trixytop4

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1. Anyone heard of Access nursing

   trixytop4 posted a topic in Travel

   I have recently looked into travel nursing and have a lot of agencies call me. I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of access nursing if so please give info. Also, how is the california pay for agency nursing?

2. RSI rapid sequence intubation question

   trixytop4 replied to BFE/RN's topic in Emergency

   In the facility I work at I Love the RSI Protocol. It is weight based and we already have it figured out. The following are the Medications and dosages that we use in order: Lidocaine 1mg/kg Max dose 300mg this is for difisicualtion Vercuronium 0.0...

3. Anyone Going To Macon State

   trixytop4 replied to heygirl's topic in Georgia

   You really need to make yourself known. Don't just sit back and wait. I called everyday to see what the status was and I think they finally got tired of hearing from me. I have already graduated from there and it is a hard program, but one that is...

4. legal issue with restraints

   trixytop4 replied to trixytop4's topic in Med-Surg

   Thank you so much for your help. I truely appreciate it very much

5. Heparin in an emergency-to draw PTT or not?

   trixytop4 replied to Shell5's topic in Med-Surg

   I have to say that we have a protocol and before you give a bolus of heparin and then hang it you better have a baseline PT and PTT INR. You never know what might be going on with this patient. In an emergency we immediately start the IV and draw t...

6. Ga Nurses Who Work Nights

   trixytop4 replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Georgia

   Hello fellow night shift people, I love night shift I work 12 hour shifts one week 3 days the other 4 days. I dont do weekends and every 6 weeks I take weekend call. I wouldn't change it. Plus guys the pay is more.

7. GA Nursing Roll Call

   trixytop4 replied to jb2u's topic in Georgia

   Hello, I'm Linda and I live in Warner Robins Georgia. Hope to have some great discussions

8. What is your nurse to pt ratio....and how many is too many?

   trixytop4 replied to crb613's topic in Med-Surg

   I would think about changing hospitals. My nurses have 6:1 to 7:1 patients. They document on there patients and they do their own graphing of vital signs so they can see the changes the patient may be making. Our CNA takes the vital signs and noti...

9. ER Nurses. Read This!

   trixytop4 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

   I would greatly appreciate your help. My email address is [email protected] Thanks very much.

10. legal issue with restraints

    trixytop4 replied to trixytop4's topic in Med-Surg

    We have a great system for documentation. Of course we are a small hospital that is still in the age of hand writing everything. No computer charting. My problem is getting it through to these nurses the legal ramifications of false imprisonment wi...

11. Med-Surg Roll Call

    trixytop4 replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

    I work on the med-surg floor as a House Supervisor. This means I deal will with all areas of the hospital when needed, but my main concentration is the Med-Surg floor. I started 12years ago as an LPN on med-surg then after a year I moved to the eme...

12. Death by Arterial Line?

    trixytop4 replied to MarySunshine's topic in CCU

    Why would you put a A-line in a patient for blood draws and blood gases that is crazy. I would never leave a line in just for that. Monitoring hemodynamics should be the only reason you use an A-Line. I must have missed something in this forum.

13. legal issue with restraints

    trixytop4 posted a topic in Med-Surg

    I am getting ready for a skills fair at the hospital where I work. One of the classes that I will be teaching is on restraints. I keep finding so many errors that it is unbelievable so I am trying another route with hitting on the legal ramificatio...

14. ER Nurses. Read This!

    trixytop4 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I truely enjoyed the article and would like to email it to the Nurse Manager of our ER, but I don't know how any help would be appreciated:confused: