NurseJamie8

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1. What are the top 10 diagnoses you manage?

   NurseJamie8 replied to jessimee's topic in Medical-Surgical

   COPD exacerbation, pneumonia, cellulitis, DKA,UTI, Cdiff, neutropenia (work on a med oncology floor), and some surprising cases of aseptic meningitis. And very soon lots of flu cases. I'm sure there...

2. How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

   NurseJamie8 replied to allevi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I got ice cream, pen/pen light , and a badge clip with the hospital name on

3. Am I right in my thinking working on the dementia unit?

   NurseJamie8 replied to Rocktheman's topic in General Students

   That is tough. I work on an inpatient gero psych unit with alot of dementia patients. While they have a right to refuse cares, it is usually because they don't know what is going on. We are taking...

4. Zyprexa and Ativan IM Compatibility - (Haldol Allergy)

   NurseJamie8 replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Psychiatric

   The pharmacy at my hospital always tells us not to mix Zyprexa and Ativan. There aren't many things compatible with Ativan. But luckily haldol

5. Emergency Psychiatric Medications

   NurseJamie8 replied to edie1's topic in Psychiatric

   On my unit we use Haldol, Ativan, and Zyprexa as emergency IM meds. Never Benadryl because it actually makes dementia patients more

6. Having to count Risperidone

   NurseJamie8 posted a topic in Patient Medications

   I've noticed that in the past couple months that you have to count Risperidone. It requires a count just like the narcs, but does not require a witness to waste. Has anyone else encountered

7. Compression stockings or not

   NurseJamie8 replied to gelibean's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I just wear knee high socks, they are snug enough and cheaper. Maybe I'll look into the real ones

8. med cart keys

   NurseJamie8 replied to wakitese's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I've taken the treatment cart keys home and didn't realize it to the morning. Funny nobody realized either

9. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

   NurseJamie8 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

   All of this just makes me feel so uneasy. Our government has really dropped the

10. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    NurseJamie8 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They always blame the nurses! I can't see a nurse who knows she will care for a patient with Ebola not taking all the precautions necessary. While it could've been a simple honest mistake I feel that...

11. What went wrong with my IM injection?

    NurseJamie8 replied to littlemissfit's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That happens doesn't mean you did anything wrong. Imagine hitting a bone during an emergency IM administration to an agitated patient. Worst

12. Name a disease/cond. for my research paper

    NurseJamie8 replied to AshlieV's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a project like this in Microbiology. I picked Ebola. So maybe that or another interesting yet relevant disease like

13. Is this crazy? Nurse to Pt. ratio

    NurseJamie8 replied to nettiemaria5's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That sounds scary! So you pass meds for 20 pts? That is a lot. When I worked in LTC my med pass was for 30-35 pts depending on census and that was stressful. Being the only nurse for that many pts...

14. Is nursing in practice this different from school?

    NurseJamie8 replied to RNMamaof2's topic in Psychiatric

    I work on a psychiatric unit and have never done this or witnessed any of my nurses doing this. It's wrong, and god forbid it's a fatal dose. Lots of explaining to

15. Does anyone else have nursing nightmares while sleeping?

    NurseJamie8 replied to jrbl77's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The other night I had a dream I forgot to give all my patients their morning meds and realized at around 1 in the afternoon. The next day at work I was double and triple checking that I got everything...