Wuzzie

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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    Wuzzie replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can you tell us why you think the IV infiltration is the primary cause of her acute
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    School and Other Closures to Control COVID-19 Pandemics

    Wuzzie replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Smart moves because if my FB feed is accurate people aren’t getting what social distancing” and “stay home” mean. Seriously, people are having play-dates for their kids and posting from bars.
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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    Wuzzie replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Show us your work. Write the first nursing diagnosis and interventions. We won’t laugh at it. We’ll help you but we aren’t going to write it for you. Do you have a NANDA
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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    Wuzzie replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Okay, then start with that. Give it a go and we’ll help you fine tune
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    Care Plan for IV infiltration help please!!

    Wuzzie replied to NG KIU HO's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Nope. Not an excuse. Do you have a NANDA book? Have you written one before? Have you googled IV infiltration? You need to do some work first then we’ll help you tweak
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    I quit

    Wuzzie replied to ADN_Is_Complete's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this is a pickle. You might try HR as
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    I quit

    Wuzzie replied to ADN_Is_Complete's topic in General Nursing

    You could tell her you made a rash decision based on moral distress but now that you've had a chance to think you realize it was not the direction you wanted to take. This will give you time to really...
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    I quit

    Wuzzie replied to ADN_Is_Complete's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that's unfortunate. You need a job and it looks like your only option is the ECF which will definitely hamper your ability to get in the ICU. Can you rescind it and start looking for something...
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    I quit

    Wuzzie replied to ADN_Is_Complete's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to work in the ICU then I highly recommend you do not resign your
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    Manager ignoring me?

    Wuzzie replied to Kind-N-Caring's topic in General Nursing

    Right now our managers aren't dealing with our little stuff because they have their hands full with all of this Covid-19 stuff and the issues it's
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    Non-medical friend avoiding me

    Wuzzie replied to Smsanch2's topic in General Nursing

    So...call her. Apologize, ask her to meet you at the park for a playdate with your kids. The only thing for sure is if neither of you do anything nothing is going to be
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    Non-medical friend avoiding me

    Wuzzie replied to Smsanch2's topic in General Nursing

    Well, maybe that's the problem. Reach out to
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    Lord- Coronavirus drama

    Wuzzie replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Means she cleans medical offices after hours.
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    Stolen supplies

    Wuzzie replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    Not a school nurse but we received an email letting us know that if we are caught leaving the premises with even one mask we will be charged with theft.
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    Insubordination?

    Wuzzie replied to Raicho's topic in Nurse Management

    I probably would have shot him a hairy eyeball while proclaiming "Excuse me? Care to repeat that?" and then given him a direct order to go help the other staff with his patient. Staff like this need...
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    Suture removal

    Wuzzie replied to JTT's topic in General Nursing

    Also if you are using a cheap disposable suture set you'll find that if you pinch the forceps too firmly it actually makes the tip open some and you'll lose the
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    Digital watch recommendations?

    Wuzzie replied to Guest1141053's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If you have an iPhone you can get an AppleWatch 3 for less than
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    Diluting IV push meds

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse24's topic in Patient Medications

    I have a few questions. 1. Why are you diluting the Fentanyl? 2. Is using a saline flush syringe to dilute the medication acceptable practice? 3. How do you know that saline is the proper diluent? 4....
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    Terminated the third week into my orientation

    Wuzzie replied to HippyHappyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Any reason you can't move closer to your new
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    I Have No Words

    Wuzzie replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    I think the issue was that it wasn't the day shift nurse attempting the IV it was another night shift nurse staying over to try. I would have stayed and helped because I'm pretty sure the other nurse...
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    I Need A Mnemonic For Head To Toe Assessment!!

    Wuzzie replied to redraider1977's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Double
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    I Need A Mnemonic For Head To Toe Assessment!!

    Wuzzie replied to redraider1977's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not gonna lie, my mind went immediately to "Head, shoulders, knees and toes".
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    Terrible experience with nursing staff

    Wuzzie replied to guest1074638's topic in General Nursing

    I was just 2 weeks ago but the mods took the post
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    Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    Wuzzie replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, you keep saying this but at this point I feel like I need to caution you to please remember that this may be a nursing forum but it is also open to a public who is already panicking about this...
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    Do Not Compare COVID-19 (Coronavirus) To Seasonal Influenza

    Wuzzie replied to 42pines's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And 0.7% outside of