RNJess10

RNJess10 has 5 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, OR.

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1. IV Vanco Question

   RNJess10 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

   As jwk said above, Vanc has a 2 hour window to be given prior to incision according to SCIP guidelines. From what I understood in our hospital's inservice about SCIP procedures, the antibiotics only need to be started prior to incision, and not comp...

2. New OR nurse needs some advice

   RNJess10 replied to smiggers's topic in Operating Room

   I'm right there with you! I have been on orientation at my hospital for 2 1/2 months, but we only have a 3 month orientation. At our hospital (it's a small hospital), they don't train circulators to be scrub nurses. It is a completely different...

3. When I Was a New Grad . . .

   RNJess10 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you very much for sharing your story! I have 1 week of classes left and then I'll be in that new grad position. It really helped me put things into perspective; I've been going through these last few clinicals (only 2 more!) trying to imagine...

4. I fainted today in the ICU!

   RNJess10 replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

   I haven't passed out/fainted, but when I was in my second semester of clinicals, I noticed whenever I dealt with anything blood related (bloody, painful wounds, trying to start an IV and watching the vein blow, etc) I would get dizzy, hot, and nau...

5. How much do CNA's make these days and is the pay worth the workload?

   RNJess10 replied to Lala27poodles's topic in CNA/MA

   In a nursing home in KY, I made 9.80/hr, base, and basically less than a dollar in shift differential. In a hospital in SC, I made 9.30/hr base, and 0.75 for evenings, 0.90 for nights, weekends, and holidays as differential. Then my friend back in ...

6. PDA's...do you use them in your clinical, really?

   RNJess10 replied to JBGC4's topic in General Students

   This semester, it would have been very helpful for me to have a drug guide on my phone, so that I could look up reliable info about drugs quickly. It would save you from having to hunt down a book on the unit, or googling it on the spot. But I have...

7. Do you bring your laptop to class/lecture?

   RNJess10 replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Students

   That is INCREDIBLY neat!!

8. Do you bring your laptop to class/lecture?

   RNJess10 replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Students

   I'm in my second semester of nursing school (in the upper division / clinical classes) and I've done it both ways -- I think I like using a computer more than pen and paper. I type faster than I write, so when I write, I miss more. Of course, the c...

9. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

   RNJess10 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

   Thats what scares me -- the fact that I may one day be afflicted with alzheimers and know it, but be unable to do anything about it. whenever a coworker of mine gets frustrated with or angry at an alzheimers pt, i just tell them our time is coming.

10. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

    RNJess10 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I was working at a LTC facility and one of the residents told me she was angry cause *someone* took a dump in her panties.

11. lifting correctly?

    RNJess10 posted a topic in CNA/MA

    I work on a rehab floor (for pts recovering from strokes and broken bones) and I do a lot of moderate to heavy lifting. not too long ago a lady hurt her back lifting a pt and I want to be sure the same thing doesn't happen to me. anyone have any advi...

12. Secrets for new CNA

    RNJess10 replied to nasaodds's topic in CNA/MA

    my friends in Kentucky were able to get jobs in Louisville with no experience fresh out of their CNA certification training, but...I had no luck. I guess it just depends on how desperate they are? I now live in SC and they only require high school di...

13. Starting new job

    RNJess10 replied to quas26's topic in CNA/MA

    the nursing home where I work at had me shadow someone. I was a brand new aide, never had any experience before. I mostly helped out with changing people and transferring residents (which I still will not do on my own if they can't stand -- I may b...

14. Well gosh-darned it! That dang BP!

    RNJess10 replied to couldntbhappier's topic in CNA/MA

    heheheh, I had really low blood pressure when we were practicing BP. 90/52 for me. I couldn't believe it either.

15. Well gosh-darned it! That dang BP!

    RNJess10 replied to couldntbhappier's topic in CNA/MA

    I have a hard time taking blood pressure because I can hear my fingers cramping on the stethoscope. I can't determine where the beat is versus where my fingers are making noise. thankfully most places have the automatic BP cuffs.