sewillia

sewillia specializes in Med/surg;correctional;nursing homes;OR.

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1. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

   sewillia replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

   Hello New Grads... The only advises that I can give to you are,make sure you have a good preceptor and be in a good preceptor program for new grads. Ask questions,even if it's a simple one,because all questions are important. Be in the thick of it,ev...

2. Electronic Charting

   sewillia replied to nursepandra's topic in Med-Surg

   Since electronic charting has develope for faster and easier charting,it hasn't. If you are new to the system,it will take you estimated time...3 months to get it down pack and if you have medication administration also with electronic charting...God...

3. Nursing and dealing with death

   sewillia replied to borinick1492's topic in Career Support

   As nurse...part of your practice is dealing with life and death. There's no easy way in dealing with death of a family member or even a friend. Just being supportive to the family and the patient is the most you can do. How to be supportive...just be...

4. How much experience is good for a new agency nurse

   sewillia replied to RoyalNurse's topic in Agency

   It really depends on how comfortable you feel working in a different hospital and with different personalities. To be comfortable and confident as a travel nurse I would give it 2 years experience or more. I started out as a travel with 20years of ex...

5. Is anyone else getting cancelled like crazy?!?!?!

   sewillia replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Agency

   i know this is old news, but a lot of travel and agency nurses that i have talked with have been cancelled in the month of december and january due to the hospial fiscal buget and the poor economy. many nurses from the west coast to the east coast ha...

6. Peg tube residual

   sewillia replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

   G-tube residuals that are like 5cc, I would push it back in. but 300mls...No, I would discard it and let the stomach rest and Call the MD and let them know what's going on with the patient. That's like swallowing your own vomit. Yuck!

7. And whatever you do.... DON'T.. FALL... ASLEEP

   sewillia replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

   Dental floss...?????

8. Which agencies are the best?

   sewillia replied to Malt123's topic in Agency

   Hi Go to Hypodermichighway.com...they have the top ten nursing agency with questions to ask different agencys what they offer. I will warn you, each agency has their advantages and disadvantages, you need to ask questions and list your pros and cons ...

9. What I Love About Nursing Is....

   sewillia replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   When your Patient tells you thank you for doing a simple task, like a back rub when they can't sleep or fluffing their pillow or giving a blanket when their room is chilly. If they don't appreciate it, I still continue to perform comfort care.

10. 30 minute timeframe to give meds

    sewillia replied to marie7217's topic in North Carolina

    When I worked in a LTC facility, we had the same problem. We the nursing staff did to be in guide lines, They would split up the hallway, One have would recieve medication at 0900 and the other have would recieve there medication at 1000. Since you c...

11. How many patients?

    sewillia replied to sistasoul's topic in Med-Surg

    when I worked in NC hospitals, The nurse Patient ratio is 1 to 7 on the acute care Med/surg units. When I was in California the nurse patient ratio was 1 to 5. Now...you may say... 5 patients is a light assignment, sometimes it's not, because you may...

12. What do other nurses think about agency nursing?

    sewillia replied to dina77's topic in Agency

    I have been a Travel Nurse for the last 4 years and it has it's moments. One assignment it could be great, you enjoyed the staff and the nursing assignment was fair. On another assignment, you really have to be on your guard to get a fair assignment ...

13. Job Advice - Please Help!

    sewillia replied to dander625's topic in Med-Surg

    You may want to take an acute care nursing course or class to get a certificate, that may get you the job you want. It's a suggestion. I hope it will work.

14. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

    sewillia replied to RN28MD's topic in Med-Surg

    Both nurses needs to assess. Just asking for permission, giving privacy and make the assessment. I have found many surprises when I pull back the covers and found distended abdomines, distended bladders or my favorite the chest tube was found dislodg...

15. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

    sewillia replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

    Congradulations! It's an acquired field, not everyone like this type of specialty. My advice, Ask plenty question, no question is dumb. Make sure you have a well rounded orientation. There days you will get frustrated and days you will feel like you...