Wuzzie

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    It's That Time of Year Again: Preparing for Influenza Season

    Wuzzie replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    Getting mine when I come back from vacation even though I had a reaction to it last
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    What is the latest you’ve been called in while being on call?

    Wuzzie replied to nburg003's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't have a leg to stand on. Technically I was on call until
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    Ethical Dilemma: Is it ever ok to mislead a patient?

    Wuzzie replied to RNjuice's topic in General Nursing

    So just to be clear, you think because my dementia patient with Sezary thinks that the monoclonal antibody infusion we give her to keep her skin from peeling off (increasing her risk for infection)...
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    Ethical Dilemma: Is it ever ok to mislead a patient?

    Wuzzie replied to RNjuice's topic in General Nursing

    Geez, why didn't we think of that? SMDH. It's all well and good when everything works out that way but we have a situation now with a patient whose HPOA now has dementia and they have no other family....
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    Ethical Dilemma: Is it ever ok to mislead a patient?

    Wuzzie replied to RNjuice's topic in General Nursing

    Soooo, we should let the dementia patient suffer because they are incapable of giving consent because, let's face it, "informed consent" with dementia patients is an
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    Will I lose my nursing license for a traffic violation?

    Wuzzie replied to karmax1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh come
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    What is the latest you’ve been called in while being on call?

    Wuzzie replied to nburg003's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Discharged one patient (I was in the ED at the time) and left.
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    Will I lose my nursing license for a traffic violation?

    Wuzzie replied to karmax1's topic in General Nursing

    Never asked her to apologize to us and don't expect her to.
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    Will I lose my nursing license for a traffic violation?

    Wuzzie replied to karmax1's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly no. It was a girl and her 6 year old twin brothers. Another boy was injured as well. A lot of times it's more than one child because they offload in
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    Will I lose my nursing license for a traffic violation?

    Wuzzie replied to karmax1's topic in General Nursing

    I never said anything about her nursing license and I wasn't implying anything I was pretty straight up about it as I always am. We obviously disagree on this subject but as far as I'm concerned...
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    Will I lose my nursing license for a traffic violation?

    Wuzzie replied to karmax1's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody said she was a bad
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    Will I lose my nursing license for a traffic violation?

    Wuzzie replied to karmax1's topic in General Nursing

    No overreaction, it's such a huge problem that many states are looking at increasing the penalties. The risk of injuring or killing a child by ignoring this particular law is much higher than going 5...
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    Will I lose my nursing license for a traffic violation?

    Wuzzie replied to karmax1's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, try this approach/excuse with the judge and see what that gets you. Depending on your state it could be a year in prison. Did you know that at 35mph you travel 51 ft in one second? Cities and...
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    Dosage calculation

    Wuzzie replied to thepersistentone28's topic in General Students

    Yeah, you got yourself freaked out and rounded to the tenth instead of the hundredth. It happens. So is that the only thing you were doing wrong (rounding off) or did you have difficulty coming up...
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    Dosage calculation

    Wuzzie replied to thepersistentone28's topic in General Students

    Oh yes you do and thinking that you don't is going to set you up for errors!! To the OP, what Letters After My Name said is true. It's just math, easy math and I suck at math. My guess is you are...
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    Will I lose my nursing license for a traffic violation?

    Wuzzie replied to karmax1's topic in General Nursing

    I would think the possibility of killing a child would be
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    Job Opportunity or Relationship

    Wuzzie replied to ctruon1's topic in General Nursing

    This sentence disturbs
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    How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

    Wuzzie replied to RNinheart's topic in General Nursing

    I work 5 days a week. 5 sets. Wear once and wash the lot on the weekend. I don't separate from regular clothes. 31+years and haven't caught a thing from my scrubs. Now the grocery cart handles is...
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    Job Opportunity or Relationship

    Wuzzie replied to ctruon1's topic in General Nursing

    It appears he already
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    What is the latest you’ve been called in while being on call?

    Wuzzie replied to nburg003's topic in General Nursing

    6:45pm (7a-7p shift). Pretty sure the CN did it for
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    Positioning an older, chronic lung baby

    Wuzzie replied to leopardprintnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The bumpers are too small. You can try a towel if the baby is still
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    Ethical Dilemma: Is it ever ok to mislead a patient?

    Wuzzie replied to RNjuice's topic in General Nursing

    I have a patient with dementia who has Sezary. We are giving her a monoclonal antibody to control her disease. It is not technically chemo in the traditional sense even though she has cancer and that...
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    Positioning an older, chronic lung baby

    Wuzzie replied to leopardprintnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I used a big blanket (adults sized) rolled into a long tube and made a "horseshoe" under the fitted sheet. Their butts rested in the curve at the bottom and the sides kept them upright and also helped...
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    right med, right dose, wrong route... ouchhhh

    Wuzzie replied to rvzohfeld's topic in General Nursing

    Which is exactly why they do this. Healthcare corporations pay lip-service to the public about how they "care" about their patients when everybody and their brother knows that first and foremost they...
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    right med, right dose, wrong route... ouchhhh

    Wuzzie replied to rvzohfeld's topic in General Nursing

    It is very, very likely she was instructed not to. As an RN you should know this. Anytime an event like this happens attending physicians, administration and risk management are the ones who talk to...