NormaSaline

NormaSaline

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  1. The Drug Investigations - Three So Far

    NormaSaline replied to NormaSaline's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. That's pretty much all I'm talking about. I'm not envisioning going to a patient's bedside and saying, "hey, do you know there's carcinogens in your medication?!" Instead, I'm asking, what is...

  2. Prediabetes Now Common Among Teens and Young Adults

    NormaSaline replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    Until we as nurses and doctors, as well as a society, accept that increased sugar consumption leads directly to metabolic conditions like diabetes, this "trend" will inevitably continue. It's amazing...

  3. The Drug Investigations - Three So Far

    NormaSaline replied to NormaSaline's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose by "drug investigation," I meant, generally, a detailed analysis of the ingredients of those drugs. More specifically, Valisure has begun screening samples of losartan (and possibly other...

  4. The Drug Investigations - Three So Far

    NormaSaline replied to NormaSaline's topic in General Nursing

    Well, ok then! I thought everyone had heard about these, but I guess not. Valisure expands capabilities to test medications for cancer causing contaminants implicated in recent recalls --...

  5. Why do RNs choose to work in nursing homes?

    NormaSaline replied to usethehaldol's topic in General Nursing

    What an excellent reply! So many things I agreed with: "our elderly are the most vulnerable in society and deserve the best." Bingo. Take care of the most vulnerable. It's a sign of a...

  6. Sterile water for injection

    NormaSaline replied to lunalee62's topic in General Nursing

    Great question this turned out to

  7. CNAs starting IVs

    NormaSaline replied to BSMSCCRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    All aspects of IV therapy, including insertion, I believe is a special skill that we as nurses should be as practiced at as possible. At the same time, I know that all kinds of different personnel in...

  8. When Police and Nurses Disagree Over Blood Draw Consent - Know What to Do

    NormaSaline replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing News

    Excellent clarification.

  9. When Police and Nurses Disagree Over Blood Draw Consent - Know What to Do

    NormaSaline replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing News

    I might have been assuming that based on this from the original post -- --I thought the doctor's order carried the same weight as a

  10. When Police and Nurses Disagree Over Blood Draw Consent - Know What to Do

    NormaSaline replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing News

    Interesting that a doctor's order can override consent. Why isn't this more of a topic for docs

  11. Was I wrong to report a co-worker?

    NormaSaline replied to beyondhere's topic in General Nursing

    I would have said something to the co-worker first (and then verifying with the patient if anything changed). If that didn't work, I would initiated chain of

  12. HHS Releases Report of U.S. Top 10 Causes of Death

    NormaSaline replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    Were we separated at birth, by chance? I think there's a good possibility! Health care is the last resort when it comes to disease burden, and it so does not make sense because the best we can do is...

  13. HHS Releases Report of U.S. Top 10 Causes of Death

    NormaSaline replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    [Raises hand slowly] Where is the real number three cause of

  14. Multivitamins and supplements? My vent.

    NormaSaline replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about that, but: https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(16)62564-3/fulltext "Our results suggest that the early use of intravenous vitamin C, together with corticosteroids and...

  15. Next Day Off

    NormaSaline replied to Imustbedreaming's topic in General Nursing

    What a relevant topic, and I love the answers. Most everyone seems to focus on exercise. No doubt about it, it is key to clearing the mind of what I call the same blah blah recording that's looping in...

  16. Got Written Up, Cant Stop Thinking About It

    NormaSaline replied to ThatNurseThough's topic in General Nursing

    Cool.

  17. Nurses secretive about getting another job

    NormaSaline replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, why is this even a topic? And with so many replies! (including mine). This is when I wish there was a moderator. There are so many much more worthy topics with so many fewer

  18. Wastefulness in healthcare

    NormaSaline replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    One of the fastest ways to draw negativity toward myself and fight with others is to suggest a return to non-disposable syringes. I do it anyway. There has got to be a way to throw away the needle...

  19. Feeling embarrassed, ask the md a stupid question

    NormaSaline replied to RobertJo's topic in General Nursing

    "The doctor's forgotten it by now." "Trust me, that doctor doesn’t remember you or anything about this question." Yes, yes, it's ok to insult the person as long as at some point, the insulter...

  20. Dual Anti Platelet Therapy Question

    NormaSaline posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Everyone, We have a patient with a history of CVA who is on dual anti-platelet therapy, a newer anti-convulsant, and other medications as well. In addition to having several facial openings of...

  21. Dual Anti Platelet Therapy Question

    NormaSaline replied to NormaSaline's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for these! I did see one or two of the same links in my own searching, which I did do, rest assured! You say that according to the links you list, it is not commonly thought that antiplatelet...

  22. My nursing program is horrible!

    NormaSaline replied to StraightOuttaNursingSchool's topic in General Students

    Hello, About 5 years ago, I posted something

  23. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    NormaSaline replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    "She's my sister and my daughter!" I couldn't help myself. I just knew this conversation reminded me of a certain

  24. Coworker violated HIPPA

    NormaSaline replied to AsanRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    OMG. Too confusing. Reminds me of that Friends episode when Phoebe goes, "they don't know that we know they know we

  25. Hot Cheetos are a public health menace

    NormaSaline replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    But the education has not been done on a mass scale the way cigarettes has. It's taken place, if at all, in individual doctor's and nurse's office, or in comments sections or in little discrete...