LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Am I overreacting?

    LovingLife123 replied to Jvn11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Epidurals are a pretty common occurrence at least in my facility. There should be a hospital policy on them and they really aren't that difficult to manage. I feel if you are doing your assessments...

  2. Am I overreacting?

    LovingLife123 replied to Jvn11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How do you think you will learn? You simply ask questions and learn when you aren't sure about

  3. Medical Response?

    LovingLife123 replied to firedupnursing70's topic in General Nursing

    I'll admit I don't know the different levels of EMT. I know our EMTs intubate. I will also say, the EMTs are not diagnosing the extreme amount of head injury here. Only an MRI can do that....

  4. Should I work tomorrow?

    LovingLife123 replied to amyn87's topic in General Nursing

    Some places will requires note after 3 absences and some will also require you to file for FMLA after so many consecutive days. You need to know your

  5. new staffing laws in mass? CA nurses

    LovingLife123 replied to lorie101's topic in General Nursing

    It's actually kind of scary all the fear mongeting tactics and how far these hospitals are willing to go. I'll be honest, if staffing ratios are in line with patient safety, you shouldn't need a...

  6. Rant. Questions are killing me!

    LovingLife123 replied to broughden's topic in General Students

    It's a cultural question. C is the correct answer. It's not a HIPAA violation to discuss cultural beliefs regarding medicine with the family. On NCLEX you will have cultural belief

  7. Pregnant working in a very understaffed ICU

    LovingLife123 replied to alicestill's topic in Critical Care

    5 patients in the icu is completely dangerous. What is manager doing to rectify this? I'd be outta there like yesterday if anyone expected me to take 5 vented patients.

  8. BLS/ACLS renewal question

    LovingLife123 replied to MJRRN's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't with me. I had to renew my BLS last year even though I'm ACLS certified and have been for almost 2 years. I dont understand why that

  9. Medical Response?

    LovingLife123 replied to firedupnursing70's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I missed having O2 on scene. This is a very weird

  10. Medical Response?

    LovingLife123 replied to firedupnursing70's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have a blood pressure though. So you don't know what the MAP is. You don't do compressions with a heart rate. The heart is still pumping. The EMTs will probably intubate because with...

  11. Medical Response?

    LovingLife123 replied to firedupnursing70's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you think you would do CPR with a pulse? Can you give me your rationale on why you

  12. documenting a chart check?

    LovingLife123 replied to ddrn97's topic in General Nursing

    Chart checks should be entered at the end of each shift so you can easily check the orders that were completed the previous shift and make sure none were missed. That's the actual purpose of them....

  13. I can't do it all (mom rant)

    LovingLife123 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I could have written this. My son is in 7th. It's exhausting and we make progress in one subject to drop in another. His attention span is awful. I try to study with him and I'll be in the middle...

  14. Removed from Nurse Residency Program-Should I Try Psych?

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

    There has to be something else. Heck, I still suck at IVs. We don't start that many in the ICU. And tube priming? There's a skill to that? Lol. They were making excuses to you. We did I'V...

  15. Omnicell vs Pyxis

    LovingLife123 replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    You can with Pyxis as well. It depends on what version you

  16. Blood specimen from iv sites.

    LovingLife123 replied to omotee's topic in General Nursing

    What labs were you drawing?? Blood is blood. The lab results wouldn't be different. I'm trying to understand people's rationale on this. Why does it matter if the IV is "days old"? If you are...

  17. How do you deal with a rape threat from a patient?

    LovingLife123 replied to pearlbubbles's topic in Critical Care

    The police decided to not press charges? I thought that was up to you. I'm very sorry this happened to you. I think EAP would be a great place to

  18. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to say, I work at a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Our patients are brought to us by IR. We have motorized beds. I suffered from hyperemisis gravidum most of my last pregnancy. I vomited...

  19. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    LovingLife123 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    Actually OP, pregnancy is a federally recognized disability. Also, at my hospital, IR brings all of our patients back to the ICU. It seems to me you are the one with problems doing their job. The...

  20. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    LovingLife123 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    Why you need a witness at all fascinates me. I've had numerous procedures and surgeries in my life, not once has a nurse or MA physically witnessed my consent. Not once. My patient got a procedure...

  21. Sign A Consent Without Witnessing Actual Signature

    LovingLife123 replied to knotizer12's topic in General Nursing

    I know every facility is different but it doesn't make sense to me to have a nurse or MA physically witness a consent. The only time I have sign a witness is a phone consent. Otherwise, the surgeons...

  22. HIPPA/FAXING/PMShift

    LovingLife123 replied to Lapreea's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for a pharmacy that only did LTC facilities back in the day. This was pre everything being sent electronically. All we did was faxes. The room where faxes were received was completely...

  23. Help me out here....

    LovingLife123 replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    I've never used a chest tube where any fluids go through the water seal. But, I've never collected sputum into a chest tube either. I've collected blood and the fluid that collects into the pleural...

  24. I am taking Taekwondo!

    LovingLife123 replied to SuperMomBob88's topic in General Nursing

    The vast majority do not provide medics. You hand out ice, kiss boo boos from the little kids, and call medics for the big

  25. I am taking Taekwondo!

    LovingLife123 replied to SuperMomBob88's topic in General Nursing

    We often had nurse's volunteer at my son's martial arts tournaments. It's not a big deal. It was all first aid. We did have a guy one time completely shatter his knee and femur. You just stabilize...