Karou

Karou

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  1. Do you get hit/spit on? Does body fluids splash on you?

    Karou replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have gotten urine, feces, blood, vomit, and sputum on me. Sometimes because I had NO reason to assume I was about to have contact with those fluids (vomit especially), I wasn't wearing any...

  2. DNS OUT OF CONTROL

    Karou replied to RIRed's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You don't work there, I wouldn't make it your problem. I definitely wouldn't lie. It's up to those who feel wronged by this person to take action, not you. Sounds like they got out of the facility and...

  3. Med Error?

    Karou replied to BlessedNurse15's topic in Patient Medications

    The right patient got the right medication, right dose, right route, at the right time. I don't see a medication error. Sounds like more of a facility policy/issue as far as drawing from the wrong...

  4. Price of Patient Satisfaction

    Karou replied to knoxnurse236's topic in General Nursing

    I once jokingly said we should offer a particularly difficult patient an ocean view room. We are in north Texas. He thought he was a celebrity, and would personally call his doctors office for...

  5. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    Karou replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    It is mandatory where I work, or you have to wear a mask all flu season. No one has been fired that I am aware of, though I know one nurse who always refuses and masks instead. It's free/paid for by...

  6. LPN who does not want to be an RN?

    Karou replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you are happy where you are at, then all these curious folks can mind their own business. Being an LPN on its own is great, and if it allows you to work in the setting that you want, then there...

  7. Initiating Intravenous Access

    Karou replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I eyeball the vein prior to the tourniquet. I also pop it as soon as I get flash or just before I slide the catheter in. I blow less veins that way. Honestly, I rarely use the tourniquet...

  8. Patient safety and narcotics

    Karou replied to jay082's topic in General Nursing

    I probably would have done the same thing as you. If a patient can't keep their eyes open for 20 seconds or stay awake long enough for you to assess their pain, then scan and administer the...

  9. Initiating Intravenous Access

    Karou replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love inserting IV's. The more I do them, the better I get, and it's very rewarding and confidence boosting to get a hard stick. I had a contracted, frail 95 year old patient the other day who truly...

  10. Boyfriend of a Nursing Student

    Karou replied to AZStudent01's topic in General Students

    I tried to edit my post and can't get that last line off of the bottom on my phone. Ignore the last sentence of fragmented word garbage,

  11. Boyfriend of a Nursing Student

    Karou replied to AZStudent01's topic in General Students

    I feel frustrated reading a lot of these responses because so many people keep addressing something that the OP already mentioned was a non-issue: how we feel sexually about male genitalia/ patients...

  12. plagiarism??

    Karou replied to wolf9653's topic in General Nursing

    Not plagiarism but not really the best thing to be doing either. Unless it's 100% still accurate for the next nurse (who is copying), then it could be inaccurate/falsified

  13. Please enlighten me;is the cna allowed to insert urinary catherer in any state?

    Karou replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think you answered your own question. It depends on the facility/unit policy. You said that your floor doesn't let CNA's insert catheters. So even though you are trained, you cannot do it on the...

  14. First Week - Grave Mistake!

    Karou replied to DNS.RN78's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of the minority that doesn't believe in the Q word. I use it at work around coworkers at least once a week. Haven't yet had it backfire on me. The worst that has happened is that just by...

  15. How to deter when asked personal questions by patients?

    Karou replied to nianavaRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I worked in psych I don't think I would want to talk about my personal life with patients either. I like the response, "I don't talk about myself at work" and then asking the patient a question...

  16. Would you wait for Dr orders?

    Karou replied to AcuteCare4Life's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't have given Lasix or inserted a foley, but would have probably placed a NRB as I called a rapid response. Once the response team arrived we could have given Lasix if indicated. Foley...

  17. colleague does not want to take day off

    Karou replied to bellefleur's topic in General Nursing

    Some people have more energy than others. That doesn't mean there is something wrong with them! I am just really amused imagining someone going to their supervisor and saying, "I am concerned about...

  18. Is going straight from nursing school to nurse supervisor a good career choice?

    Karou replied to Theloving100's topic in General Nursing

    Haha I don't know how I came to word it that way but yes, everyone got shoved out the door (or they ran) and we had new, bright and shiny faces replacing

  19. You are NOT allergic to...

    Karou replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I recently had a patient admitted for observation after syncope. He also had chronic pain, for which he took non narcotic pain relievers at home. Well he ended up c/o 8/10 pain exacerbation and wanted...

  20. Is going straight from nursing school to nurse supervisor a good career choice?

    Karou replied to Theloving100's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in the same LTC facility for four years. I can't tell you how many administrators, DON/ADON's, or supervisors we went through. Some I never even bothered to get to know the names of. It was a...

  21. You are NOT allergic to...

    Karou replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love that our system allows us to specify if it is an "allergy", "side effect" or "other". It all falls under the "allergy" section but we can specify if it is actually a side effect, then state...

  22. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    Karou replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    True! I am sorry that I wasn't more specific, the only charts I would view would be the ones of patients that I was assigned to. I wanted to point out that you don't have to be doing tasks/skills to...

  23. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    Karou replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    I remember what it was like being a student and being ignored by my assigned nurse. There was more than one day where I felt like I was designated to holding up a wall for twelve hours. Some nurses...

  24. Blood transfusion: troubleshooting

    Karou replied to Aneri J.'s topic in Medical-Surgical

    Are you not using a

  25. I handled this poorly. What would you do?

    Karou replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I failed in saying something in the past in a similar situation. Patient purposefully flashed his cell phone to staff showing a picture of him and his wife having sex. Everyone knew he was a pervert...