Nascar nurse ASN, RN

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    dealing w/ halotosis

    Nascar nurse replied to penlight's topic in General Nursing

    And you can do this without gagging or throwing up???
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    Coached on carrying Narcotics in my pocket...

    Nascar nurse replied to royaso's topic in General Nursing

    As a supervisor, I love to use a coaching record too. It is a way of saying "Hey you screwed up, I want you to do it like xyz, and I am pretty sure you just didn't know better so at this moment I am...
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    Don't You Just Want To Scream?

    Nascar nurse replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Order..give glucagon for blood sugar under 50 and inability to swallow. Nurse: Res. semi conscious with blood sugar of 104 and inability to swallow, sooo...she gives the glucagon. "Now really, what...
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    Nursing with fibroids

    Nascar nurse replied to EMcGrady's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree...imagine becoming like me. You can't ever take hormone medication again AND you're on Coumadin AND you go back to bleeding like you did before AND they won't consider a hysterectomy...
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    "We want a nurse who speaks CLEAR English"

    Nascar nurse replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I can't help myself...politically correct or not, but that IS funny. I can just picture the Dr. telling patient to open up and say "ahhhh" while looking for a green jumping
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    "We want a nurse who speaks CLEAR English"

    Nascar nurse replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    And that is just a phone conversation...a one time encounter. The OP is working for a home health agency. I think they have every right to ask for someone they can understand in the presence of...
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    Helping pts cope with painful procedures

    Nascar nurse replied to linguine's topic in General Nursing

    I always like to know whats going to happen and how long it's going to last. I can get thru anything as long as I have an idea of when it will be over and have an idea of how bad it's going to get....
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    Nursing with fibroids

    Nascar nurse replied to EMcGrady's topic in General Nursing

    perimenopausal, fibroids and coumadin - I use 2 extra absorbent night pads with wings and a super absorbent tampon. Will usually get me thru a couple hours at
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    wonder how rumors work in a nursing facility

    Nascar nurse replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    After many years of working with catty women (note..I am female too before I get flamed), I have learned to go to work, work hard, take a sense of pride in what I do and go home. I talk very little...
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    Why the disdain for LTC?

    Nascar nurse replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    It always cracks me up to here someone say if they go to LTC they will lose their license. I've been in LTC for 25+ years now and have never known (or heard of) a single nurse lose a license because...
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    After the Fall LTC/SNF Nursing Know-how 101

    Nascar nurse replied to Let's help out's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Same for us.. I decided after Sunflower girl started two posts directed at me with "I am a hospital nurse" and seeing as how she is brand new to allnurses that it wasn't worth my time to banter back...
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    appropriate behaviors

    Nascar nurse replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    txdon - i think I would call the Dr. back and clarify the tylenol order. They recently announced that they have lowered the daily tylenol limit to 3000mg/day and if the resident would actually be...
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    After the Fall LTC/SNF Nursing Know-how 101

    Nascar nurse replied to Let's help out's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Not necessarily disagreeing with you about it being a good idea but we have many unwitnessed falls and it would be a huge $$ amount in transfer costs as well as CT costs to send them all out. Very...
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    After the Fall LTC/SNF Nursing Know-how 101

    Nascar nurse replied to Let's help out's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is not true in all places and we do NOT send all of our folks out for a CT if they hit their head. Sunflower - are you in LTC? I have never worked in a LTC that required automatic head CT for all...
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    When staff knows more then the DON

    Nascar nurse replied to RNbeachmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You careplanned the corporate nurse? Now that made me chuckle. (maybe I'm reading it
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    After the Fall LTC/SNF Nursing Know-how 101

    Nascar nurse replied to Let's help out's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Definition of a fall per CMS guidelines is an unexpected change in planes....doesn't matter how it happened. IE: if the slid out of bed, if they were lowered with assist to the floor, if they whacked...
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    When staff knows more then the DON

    Nascar nurse replied to RNbeachmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It is unclear to me what setting you are in. Are you in LTC or home health? I just don't understand this part of your
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    Annual Staff Education Days

    Nascar nurse replied to QSNurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I did this years ago. We had an inservice fair and ran it with a carnival type theme. We setup up different booths around the dining room for the different inservices. We gave out prizes for...
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    From full time to per diem

    Nascar nurse replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I AM responding...but just to say "I LOVE YOU MICHELLE126"! Geesh...the OP asked for opinions and I gave one. Shame on me. (Not really, I gave up trying to please everyone a long time ago once I...
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    DNS advice

    Nascar nurse replied to pixie120's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Oh, how heart breaking for you! It is hard but try not to take it personally. I warned my family when I accepted this DON job (my first) that all to often I hear of DON's getting walked out the...
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    Nurse helping out Cna at times = they eventually expect the nurse to help them?

    Nascar nurse replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I do the same. It always makes me smile when an aide walks in and is immediately flustered to see me providing care. They practically fall all over themselves to relieve me. It has taken some time...
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    DNS advice

    Nascar nurse replied to pixie120's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Yikes. I agree with every bit of your post...but to see 29 tags in writing still sucks the wind out of you for a bit. Several years ago when I was still stuck back in the MDS office we had a lousy...
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    Time off for Funerals???

    Nascar nurse replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    My husband's grandpa died ON MY UNIT and I still was not entitled to benefit time. Seemed unfair when other people seemed to have 181 grandma's that died and they got their time off (the 181 is just...
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    Patient fell and died a few days later, was it my fault?

    Nascar nurse replied to GlitterRN's topic in General Nursing

    No WKredz does not know how busy a unit can be....He is not a nurse. From reading his past posts I don't believe he is a CNA and it would appear he was not able to pass the EMT exam. I suspect this...
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    I have a serious question

    Nascar nurse replied to WKredz5's topic in General Nursing

    It's not 3 HOURS...she said 3