Clubsingr28 ASN, RN

Sub-acute, LTC, School Nurse

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  1. Clubsingr28

    Feel Awful after 1st COVID Vaccination

    Yes tachycardia, palpitations and SOB. My doc gave me an exemption from the 2nd
  2. Hello Nurses, I am having a serious personal inner struggle with a current issue at work. "Mrs. G" (who is 79) had a CVA last year with resultant hemiplegia & dysphagia. Subsequently she became a...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    I will have to take another look at paperwork and I would think MD would KNOW this stuff right BUT I believe my resident just had her husband's name and it said POA next to it. Then there were...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Hello all!! The past 2 days have been truly exhausting and I can't express how grateful I am to the nurses in this group who took the time to respond with amazing info and insight. You have all been...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    The problem is this: The resident was to be working with the speech/swallow evaluator x's 4 weeks of which she only had one day (which the evaluator said she did excellent) but it was just the 1 day....
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    I will find out tomorrow what hospice used as the admitting criteria and I will let you know. I am thinking that a "projected decline" d/t withdrawal of the feeding tube in addition to the (UTI)...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    I WILL absolutely keep you updated. Thank you for
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Yes I do believe you may be right, especially because she was in the bed.. Also, the sons had their wives with them and they were all just standing around her bed NOT saying anything. She was a little...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Exactly my thoughts, excellent points!! The BIG issue here is competence- And here is where my fight becomes difficult. Although there is no diagnosis of dementia there are times when she will say...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    This is EXACTLY how I feel. I could not have said it ANY better!! If I even remotely felt the sons' decision was truly about "quality of life", I would not be having such a hard time, BUT, to never...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Oh and, "Mrs. G" never had an Advanced Directive prepared for herself therefore after the CVA, dysphagia with little ability to communicate, her husband was designated as her medical POA or proxy.. I...
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    Advice please: Withdrawal of feeding tube

    Esme, I cannot thank you enough for your support and excellent resources advice. I am exploring EVERY option for my resident because no-matter what, I NEED to know that in the end I did everything in...
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    Unexpected kindness from a nurse

    "when two nurses walked in. (I plan to start pre-requisite courses for nursing this fall so I was trying to look carefully at their name badges to see if they had a Bsn or Adn.)" Although it is...
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    Major med error

    You took action immediately and you have obviously LEARNED from it. The reality is that those are the only 2 things that matter. And unfortunately sometimes it's what makes us BETTER. Move on and do...
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    Please help me with my temper

    Taking a quick break, (if/when you're able; i.e.> getting some air, stepping off the unit, a cup of coffee (all GOOD ideas, BUT, those interventions will only take you so far. You'll gain...
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    Phone Calls

    You will rarely be on the phone, maybe 3-10 minutes per DAY total! As a school nurse the MAJORITY of your time will be spent listening to student's (mostly tedious) complaints while trying to remedy...
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    just got the good pop up

    Congrats! Feels good
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    just got the good pop up

    I tok my NCLEX/RN 2 days ago and it's been the looongest 48hrs of my life! I got the "good pop-up" but I wouldnt believe it. But I just went to Pearsonvue and it allowed me to access the quick results...
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    Failed NCLEX

    BUY IT!! Forget the "overinflated" lengthy wording of the Q's in the study guides, I have dozens of NCLEX study books but ncsbn was the best $50.00 I spent. I bought the 3 week program right before my...
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    Pearson Vue Trick was WRONG!!!!!!!

    Was it me or were those questions on the nclex just ridiculous for the most part? I sware my 9th grade Math teacher wrote them. I was very disappointed. I was ready to chew up and spit out some good...