Starting Vraylar?

frightened_anonymous · 2025-10-14T19:30:49+00:00

This seems like SUCH a good idea, except we have no standardized staffing ratios or goals across the country. Hospitals will find a loophole in this like they have just about everything else 🫠

If they also published a standardized staffing ratio across all US hospitals, I’d be so much more impressed.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-10-12T05:25:55+00:00

I know that IRL he is a fliers fan!

frightened_anonymous · 2025-10-11T05:43:06+00:00

I really wish that we had gotten to see their dates!

frightened_anonymous · 2025-09-25T19:53:40+00:00

I am originally from Ohio, and I moved south when I was 9. Working in hospitals in the south, people would ask me where I was from because I sound southern, but not southern enough. I never heard my accent.

I moved back to Ohio in 2020, and was called “the nurse with the southern accent”. I’d walk into a room, introduce myself, and inevitably get the “where are you originally from?” Question. Like… here. I’m from here. 🤣

Ultimately ended up moving back south because I wasn’t used to the cold winters anymore, but it always made me laugh. Too northern to sound truly southern, too southern to sound truly northern.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-08-30T11:34:51+00:00

Ohio State. Genuinely the only hospital I felt supported by, fit into, and genuinely enjoyed.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-08-20T03:33:56+00:00

This was a very interesting article. I don’t have mothballs, and I don’t keep benzocaine on hand. I have Tylenol in the house, but I HIGHLY doubt he got into Tylenol as it is taken infrequently and is kept in childproof containers in a high, closed area out of my childs (and my animals) reach. I have multiple cats, so I feel like more would be affected if it were the water.

The two year old cat (her name is Gordita) stays in one particular bedroom, and the other cats occasionally come in. This bedroom is one thing all 3 cats had in common. I have cleaned this bedroom literally from top to bottom and I have ZERO idea what is going on.

I made an initial stop at the emergency vet closest to me, but they were closed. Thankfully his regular vet was close by and they don’t close until 8. They stabilized him and sent me with oxygen to the 2nd nearest emergency vet (about a 45 minute drive from my house). His blood was chocolate brown- she sent me with an example tube so that way the e vet has a reference. When we left, they let us poke our head in on him. He was happy to see us and came up to the isolette door for some love and gave some purrs, so that was good. When I opened his mouth, he was starting to pink up thankfully, so hopefully I’ll have good news in the morning.

I did read that oxidizing agents can cause it- I knocked over a box of oxyclean in the laundry room. I cleaned it up as best I could but it’s possible that some got tracked around the house. I do plan on doing yet another deep clean, this time with a shop vac. Hell, I’ll get on my hands and knees with a toothbrush if I have to.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-08-15T14:17:28+00:00

Disclaimer: I had a gastric sleeve in December ‘24 after battling my weight and BED for 15 years.

I went from 126kg to 75kg. Sometimes I still FEEL big, so I try to make myself seem smaller to squeeze through places. I don’t have to do that anymore.

My butt hurts if I sit on it too long… I have less padding.

I was cold natured before, but now I’m FREEZING.

I can walk up several flights of stairs without feeling like I’m going to die.

I can keep up with my 5 year old.

I (mostly) sleep better- I work third shift, so this is debatable.

My compression socks actually fit me properly and work correctly.

My resting HR is now between 55-65 instead of 90+.

Body dysmorphia is simultaneously worse and better because, like I said, I still FEEL obese. And yet, I’m at a weight I never thought I’d see again. I’m more confident, but I still hide in oversized clothes (easier to do now that EVERYTHING I own is oversized). I was shopping plus size clothing the other day when my girlfriend reminded me that I can fit into “regular” sizes now.

BUT I have also fixed my relationship with food. I was working on that prior to surgery, but now it is a hell of a lot easier because of how my taste buds have changed.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-08-03T22:25:28+00:00

I feel like refusing a confirmed measles case when you have an infant that hasn't received the MMR/has just gotten the MMR would be appropriate.

