Nurseinthemaking

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  1. looking for feedback/advice on this idea

    Nurseinthemaking replied to dutchgirl's topic in Orthopedic

    A chux will make it OK for who? The patients dignity is still lost chux or not. What about being a pt. advocate? I will have to say, my mom just recovered from knee surgery, she had a foley, but the...

  2. Itching after TX???

    Nurseinthemaking posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have a very sweet little lady who told me yesterday that she is itching like crazy and she thinks she may be itching in her sleep. She said it started after she started TX in our unit. She is an...

  3. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    Nurseinthemaking replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    It made me

  4. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    I made it through another day in hell. I tell you, I have never been treated so bad. I feel like I can't win for losing, no matter what I do, it is the wrong thing. I am having to answer to more then...

  5. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking posted a topic in General Nursing

    I posted this in the Renal Nursing Section, but think I should have maybe put it here since more people will see it. I really need some help thinking all this through. I have a little situation that...

  6. Itching after TX???

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We did lab work on her on Tuesday and have yet to get it back. This center does not reuse so it isn't that. I am not sure what it is, but I looked at her back tonight and she has definatley been...

  7. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. I just don't want to leave Dialysis, I love it. All of this had kind of been swept under the rug and I had the nurse who's place I am taking come up to me on Tuesday (she is now in...

  8. Yes Its Official

    Nurseinthemaking replied to DIXONLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Congrats, that is totally awesome. I take mine the 12 (next wednesday) got the pre-jitters

  9. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    ROFLOL - That is pitiful. Oh lord there is alot to learn not just about Nursing but about, but just trrying to figure out where and where not to

  10. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    You know you are right, I said to him something ugly and God has haunted me about that ever since. It is so hard to act Christian and Professional when you have 2 people coming at you like that. But I...

  11. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    My Charge nurse got wind of what was going on and came back out on the floor and after the pt had been taken care of, he talked to eveyone and I was told by him and 2 other Nurses, I did the right...

  12. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    The first thing I did was turn off the UF. That's always the first step when they start dropping. Actually no, we are in the Dallas Ft. Worth area. We are not Fresenius, but it seems as though they do...

  13. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your response. Yes, he was fully informedm given BP's, status, Complaints and continued dropping. He told me it was not his patient, (let's think about this, when you walk on the floor,...

  14. Did I handle this situation wrong?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thank you so much for your very kind words. This is exactly what my Charge told me. He told me everything I did was right and to not ever let anyone sway my better judgement. I love Dialysis and I...

  15. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    I am not trying to prove a case, I am stating the facts. I asked for help in determing if my documentation was wrong or the patient care I gave was wrong. I am not racist and the only thing I am...

  16. Did I handle this situation wrong?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yes we were able to get his BP up after being given the hypertonic. As we all know, BP's do drop during Dialysis but when we have the meens to get them back up, we should not make these pt's wait....

  17. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefull you read on further and realized that the Tech did not falsify BP's the nurse was acting like a jerk and assumed they were falsified without scrolling up and reading the earlier BP's. Just...

  18. Did I handle this situation wrong?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    yup, that is what it stands for. It has taken the place of what is otherwise know as a CNA which is a Certified Nurses Aide. Waiting to here more

  19. Guess my LPN means zilch- vent/rant

    Nurseinthemaking replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Do you happen to be in the Dallas Ft. Worth area? That is the trend here now, but I have had MANY people tell me they have seen this trend in their nursing career. It will Phase out. We have multiple...

  20. No More Bedside Nursing, I Quit!

    Nurseinthemaking replied to cameroondiva's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Have you thought about Dialysis

  21. Can someone explain to me what the INR TEST is

    Nurseinthemaking posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am trying to finish up an assignment and I know what the INR test is, but what do low values Indicate and what to high values indicate. Isn't this test the same as the PT but more thourough? What is...

  22. Where are LPN's working besides LTC/Home Health?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Currently in Tx there is a huge push for LVN's in Dialysis. There were 2 hired out of my graduating class (one of them me) to work as GVN's and then as LVN's when we pass our state boards. I have seen...

  23. Questions

    Nurseinthemaking posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    OK, now that I have been on the floor for awhile, I have a couple questions. I am having a hard time with my patients bleeding after I take them off the machine. I feel like I am applying enough...

  24. Questions

    Nurseinthemaking replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I had an RN show me his trick, he uses the gauze just like usual but tapes it down before he pulls the needle out, not tight, but it is already taped down to where the actual whole is in the center of...

  25. Does anyone here love their job?

    Nurseinthemaking replied to elainebenes's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hmmmm. today, I think I love my job, tomorrow might be different and yesterday, well, I am still not sure about yesterday. I am a GVN who has not taken Boards yet and am working on a Dialysis Unit....