LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. Concerned about a coworker on stimulants whose heart rate is 110

    LovingLife123 replied to farawayisland's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you be concerned about this?

  2. Lab Values in the ICU

    LovingLife123 replied to Santiago Pinon III's topic in General Nursing

    We use them all the

  3. Shearing/Pressure Sores in Bariatric Patients

    LovingLife123 replied to notanumber's topic in General Nursing

    How are you turning her and how often? Are you putting pillows under a different side each time you turn? Are you talking about leaving the slide sheet under her? That should not be

  4. Bullies

    LovingLife123 replied to dream'n's topic in School

    How does an 8 year old know how to commit suicide or what the heck the consequences of doing that are? Where are the

  5. A Very Sincere Thank You

    LovingLife123 replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Feel better

  6. Intensive Care Nursing Role

    LovingLife123 replied to pjsrav's topic in Critical Care

    You manage vents? I'm curious as we have to have a physician order to change any vent setting which is then done by the respiratory therapist. I touch one or two buttons on the vent and only if my...

  7. Do psychotropic meds contribute to poor decision making sometimes?

    LovingLife123 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It's possible he's going through a manic episode. Maybe he's being treated for the wrong mental illness. Let's not blame poor financial decisions on pills. If it was my loved one, I would have...

  8. iv catheter/needle gauge selection

    LovingLife123 replied to socoamaretto's topic in General Nursing

    We do 18 or 20s. In ICU, if they are going to be there for a bit, we get a PICC. Peripherals go bad so quickly and we are usually drawing labs at the very least daily. Each hospital has their own...

  9. What's Going on with Patients Hgb?

    LovingLife123 replied to NerdyMedSurgNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had a person one time who they thought his cells were eating each other. Did they do a test for fibrin to make sure they weren't going into DIC? I had a guy with crazy low hgb and was in kidney...

  10. Facility not allowing us patient contact

    LovingLife123 replied to stockmanjr's topic in General Students

    This clinical site is receiving a decent amount of money from your school to be there. To not allow you on the unit and for the school to accept this should be completely unacceptable. Your school...

  11. Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    LovingLife123 replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    I love it when people don't read. Normal to me is not normal that everybody. Normal was my group of friends who grew up in I guess I'll call it mainstream Jewish. As I stated in that exact same...

  12. Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    LovingLife123 replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    I meant mainstream Jewish. If you read I then stated more conservative sects. I most familiar with one type of Judaism which were several close friends I grew up with. Sorry if my wording was not up...

  13. Help

    LovingLife123 replied to mcadet1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Maybe try being specific on what it is you are looking for. None of us are mind

  14. Anyone w/ experience on out of pocket Humira cost?!

    LovingLife123 replied to wannabeny's topic in General Nursing

    It's a brand name injection and unfortunately, when your prescription insurance is not that great, that's how much it costs. I'm doing some injections right now and the pharmacy put it in the system...

  15. Is Haloperidol Lactate (short acting) INJECTION administered in ICU

    LovingLife123 replied to 2Bee's topic in Critical Care

    Not IM. I administer it IV. I've given very few IM injections in the

  16. How to get a foot in the door

    LovingLife123 replied to Chrismos's topic in General Nursing

    Have you recently had another person go over your resume and cover letter? There could be an error you are not seeing which is hindering you in getting that initial

  17. Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    LovingLife123 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    If false readings are common, your facility needs to call somebody in to fix those. It's that simple. When people's lives depend on those readings it's important they work

  18. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 2

    LovingLife123 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused on the MRI part as well. Because that's really not how MRIs work. Unless it was maybe an open MRI machine and those work differently somehow? I've never seen one of those in

  19. Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    LovingLife123 replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    They hired her though. It would be illegal and wrong if they asked and then she didn't get hired. She was hired though. You and possibly your friend, are trying to make this a discrimination issue...

  20. Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    LovingLife123 replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    Your friend messed up. They asked her if she was Muslim because that is who normally wears head wraps. That wanted to find out if it was for a religious reason. Had she stated the reason for...

  21. Can lpn do 1st assesment.

    LovingLife123 replied to Chestercopperpot's topic in General Nursing

    In my state, LPNs cannot assess. It really depends on your scope of practice in your

  22. How to get a foot in the door

    LovingLife123 replied to Chrismos's topic in General Nursing

    Where do you live? Do you not have any connections from your previous jobs as an RT, and CT/MRI

  23. New job not what i was expecting

    LovingLife123 replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should be very happy you are getting introduced this way. I'm in ICU and have been for a couple, almost 3 years, and this is also how we do it. You are 3 weeks in. 3 weeks. There is so...

  24. Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    LovingLife123 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I guess then why are you only rechecking abnormal ones, why not recheck all? A 120/80 reading could be just as off, if you don't trust the machine. If I get a BP reading that seems out of range,...

  25. OT for Time, Love or Money???

    LovingLife123 replied to SouthpawRN's topic in General Nursing

    This. And when we cash out our PTO it's only worth a certain percentage amount. They really like us to try and take our PTO which I get. You need a mental break every once in a