Jenny P

Jenny P

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  1. Male RN's vs. Female RN's in ICU setting- difference?

    Jenny P replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a CV-ICU that is close to 1/3 male. After 29 years in critical care, my experience has been that the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. The person who asks for the tougher assignments AND...

  2. Monitor techs or charge nurse?

    Jenny P replied to tattooednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked with monitor tech unless I was floated to a tele unit (I no longer float- as a very senior nurse here, that is a privilege). The one tele unit had monitors where they were...

  3. Separating work from home life

    Jenny P replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Brandy, WHY do you think so many of us come here so often????????????? ;) :) :) :)

  4. Divorce And Affairs????

    Jenny P replied to rachaelm4's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an RN for 33 years and have been HAPPILY married for 27 years tomorrow (Sorry, gang, I just HAD to post our anniversary here!). My husband thinks the sun rises and sets on ME (!!!?!???); but...

  5. Vecuronium question

    Jenny P replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    As an MDA told me as he gave me some for knee arthroscopy: DIPROVAN= MILK OF AMNESIA!!!!! Great stuff if you don't want them to remember..... :D :chuckle

  6. A squeaking heart

    Jenny P replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Mario, the heart doesn't run at 100% capacity unless the body is extremely stressed. The heart's normal "Ejection Fraction" is usually around 60%. That means that in a normal waking state, the heart...

  7. A squeaking heart

    Jenny P replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Mario, another cause of a squeaking sound in your chest may be that your chest hair is the cause of the squeak-- when you are first listening, you may be not getting the best seal of the diaphragm...

  8. Nurse's with bad knees????

    Jenny P replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a podiatrist who became a nurse and he gave me some advice about my shoes and said my arch supports (the cusom made ones from my HMO podiatrst) needed a bit of help after a year! So he...

  9. Nurse's with bad knees????

    Jenny P replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    Duckie, I think that it is all part of the wear and taer on the nurses' body. I've had both medial meniscuses (sp?) repaired, and use glucosamine condriton. I work with many nurses who have had knee...

  10. Warm ups before starting your shift

    Jenny P replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

    Sandra, unfortunately my "warm-up exercises" before my shift usually consist of hustling my buns to get into my unit from the parking lot on time! LOL!!! We do have an on site health center that...

  11. IV therapy at home for family member

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

    I've done my hubby's IV steroids many times when he's had relapses of his M.S. He prefers my sticking him rather than someone else; however, the last time he needed them (last fall); his veins were so...

  12. Incident report happy nurse

    Jenny P replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    Get this one! A doctor FORCED another (newbie) nurse to write an incident report on me because I'd hung a 250 bag of NS on a pt. and ran it at 25cc/hr from 2AM til 8AM because I didn't call him about...

  13. Back care for bed- ridden patient

    Jenny P replied to salmi's topic in General Nursing

    I use lotion for back cares and try to massage the muscles and relax the patient. The lotion is strictly used as a lubricant to enable the hands to glide over the back easier. If a patient is febrile,...

  14. Do taller people need longer stethoscopes?

    Jenny P replied to eventsnyc's topic in General Nursing

    The sound quality is better in the shorter tubing. It has to do with the resonance of the tubing-- the longer the tubing, the poorer quality sound because of the conduction of the sound through the...

  15. Use of scented products

    Jenny P replied to Betty Bridges's topic in General Nursing

    I have asthma, but have not had many problems with scents til this past year. My daughter is in college now, and when she was home recently, I had a SEVERE reaction. It was to the Fabreze she uses on...

  16. Im so sad.

    Jenny P replied to adnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I had several relationships that went sour on me, then swore off men and started to take classes that I was interested in- an art course at the local college, a furniture refinishing course and a...

  17. How do you handle requests for medical/health advice?

    Jenny P replied to Squirrel's topic in General Nursing

    When I was younger, I had an uncle and aunt who'd ask me my thoughts/ advice/ information about their medical problems and treatment. Whenever I gave them advice, they wouldn't do what I'd suggested...

  18. Itching...

    Jenny P replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    Could you be allergic to the type of ear tips you have on your stethescope? Have you cleaned them with something that might make you break out? How long has this been going on? What are you doing to...

  19. PAIN as the 5th vital sign ..What's it about??

    Jenny P replied to prn nurse's topic in Pain Management

    I'd like to clarify that I have never withheld pain meds even when a pt. rates his pain different than what his body language says. I just like the pt. and myself to be using the same language when I...

  20. Night Shift Differential

    Jenny P replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I get a $4.00/hr differential for nights (either 7P-7A or 11P-7A. There are quite a few people who work straight nights, because we also get extra time off (I think it's 30 hrs/ year) for vacation for...

  21. PAIN as the 5th vital sign ..What's it about??

    Jenny P replied to prn nurse's topic in Pain Management

    Myownviews, thank you for the information. I have been wondering about this myself because of LindaHP's post. I'm sorry, LindaHP for your loss and I can understand your anger. But there has to be...

  22. Bonus for extra shifts: what are your facilities doing for you?

    Jenny P replied to timonrn's topic in General Nursing

    Timonrn, where do you work? I didn't think that there were any more hospitals here in the Twin Cities that had contracts due that soon (in May). I haven't been called in for extra shifts since at...

  23. sitter usage

    Jenny P replied to babsRN's topic in General Nursing

    JCAHO set the rules about 4 side rails up = restraints. We have some beds that have different controls on each of the 4 side rails, but have to leave a pair of side rails down even if it makes the...

  24. I need somebody's opinion....

    Jenny P replied to CashewLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Barbara, I think if you are saying that you would like to wear, say, the symbol of Wicca, it would depend on the size of it. I have seen some that are small (kind of like those guardian angel pins...

  25. Tardiness...

    Jenny P replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! I can't imagine how everyone is getting away with being tardy all of the time! We have one nurse who used to come in up to 10 minutes late until the peer pressure got to be too much for her. Why...