midwestvintage

midwestvintage has 36 years experience and specializes in Ambulatory Infusion Center.

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1. Share Your Favorite Motivational Quote - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   midwestvintage replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   Be the nurse you would want taking care of you.

2. Anatomy of a Code

   midwestvintage replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

   Over 36 years I have been in hundreds of codes and love a well run one. I have been in some that were horrible, doctors screaming and missing supplies to ones that almost seemed like a demostration on how to run perfect code, everyone know exactly w...

3. Only RN and they want me to do care fore patients and blood transfusions.

   midwestvintage replied to midwestvintage's topic in Ambulatory

   We have been asking for the official policies on our floor for years, still have not received. tonight I had 2 patients getting blood, they wanted to send me 3 surgicals. I had a total of 15 patients tonight. They said since my patients walk in th...

4. Only RN and they want me to do care fore patients and blood transfusions.

   midwestvintage replied to midwestvintage's topic in Ambulatory

   Nope, I am the only staff member. No cna's or anything. They want me to call NS to come check the blood for me and have the house CNA go get the blood. I talked to them about it again yesterday and they just said, well any of your patients could g...

5. Only RN and they want me to do care fore patients and blood transfusions.

   midwestvintage posted a topic in Ambulatory

   I work on a outpatient ambulatory Infusion center. We do outpatients antibiotics, blood transfusions, wound care, PICC lines, small surgeries, bone marrow biopsies and post op surgicals. sometimes pre-ops on the weekend. Due to management not bein...

6. Mandatory overtime?

   midwestvintage replied to ajt575s's topic in General Nursing

   Our floor is always short and they have a hiring freeze. We are being mandated daily to work 12 to 16 hour shifts. It is killing my floor and a lot of nurses have left. Personally 16 hours is too much for me. I worry about my standard of care wh...

7. How many Nurse jobs have you had?

   midwestvintage replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

   I have been at the same hospital for almost 27 years but have worked in many different departments, med surg, ortho, ICU, oncology, resource team, house manager, Peds/ OB, post coronary care where I am at still. May stay, may not. Changing jobs kee...

8. Do you feel valued in your current nursing position?

   midwestvintage replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Valued by the nurses I work with 100 %, Patients 75%, administration, 0% As a nurse with 27 years experiance and being at the top of my pay scale I have to be really careful because they would love to eliminate me and hire a cheaper new nurse. Does...

9. Do you like day or night shift better and why?

   midwestvintage replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

   Did 3 - 11 for years but now that my kids are grown and gone love my 7p -7a shift. No baths, few visitors, few doctors, no managers or administration. I get every other week off and have no trouble sleeping or switching when I am off. Better pay. ...

10. How Many Nurses are Glad They Have a Union

    midwestvintage replied to Simplepleasures's topic in General Nursing

    We have a union but it is not a nursing union. They have done nothing to address nurse patient ratio, forced working 1/2 hour later even without a break, working part of your holiday off, and manditory overtime. We make slightly more money but I th...

11. Standing orders for chest pain

    midwestvintage replied to wellstar's topic in Cardiac

    Our unit protocol for CP R/O MI pt is O2 one nitro, stat EKG, can repeat the nitro up to 3, call Doc. They usually call back quickly but if pt really crumping we have a rapid response team we can call. The can order lab and meds and will contact do...

12. I am a new nurse and need help with tele, please!!!

    midwestvintage replied to laurenjarrod's topic in Cardiac

    here is another site i use.12lead ecg flashcards for chapter 3 it has some of the same strips we get tested on yearly.