adidas99

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1. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

   adidas99 replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois

   Hey....your right by me! I'm in good ol' Effingham! It's been awhile since i've check up on these "where you from" threads. Those of you who work in springfield may know my boyfriend....he did his residency 3 yrs ago at St. Johns....may even know hi...

2. RN students can sit for LPN????

   adidas99 replied to JR816's topic in General Students

   I think it just depends on your nursing school & probably how the curriculum is set up.

3. Illinois LPN Central Lines/TPN

   adidas99 replied to ilnurse's topic in LPN/LVN

   I live in Illinois. No,as an LPN you can NOT hang TPN or do anything with a central line, picc line, etc. Unless you want to keep your license, you let an RN do it. Now, we can PRIME the TPN for the RN, to help her out, but absolutely we can not hang...

4. Gastric Bypass.... yes or no???

   adidas99 replied to alichael's topic in Gastroenterology

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5. Why is it "Med/Surg?" Why aren't they separated?

   adidas99 replied to ljds's topic in Med-Surg

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6. Admission/Discharge nurse

   adidas99 replied to pk1's topic in Med-Surg

   Have to say, a pharmacist on the floor would be great. It stinks to have pharmacy leave at 9pm and they miss your msg about needing medicine, so then an Rn has to go to the "night room" on peds and get it out of the pyxis(which carries other drugs th...

7. Gastric Bypass.... yes or no???

   adidas99 replied to alichael's topic in Gastroenterology

   Alichael, I have known someone close to me go thru gastric bypass. It is my "second mom"(what my best friend and i call each other's moms). She had tried dieting, exercising, and just couldn't get the weight off. Also, was causing achig in her...

8. Epidural and PCA at same time?...

   adidas99 replied to Larry77's topic in Med-Surg

   Bupivicaine is what we use in our epidural pumps as well.

9. Epidural and PCA at same time?...

   adidas99 replied to Larry77's topic in Med-Surg

   Anesthsia ok'd this?

10. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    adidas99 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle

11. new orleans nursing students

    adidas99 replied to Ginyer's topic in General Nursing

    That's nice of you to take in a classmate! My best friend's mom lived in New Orleans(well, Burus) and is in the nursing program. She only had time to apparently grab her computer(so she could continue her schooling) and some clothes. Had to convince ...

12. How long does it take you

    adidas99 replied to blee1's topic in General Students

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13. Nurses cannot take orders from MA's, what is your protocol?

    adidas99 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Med-Surg

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14. Can you Initiate and Maintain IV's in Your State?

    adidas99 replied to FocusRN's topic in LPN/LVN

    In IL, we can't hang IV's with more than 40 meq of KCL, IV pushes(other than flushes), TPN, blood, or anything thru a central line, PICC or port, no heparin drips. There's a few other things we can't do, but none of it's pertinent to my floor really.

15. If you're sick...please just call in...please...

    adidas99 replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Ya, calling in is a smart idea if ur feeling that horrible, except it could look bad on ur yearly evaluation(depending how ur facility deals with this).