vampiregirl BSN, RN

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  1. vampiregirl

    Hospice interdisciplinary care plan

    vampiregirl replied to lilbitloa's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've collaborated w/ several facilities on their care plans for hospice patients. One of the items to include on the care plan will probably be a statement about collaboration and communication...
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    Most common meds in Hospice/Palliative care?

    vampiregirl replied to shellebelle212's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Typically the meds mentioned above. Also knowing what symptoms these meds address. For example - roxanol can be used for pain, dyspnea, and restlessness. Ativan is used for anxiety, restlessness, air...
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    LTC emergency...sorry no meds today

    vampiregirl replied to garciadiego's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Some LTC facilities don't have a supervisor on evenings, weekends etc. When I worked in a LTC, I was often considered the "supervisor" by default if I was the only RN in the building, in addition to...
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    Facebook nurses and patients

    vampiregirl replied to Annaleemabey's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm another one who does not accept Facebook requests from former patients or their family members. We have social networking policy at work, but that only applied to current patients. The choice to...
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    Holiday gifts for your staff

    vampiregirl replied to NeuroRehabRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Awesome to be thinking ahead! What specialty & environment (hospital, physician office, home care etc) of nursing are you in? We might be able to give you some more specific/ personalized...
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    Med Error by CNA

    vampiregirl replied to TriecyJay's topic in Patient Medications

    Indiana has a curriculum to train staff in group homes and waiver sites to administer medications to the residents of these facilities. I believe it is (or used to be) called "Medication...
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    IV Skills for Hospice?

    vampiregirl replied to 4boysmama's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We don't do peripheral IVs. We access ports and PICCS, sub-q is another option. Have you asked your company what methods of med administration they use? We do some blood draws - mostly PT/INR,...
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    Are care plans valuable?

    vampiregirl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    In Hospice, our care plans are beneficial. If I'm seeing a patient that I'm not primary nurse for, the care plan gives me a good idea of what the patient's goals are as well as the major ongoing...
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    Scripting sounds patronizing

    vampiregirl replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And so many times it's not what is said, but how it's said and the non-verbal communication that goes along with it... People can sense whether something is said in a patronizing manner or in a...
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    New grad in hospice = doomed?

    vampiregirl replied to aphillipi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I went from LTC to Hospice, it's been a successful transition. Just like any type of nursing, take every opportunity to learn about hospice nursing. Apply whatever knowledge you came in with. Ask...
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    How can I increase the morale on my unit?

    vampiregirl replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is there a committee at your hospital that addresses employee morale? If so, find out who is on it and approach them to find out more about it. If there's not, maybe consider talking to your manager...
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    What nursing specialty interests you the most for the future?

    vampiregirl replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in General Students

    I too am an EMT who thought ER would be the direction I wanted to head. Where I've landed very happily.... hospice. They were a little hesitant to hire an RN who still works part time as an EMT -...
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    Medicinal Honey

    vampiregirl replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Saw some amazing results with it when I worked LTC. I remember reading some research on it when we first started using it, I was a little skeptical but was very reassured by what I read. Also, it's...
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    New to Hospice

    vampiregirl replied to Worthless_Nut's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Welcome to Hospice Nursing! I hope you have a wonderful Hospice team to work with... The Hospice I work for provides all of our nurses a book called the Primer of Palliative Care (I have the 5th...
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    My Very First Day...

    vampiregirl replied to musikjunki1's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome attitude! Don't lose your enthusiasm for learning. So glad you have a wonderful preceptor and role model. It's funny to me to look back to when I was a CNA and realize how much I DIDN'T know...
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    Respect from patients as a Registered Nurse?

    vampiregirl replied to tiamaria123's topic in General Nursing

    Part of what determines how much respect an RN receives falls to the individual RN. Skills (both technical and interpersonal) play a huge role in how much respect one receives, regardless of the...
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    Meds and a G-T patient

    vampiregirl replied to buggybum96's topic in Patient Medications

    Depending where you work and what medications are being administered, it may be acceptable to obtain a physician's order to allow medications to be mixed w/ a specified pre and post flush. This was a...
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    G-tube pulled out by patient

    vampiregirl replied to HelloRN00's topic in Rehabilitation

    Where I worked w/ g-tubes, we used the corresponding size foley as the temporary solution. Just curious, what is the best way to secure an in and out foley used as a temporary g-tube
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    G-tube pulled out by patient

    vampiregirl replied to HelloRN00's topic in Rehabilitation

    This was very unnerving for me the first time one of my patient's pulled out his g-tube. He was twirling it around and smiling at me when I walked in the room. Does your facility allow nurses to...
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    Grade of compression stockings

    vampiregirl replied to heather42r's topic in Operating Room

    I've worn thicker socks over my compression knee-high hose. No one notices and it makes my tennis shoes much more
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    suspended for doing the right thing...

    vampiregirl replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not being able to have contact w/ the parents (responsible party)... that would be frustrating for me in regards to caring for any patient. It would be difficult to formulate any type of workable...
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    Need help with vomiting patient

    vampiregirl replied to Kerry45's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The data I've read on topical administration of these meds is conflicting. I've had a couple of patients in the past that it was very effective for, but some that didn't seem to get much relief. The...
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    AED'S....What brand do you like and why?

    vampiregirl replied to bakert's topic in School

    Something you may want to consider is check with your local EMS service to see what brand defibrillator they use. It's a little different situation, but when our county outfitted our law enforcement...
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    How to study as a Nursing Student with ADD/ADHD

    vampiregirl replied to cb5393's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    What has worked for you in the past? Do you do better with bite size bits of studying/ blocks of time with activities scheduled it between? Does a timer work for you? Are you able to focus better with...
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    What kind of kids do you see in your PICU?

    vampiregirl replied to sergel02's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I didn't realize that VAD are being used w/ pediatrics. Learned something new today! Just curious - do these patients get released to home or stay hospitalized as long as they have the VAD? Now...