GLORIAmunchkin72

GLORIAmunchkin72

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  1. Resident sexual rights

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to moblondielpn's topic in General Nursing

    All I can say is they better get a private

  2. Please interpret this med order

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Jennabugs's topic in Patient Medications

    "Give 5mg oxycodone q3h prn if pain level 1-4 Give 10mg oxycodone q3h prn if pain level 5-7 Give 15mg oxycodone q3h prn if pain level 8-10" I believe that is the way it should have been written in the...

  3. Questionable parameters?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Would you give a patient a blood pressure medicine if his or her systolic pressure were

  4. wrong injection for the patient

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to nursey2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You need to stop crying and to be very, very thankful that your patient was not

  5. migraine faker at the ED!

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    "Doctors will -never- treat my pain because I'm honest about being an addict. One exception was the car accident, where they gave me morphine every hour and dilaudid every third." Wow. That's cold....

  6. Questionable parameters?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Medications

    This would be less scary in an ER or ICU setting where the patient is constantly

  7. Questionable parameters?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm beginning to feel a little better about this order after reading your answers. Some doctors don't like to be second-guessed and some don't like to explain. I would still have a hard time giving...

  8. Questionable parameters?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't understand why the doctor would not change the parameter to a higher systolic number. He has been questioned about it

  9. Meds in lock up

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to lexibear99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We don't lock up Tramadol and Phenergan but we do lock up Ambien, Lyrica and Lomotil. We do not lock up cough syrups with codeine because the amount of codeine is so

  10. Saw something that really disturbed me tonight

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    "Nobody would think twice about stepping in if a woman was being hit. Or a child. Or a man. Or a dog." You are absolutely right. The legislation is just not there to protect the mentally disabled. If...

  11. Demands from inmates

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GrannyLpn2005's topic in Correctional

    "There is nothing on the pass-on log, and nothing on the MAR, and you don't know if they are telling you the truth or not! Do you take their B/P, or not? You tell me!" 'Technically' speaking, if it's...

  12. Doing what's right even if it ends a friendship.

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to 3dogs1cat's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "We rely heavily on unlicensced personel who like to do more than their scope of practice allows." ????? (something not quite right about the above

  13. Saw something that really disturbed me tonight

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    That is deplorable. Mentally handicapped people are so eager to please and often don't complain when they are being taken advantage of. Some don't even know they are being taken advantage of. It's up...

  14. Reported to Manager; What do I do

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    I do med pass for 29 people and txs to help my nurse, answer call lights here and there (sorry, I cannot and would not answer them all for I am not the only person working there), help pass trays when...

  15. Suspended

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to pinkflamingoes01's topic in General Nursing

    To me you sound very smart and very competent. I feel the problem started when you allowed yourself to be a 'doormat'. They thanked you with a swift kick on the behind. And that is just not

  16. RN's supervising CNA's

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to TabithaRae's topic in General Nursing

    The state agency may very well be

  17. Recognized by coworkers on AllNurses.com?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    It's best to go on the board with the assumption that you are recognized. That will keep you from divulging names and details...Public forums are just that: public

  18. Crushing Ecotrin for G Tube, Isn't that wrong?

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to WVStarFish's topic in Patient Medications

    "You should contact the doctor and ask to change it to regular ASA so as not to go against the recommendations that Ecotrin not be crushed." If the doc orders Ecotrin to protect the stomach I don't...

  19. Doctors and Nurses need to band together against out of touch regulatory overkill

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    "In my opinion many of the requirements set up by organizations such as the Joint Commission are written by out of touch people who spend years acquiring advanced degrees, yet lack the down to earth...

  20. How short-staffed is short staffed?????

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to rn4ever?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There was a time when we were threatened with a write-up for mentioning the SS words...Now we have a bit more freedom of speech. (But for how

  21. The good stuff about Nursing Homes....

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to Indulgence's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely watching elders enjoying the music...especilly those who cannot talk or who haven't talked in a long time. Their eyes just get big and you can tell they know the tune but can't utter the...

  22. Tired of impaired nurses

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to epipusher's topic in General Nursing

    To RNnTraining, Good luck to you! It looks like you have made giant steps toward

  23. I got a kiss!

    GLORIAmunchkin72 posted a topic in General Nursing

    And it made my day. I have been serving dinner trays to this resident for a while now and has not had much reaction until yesterday. This resident who is always pleasant, sometimes 'with it' and...

  24. I got a kiss!

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    And you guys are the

  25. I got a kiss!

    GLORIAmunchkin72 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    It sure makes up for the grouchy ones (not too many of those, thank