LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Question about manual irrigation for 3 way foley!!

    LovingLife123 replied to Race881's topic in General Nursing

    There not a lurelock on it? I always thought a three way was the one with the temp probe. Ive always attached saline to the lurelock and flushed. Why would you pull back? I just flushed my...

  2. This MD culture

    LovingLife123 replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    I would be upset too. I don’t get these small hospitals where physicians think the hospital should run just fine without them. They get paid the big dollars. Call is part of it. It’s that...

  3. Is management breaking the law

    LovingLife123 replied to Kromeus's topic in General Nursing

    I’m trying to understand what law you think they are breaking? Do you think our legislators took time to make a law about briefs in a nursing home? I’m also wondering what kind of brief...

  4. Blood Transfusion

    LovingLife123 replied to Elena88's topic in General Nursing

    I have never “burped” blood when transfusing with a pressure bag. I thought a line was good for four hours, but maybe that is just my

  5. Would you be insulted?

    LovingLife123 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Why don’t you just ask her? Be direct. I was. I had a similar situation, not exactly like yours but had a similar situation. I simply asked why. Was told that other people had asked to precept...

  6. Pit Bull Service Dogs

    LovingLife123 replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would send this up the ladder to administration. I would also remind the patient there is a difference between an emotional support animal and service animal. I own a pit bull and think the breed...

  7. Trigger Warning!

    LovingLife123 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    We don’t know trauma?? Are you kidding? I’m a rape survivor where my rapist then stalked and tried to murder me. It led me to get into an abusive marriage because I was so scared to be alone at...

  8. Trigger Warning!

    LovingLife123 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I’m scared for the world my children are growing up in. No eye contact? Trigger warnings? We are going completely backwards as a society and it’s scary. Human beings can no longer cope...

  9. Air in Line

    LovingLife123 replied to megcmo's topic in General Nursing

    Are you talking if you run the line dry or air

  10. help me prioritize please

    LovingLife123 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    You need to learn to delegate. Not just to the PCAs but to your preceptor. That’s what she is there for. I personally do blood sugars with my meds so it’s all done at once. It sounds like you...

  11. Why do you love your specialty so much?

    LovingLife123 replied to AbbyLane's topic in General Nursing

    I love critical care. I love trying to solve the puzzle, although the puzzle can frustrate me at times when there’s no reason for why a patient deteriorates. Mine deteriorated during my entire...

  12. It’s that most wonderful time of the year (catching everything)

    LovingLife123 replied to pixierose's topic in General Nursing

    Geri parents???

  13. BEWARE of frauds...

    LovingLife123 replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Umm, you can use a smaller size trach. You are incorrect about

  14. Nursing instructor gave a Warning for being late to first day of clinicals despite emailing her? What should I do?

    LovingLife123 replied to faithandfood's topic in General Students

    I don’t understand why you are responsible for getting your sister to school. While you won’t lose your license for being late, you could lose your job. In the real world, you have to be at your...

  15. What if/Is it possible?

    LovingLife123 replied to CollegeStudStudent's topic in General Nursing

    The clinical component is a required part of being able to sit for NCLEX. So, you absolutely have to have a certain amount of clinical time period. Theres a reason for that. NCLEX is about how...

  16. Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    NurseBeth, I had already sent an email before you stated this thread. I sent it directly to the DA. This is setting a dangerous precedent. For those that think she should go to jail, just pray and...

  17. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Who says it was available for 10 minutes? Vanderbilt? And what about the Neuro ICU that called to get it ordered? They knowingly sent a resource nurse to an unmonitored patient to push versed. And...

  18. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Something also to be said here. I’ve read that the whole reason this patient went to the PET scan without monitoring was the fact that she had floor orders. Which is correct. We often will send a...

  19. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This is absolutely crazy that she is being charged. By doing this, nurses will no longer report errors and new safety measures will never come about. This was a med error. A tragic med error....

  20. What is most important to chart on?

    LovingLife123 replied to Red_Diamond's topic in General Nursing

    Yes you can over chart. It can be just as dangerous as

  21. New Grad in NeuroICU

    LovingLife123 replied to gravy94's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Neuro can change at the drop of a hat. Thoroughly understand how to do the stroke scale. Thoroughly understand a GCS scale. You will get everything from the easy stroke patient who received TPA...

  22. End of Shift Note

    LovingLife123 replied to Jeniele's topic in General Nursing

    We don’t do end of shift charting. It’s double charting. Everything needed should be in your boxes that you click. Having to put it in a note is redundant. The only time I physically chart...

  23. Medication error

    LovingLife123 replied to red426's topic in General Nursing

    So, all of this happened on the floor? Why was a cardene gtt sent to the floor? There is honestly all kinds of wrong with this, the least being a nicardipine gtt that almost got to the patient. The...

  24. 41 yr. old business executive going to Nursing School

    LovingLife123 replied to ESP808's topic in General Students

    The one thing that stands out to me is not you switching careers, it's taking money out of your IRA when you are over 40. That's a bad idea in my opinion. Could you go to community college and use...

  25. Are Patients Cared for Equally? Challenges of the VIP Patient

    LovingLife123 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital actually has at least one VIP that could possibly need us every so often. It would scare me to be assigned to this person, but would give the same, great care I give to all my patients....