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    That nagging feeling...

    Nonyvole replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Doctor was debating intubating a patient before transferring to the unit. I said yes, that the versed drip had been ordered from pharmacy, the intubation kit was out, and I just needed to call...
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    Patients allowed to go outside and smoke???

    Nonyvole replied to JackiRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If they can ambulate and don't have an IV in, I don't care. If they're a known patient and I trust them? I might let them go outside even with an IV. (I routinely see patients sitting outside, IV...
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    ER New Grad RN - Previously Paramedic

    Nonyvole replied to MR-RN15's topic in Emergency

    Hey, it helped me.
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    Adequacy of orientation

    Nonyvole replied to Photofosterrn's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, yes. Because in the ER, we don't know what we're getting into at any point in time. The abdominal pain that EMS is bringing in could be a STEMI that codes as they're walking through the...
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    Adequacy of orientation

    Nonyvole replied to Photofosterrn's topic in General Nursing

    Was pretty much forced to jump in the deep end, then was pulled off orientation early and dumped in the deep end - again. The first shift I was shown where everything was, the next shift I had a...
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    Clearing lines for pump.

    Nonyvole replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There's a stretch of tubing that's...stretchy. It goes into the pump and there are rollers inside to manage the drip rates. I prime them the same way as you prime. Fill the drip chamber halfway,...
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    decision making

    Nonyvole replied to Shrooq Alsulami's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So let's think this through. In your hospital, if a patient refuses something, you educate and use additional resources, and if they continue to refuse, you don't continue on with the treatment....
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    How to prove nurse looked up my medical record

    Nonyvole replied to Marmolada's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Part of being an employee in a hospital is signing a piece of paper saying that you will not access anybody's records unless and until you are assigned their care. (One notable exception is for...
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    To tell or not to tell!

    Nonyvole replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That should have been "I SAW a nurse..." Yeesh. No more posting while trying to keep the cat from beating up the dog,
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    What can I afford as a beginning independent nurse?

    Nonyvole replied to TravelRhythm's topic in General Nursing

    Also in your budgeting, don't forget to put a few dollars aside from each paycheck for something just for you. It doesn't have to be anything fancy...massage schools offer massages by students for...
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    To tell or not to tell!

    Nonyvole replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "I saw X walk away from the computer once without logging out" sounds like an attempt to get X in trouble. "I have observed over the past few months that nobody will log out from their computer" is...
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    Does your facility pay a differential for ED?

    Nonyvole replied to boyfactory's topic in Emergency

    Only the standard night/weekend/charge differentials at my
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    Manging stress in workplace

    Nonyvole replied to Shekha Alhatemi's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Because of staffing on my unit, it's hard for me to leave - we actually take our breaks and lunches at the nurses station. So what do we do? Once we've finished everything that needs to be done, we...
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    Problems with ER

    Nonyvole replied to ReggieN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Then there are patients that are put on tele by the admitting doctor because of the patient's age. The patient that has been up ad lib and not on tele in the ER, being admitted for an overnight stay...
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    Do you have to be an adrenaline junkie to work in the ER?

    Nonyvole replied to Nola009's topic in Emergency

    Do I work with you? Because that sounds like a few of my shifts recently... Another important skill in the ER is delegation. Is the tech busy? Can I ask them to get a 12-lead and line and lab my...
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    Black Humour

    Nonyvole replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    Once I heard that the song "Stayin Alive" was the correct rate for chest compressions, I always hear it in the back of my head during codes. And naturally, the vast majority of the codes don't make...
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    Just a Nurse

    Nonyvole replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I'll use that phrase all the time. Or I'll modify it. "I am but a nurse, so let me ask the doctor about more Dilaudid..." "I may be just a nurse, but I'm going to guess that it's a UTI. Let me go...
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    VENT WARNING Nights: Just Need encouragement I guess

    Nonyvole replied to WalkingDead1's topic in General Nursing

    Like has been said, don't try to swap between days and nights. At least, not until you are fully acclimated to working nights. (Weekends off in my house consist of me joining my husband in bed and...
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    disturbing observation at the Children's hospital...

    Nonyvole replied to NurseCard's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I haven't seen my twenties in a while, but patients still think that I'm in the 18-24 range. So it's quite possible that some of them are older than they look. Can't say anything as to the hair...
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    Do you have to be an adrenaline junkie to work in the ER?

    Nonyvole replied to Nola009's topic in Emergency

    If I want an adrenaline rush, I'll pay to go on a roller coaster. I hate roller coasters. No, I love the ER because it requires so many skills that I have , and I'm not talking about just the...
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    Am I in violation of code of ethics?

    Nonyvole replied to Nursey916's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Nursey, people here aren't deliberately being mean. But that's the problem with communicating on forums - all of our non-verbal communication skills have been taken away, so we're lacking the full...
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    Am I in violation of code of ethics?

    Nonyvole replied to Nursey916's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sadly, they wouldn't. It's hard to separate work from, well, everything else. But while it's obviously part of your work culture to purchase needed things for the clients, driving them around and...
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    Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    Nonyvole replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    It...certainly put a few things into perspective for me. However. That experience also made it so that I can better handle unexpected deaths and talking with/breaking the news to families. Death is...
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    preceptorship program

    Nonyvole replied to Grace808's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean by a "'specific' preceptorship
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    Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    Nonyvole replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    Abcesses from IM heroin. It's amazing how much pus can build up in there, and then you start squeezing it all out. Abcess that was nearly the size of the patient's abdomen. Hey, my hospital isn't a...