gospursgo07

gospursgo07 specializes in Endoscopy.

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1. Should I accept this position? I need advice!

   gospursgo07 replied to gospursgo07's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much everyone! I think just hearing some reassuring words helped me realize what I pretty much already knew. I appreciate yalls input greatly. Again, thanks for all of the well wishes. Looking foward to some fabulous christmas gifts: a new...

2. Should I accept this position? I need advice!

   gospursgo07 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone, I am looking for some advice, so if you would be so kind... Let me give you a little background. I have been a RN for 4 yrs, 2 yrs in the unit where I am now. I have been taking over the charge/nurse manager position since March when ...

3. question for endo, PACU, OR, OPS, and other nurses!

   gospursgo07 replied to gospursgo07's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all of your replies! So for the pre-op aldrete score..what score do you give for the BP? I thought the paramaters were +/- 20% pre-medication BP, etc? How do you give a score for the 1st BP, with nothing prior to compare to and meds have y...

4. question for endo, PACU, OR, OPS, and other nurses!

   gospursgo07 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all! I work in endoscopy. A question came up during a staff meeting about the Aldrete score. As I understand it, the Aldrete score is used to asses the pt after sedation or a procedure. This score is used as a post-procedure tool as a way of de...

5. PIV rotation for pedi pts?

   gospursgo07 replied to gospursgo07's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for all of your replies!!! my mind can rest easy now! :) she is doing much better now, and should be home at the end of the week. thanks again everyone!

6. PIV rotation for pedi pts?

   gospursgo07 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all, I have a question for you pedi nurses, or anyone who can offer some insight... My 5 year old niece is in the hospital and is getting IV antibiotics and fluids. She was admitted Friday morning (9/12), and when I went to visit her today (9/1...

7. Dry Drowning?

   gospursgo07 replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Im an not sure if there has already been a post about this so if so, I apologize. Just about every one of my family and friends with small children have called me (suprise, suprise) in the last day asking about this incident in SC where the young boy...

8. Agency Credibility

   gospursgo07 posted a topic in Home Health

   I was looking to try home health as a change from Med-Surg (been there 1 1/2 years and the stress of 7-8 pts is killing me). A friend of mine works for an angency here in town and wants me to come see "what it's all about". My only reservation is not...

9. PICC line in IVDA pt

   gospursgo07 replied to gospursgo07's topic in General Nursing

   from what ive been told, the other guy was giving him cigarettes in return for the meds...

10. PICC line in IVDA pt

    gospursgo07 replied to gospursgo07's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, i have also had a couple of MDs write orders such as "pt does not have hospital privelages". They do find a way to "sneak out" though. We one time had a pt who had a morphine PCA pump....would often go off the floor to smoke...until someone rep...

11. PICC line in IVDA pt

    gospursgo07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick question... I see PICC lines on a regular, daily basis. I work in a county hospital and deal with a lot of pt's with drug abuse issues as well, some even homeless. I have seen a couple pt's with active hx of IVDA have PICC lines placed for ant...

12. Is nursing for me?

    gospursgo07 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Try volunteering at a hospital. I went to a private high school and we had to have so many "service hours" per year to graduate. At the time, my mom suggested I work as a "candy-striper" or hospital volunteer. I had never been in a hospital other th...

13. Is My Hospital The Norm??

    gospursgo07 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like we work at the same hospital!!! I was ready to quit last week....I do 12's and it was my week of 3 in a row. I had a group of 7 pt's; 2 with Heparin gtt's, 2 with chest tubes, one with TPN, and one with a HUGE dressing change that had ...

14. Want others to know...and learn

    gospursgo07 replied to lilywater's topic in General Nursing

    my :heartbeat aches for you and my prayers are with you!! come to texas!!! we love new nurses on our floor!!! Good luck in all you do.

15. job change process

    gospursgo07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello all!!! I have been working on a med-surg floor now for a little over a year, and I love my job. I love interacting with my patients, their families, and my fellow nurses. Everyone is so nice on my floor, especially my boss. I know I was lucky ...