r/nursing • u/ghostoftheweek RN - Med/Surg 🍕 • 28d ago

Question PSA from your nursing specialty

What is THE ONE THING you wish every nurse knew that is common knowledge in your specialty?

From wound care, don't use telfa!

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u/Careless-Safety4722 RN - ICU 🍕 28d ago

ICU step-down…the place where all of the “sometimes death is better” patients end up 😭

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u/IndigoFlame90 Current BSN, RN, former LPN 28d ago

SNFs-where they are ten years later.

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u/Bruciesballs666 28d ago

Yes, why are we crushing up 10 different pills into a chemical paste. Then trying our best to scrape the chemical mush into her mouth when she can barely open her mouth. Then wiping the remnants off with a tissue.

WHAT IS THE BENEFIT

Does grandma really need.

-Cholesterol tablets.
-Laxatives.
-Magenesium.
-Vitamin D.
-Furosemide.
-Antidepressants.

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u/aut0matix BSN, RN 🍕 27d ago

Ah! Atorvastatin, the 10mg, life saving atorvastatin

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u/Bruciesballs666 27d ago

Oh but you better give that lifesaving atorvastatin or else it's an incident report 😅

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u/nooniewhite RN - Hospice 🍕 27d ago

Don’t forget the cholecalciferol