LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Should I take biology or chemistry?

    LovingLife123 replied to Brenda Baret's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Biology. I think it’s essential. Most premed students get a bachelors in science before applying to med

  2. Stress in my job. Is nursing really for me?

    LovingLife123 replied to gbchick04's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you have to come up with any answer? You don’t ever have to reveal to anyone that you even know anything. They haven’t fired her yet, she’s scheduled to come back next week. You simply...

  3. What is the lowest hemoglobin you've observed with no symptoms?

    LovingLife123 replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    My question would be, why would you think the lab was off? Were they a new admit? No other labs to look at? Generally I look at trends and if it’s way off then I will recheck. Would there be...

  4. Accept and Adapt or Warning Sign: Attention-Needy Patients Burning Me Out

    LovingLife123 replied to 2018RNat44's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, but then we get them better and sometimes they are in that limbo, of not quite being ready for the floor but not truly ICU sick. I always say if you can hit your call light 8 times in an...

  5. What do you eat during your shifts?

    LovingLife123 replied to socal212's topic in General Nursing

    When I was on nights I did fruit, vegetables, and nuts. I always tried to eat light as heavy food weighed me down and made me

  6. Accept and Adapt or Warning Sign: Attention-Needy Patients Burning Me Out

    LovingLife123 replied to 2018RNat44's topic in General Nursing

    People are whiny everywhere. I’m in ICU and we still have people on their call lights all day and I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of crazy families we deal with. I always start my...

  7. Putting in orders without an order.

    LovingLife123 replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree with this, I also realize that our docs have like 20-25 patients on my unit alone and I have two patients. So I can tell them what I need, and wait for them to finish rounding and maybe...

  8. What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    LovingLife123 replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I don’t understand how you can be going for your DNP and want to educate future nurses but not believe in EBP. It makes no sense. This is not about people having differing beliefs, like say...

  9. Dilute Lasix before giving IV?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest1139088's topic in General Nursing

    Do you guys not realize that even oxygen is considered a medication and that you can’t apply or titrate without an order? Do you realize you can’t ambulate a patient without an order? While many...

  10. Dilute Lasix before giving IV?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest1139088's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Because that’s what my policy tells me to do. To dilute with 15mL of sterile water, then flush with 15mL sterile water. If it’s potassium or miralax, it tells me exactly how much to dilute...

  11. Is this a hostile work environment?

    LovingLife123 replied to PlS82's topic in General Nursing

    This post does not make

  12. Putting in orders without an order.

    LovingLife123 replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    It depends. We put in a lot of orders ourselves to begin with. I will often through in a restraint order then when I see the physician next, I say Hey, I put such and such order under you, just do...

  13. Dilute Lasix before giving IV?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest1139088's topic in General Nursing

    You are wrong. You have to have an order to dilute medication. Just like you can’t combine medications when putting them down feeding tubes. It’s called compounding medication which is outside...

  14. Nurse Assault: My Story

    LovingLife123 replied to Shawna Kratochwill's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I had a pt that was totally inappropriate with me one shift. Fortunately, one of my male colleagues could hear him and knew things were going to go in a bad direction. He came in, set firmly told the...

  15. Dilute Lasix before giving IV?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest1139088's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you mixing it? To me, that’s practicing outside of your scope of practice. There is absolutely no indication to do this. When we have any medication that requires diluting, we have an...

  16. Career doom or new age of nursing?

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse8080's topic in General Nursing

    OP, you are 3 months in. You are going to feel overwhelmed and crazy after 3 months as a brand new nurse on any floor. It honestly takes a year or more to feel comfortable. I started in ICU. I...

  17. Is this rude or is it just me?

    LovingLife123 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    I do it so I don’t forget. If a patient puts on their call light and I answer because their nurse is busy, I will let the other nurse know. I may get pulled into my room for an extended period of...

  18. NCLEX in 75?

    LovingLife123 replied to skayel's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I felt the same way. The machine shut off at 75 and I was upset. I thought I wasn’t doing well and truly thought I’d go to 200. I cried the whole way home. It was Friday afternoon. I cried...

  19. What Is One’s Opinion If You See A Man Wearing a Dansko Shoes?

    LovingLife123 replied to Ben_Dover's topic in General Nursing

    They have a men’s selection. I used to love them, but switched to

  20. Why are we not auscultating the lungs for NG tube placement?

    LovingLife123 replied to NRnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Generally when I put an NG down, I immediately get stomach contents back. Do you not? If you were in the lungs you would hear coughing, no return, and possible

  21. Nurse vs Respiratory

    LovingLife123 replied to TheSixFootThree's topic in General Nursing

    This is not true. I have never once administered a breathing treatment. The RT pulls the meds and administers. RNs do certain inhalers, where the pt inhales the powder from the split capsule....

  22. What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    LovingLife123 replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Career change. It should not be possible to get a masters or doctorate in nursing and not believe in the flu

  23. TikTok Nurses Drama

    LovingLife123 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I guess at 60, you are more hip than me. And I have a teenager. Who is this “nurse influencer” influencing exactly, if this is tweens and teenagers? I guess that’s what I don’t get?...

  24. Patient’s family threatening to report me to BNE

    LovingLife123 replied to GilligansPlace's topic in General Nursing

    I would not worry, you did nothing wrong. I work in icu and if I get a pressure like that we normally start with giving a bolus. Obviously, we don’t call RR in icu, but I would not have called. I...

  25. Nurse vs Respiratory

    LovingLife123 replied to TheSixFootThree's topic in General Nursing

    Why did you not call RT? I never administer breathing treatments. Our RTs often scan them later. If my patient is having issues breathing, I do my nursing interventions and call RT. That’s why...