LovingLife123

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  1. FINALLY I Passed my NCLEX-RN

    LovingLife123 replied to joycie11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    God had nothing to do with you passing

  2. Protonix & CHF

    LovingLife123 replied to EmxoRenee's topic in General Students

    What is your patient's level of activity? I'm guessing with CHF, and in the hospital, it's low. How are they eating? When a patient is in a bed for a long period of time, the hydrochloric acid in...

  3. Manager wants me to alter documentation on expired patient

    LovingLife123 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I was kind of wondering what this 75% box is as

  4. Manager wants me to alter documentation on expired patient

    LovingLife123 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are your patients not hooked up to monitors the entire time? Is this an ICU? If you "coded" the patient you had to have gotten vitals. Technically, the infusion did finish. Why would you infuse...

  5. Propofol Infusion syndrome?

    LovingLife123 replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    I would think most of your patients that need sedated are way too unstable to use propofol. Just like you said, it drops BP quickly. I would be very hesitant to use it out in the field as

  6. Nursing notes & legal stuff

    LovingLife123 replied to Jamuhh's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you need to state will continue to monitor? It sounds like you are not taking any action on the issues but just monitoring. I don't put any notes in unless I need to explain additional...

  7. Propofol Infusion syndrome?

    LovingLife123 replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    We use a lot of propofol. I'm also an adult icu nurse. We also trend triglycerides and watch out for things like urine turning green. We use fentanyl and prop together. Sometimes a patient will be...

  8. Dr. denigrates NPs, cites low IQ etc

    LovingLife123 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Looks like a lot of

  9. Am i potentially liable for this incident?

    LovingLife123 replied to NooNieNursie's topic in General Nursing

    If you had sent the patient to the ER, the ER physician would have ordered the head CT. The patient had a hematoma already. I don't know why you are relying on the Neuro assessment so much. A lot...

  10. Terrified!!!

    LovingLife123 replied to Orchid535353's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why do you want to switch careers? And why nursing? These are two important questions. What is the new grad market in your are? What are hospitals hiring? ASN or BSN nurses? How is your...

  11. Am i potentially liable for this incident?

    LovingLife123 replied to NooNieNursie's topic in General Nursing

    Do you need an order from the physician to send to the ER? While not every fall can be sent to the ER, a fall and hit to the head should be. Was this patient on any blood thinners? Most elderly...

  12. How full do you fill your lab vials?

    LovingLife123 replied to Exhuasted's topic in General Nursing

    You just fill until the vacutainer stops filling. Some only need 1mL or 2, others need more. Are you putting more

  13. Nasotracheal Suctioning

    LovingLife123 replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

    If you are not in the US, I guess it's a whole different ball game to which I cannot speak. In my experience here, people that can't cough and have issues swallowing would have trachs in if it was a...

  14. The Men in OB Debate: Help!

    LovingLife123 replied to jay_prn's topic in General Nursing

    Just be prepared to be told that a patient wants another nurse. As someone who has spent time in a pregnancy forum a little over a year ago, there are many, many women who will not even go to a male...

  15. Nasotracheal Suctioning

    LovingLife123 replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

    I would need to know why you NT suctioning an alert patient? It is horribly uncomfortable and painful for that patient. I've only ever seen it done on an alert patient one time and it was a very...

  16. Accidental Pill Pusher

    LovingLife123 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    This article shows me that nurses do not understand addiction either by most of these comments. It's not the simple, oh it started with a pain medicine prescription for a toothache. The problem of...

  17. Refusing Antibiotics after gbs testing

    LovingLife123 replied to Teacheer's topic in General Nursing

    We cannot give medical advice on here. But it begs me to wonder, why has our society gotten to the point where we no longer trust medical professionals and refuse life saving medications. I...

  18. New Career

    LovingLife123 replied to Lamby's topic in General Nursing

    Why did you get a nursing degree to start

  19. Do Hospitals Get Prestigious National Awards for Poor Nursing?

    LovingLife123 replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    I know the article wasn't written for the general public to see. He makes it sound like this hospital was chosen because it was a magnet hospital which supposedly have excellence in nursing care....

  20. Squeamishness

    LovingLife123 replied to Dinatg's topic in General Nursing

    You don't look at their parts as sexual, you look st them as

  21. Do Hospitals Get Prestigious National Awards for Poor Nursing?

    LovingLife123 replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    I call horsepucky on this. First of all, since when is magnet status prestigious to the public? Ask 50 members of your community what magnet status means, not one can tell you. And this doctor is...

  22. Verbal order-Denied by resident

    LovingLife123 replied to Traumamama02's topic in Emergency

    I read it and you are still wrong. Attending wanted versed. Not propofol. Resident got the prop ready. As an icu nurse, I would have been upset getting that whole mess dumped in my lap expecting...

  23. Verbal order-Denied by resident

    LovingLife123 replied to Traumamama02's topic in Emergency

    When you realized there was no order did you call the MD to get an order put in? Or could you put it in as a verbal? Yes, you were wrong if you just hung it with no attempt to get an order or put on...

  24. Will I have a social life in nursing school

    LovingLife123 replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nope. No life. At all. Just kidding. I don't understand people who claim to have no life in nursing school. I had a very fulfilling personal life and still graduated with honors. There is such a...

  25. NG insertion fail..anyone else?

    LovingLife123 replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    Could it have been an anatomical issue? Especially if she had a traumatic insertion in the