loricatus

loricatus

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  1. I'm just, disgusted........whatever.

    loricatus replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    BTW,

  2. I'm just, disgusted........whatever.

    loricatus replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to the note, maybe you should try to do some damage control and make a call to the ICU NM. You could explain that although you had worked all night, you did not want to miss out on the...

  3. No verbal reports at my hospital!!!!!!

    loricatus replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the Joint Commission would like to hear about the policy in your place. Patient safety is being compromised to save a buck. http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/cgi/content/full/17/2/95...

  4. please can someone help me IV calculations

    loricatus replied to tiffany311's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would like to add that if you are using a pump you would have to set it for double the mL amount for it to run in 30 minutes, since the calculations usually require mL per hour, rather than mL per...

  5. ? for ER nurses

    loricatus replied to kermitlady's topic in Emergency

    From what you said, it sounds like the triage nurse may need some refresher training in pediatric emergencies. I am glad your son is OK. May I suggest, if it ever happens again, that you write...

  6. Oh no! Now I'm the patient!

    loricatus replied to Sonjailana's topic in General Nursing

    Please go to the ER ASAP. They are more capable of handling traumas than a doc-in-the-box-and, you had a

  7. RN licensure tax write-off?

    loricatus replied to Wondergirl0905's topic in General Nursing

    I cut and pasted this from the IRS website "Licenses and Regulatory Fees You can deduct the amount you pay each year to state or local governments for licenses and regulatory fees for your trade,...

  8. 3 wks left & still no job:(

    loricatus replied to wanderlust99's topic in Travel

    Glad things worked out for you. I am still kicking myself for going staff to ride things out. Lost all my savings over two successive cancelled contracts d/t economic conditions. If it weren't for...

  9. Most Irritating Pt Award

    loricatus replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    His bad behavior is also being reinforced by the nurses. No one has to take being yelled and cursed at because that is accepting abuse. When I get a patient that yells and/or curses, I immediatly...

  10. Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    loricatus replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    So, what will they do if you show up in whatever you want to wear----not allow you to get pinned? For similar reasons, I decided to skip [personal boycott] my pinning, my graduation, clinical award...

  11. Most Irritating Pt Award

    loricatus replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I pity you. Sound like you are in 'The Twilight Zone' Maybe you can use earplugs on the other patients and just let him scream himself to sleep. Pillow therapy is quite tempting, though. So...

  12. Down in the dumps

    loricatus replied to wabashcannon's topic in New York Nursing

    Could it possibily be that between your depression and lack of enthusiasm for being a nurse, your voice and body language is conveying something during the interview? See if you could do a mock...

  13. Most Irritating Pt Award

    loricatus replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your guy needs a psych consult and to be treated as if he was a psych patient. Start by setting boundaries and rules of acceptable behavior. Include his behavior and noncompliance in...

  14. First travel assignment - Texas

    loricatus replied to cryptic12's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Look at those sites that were mentioned above. That would be the best place to start. Research, research

  15. kind of a rant

    loricatus replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    I was the one that said we should not diagnose. It was not directed at you; but, was an attempt to make another poster realize that a judgement on an emergency room visit being warranted was not in...

  16. Things you'd like the ER to Know

    loricatus replied to CraigB-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't know about your ER; but, in all the ERs I have worked we put the saline lock/J loop on with every IV start. The ones that do not have them usually come in from EMS like that-especially the...

  17. kind of a rant

    loricatus replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    Not really. You actually got my sympathy for your ignorance on the subject and now have it for your problem with making assumptions. It takes a lot more than this to rattle an ER

  18. kind of a rant

    loricatus replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    A nurse who makes a medical diagnosis is practicing out of his/her scope of practice. The ER works by consideration of presenting signs and symptoms, with a medical practioner using the differential...

  19. kind of a rant

    loricatus replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    you have some very serious misconceptions about what it is like working in the er

  20. kind of a rant

    loricatus replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    It is the majority of those patients you describe as keeping us in business who prevent us from taking care of &/or recognizing the true emergency patients. With their selfishness, demanding...

  21. 3 wks left & still no job:(

    loricatus replied to wanderlust99's topic in Travel

    Word has it that Banner cut out a lot of travel jobs and is not renewing contracts. By any chance are you trying to bait the poster to contact

  22. Accessing Mediports

    loricatus replied to abutters's topic in General Nursing

    In all the ERs I have worked it was always done as a sterile procedure with both the nurse and the patient wearing masks. Having seen a few patients in the ER with infected port areas, with one that...

  23. Thiazide diuretics and anesthesia

    loricatus replied to Dianacabana's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.umm.edu/altmed/drugs/hydrochlorothiazide-062500.htm...

  24. What kind of nurse are you?

    loricatus replied to BroadwayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel bed what was said to you. I have had that same speech said to me. I usually reply with something like-"So, do you have any complaints over my clinical skills or over the patient...

  25. Hello Haldol

    loricatus replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

    We could just give them Haldol