Jenny P

Jenny P

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  1. RN killed in Minnesota

    Jenny P replied to -jt's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And it's the first time I heard it also, -jt. Thanks for posting

  2. Dermabond Questions

    Jenny P replied to meandragonbrett's topic in General Nursing

    I just read recently that the best way to treat a head laceration was the hair tieing (or braiding I think they called it) technic! Someone actually did some research on it and they found the wounds...

  3. Advice for the First Aid tent

    Jenny P replied to sleepy247's topic in General Nursing

    I've helped man the first aid booth for the local high school's senior lock-in for the past few years. We have a doctor, nurse, or EMT volunteer scheduled for each of the scheduled sign up shifts; and...

  4. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Jenny P replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Stargazer, you crack me up! LOL! :roll :chuckle SusyK, I have never heard of Jean Watson or Martha Rogers, and am glad I went through Nursing school before either of these people ever got published!...

  5. prn question

    Jenny P replied to carz's topic in General Nursing

    Tylenol#3 has 300 or 325 mg acetaminophen in it. Giving Tylenol#3 1 q6hr= 1300mg acetaminophen in 24 hr (figuring the 325 mg amount). One plain tylenol has 325 mg also. Your PRN tylenol is also...

  6. I need INPUT

    Jenny P replied to Cooker93's topic in General Nursing

    I've been taught and our hospital policy is that 5-6 L/min O2 should always be humidified. I have seen low flow O2 COPD'ers have problems with lower flows; but vaseline or other such lubricants...

  7. Warm Ear Drops?

    Jenny P replied to KittyPaus, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work peds, but I can answer from my own experience. Warm ear drops are just more comfortable for the pt. Even just putting the plastic or glass med bottle in a glass of hot tap water for a few...

  8. Cardiac Assessment Documentation

    Jenny P replied to Youda's topic in General Nursing

    Youda, do what you have to and chart your findings. Have you considered offering to teach a class on cardiac assessment to your co-workers? You could do it formally for CEU's, or informally-- I've...

  9. Pick Up Lines!!

    Jenny P replied to trishaLVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    From a pre-med student just before final exams (we had the same class): "want to study Anatomy tonight- by Braille?" I was so naive I responded "I'm sorry, I don't know Braille." My roomie and friends...

  10. Cardiac Assessment Documentation

    Jenny P replied to Youda's topic in General Nursing

    I believe in charting what I hear and see, reporting it to the MD and charting that also. It is up to the doc to order follow up tests and procedures, NOT us OR THE HOSPITAL! I do not see how our...

  11. Belly Piercing/Tattoo

    Jenny P replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I told both of my kids that tattoes and piercings (except for my dtr's. single peirced ears) were not allowed while they lived under my roof. In spite of them both being ADHD and HUGE BUTTON PUSHERS...

  12. letter of reprimand-help!!

    Jenny P replied to prnlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I used to chair my Nursing Association's Practice Commission and would attend the public "open" sessions of the state BON meetings. I have no idea what state you live in; but here in Minn. you do not...

  13. Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    Jenny P replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of interesting comments here; I was not impressed with the original posters' reasons for nursing to "no longer be a white woman's job" as though white women were: 1) the ONLY ones who do this...

  14. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Kelly, I work CV-ICU, and when we float we only float to the critical care units or tele; and I'm in a unionized hospital also; but I think I like the way our contract is written better than yours....

  15. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    How do they expect to break in any "newbie" if they keep making you be the float nurse every shift? That is so totally unfair-- you should never have to float more than once a week (if that often),...

  16. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    You're advice is so right, CEN. (And you too,

  17. How do you deal with a patient slapping you?

    Jenny P replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    PLEASE EVERYBODY! Document ANY violence on an incident report! I was punched twice in one week back in 1980; then 10 years later (after years of repeated ear infections, etc.) was found to have...

  18. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    And I agree with Renee

  19. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    And you know what Kelly? It would be great to have you work in my unit, too! Of course, Ely is quite a bit north of the Twin Cities (where I work) and I don't think they do heart surgeries there in...

  20. nurses with multiple sclerosis

    Jenny P replied to rkpgb's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Dear Discarded, WOW! That was a home health nurse from HELL!!! I'd kick her out so fast she wouldn't know what hit her! Have you been put on any of the ABC drugs for MS? My Hubby is on Avonex and that...

  21. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Way to go Kelly! Don't give up; develop a strategy and go for it! And whoever it was that said that you need to write your side of your eval is right. You do have the right to do that and have it put...

  22. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Mario, can you arrange some Mafia association to take care of the cannibal nurses? That would be

  23. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Eleanor Roosevelt once said that "no one can intimidate you without your permission." It is so important NOT to give anyone permission to intimidate you! Please remember that when working with people...

  24. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    Jenny P replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Kelly, as a long term critical care nurse (and a long term night nurse too!), I am sorry that you had this experience. My suggestion is to go straight to that nurse and tell her that you are aware...

  25. Sleep paralysis ....

    Jenny P replied to Tzu's topic in General Nursing

    Renee, okay, I'll call you a nut case since you asked us to. Seriously, I have had prescient dreams also, but I've never been frightened by them. They just HAPPEN, and I take it from there. They are...