nursing twin

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nursing twin is a CNA and specializes in OR Nursing Internship.


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  1. Medication Error

    I think that would be an okay answer. I have made errors so unfortunately know from the hard way. you notify the doctor...depending on the med given depends what you would watch for...example blood pressure med you would recheck BP. Let the patient k...
  2. Common drugs for medical/renal floor ..?

    Paricalcitiol,renagel and tums with meals. Renal vitamins- don't have the fat soluble vitamins which can become toxic when not excreted by kidneys... antirejection drugs-combo of immunosuppressants, antiviral. Kidney transplants usually get Tacrolimu...
  3. Oh no! please...please not that

    the smell of a vac dsg change made me ill one time. There was an open area where part of the bowel was poking through and a huge clot right over it. It smelled like rotting meat! when I was a cna there was a pt that puked all over herself and pooped ...
  4. Anxiety before work?

    I always feels anxiety before going into work. I've been working on my floor since october a week away now form being off orientation. I just want to do the best job that I can. I feel like a seasoned nurse would do a better job than me. It's hard ha...
  5. mistakes made during your first year...

    Hi everyone, I too have made many mistakes and I like to hear about other experiences so that I don't feel alone in feeling overwhelmed. I have pulled out the wrong amount of syringes for a drug order...the order read 24 and I pulled 29 by mistake, ...
  6. questioning hospital nursing for me??

    thanks for responding. I know people make mistakes but apparently I have made enough to have a meeting about why and how to fix them. I have thinking and thinking about it since alst night and have realized I need to up my vigilance with checking. I ...
  7. Hi I've been in orientation for about 1 1/2 months now. I felt like I was improving until I was called into a meeting today. I had a really weird order for 24 vials of methadone. The vials were all banded so I pulled them out thinking I had 24 when I...
  8. Completely ignorant and need help

    a good pair of nursing shoes!! a pair of Danskos will set you back around 100$ at least...but all those hours on her feet she will thank you for a good set of shoes. my feet hurt less and my back is less sore after a 12 hr shift. A good drug referenc...
  9. Not Sure If Nursing Is For Me

    I started out as a CNA and really hated it at first. I was uncomfortable and my back was sore for days b/c the facility did not have good lifting equipment. I ended up sticking it out and staying with it and I have no idea what was the turning point...
  10. All you New Grads

    I was recently in a new grad orientation in the OR. They really had a great supportive atmosphere. We met with all new grads in a meeting to discuss how the week went. If we had issues their office doors were always open. Problems were discussed with...
  11. guys help, what is the yellow tank and the black tank?

    in my hospital there is blue-oxygen, green-nitrous oxide, don't know what black is.
  12. Surgical Nurse??

    Hi there, I think the better route would be to go to nursing school. Since you have a Bachelor's you could get accepted into the accelerated programs that are around 15 months. A surgical tech goes to school for 6 months and then 6 months of clinica...
  13. Maybe it was a big mistake to be a nurse :(

    Hi there, I don't know if this will help but I'm in the same boat as you. I just quit my job yestarday in the Operating Room because it was too stressfull for me. I had to know every area of the OR like cardiac, general, vascular, orthopedics and n...
  14. trouble in OR land

    thanks:) I am at the point where I really need to hear this!! I've been given a list of goals to accomplish by next week to correct the mistakes that I've been making. It basically outlines what I have trouble with and that I need to be passed off on...
  15. trouble in OR land

    Hi everyone, just getting to the end of my internship and am having trouble feeling ready for everything. I have made mistakes nearly every day and the procedures are constantly new to me. I just started general surgery rotation and I'm finding it d...