LovingLife123

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  1. Politics in the Nursing Work Place: When Conflicts Arise

    LovingLife123 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I don't discuss politics at all with my coworkers. Some make comments here and there, but it's not a topic of conversation. I prefer it that way. When patients make comments, I very rarely comment...

  2. Nurses Eat Their Young

    LovingLife123 replied to Dairian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    First, this is homework. Second, Darian has now collected her data and will write her paper on NETY which I'm guessing is due in the next few days. Third, I'm guessing that what is actually truly...

  3. New RN Grad Need Guidance Please :()

    LovingLife123 replied to NewICUNurse93's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When they say you aren't assessing well, what does that mean? Are you missing things, or just not putting together what you are assessing into the big picture? Are you not taking action on your...

  4. Help with CIWA & RASS

    LovingLife123 replied to JustAdmitToObs's topic in General Nursing

    CIWA is alcohol withdrawal. RASS is the scape you use to measure sedation, like with an intubate patient and you have them on a sedating medication such as propofol. They measure two separate...

  5. withholding medications ethical dilemma

    LovingLife123 replied to WILLTHEMURSE's topic in General Nursing

    As a person with chronic pain, I completely agree with this. There are responsible narcotic users out

  6. withholding medications ethical dilemma

    LovingLife123 replied to WILLTHEMURSE's topic in General Nursing

    On a CIWA scale, it's ordered every hour. If the patient was sleeping each time she went in, which should have been every hour, then no Ativan would have been necessary as the patient would probably...

  7. withholding medications ethical dilemma

    LovingLife123 replied to WILLTHEMURSE's topic in General Nursing

    Was the nurse assessing CIWA every hour? Were there other signs besides the anxiety? Was she hallucinating, sweaty, was she shaking? The purpose of Ativan with a CIWA is to prevent DTs. You have...

  8. It's all good except for...

    LovingLife123 replied to Estateboy's topic in General Nursing

    I had to chuckle at this. You think that when a woman finds out her husband cheats on her and gets a divorce, that turns her into a bitter, man-hating shrew??? Come on. I think I see the problem...

  9. Nurses aggravating my patients.

    LovingLife123 replied to WittySarcasm's topic in General Nursing

    I would have just explained to the patient that you weren't talking about her. You were in another room, this nurse was helping you with a call light and you mentioned that her next pain meds weren't...

  10. PEG tube

    LovingLife123 replied to Waterunderbridge's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's not wise. You get the med switched to IV if possible. You would just suck out the med. And if they are vomiting, they would more than likely just vomit the med anyway even if you weren't...

  11. Gave medications too early is this an error?

    LovingLife123 replied to daniela095's topic in Patient Medications

    I would have just called pharmacy to see if they scheduled it properly. Sometimes they schedule things wrong and don't realize it, or maybe you have the right dose at the right time. It depends on...

  12. Small hospital stopping services?

    LovingLife123 replied to 7vt0*8's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a big-city, large, teaching hospital. We do all of our own lab draws, ekgs, bladder scans, all of it. We don't even have an IV team. Cost cutting measures!!

  13. What does this presentation mean? NOT HOMEWORK.

    LovingLife123 replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    How much Lasix is she on a day? And what time did she take it related to when her appointment was? That would help with her BP. Lasix will lower your BP. But with the cellulitis, I would also be...

  14. The life or death squatty potty

    LovingLife123 replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    All of our code carts have step stools as well. I'm 5' nothing. I need one to adequately do compressions against the rest of the people doing compressions. You can't adjust the bed up and down all...

  15. A Fib in a young person...

    LovingLife123 replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother had A-Fib her entire life. She had a valve defect from

  16. The life or death squatty potty

    LovingLife123 replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    The tech never should have asked. Run in grab it, leave. I wouldn't even tell the patient what I was doing with it. It's a code. I'd tell her to call her family to bring her personal squatty...

  17. How many phone calls do you get as a bedside nurse?

    LovingLife123 replied to RNgemini's topic in General Nursing

    I always travel with my patients so I go when transport shows up. On my unit, speech, OT, and PT come to the unit because there are multiple patients to see and just come ask me in person if they can...

  18. Iv antibiotic running as primary?

    LovingLife123 replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    We run antibiotics as a primary. I prime the the tubing with normal saline. I then run the antibiotic and run a flush of normal saline behind. All medication gets to the patient and none is lost...

  19. Is it wrong to start infusion that will not finish till next shift?

    LovingLife123 replied to Capp's topic in Patient Medications

    That's what I was wondering as well. What if somebody is on a continuous drip like levo? It literally makes no sense that you must finish all infusions on your own

  20. Is it wrong to start infusion that will not finish till next shift?

    LovingLife123 replied to Capp's topic in Patient Medications

    Why would you be annoyed? It's scanned, up, and running. Depending on how your facility runs piggybacks, the most you would have to do is spike a flush bag behind it and then shut off a pump. How...

  21. Failed health assessment test...encouragement, please

    LovingLife123 replied to futureclern's topic in General Students

    Start at the head and work your way down. Do it over and over until it becomes habit. Eventually, you'll be able to do a full head to toe assessment in minutes. But it takes lots of

  22. gauze left intentionally during surgery?

    LovingLife123 replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I often see this with my surgical patients. Most are open belly patients and I recently saw one that had an abscess in the buttock. They soaked the gauze in

  23. Lpn working in Labor and delivery

    LovingLife123 replied to Alexisanne293's topic in General Nursing

    I would go and get my RN if you feel that strongly about being in labor and delivery. Unless you can find a hospital that utilizes LPNs as techs. But if I was an LPN myself, I would not want that...

  24. Is it wrong to start infusion that will not finish till next shift?

    LovingLife123 replied to Capp's topic in Patient Medications

    That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. The comment stating that their license is on the line is crazy and makes the nurse that stated that look stupid. We often have antibiotics run...

  25. Hospice runner

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurseesg's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Never heard of a hospice