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  1. nursing protocol

    suanna replied to J.R.theR.N2b's topic in General Nursing

    I hope they don't get a dime. Patients make stupid decisions, refuse to follow doctors instructions, and get sicker- but it is somehow the doctors fault. Why in the world was this lady even on the...

  2. How do Nursing Instructors deal with this? Clinical site RNs don't want us around

    suanna replied to chicagrl's topic in General Students

    Lots of replys- so I don't know if you will ever read mine but..... We had a simular problem on my floor. Let me give it to you from the RNs perspective. The instructor would round with the previous...

  3. career change to nursing the right choice?

    suanna replied to Dino's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm a guy, and a nurse since '86. Do I hate nursing - many days, but not all. You need to be aware that when entering nursing you will be treated as an employee, a drone, a piece of equipment to be...

  4. Why do I want to be a nurse? Vent - Rant

    suanna replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in General Students

    To drop or not to drop is your choice, I don't think I could endure what you've een through. Before you do I wonder if you considered taking to the ACLU or other civil rights organisations. I am not...

  5. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    suanna replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I talk to mostly brain dead supervisors and some appearantly brain dead medical residents- At least when I talk to brain dead patients they are the ones paying the bills. Seriously- I talk to brain...

  6. Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    suanna replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    i don't see many of the comments as ridicule- rather, realisticaly a 450lb "slow moving" person cannot effectively manage many of the tasks required of a nurse in this market. i have nothing against...

  7. propofol

    suanna replied to hollykate's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    WOW- takeittotheicu- I don't think the drug company knows that much about propofol! I'm impressed. hollykate: On a less in depth note- propofol causes a general anesthesia with less resp depression...

  8. Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    suanna replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    Specifics of this case aside I wish more nursing instructors would tell some students that nursing may not be thier cup of tea. I think if an instructor sees signs that a student may not have the...

  9. The dirty work?

    suanna replied to viablecalifornialove's topic in General Students

    I don't know where you work but I want a job

  10. Third week off orientation and getting the hardest patients in the unit

    suanna replied to Anele07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It may be best not to see the light at the end of the tunnel- Often it's a train comming at

  11. I used to care about a's and b's in ns, until........................................

    suanna replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    In this I'm sure you are not far off the mark. It was one of my chief complaints in NS and remains one of my pet peeves that any indivigual instructor can spend 30 min making up a test and with no...

  12. I used to care about a's and b's in ns, until........................................

    suanna replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    They make it so hard becaues it is hard. Nursing isn't some short term vo-tech certification that you do. It invloves an incredible amount of skill, knowlege, and judgement. If you are seeng you GPA...

  13. Discovering incompatible IVPB's with primary lines - anyone else notice this a lot?

    suanna replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure pharmacy is giving the best information they have but they don't have much information. Asking them to say a drug is compatible is like asking them for a weather report on Mars- Not something...

  14. Discovering incompatible IVPB's with primary lines - anyone else notice this a lot?

    suanna replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Kinda pretty- peridot colored! And it does wonders for MRSA

  15. Discussion: lobotomize the patient or lobotomize the system

    suanna replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Psychiatric

    I am by no means a mental health expert but to those of you who are- Are there not incurably violent patients who, although through no fault of thier own, have a propencity to pose a daily threat to...

  16. Discovering incompatible IVPB's with primary lines - anyone else notice this a lot?

    suanna replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Pharmacy is never going to tell you that anything is compatible with anything else. There is just no absolute list. Some things are certified by the drug companies as compatible but until proven...

  17. very nervous: Narc missing!!

    suanna replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Did you take them? If not, what are you stressing about. There are going to be lots of times when the narc count is going to be off- you will have to have the local PD on speed dial if you call them...

  18. Need Sleep

    suanna replied to MermiesGreatGig's topic in General Students

    Shutting your brain off isn't required so much as redirecting the flow. Instread of fretting over whatever is keeping you up- try to recall as much of your last vivid dream as you can. You aren't...

  19. Third week off orientation and getting the hardest patients in the unit

    suanna replied to Anele07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It gets easier- the patients don't get less hard, you just get better at handling the day to day hurdles. In 6mos you will be able to head off most problems before they derail your shift. Ask yourself...

  20. Is this an acceptable practice???

    suanna replied to yoshana_x's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ?BPs required? These patients didn't take thier BP every day before they took thier meds before coming into LTC. What is your facillities policy on passing meds on a stable patient with a hx of HTN....

  21. ACLS

    suanna replied to Maikafer-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Most ACLS classes I have "taken" aren't classes per se but testing and review sessions. You should know your ACLS treatment pathways forward and backward before you show up to the class. A good gauge...

  22. Need some encouragement... It could be over for me!!!

    suanna replied to CandyGyrl's topic in General Students

    Get real. You failed the first time from lack of preparation, you failed the second time for lack of concentration. Passing meds is the most dangerous thing we are responsible for in the practice of...

  23. I had no clue!

    suanna replied to cheshielynx's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Licenced? In Ohio Massage Therapy Boards are run by the Board of Medicine- not BON. I've see thier boards and they are TOUGH. Anyone can do "relaxation massage"-no licence required of any kind. The...

  24. hospitalists clashing and nurses stuck in the middle

    suanna replied to gagirl1124's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree you cannot force someone against thier will to stay on the floor but if policy says no IV narcotics off the floor or unsupervised by a nurse then that is MY PCA pump and I'll disconect it if I...

  25. Was I wrong?

    suanna replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Pushing lido would probably have been a waste of time and drug- bigemeny is a stable almost always stable and does not progress to worse things (it can but rarely). All in all I would have pushed a...