off in the first two and a half...

  5. Are the curtains between beds ever cleaned?

    MedicalZebra posted a topic in General Nursing

    This has been bugging me for a long time. I am in the hospital frequently because of ESRD, and even when I'm in there for a week, I have NEVER seen any of the curtains between patients' beds washed!...

  6. What to do when the IV bag runs dry?

    MedicalZebra replied to mstigerlily's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm a frequent hospital inmate because of dialysis. Occasionally my IV will go dry and the blood starts backing up into the bag. My question is, is it safe for me to close the clamp when I see the...

  7. Intoxicated- does it mean incompetent?

    MedicalZebra replied to TlhRNED's topic in Emergency

    When I started dialysis, I was so uremic that I had trouble balancing my checkbook-- and yet I was made to sign tons of paperwork during my first in-center dialysis treatment. I felt loopier while...

  8. Public Misconceptions

    MedicalZebra replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse to chronic hemodialysis pt of several years: "I have your Epogen here." Pt: "What 's that?" That's not even funny! I'm a 10-year hemo patient, and I cannot believe how many long-term dialysis...

  9. fun things to do in the recovery room

    MedicalZebra replied to john privett's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of the post op areas I was in had a large "Welcome Back!" sign hanging on the ceiling over my gurney... it made me feel good to know that people were thinking about me after I woke up from a very...

  10. OB nurses, what do you do in adoption situations?

    MedicalZebra replied to estrogen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also had a baby at 17. My mother was a real tyrant through the whole thing, and wanted the doctors to knock me out and take the baby so I'd never see her... the nurse told her, "We haven't done...

  11. hallucinating patients

    MedicalZebra replied to goldentxnurse's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    That gives a whole new meaning to the game "Duck, Duck, Goose!"

  12. Would you tell the family?

    MedicalZebra posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    My cousin was in a serious car accident and was put on life support. After four days, the decision was made to shut off the machines, and my cousin's blood was drawn for tissue typing to see if she...

  13. Fmc

    MedicalZebra replied to imperial's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    There was another lady who had scarring in her access, and it was like you needed a maulhammer to get it cannulated. She asked for one specific nurse who had it downpat... all the others (including...

  14. Fmc

    MedicalZebra replied to imperial's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Our shift got TOLD to sign those 'consent forms' today-- you HAD to sign them even if you didn't want to have your picture taken... the nurse wrote "No pictures or video' on top of the forms. Also,...

  15. Fmc

    MedicalZebra replied to imperial's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The 'UltraCare Open House' is on April 13th in my unit in Massachusetts, but I can't go because I have a doctor's appointment. The nurses handed out UltraCare t-shirts to all of the patients on my...

  16. "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

    MedicalZebra replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    It just amazes me that people forget the fact that Jesus came here to be crucified-- his death was predestined and was going to happen regardless of who was used to help it happen. So... it really...

  17. "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

    MedicalZebra replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a patient on the surgical floor for kidney transplant rejection, I had a somewhat aggressive Born-again nurse who talked about Jesus every time she came into my room. At the time, I was...

  18. Noncompliance a factor in transplant evaluation?

    MedicalZebra posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In our unit we have a young man who continually skips and signs himself off early from treatments-- and he is on the transplant list. Our unit doesn't seem to put much weight on noncompliance when it...

  19. Changing Attitudes/Mannerisms

    MedicalZebra replied to imperial's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have asked what UltraCare is until I'm blue in the face, and none of the nurses seem to know. We get pamphlets extolling its virtues, but when you read them closely, they're blathering on for a...

  20. Would you tell the family?

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks, A476... sorry about your uncles. It's like a double tragedy when the person who dies can't be a donor because of drug

  21. Would you tell the family?

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you also,

  22. Would you tell the family?

    MedicalZebra replied to MedicalZebra's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks, Sadie... it was especially tough because my cousin was only 27 and had been battling drug addiction-- we thought she was winning the battle, but I guess she wasn't. Coincidentally, my cousin...

  23. Family visitation in ICU

    MedicalZebra replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    It wasn't a case of "Uncle Rudy needs to rest so he can get better"... Rudy was not going to be leaving the hospital alive, they knew that after the first week. After three weeks, the hospital told...

  24. Family visitation in ICU

    MedicalZebra replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't a case of "Uncle Rudy needs to rest so he can get better"... Rudy was not going to be leaving the hospital alive, they knew that after the first week. After three weeks, the hospital told...

  25. Family visitation in ICU

    MedicalZebra replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    When I was 6 years old, one of my uncles got into a serious motorcycle accident. He was in the ICU for about three weeks, never regained conciousness. At the time, NO kids under 13 were allowed to...