Miss Kitty00 replied to FarmerFNP's topic in Med-Surg
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...
Miss Kitty00 replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in Med-Surg
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.
Miss Kitty00 replied to chivon101's topic in Travel
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...
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...
Miss Kitty00 replied to newrn05's topic in Med-Surg
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.
Miss Kitty00 replied to small_potato's topic in Med-Surg
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.
Miss Kitty00 replied to RNRapunzel1029's topic in Med-Surg
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 ...