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plumrn BSN, RN

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  1. Don't you hate......

    plumrn replied to PHTLS's topic in General Nursing

    I did that once years ago, and now my habit is to clean out my pockets before I leave work every night. I was soooo tired that time, all I wanted to do was fall in the bed. I lived a pretty long way...

  2. 11-7 Floor Nurses a Question Please

    plumrn replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone is that good that they can give meds and do thorough assessments on 7 pts in 1 hour! Checking the MARS, answering lights, medicating hurting/vomiting pts, assisting w/BSC, etc....

  3. Online Careplan website????

    plumrn replied to vcannon's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What great links these are for us all! Thanks from me,

  4. Hospital: Putting patients at risk

    plumrn replied to DraggingCaboose's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't want to be sick in that hospital! I wouldn't want to be a nurse in that hospital! Can you believe anyone lets that go on? You know the patients and Doctors must be complaining. Sign of a...

  5. typical nurse/patient ratios?

    plumrn replied to FZ1Tom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Cheerfuldoer, when you've had 6 to 7 pts on days, did you have an aide? On our floor the staff have 5 to 6 pts and it is tough. There is usually 1 to 2 aides on the floor. The management staff is...

  6. Is nsg school part of the problem with the profession?

    plumrn replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure that nursing school instills that in us. I think it is more of a fear of losing your status, if not your job, if you rock the boat. Healthcare is a business, like anything else, and if an...

  7. IM injections

    plumrn replied to ragingmomster's topic in General Nursing

    I use the ventrogluteal 90% of the time. I also was taught you are less likely to hit nerve, vessel, or bone here. Another thing, just a slight tilt, if at all, and you can inject. It is my...

  8. How does staffing affect you?

    plumrn replied to LVC's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that! When I work my fulltime shifts at the all-out, fast pace we are set up for, I am so tired my first day off, I really need that day of just rest. If I pushed it and worked extra, I'm...

  9. IM injections

    plumrn replied to ragingmomster's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I forgot that step to displace the tissue when giving a Z track injection as opposed to just sort of pinching up or securing the tissue in a normal IM inject. This is also to prevent backtracking...

  10. IM injections

    plumrn replied to ragingmomster's topic in General Nursing

    We were taught to draw up the med and measure without bubbles, of course. Then pull back the plunger to allow 0.2ml of air for a regular injection, and 0.5ml for a Z track injection. When giving the...

  11. What do you think is the MOST difficult clinical skill to acquire in your experience?

    plumrn replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Another one here who is humbled by NG tube insertions. Especially on resp or cardiac pts. One of the 1st ones I ever inserted accidentally went in the trachea, and the pt started to cough, and lost...

  12. Question about fever, waiting on Doc's call

    plumrn replied to Danelle's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, wonder if you could be getting the flu this early? Hope you feel better really quickly whatever it

  13. Detached Retina

    plumrn replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry hoolahan! Very scary, but it sounds like you are in good hands. Glad you caught this thing early. You will be in my prayers

  14. Recent JCAHO survey? How'd it go?

    plumrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if anyone has been thru the new survey method. Fill us in on what hospital floor staff can expect. Thanks in

  15. Huge Dilema RE: Nursing School Long!

    plumrn replied to Jen2's topic in General Nursing

    I guess we all just think differently, of course, but I just don't see the problem with this. I would just feel great that I was able to absorb and study enough information that I did well on the...

  16. Recent JCAHO survey? How'd it go?

    plumrn replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. Everyone is really nervous about the upcoming survey. No one wants to be THE ONE who got a 'ding' for the hospital, by answering a question wrong. I'll be lucky to remember my...

  17. Recent JCAHO survey? How'd it go?

    plumrn replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks nursemaa. We heard they were following pts through the hospital. I just hope they pick a nice

  18. Help !

    plumrn replied to mandi88202's topic in General Nursing

    So, how is the little kiddo? Hope everything is all better now for the little

  19. Flu shot facts

    plumrn replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks shotzie for the great post. I have taken the flu shot every fall for the last several years. I have had a couple of episodes of flu in the past that made me wish I were dead, and I never want...

  20. Pronouncing "JCAHO"

    plumrn replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, anyone been thru their new survey method? Please tell us how it went down, and all the details.

  21. This Burns My Britches!

    plumrn replied to leslie :-D's topic in General Nursing

    This is a sign of a hospital poorly staffed. I'm sure this basic of all nursing care is not unknown by the nurses in this hospital. To have so many incidences of this is very

  22. What nursing shortage? Not around here...they don't need nurses.

    plumrn replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I believe a few hospitals are using the nursing shortage as a justification to staff short. "Oh, we would hire more staff if only we could find

  23. Seven Lines

    plumrn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for helping us all to reflect on an event that can become routine to healthcare workers. I am typing this with tears in my eyes as I was moved so much, and I know your words will come back to...

  24. Disease of the Week- West Nile

    plumrn replied to hipab4hands's topic in General Nursing

    Funny! BTW, what are the symptoms for

  25. Does anyone remember this?

    plumrn replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had 2 of these cases recently. One lost her airway and we bagged her reaalllly hard for awhile, along with steriods, etc. and she was okay, but really