Kitiger RN

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    You know you're a Private Duty Nurse when....

    Kitiger replied to brillohead's topic in Private Duty

    ... When you see all kinds of parenting styles - some of which you wouldn't use yourself - and yet realize that most of your peds clients and siblings will turn out just
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    How to stay awake during NOCs in PDN?

    Kitiger replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Private Duty

    I have a word of caution. If you feel at all sleepy, DO NOT rest your head back and get comfy in the chair. Just saying
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    Why Do Computers Still Seem NEWFANGLED?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    What is the Q bot
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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    Kitiger replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that my schedule can really be feast or famine. I normally work about 40 hours/week, but last month I only got about 20 hours/week (unusual). This week, I have 7 shifts in a row, and all but...
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    Clipping nails at nurse's station

    Kitiger replied to BillieP's topic in General Nursing

    What is she thinking Doing her nails on the clock
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    Clipping nails at nurse's station

    Kitiger replied to BillieP's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse who wants to be treated as a professional shouldn't be doing her nails on the clock. Also, it would be easy to miss some of the clippings when she cleans up. (I do hope she cleans up!) I'm...
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel: RN to BSN

    Kitiger replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I work in the home care setting, pediatrics. Most homes nowadays have nursery monitors. The monitor is aimed at the crib, and the receiver is in the parents room. So, I am being audio recorded all the...
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    Why Do Computers Still Seem NEWFANGLED?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you're much older than I am; I hunted Bison on the Great
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    Night Nurse Haiku

    Kitiger posted a topic in General Nursing

    Haiku: A form of Japanese poetry with 17 syllables in three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. DON'T WAKE HIM UP Oximeter probe Wrapped and taped around his toe That has to come...
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    You know you're a Private Duty Nurse when....

    Kitiger replied to brillohead's topic in Private Duty

    ... When you're an expert at involving the siblings while still doing all the nursing care
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    Peritoneal Dialysis in the ED?

    Kitiger replied to robrn1123's topic in Emergency

    Peritoneal dialysis requires special training. The risk of infection is huge, and infection is devastating. When done at home, great care is taken to keep all the connections sterile, or as close to...
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    Why Do Computers Still Seem NEWFANGLED?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Uhhh ...
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    Why Do Computers Still Seem NEWFANGLED?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Same
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    Why Do Computers Still Seem NEWFANGLED?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    I used a slide rule in my chemistry class. I found it a little hard to do, as my vision wasn't so great close-up. (I started wearing bifocals when I was 24, so I could see those tiny squares on the...
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    Why Do Computers Still Seem NEWFANGLED?

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Remember Dick Tracy's wristwatch telephone? I think it was Dick Tracy. Hey, I'm supposed to remember the distant past better than
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    End of life liquid meds vs crushed

    Kitiger replied to Race Mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You may not be ready yet, because you're grieving. But this is something that you can still do later. I'm glad your sister had you.
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    Student doesn't eat and I'm the person to fix it!

    Kitiger replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    Some of the meds for ADHD decrease appetite. Perhaps timing the food for BEFORE his meds would help. I know a child on Ritalin who could eat if it was
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    G tube. Help.

    Kitiger replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Be sure your order includes how much water to put in the balloon. As a private duty nurse working with vent kids, I go to school with some of my kids. The Go Bag always has a spare GT, obturator if...
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    The Doc said this can't happen!???

    Kitiger replied to qaqueen's topic in Critical Care

    I know a man who was AWAKE during open heart surgery! He could tell the doctors what they had been talking about during surgery. At one point, he managed to wiggle his big toe. Someone noticed it,...
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    What helps you stay awake?

    Kitiger replied to SFnursetobe12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How to stay awake when you're getting sleepy and you need to study: 1. Get up and move around. Do some calisthenics. Get the blood moving. 2. Wash your face with soap and water. Use your bare hands...
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    Leaving patient info in a clipboard

    Kitiger replied to OcMurse93's topic in HIPAA Challenges

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    Some Beds have X-ray Sleeves

    Kitiger replied to Nerd eNurse's topic in General Nursing

    The slings, or lift pads, for the patient lift can easily be removed and replaced when the patient is sitting up. It is more comfortable to take them out from under the thighs once he is in the chair,...
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    Scribes for nurses. Yeah I like that!

    Kitiger replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

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    Do you prefer to contend with the smell of stool or the smell of Glade?

    Kitiger replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I blessed in that my nose doesn't smell very well. Sometimes I can't identify even common smells, like coffee. (Is something burning?) I had a kiddo in home care whose colostomy bag could...
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    +A perfect storm of errors in ER.

    Kitiger replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Mom had had an abnormal sleep study earlier that year, but she had refused BiPAP. She said she would not be able to handle the mask and tubing, and I believed her. She could barely lift her arms to...