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    Title war...

    elthia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work with a wonderful LPN who is in school to get her RN. she's only doing her academics at this time. She's an excellent nurse, and I think she'll make a good RN; however staffing's been horrible...
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    Pt with mi

    elthia replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    With a troponin of almost 20, why wasn't he in the cath lab already! Telemetry will take NSTEMI's, USA, ACS III, and ACS II. we do take nitro gtt's up to 10 mcg/min. if troponin bumps greater than...
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    Title war...

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    I just really hope the next shift I work is better...or I'll just have to tell her to take it to the
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    Title war...

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    thanks
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    Title war...

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    We are all stressed...the hospital is at full capacity and admits are lliterally waiting overnight in the ED for pt's to be discharged in the am so they can be admitted, we have 3 nurses out, one with...
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    Funny Things Naieve Medical Personnel Have Said

    elthia replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a 26 year-old nurse tell me that she can't wear tampons because she is a virgin and wants to keep her hymen intact till
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    Code Blue: Pt was breathing, but Dr. pronounced dead

    elthia replied to Bugaloo's topic in General Nursing

    Did she have a pulse after the 2 minutes of compressions? Was she truly breathing or was it agonal respirations? (3 breaths a minute, sounds like agonal to me, which could be a sign there was already...
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    Have I displayed drug seeking behavior??

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Many months later, I'm doing much better...I'm still getting migraines...but they don't last nearly as long. We're still increasing my topamax dosage every month...but I've only actually had...
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    Have I displayed drug seeking behavior??

    elthia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I really scared myself today. I've been having debilitating migraines, that last 5-10 days. Horrible, nasty migraines with dizziness, tinnitus, stabbing pains, photophobia, phonophobia, diarrhea, and...
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    How do you treat headaches?

    elthia replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    I just had a killer migraine that blew in the thunderstorms for Valentine's day... I even had Valentine's day off. I threw up x4 at work, came home, took my rescue meds, crashed...woke up 23 hours...
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    Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    elthia replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    From my last admission...to my doctor Just because I am a nurse does not know mean that I know how to treat myself, neuro isn't my specialty. I can't tell you how darvocet works vs vicoden for pain on...
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    Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    elthia replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I always have dreams about IV pumps going off, tube feeds alarming, Bipaps going off... I was involved in a (true) incident where someone dropped a loaded gun near my foot at work...I have had a...
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    How do you treat headaches?

    elthia replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    I do that all the time...doesn't work for status migraine. Status migraine is much much different than stress or tension headache, and much more
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    Best approach to patients and relatives complaining about "long wait."

    elthia replied to uniquenurse's topic in Emergency

    The only time I have complained about about an ER wait was when I went to the ED, I arrived with sharp chest pain 8/10, was diaphoretic, tachypneic, my husband pulled the car up to the door and ran in...
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    DNR bracelet with DNR written on it. HIPAA???

    elthia replied to FireStarterRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    VERBAL ORDER for DNR???? where do you work that allows that? Color coded bracelets are dangerous...the meaning of the color changes from place to place. DNR written out is much safer. Unfortunately...
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    They called the cops!

    elthia replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like something my hospital would
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    You know you work nights when.......

    elthia replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You fall asleep in the car at the bank parking lot waiting for it to open, because it's just easier to go the bank after work than to go after you wake
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    Rude remarks by doc with his own kids

    elthia replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    ktwlpn said I work in a teaching hospital... In residency sometimes there is no such thing as a day off. And the 80 hour work week rule gets bent more than it gets followed depending on the hospital....
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    Waco

    elthia replied to RainDreamer's topic in Texas Nursing

    About 30-40 miles from Waco off I35 in Temple is Scott and White Hospital...it's the teaching hospital for Texas A&M medical school. It has a level III NICU with about 35-40 beds. From their...
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    rants about work

    elthia replied to november17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lab refusing to draw blood on pt's stating the pt refused. Hello...the pt has a GCS score of 5!!!!! I've gotten little more than a mumble out of him in the past 12 hours! HOW THE HECK DID HE...
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    Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    elthia replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Code blue= cardiac/respiratory arrest Code rapid= rapid response team Code fleet= staff/visitor accident, fall, or emergency, Code red= fire Code pink= child/infant abduction Code Adam= missing...
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    Are there ever days you HATE being a nurse?

    elthia replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just let it be known that you are there as a friend of the family, not as a
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    Are there ever days you HATE being a nurse?

    elthia replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I hated being a nurse... When I was sitting by my father and the oncologist said stage IV cancer When I walked into the ICU and saw my father receiving vancomycin and knew it wasn't just...
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    Rude remarks by doc with his own kids

    elthia replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    My only experience with this is a somewhat different take. A surgery resident was doing late rounds and brought his VERY pregnant wife to the nurses station with him. Pulled up a chair, sat her in it,...
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    New nurse made a mistake!

    elthia replied to newnursewithquestion's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OUCH... I'm sorry...but I think there are multiple issues here. 1. Why wasn't the PICC sutured or more securely fastened? 2. Why was the dressing so saturated with old blood that the PICC line was...