jodi_cmsrn

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1. Question regarding drug administration to an infant

   jodi_cmsrn replied to pinkfluffybunny's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital policy actually allows for parents to administer medications that were prepared by the nurse, in the presence of the nurse.

2. Good Aspects Of Med-Surg Nursing?

   jodi_cmsrn replied to techraider77's topic in Med-Surg

   As a person that gets bored easily, med-surg has been a great fit for me because you just never know from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute what will happen next. I love the variety of patients, illnesses, and never ending learning experien...

3. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

   jodi_cmsrn replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

   I always try to thank whoever I am working with for their help. Just the other day, I thanked an LPN that I was working with, she literally kept an eye on 8 of our patients while I spent a great deal of time with a family of a patient that we were s...

4. Many RN's administer IV meds wrong.

   jodi_cmsrn replied to Guest219794's topic in Medications

   [i can tell you from personal experience that one should never underestimate the pain (like you're on fire) that undiluted phenergan can cause] I totally agree. I came in one morning and went to medicate a patient with phenergan and found half of h...

5. New grads on the Floor.

   jodi_cmsrn replied to LVN2010M's topic in General Nursing

   I have been out of nursing school for 6 years, and have been a preceptor to new grads for the last 5 years. I love helping the new nurses adjust to the culture shock of floor nursing from being a student. This year has been the hardest year for me ...

6. christmas card exchange 2008

   jodi_cmsrn replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

   I just signed up. Thanks for this.

7. CE Education

   jodi_cmsrn replied to marachne's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for posting the above link, however when I clicked on it, all it showed was a Microsoft Outlook Express sign in page. As a nurse in PA I would really take advantage of this. Between the new state requirements and my Med-surg certification re...

8. Remembering September 11th!

   jodi_cmsrn replied to brissygal's topic in General Nursing

   Thoughts and prayers to all as we remember this day in history. Thank you for sharing the link above, it was AMAZING!!

9. Do you get paid more being med-surg certified?

   jodi_cmsrn replied to neatnurse30's topic in Med-Surg

   I have my med-surg certification from the Academy of Med-Surg Nurses (CMSRN), and although it doesn't directly mean more money at my facility, they did pay for the certification, and it counts towards our "Clinical Ladders" which are achievement lev...

10. Switching from Team Nursing to Modified Primary Care

    jodi_cmsrn replied to jodi_cmsrn's topic in Med-Surg

    Thanks for the reply. We are trying to prevent the RN's being run ragged, and unfortunately are REALLY short on CNA's, so someone has to pick up that piece too. We are just looking for ideas at this point.

11. Switching from Team Nursing to Modified Primary Care

    jodi_cmsrn posted a topic in Med-Surg

    Our med-surg unit (22 bed) is considering switching from team nursing (1 RN and 1 LPN for 10 - 12 patients - sometimes one CNA for all) to some form of primary care system where hopefully each nurse will have 5 - 6 patients. Our biggest issue is how ...

12. Just some encouragement needed....

    jodi_cmsrn replied to WDWpixieRN's topic in Med-Surg

    I was also a non-traditional new nurse (mid-30's), and was scared to death when I started. It does get easier and you will become more confident in your assessment skills. As for knowing when something is wrong, there was more than once that I have...

13. What do you wish someone would have told you on your first nursing job?

    jodi_cmsrn replied to KourtneiNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Remember that even though you read the books in school about what the patient should do or look like because of their diagnosis, the patient has probably not read the books. Trust your instincts or the patient that says "Something isn't right"

14. Nursing Burnout...

    jodi_cmsrn replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes changing shifts can help too. I was pretty stressed last fall, and was asked to help cover some shortages on night shift for a month . . . nine months later and I am going to go back and try days again . . . our unit and patients are a com...

15. Being a patient where you work

    jodi_cmsrn replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    Have had several surgical procedures at the hospital where I work, and one unrelated inpatient admission. Everyone treated me wonderfully, and I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else.