GLORIAmunchkin72

GLORIAmunchkin72

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  1. Difference between Macrobid and nitrofurantoin

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Medications

    I've checked with other experts and they all say they're the same. The nurse who corrected me is sharp as a tack (that is not to say that you guys are not). The dialogue went kind of like this: _Do...

  2. How do you pronounce,....

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to momthenRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Is it possible that there is more than one way of pronouncing it? For example I've heard the med Lyrica pronounced two different ways by different

  3. Is your facility warning staff for overtime, for missing lunch breaks or other?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    You can have a "talking-to" if you have overtime but you can also be put down for not staying over. Which way is the wind blowing

  4. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's, well, "sweet"...Honestly, I don't care as long they're just saying it out of habit and not meaning a whole lot by

  5. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!You are a

  6. What do you have most difficulty with in your everyday job?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to MikeDiggity's topic in General Nursing

    Who wants to chart 5 pages on a discolored toe

  7. Tired of impaired nurses

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    How can one grab a handfull of pills from the narc box when every single one of those pills have to be accounted

  8. What medical term do you dislike the most ?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    How about SOB, as in "where is that SOB

  9. No nurses on floor during report

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to bethin's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In a perfect world you wouldn't need a patient care contract but the world has changed drastically; it allows you to decline an assignment if you're going to be the only nurse responsible for 50...

  10. No nurses on floor during report

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to bethin's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "As soon as you hit the floor, and look in on the people, you have established a care contract" I'm a little confused. I thought once you took report you cannot turn back even if you're put in a...

  11. Tired of impaired nurses

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    "Tired of impaired nurses" I don't know why you call them "impaired". The word, to me, implies some physical or mental handicapp that you cannot help, something you were born with or a result of a bad...

  12. Where is the nurse?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's is the question a lot of residents are asking. Unfortunately the answer is the nurse is buried under tons of paper work...sad present state of affairs or do you call it modern

  13. Where is the nurse?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE AND SOON! The residents pay the price for all this paper work however necessary they are. Isn't an oxymoron to say I have very little time to do patient care 'because I have...

  14. A question on Lyrica

    GLORIAmunchkin72 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    When this med is discontinued do you guys return the unused pills for credit to pharmacy or do you destroy

  15. Do patients/families that are hostile, rude affect your morale?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to smartynurse's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say is: WOW! You seem to be a very thorough and caring person. Your patients are lucky to have

  16. You know it's a bad night when......

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    When everyone is wearing a

  17. Elderly patient does not want fluids, what do you do as a SN?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to SummerGarden's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm all for coaxing a little but not to the point of alienation. Some with dementia say no to everything, or they say no one minute and say yes the

  18. Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    Good for

  19. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    "A 17 year-old who arrived by ambulance for a pimple. Not a boil or anything, a pimple." Sounds like my son. One time he pointed at a protusion on his back and said: "Mom, what's this?" real worried...

  20. Playing secretary and receptionis during med pass??

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to SoCalif1979's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Many times we have to do our medpass in the middle of chaos...a cacophony of alarms, yellings, call-lights...Sometimes it's hard to think straight. But, it's like, deal with

  21. woman dies in ER waiting room (article)

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Bopps, I hope you're right. Maybe they'll come up with a list of all they (the hospital) have done for her. But she shouldn't have been laying on the floor...or maybe somebody just made that

  22. woman dies in ER waiting room (article)

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    "While Ms. Rodriquez was dying like a "dog," none of the nurses in that ER came out and spoke for her. What a shame!!!!" What about the janitor who mopped around her? It looks like the indifference...

  23. A question on Lyrica

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Medications

    I feel like the families should be given a choice as to what they want to do with the meds since they paid for them. I cannot count how many times we destroyed a whole card of Vicodin only for it to...

  24. A question on Lyrica

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Medications

    The last 2 weeks we've had to destroy an exorbitant amount due to change of order which left me wondering who is paying for all that? It wouldn't be right for the residents to pay for it (unless they...

  25. Health Advisory Regarding Fentanyl Patch

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient Medications

    We have a resident who perspires heavily and sometimes loses her patch after her morning shower. These patches are supposed to be replace every 72 hours but when she loses it prematurely and she gets...