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  1. Nursing student taking drugs

    suanna replied to txpatches's topic in General Students

    I would MYOB. I am one of the more senior population- our society has gotten a lot more intollerant of pot in the last 20 years. That said, of the 15-20 nurses I worked with on a unit a few years ago...

  2. Nursing School Brain Fog

    suanna replied to jpeters84's topic in General Students

    Brain Fog is a very appropriate description. The massive ammounts of tidbits of information presented to you by various instructors, clinical staff, and textbooks all form a kind of mist of unrelated...

  3. Feeling stupid (and a little miffed...)

    suanna replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Students

    BP isn't a static number. Most people have a wide range throughout the day. Fluid status, diet, time of day, POSITION, which arm, cuff size all influence the readings. The reading in the docs office...

  4. IV starts help!

    suanna replied to DIVA_NURSE405's topic in General Nursing

    Start with confidence-don't sneek up on the vein. A tenative stick will rarely get good result. Try inverting the needle I know this sounds wrong but you can get a "false flash" when the tip of the...

  5. Nurses: we do seduce our patients

    suanna replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm in the minority but I don't see the issue. Are we talking about after they are discharged to home or asking them out as you are placing a foley? I'm not advocating an intimate relationship...

  6. How can I learn to like medsurg?

    suanna replied to I RN A's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, you could try banging your head against a wall for 30min before you go into work each day- It will feel so good when you stop, work will seem like a pleasure!!. Seriously, Nursing school wasn't...

  7. well they closed down a floor of the hospital

    suanna replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not at all uncommon to close a floor or two at my hospital during the 3-4 days before a major holiday. Mostly the elective surgery and STO testin (cardiac cath and such) patients are not comming...

  8. The ANA really doesn't like non-BSN Nurses

    suanna replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I apologise if I offended anyone of different educational of career choice backgrounds- that wasn't my intent. I don't understand your argument. The role of achieving the title "nurse" isn't a social...

  9. The ANA really doesn't like non-BSN Nurses

    suanna replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Is the only requirement to being called a nurse is that you provide useful patient care? Should the answer be let anyone who does any patient care in any capacity call themselves a nurse? Eliminate...

  10. New IV nurse need help

    suanna replied to amy1197's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    6mos to a year you will be an expert. Generally most of the new grads I've worked with require about 20-30 sucessful sticks before they feel comfortable with the proceedure. Do a search for threads on...

  11. The ANA really doesn't like non-BSN Nurses

    suanna replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'll probably get flamed for this but despite the shortcommings of the ANA there is something to be said for setting a minimum standard of education to call yourself a Nurse. If, as nurses, we decide...

  12. Getting Stuck with Night Shift.

    suanna replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Nights is almost required to get into the "position of choice" but if you are willing to accept any in-patient day shift, in my area of the counrty you can get day shift 7a-7p on med-surg in about...

  13. Insulin drips

    suanna replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I wasn't clear- yep by drip. We only use SS SQ insulin at the insistance of the surgical residents who are afraid to order the scary IV insulin.- it is rarely effective SQ when a patients...

  14. Doctors getting angry??

    suanna replied to emtj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Those charts would have laid there like a monument to that docs infantile behavior until the end of time before I would have picked them up. Our "high strung" docs are at least not dumb enough to...

  15. Doctors getting angry??

    suanna replied to emtj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is no excuse for abusive behavior but on the otherhand I have known at least 2 docs that had a reputation for tantrums that I love working with. There biggest problem was they expect a lot from...

  16. Any recommendations for a good winter hand cream?

    suanna replied to Elektra6's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Nothing works better than "Zims Crack Cream" the lotion form-not the cream tube. I've gone on prednisone before to heal my hands but get almost the same result from

  17. Where to find a good stethoscope?

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

    I bought a KILA scope and have been very pleased. It was one of the least expensive non-sprag scopes out there. I am a bit deaf in my R ear and still hear very well with it. I know I'm in the...

  18. I failed my clinical on Monday

    suanna replied to iceangelred86's topic in General Students

    I don't think it's the level of risk of complications of the med that count so much as a lack of focus in your med passing. Whether a patient got thier AM insulin and how much is usualy given in...

  19. Got hurt at work, sad :( and a vent, too...(long)

    suanna replied to trudlebug's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like it's time for a workers comp attorney. I letter from a legal office can abruptly lubricate the aproval process for diagnostics and treatment. I'm beginning a WC fight myself this spring-...

  20. Ridiculous waste of time

    suanna replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    at our hospital the medical practice counsel and P&T committies approved a list of Nursing orders for OTC minor meds like the ones you mentioned. They are charged as "supplies" rather than...

  21. Insulin drips

    suanna replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    There have been a number of protocals in the literature in the last couple of years- at least two of them take changing or labile glucoses into account- it may be good to look into other options-do a...

  22. HYPOGLYCEMIA:Seizure...code

    suanna replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital if glucose is low

  23. Mandatory float to ICU?

    suanna replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    I've never worked for a hospital that didn't force nursing into floating when it was in the suporvisory staffs' favor. I work for a union hospital and the best our bargaining unit could get was...

  24. Do you have to be really good in science to go into nursing??

    suanna replied to notenufshoes's topic in General Students

    From my experience "science nerds" don't have it any easier in a nursing program than anyone else. There are lots of other skills that will help you in nursing- critical thinking skills,...

  25. Do you disclose a positive urine HCG?

    suanna replied to Salls25's topic in Emergency

    You know we are only nurses not DOCTORS. Who knows what that "positive" value on the HCG could mean- the Doctor wil have to interpret such complicated lab values- not us little old