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  1. Question about avoiding constipation

    suanna replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Students

    I read a study last year that said physical activity and fluids had no effect on gut motility esp in the post surgical patient. I wish I could quote the source. My take on it- sure IV fluids will help...

  2. First medication error & on new graduate orientation :(

    suanna replied to gardenia09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You'll get over it. Every nurse makes med errors. Some errors are more dangerous than others. This isn't going to be your last one- All you can do is take the most care you can and when a med error is...

  3. My vent and What I will learn from it?

    suanna replied to SmilesNoir's topic in General Nursing

    If you check the title of the webpage this is "allNURSES".com not "anyonewhohaseverworkedinhealthcare".com. I have nothing against your participation on this site, but I was responding to nurses, on a...

  4. RN won't give pain meds

    suanna replied to Laught3r's topic in Pain Management

    We can just hope that the RN in question develops a bad case of shingles and has a nurse who dosen't believe in narcotic pain relief. Honestly- thanks for your post. It is a shame how many nurses...

  5. lab coat?

    suanna replied to goodgalpal's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've always worn a full length lab coat. It was part of the uniform for some of my clinicals 30 years ago and I found I liked having 6 pockets to store my stuff in. Plus, I'm always a little cold and...

  6. was i wrong?

    suanna replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I've been asked for my resignation "supportively" since I don't seem to be happy here! Happiness is so much more important than a pesky little thing called high quality patient care. So far I'm...

  7. was i wrong?

    suanna replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I'm mean- in report, in meetings, and most of the time (or so I'm told). And , like you I've been reported for it. I've learned to live with the reputation. The people who most often see me as mean...

  8. My vent and What I will learn from it?

    suanna replied to SmilesNoir's topic in General Nursing

    Am I missing something? MAs giving shots? I've never had anyone but a nurse or doctor give me an IM. I didn't even know it was legal for a MA to administer a med. Wow- if this is common, nurses need...

  9. suctioning

    suanna replied to Lady_Luck's topic in Pediatric

    Please review your P&P on suctioning children. Oral suctioning, when you can see the tip of your suction device is fine, but nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal suctioning (let alone orotracheal or...

  10. No Sugar Tonight (Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow)

    suanna replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    Did I misunderstand- the patient arrived at 1700- shift change is 1900? The day nurse was finishing her end of shift rounds, doing I&O passing her with meals and meds, evaluating her ordered...

  11. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    suanna replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG you are so right. I am not a member of the grammer police, but I cannot believe how often I have asked patients: " do others feel the need to vomit when you walk into the room" when I intended to...

  12. Giving Digoxin with an Amiodarone drip and HR of 48

    suanna replied to Ceteris Paribus's topic in General Nursing

    So, the doctor felt the the digoxin was warrented with a HR 50 and a BP of 92/50 but when the HR drops 2- points to 48, and the SBP drops ONE WHOLE POINT to 91 from 92 you felt this was just too much...

  13. If it's such a horrible job, why not quit?

    suanna replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a staff nurse for 25 years- it gets a little tougher every year. I can't quit- I'm too old to start over somewhere else or to "retrain" into another profession. I hate my job more each day....

  14. Wildest lab values you've ever seen?

    suanna replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Is that even possible??? I would think your blood (or at least your urine)would crystalize like rock

  15. Mean coworker

    suanna replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    You are not going to be able to do anything about it. It isn't your problem. If this person chooses to be a *$!%# to you it's her loss. Be professional, be polite, but you don't need a friend that you...

  16. Mass Transfusion Questions

    suanna replied to OutdoorLovinRN's topic in Emergency

    Not a trauma expert, but what I was told MANY years ago: The flow of the fluid has little relationship to the effectiveless of the filter. A filter may have reached its "capacity" of particles and is...

  17. Curious... Why would an ICU pt go to PACU?

    suanna replied to Cschroy1's topic in PACU

    Aside from the sniping back and forth over who is better PACU nurse or ICU nurses. A patient may be better off in PACU for a while post OR for a number of reasons- 1) it is usually attached to the OR-...

  18. when to start wearing scrubs

    suanna replied to ese1212's topic in General Students

    The two schools im my area- now and when I attended 25yrs ago, students NEVER wear scrubs. The students are stuck in thier polyester uniforms like scarlet letters until they

  19. RN's working overtime

    suanna replied to polock4life's topic in General Nursing

    Shallow heck- I work as an RN for $$$- not the fulfilling job satisfaction. No money- no me. For most of my career I have been able to pick up a shift or two a mos whenever I want to. My hospital pays...

  20. Assaulted and written up. (vent)

    suanna replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

    The real moral of your story is be thankful you have an organized nursing unit. All the high sounding platitudes in the world don't change the fact that unless the staff nurses stick together and...

  21. HELP! What am I doing wrong with this calculation?

    suanna replied to californiadreaming's topic in General Students

    I'm sure there are various "formula"to help you figure this out- plug in the numbers and out pops the answer. I prefer to just think it through. Your drip is in MG but you want your answer in mcg- so...

  22. Help!! I failed clinical due to medication error

    suanna replied to yan2006's topic in General Students

  23. Peds clinical today- just need to rant

    suanna replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

    I agree with your instructor on one point: you were not going to learn very much on that floor that day- you had an idiot for an instructor! If she couldn't at least make a cursory effort to mantain...

  24. is "beating around the bush" common in nursing?

    suanna replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Nursing

    I can see both sides of this debate but a side note about Lasix. You push it slowly because it is OTOTOXIC-(ears). A patient can end up with permanent deafness from one dose pushed too fast! Hospitals...

  25. A witness to CPR

    suanna replied to michuria's topic in General Nursing

    They were doing compressions-ie- the patient was mostly dead. It isn't uncommon for mostly dead people to have a significant amount of pulmonary edema. When you force blood flow through mostly dead...