LovingLife123

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  1. Nursing school questions about having a "disability"

    LovingLife123 replied to AlexandraTurner10111's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    You will have a physical that your doctor has to sign for nursing school. You have to be able to lift more than 10lbs. Most jobs will require a physical as well that will require you to prove that...

  2. Understanding different gtts for sedation: Propofol vs Precedex vs Versed vs Fentanyl, etc

    LovingLife123 replied to Catticus11's topic in Critical Care

    I've seen lots of different combos. But never propofol and precedex. It would also seem to me to cause hypotension. Just because I see these drugs do the often individually, so to me combining them...

  3. Is anyone else's ICU more like LTAC?

    LovingLife123 replied to ICUchick's topic in Critical Care

    I see it often. Most of the time, it's because family is very unaccepting of the diagnosis/prognosis and others it's waiting game trying to find somewhere outside of the ICU to place a patient. I...

  4. Is anyone else's ICU more like LTAC?

    LovingLife123 replied to ICUchick's topic in Critical Care

    Wjat is the whole point of a DNR if a family can override it? That makes no sense to me. If he is making himself a DNR, the whole point of that is fir when the time comes, as obviously nobody is in...

  5. HELP!?! New in a SICU... already cried... totally terrified

    LovingLife123 replied to jlv613's topic in Critical Care

    Many ICUs offer jobs to new grads and have for many years. In my opinion, it's the best place for a new grad to

  6. PIV usage for lab draws - POLL

    LovingLife123 replied to dvmcafee's topic in General Nursing

    If my patient doesn't have a line, I use a peripheral. I've read on here many places don't allow it, but we do. For all the labs I have to draw all the time, sticking somebody that many times a day...

  7. HELP!?! New in a SICU... already cried... totally terrified

    LovingLife123 replied to jlv613's topic in Critical Care

    Coming from an ICU nurse, you need to pull yourself together. You have only done two days so far. Two whole days. Nobody expects you to know things in two days. You do however, need to be eager to...

  8. Help! How do I deal with frustrating patients

    LovingLife123 replied to FDE123's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    You have to find a sense of humor with neuro patients. TPA guidelines in a stroke center say they have to go to a Neuro ICU for that 24 hour period. So no, many of them don't qualify for maybe what...

  9. What is a 24h shift like?

    LovingLife123 replied to Skippy97's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of a nurse working 24 hours. You can be mandated a few extra hours in say a disaster or weather emergency, but we do not work 24 hours. That is not safe for patient

  10. Denied entracne into ASN program...story with questions

    LovingLife123 replied to bullery1986's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I'm not sure why you disclosed it if it was the equivalent of a speeding ticket. You don't have to disclose speeding tickets in nursing school. If that was the issue many of us would not be nurses....

  11. Hesi Complaint Phone number

    LovingLife123 replied to jgg765's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It sounds like maybe you need a math class. Math is extremely important in nursing, and yes, in saving a life. You better be able to calculate the right dosage of a med you are giving in a code. Do...

  12. New grad RN challenges

    LovingLife123 replied to jbRN27's topic in General Students

    Just realize that while yes you will have graduated nursing school and passed NCLEX, you know nothing yet. And that's ok, you will get there in time. It's overwhelming and scary, but just push...

  13. PCA Job Offer... Workplace differences

    LovingLife123 replied to irishgirl0821's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you should be concerned. I would back away from it now. That tech should have never presented the unit as such. This could be the reason they are having a hard time finding people to work...

  14. Don't do the physicians work!

    LovingLife123 replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I honestly feel they are pulled too early much if the time on my unit. We end up with retention and having to I&O cath, then anchor a new one which seems like a greater infection risk then just...

  15. Group Research Paper Help

    LovingLife123 replied to skibakm94's topic in General Students

    If you have 2 weeks why do you want a final draft now? I'm all for getting things done early, but you have 2 weeks. Maybe everybody wanted the weekend off. See what happens this

  16. Code status

    LovingLife123 replied to Exhuasted's topic in General Students

    Code A is a full code Code B is a limited code, no Shock, no CPR Code C means we do nothing. We let them

  17. Don't do the physicians work!

    LovingLife123 replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At my hospital it's my responsibility to call the physician for restraint orders if they don't do it. Some reorder at the beginning of their shift. I love those docs. Others I have to ask when they...

  18. Don't do the physicians work!

    LovingLife123 replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do my Cauti checkoffs quarterly. No where do we get foleys reordered every day. That's crazy. We discuss with the physicians the need for a foley when they round and I document foley care each...

  19. Are your pre-req grades a predictor of your grades in nursing school?

    LovingLife123 replied to jss1985's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would worry about getting into nursing school first with a couple of Cs in the sciences. Sciences are usually weighted the heaviest. Nursing school is competitive to get into. I would focus on...

  20. Don't do the physicians work!

    LovingLife123 replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where do foleys have to be reordered

  21. What does your nursing career repair bill say about you?

    LovingLife123 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Not changed a

  22. Cheyne stokes and agonal

    LovingLife123 replied to filigirl23's topic in General Nursing

    Are you talking on the monitor or how the patient looks? On the patient it looks like they are gasping for air. I came on shift one time and my patient needed intubated and was Cheyenne Stokes...

  23. Family videotaping patient care

    LovingLife123 replied to freckles23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Palliative care can be a god send in situations like that. I like ce it when one if the physicians finally gets them to step in with families. Especially ones that are not accepting of a diagnosis....

  24. Family videotaping patient care

    LovingLife123 replied to freckles23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have called security as well. I would have been glad to not be that patients nurse and gladly taken a new assignment. I hate dealing with crazy families. They are grieving right now as...

  25. Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    LovingLife123 replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry. I truly pray when I go to places with a large amount of children, all will be ok. I can't imagine doing CPR on a child. Thankfully, the child went to the hospital with a pulse. You...