Miss Kitty00

Miss Kitty00

Med_Surg, Renal, intermediate care

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Miss Kitty00 specializes in Med_Surg, Renal, intermediate care.


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  1. No More ED Report?

    I agree. We might as well do away with shift report. My hospital has EPIC so we can look up information but we still suppose to receive verbal report. Yet, I'm one of those nurses that doesn't believe the ER nurse until I see the patient. There have...
  2. Blood transfusion

    Agree with everybody else. Anywhere from 2 to 4 hours. I usually run units in a shorter time than 4 hours. The only time I run it to reach 4 hours if the pt is elderly, has CHF or renal failure.
  3. PharmD to NP

    If you have a Pharm D it would be better to do a PA program or medical school. I would bypass nursing all together.
  4. Any young african american travel nurses?

    32. Never thought about traveling until it hit me that I wont be getting married and having babies anytime soon. I've been a nurse for 7 years but still feel like I'm not "skilled" enough. I just recently moved from med-surg to step down so that I ca...
  5. OCU FNP-DNP

    Anybody applied or enrolled into Oklahoma City University's FNP program? I'm just curious to how the program is going since is such a new program.
  6. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

    This is a very interesting post. I love all the different opinions regarding the situation. What I do love and respect about nursing is that everybody nurses different. We have the same policy at my facility. Our midlines are labeled " Do not draw l...
  7. Officially a NP student

    good luck! I'm thinking about that program as well!
  8. Med-Surg floor sucks, and nursing unions

    The original poster sound like she works at my hospital. In Oklahoma, new grads in the hospital usually make anywhere from $18.50 to $21.
  9. Dialysis patient and IV fluid

    I agree with the previous posters. I would not question IVFs on a dialysis pt unless they were admitted with Fluid Volume Overload and/or anuric.
  10. vancomycin and peripheral iv's

    LOL! now that's ridiculous!!!!!
  11. vancomycin and peripheral iv's

    I hate giving Vanco through peripherals. At my facility we always run it for 2 hours, usually at 125ml/hr. If they suppose to have Vanco for an extended amount of days, than we asked for a PICC line.
  12. I had this happened to me, but the pt was capped, so I called RT. If the pt was on flow-by, I probably would Rapid Response as well. You suppose to have extra supplies in your room in case this happens, yet I still don't know how to use the supplies.
  13. Looking for Advice-New Grad, 8 patients?

    I love Med-Surg, but 8 patients is way too much! I don't care if you have techs or all the walky-talkies, that is still too much. Sometimes patients are at their worst on night shift. Their condition may be iffy or okay on day shift than at midnight ...
  14. Why such high new RN turnover?

    My motto: there is more to nursing than cute scrubs, starting IVs and taking home a nice pay check.
  15. Why such high new RN turnover?

    I'm taking care of my patients and baby-sitting the other departments. It just too much sometimes and that's why nurses are getting burnt out.