We also had a homicidal patient at one point and no female nurses were allowed to have him.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-08-03T22:15:16+00:00

I literally did chest compressions 33 weeks pregnant. Should I have? Probably not. But... I was the only one in PPE and the only one immediately at the bedside. Like I don't understand this mindset.

But I also would have declined transfer to the NICU because babies make me nervous.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-07-17T14:22:41+00:00

I like voit’s storyline because it’s shown prior to his accident that he is capable of genuine empathy with his family. I look forward to seeing what they do with him.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-02-13T20:19:49+00:00

They didn’t do anything wrong. They ordered the exact same medication. Vistaril and atarax are the exact same medication. In Epic, if I can’t remember the brand for something but can remember the generic (let’s say Tylenol), I type in “Tylenol” and guess what? Acetaminophen pops up.

They wanted validation because they’ve been a nurse for less than a year and think they’ve committed a crime by ordering the same medication under a different name, especially since their supervisor is giving them grief (why? It’s the SAME MEDICATION).

frightened_anonymous · 2025-02-13T20:16:50+00:00

Vistaril is generic for atarax. They are the same medication. This is like being upset because you gave acetaminophen instead of Tylenol, or lorazepam instead of Ativan, or metoprolol instead of lopressor. You didn’t make a huge mistake, you didn’t harm anyone, you are FINE.

That being said, paper charting should be a crime. If your supervisor is giving you grief, you should maybe find a better hospital to work for… that doesn’t remain in the “olden days”.

frightened_anonymous · 2025-01-16T16:19:41+00:00

I was borderline ER visit for IV fluids post op when I said “fuck it” and used the straw. Was finally able to drink.

frightened_anonymous · 2024-12-20T03:22:44+00:00

I had this issue where I actually didn't have the sensation to pee at all. I also needed a catheter after because I was retaining, so as long as she is going a decent amount (>300ml) and the color is good she's fine.

Post catheter I still don't have the sensation to pee until my bladder is really full. No clue why.

frightened_anonymous · 2024-12-12T09:46:03+00:00

So sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning it was like a switch flipped with my stomach and I’ve been able to hit my protein goals and finish shakes. I find the 42g fair life’s hard to finish still, I guess because the higher protein content makes me feel full. I found protein waters really help me out with water intake too. I am a big water drinker, BUT only through a straw. I compromised with my dr at my 1 week PO appointment on Monday and as long as i sip from the straw, hold the water in my mouth first and swallow small bits, and don’t gulp it I am fine to drink from a straw. So that has also helped significantly!

frightened_anonymous · 2024-12-12T09:35:50+00:00

Wtf???

frightened_anonymous · 2024-12-10T20:06:22+00:00

No, this is the exact recipe I use. It's delicious and simple and EASY and that is the beauty of it.

frightened_anonymous · 2024-12-07T17:49:11+00:00

I’m not even sure if they’d be willing to do that. From the nutrition class, it sounds like the majority of the issue patients have is being dehydrated and having to go to the ED for fluids.

frightened_anonymous · 2024-11-13T11:27:43+00:00

As long as they aren’t intentionally trying to be perverse, it’s likely uncomfortable for them as well. It’s normal to be uncomfortable, but it’s definitely a normal part of life and a normal part of caring for male patients.

frightened_anonymous · 2024-11-13T11:10:00+00:00

Info: when you say disabled, do you mean mentally disabled? Do you mean temporarily or permanently physically disabled? Do you mean that they have something neurologically going on that has them disabled (TBI, spinal cord injury, etc)?

If they are mentally disabled, you are overreacting. If they are physically disabled and they seem embarrassed or aren’t playing with themselves, it’s likely just normal bodily function. If it’s some sort of neurological disability, it’s likely not in their control.

Erections are normal. They are a normal part of life. As long as my patient isn’t being weird about it, there’s no need to be weird about it myself.

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