mrsboots87

mrsboots87

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  1. I was slapped by a patient

    mrsboots87 replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    I’m glad you reported this. The police can subpoena his information. The hospital can give his name and address when this happens s if you wish to file charges. While your biggest issue is that he...

  2. 12 patients for a new grad to much?

    mrsboots87 replied to Stitchcat's topic in General Nursing

    I think people here are forgetting what a SNF is. These are very low acuity patients. The busiest and hardest part of the day is the med passes since the patients usually have quite a few. Most of the...

  3. 12 patients for a new grad to much?

    mrsboots87 replied to Stitchcat's topic in General Nursing

    You’re in a SNF. This is actually a very light load for a SNF and you are lucky. For you to have less patients means some other nurse has to take some of your work and add it to theirs. New grad or...

  4. Case Study: HIPAA violation or not?

    mrsboots87 replied to Allmy?'s topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Picture taking of anything in a patient care area (patient or otherwise) was expressly forbidden when I was in nursing school. Would have been terminated from the program for it. Taking pictures of a...

  5. Medication error

    mrsboots87 replied to red426's topic in General Nursing

    Cardene is very vasoactive and requires very close monitoring and very frequent vitals checks. But this is a multi person error and not just you. The physician should be transcribing their own orders...

  6. Incorrect waste amount of medication documented in pyxis

    mrsboots87 replied to ddrn97's topic in General Nursing

    Does your Pyxis not warn you if an incorrect waste? Ours does, but it's the newer model and I don't remember if our old one did or not. When we type in the east amount, if it doesn't match the...

  7. How many phone calls do you get as a bedside nurse?

    mrsboots87 replied to RNgemini's topic in General Nursing

    I need the therapy calls. What if I have something I need to do with the patient and walk in to find therapy with them? What if there is a reason therapy shouldn't see the patient right now? I...

  8. documenting a chart check?

    mrsboots87 replied to ddrn97's topic in General Nursing

    I work at both a hospital with an EMR and another one that is still paper. The paper hospital def needs a chart check. Any orders you follow are on you. If someone didn't transcribe the order...

  9. Nursing compact licensure

    mrsboots87 replied to Chrish87's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't fully correct. The WI license doesn't go inactive. The OP would just have both a WI and GA license. But only the GA license would be a compact license. The WI license would end up being a 1...

  10. 2 full-time jobs?

    mrsboots87 replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    You could come to Arizona and even the out of state cost for a community college nursing program is like $20K v $10k. Your rationale for continuing to dig yourself into financial ruin for the rest of...

  11. 2 full-time jobs?

    mrsboots87 replied to anna225's topic in General Nursing

    It most definitely would NOT cost you more money to go to a community college and eat the time you spent at another costly school. Majority of community colleges could get you a degree for under $10K...

  12. Did I cause this rapid response?

    mrsboots87 replied to ns808's topic in General Nursing

    I'm more concerned about the respiratory status change not being reported. You should have verified the food was eaten, but honestly, stressed and sick diabetics typically run high sugars whether they...

  13. Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    mrsboots87 replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    Also consider, the nurses who decide not to show up may prevent another nurse from being able to leave ahead of the storm and protect their own families. They then have to rely on and hope that their...

  14. Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    mrsboots87 replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    While the employer should be held accountable for a plan to keep their employees fed and clean and rested during a storm they are required to work through, it is on the employee to ensure that they...

  15. Infusion times....in a pickle...

    mrsboots87 replied to mi_dreamin's topic in General Nursing

    Also, depending on what the Vanco and zosyn are diluted in (NSor D5) they can be compatible. You may have been able to run them together if you had a strong IV. Next time check your comparability...

  16. Infusion times....in a pickle...

    mrsboots87 replied to mi_dreamin's topic in General Nursing

    Running the initial bolus dose of zosyn is done over 30 minutes. Maintanence zosyn is 4 hours. Both for the reason above, as well as increased incidence of c.diff development when consistently running...

  17. Paid Report Time

    mrsboots87 replied to cdods's topic in General Nursing

    The can demand you report in 15 minutes, but until you clock out, they have to pay you for time worked. Unless you are salary. But in that case, 15 vs 1 hour report wouldn't matter because your pay...

  18. Very concerned

    mrsboots87 replied to ButterflyRN90's topic in General Nursing

    On this note, peanut butter is not the best choice for a renal patient either because if the phosphorus content. This is more important in some renal patients then others. Just food for

  19. Foley placement

    mrsboots87 replied to vxxen's topic in General Nursing

    You actually should advance further in both males and females. At minimum 2 inches further if not all the way to the bifurcation once urine flow is achieved. This has nothing to do with the difference...

  20. Tracheostomy

    mrsboots87 replied to RN2bfro76's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Is your trach at least capped since you breath well on your own? My only concern would be with constantly being around sources of infection and coughing sick people with an open trach. If it's capped...

  21. Juvenile record will I be denied clinical studies

    mrsboots87 replied to Sbarraza81's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    This depends on many factors, but short answer is yes. And furthermore, the state BON can deny you a license, whether or not the school allows you participate in clinical or not. Best bet is to...

  22. Why do I need to administer Liquid KCL with lots of water?

    mrsboots87 replied to ironman53's topic in General Nursing

    Potassium is essentially liquid fire in whichever route it is administered. I had to write an incident report on a nurse who administered PO liquid KCL undiluted to a patient with pretty bad Barrets...

  23. Use of Ultrasound Guidance for PIVs

    mrsboots87 replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on a tele floor. I place anywhere from 1-5 regular IVs a week and at least 2-3 if not more US IVs a week. I think the most US IVs I've places in a day is like 5. I got certified about 6 months...

  24. Block 1: Maricopa community college

    mrsboots87 replied to megster871's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Nothing. While you are obviously excited about starting, take this time off so you don't burn out before completing the

  25. 30 unit option

    mrsboots87 replied to SoulmateNurse's topic in General Nursing

    If your are 4 units short of a BSN, I assume that means you didn't graduate and don't have a BSN? If that's the case, transcripts or not, you can't take NCLEX. The BON cares about the qualifying...