ekanderson80

ekanderson80 specializes in Med Surg.

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1. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   ekanderson80 replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   80 something LOM admitted to my Med Surg unit for palliative care and nursing home placement. Physician order read" Keep patient comfortable." Thank you, I am glad you felt we needed an order to do that. My other 5 patients are miserable because I...

2. Katherin Heigl Scrubs

   ekanderson80 replied to modelmama07's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have a scrub jacket, I am disappointed with it. Instead of the patch pockets, it has rounded side pockets and I swear everything wants to fall out of my pockets. Plus, while the fabric design is cute, the cut is more towards a juniors fit.

3. Becomming a new nurse make you literally sick?

   ekanderson80 replied to jessi1106's topic in New Nurse

   I have had alot of changes in my life since graduating in December. I moved from the large city that I lived in my entire life, to a much smaller community two hours away to be with my fiancee. Past boards, started a new job and career, built a hou...

4. Night Shift Error...Maybe

   ekanderson80 replied to ekanderson80's topic in New Nurse

   Hi Everyone Just an update. I forgot to mention that this patient was a dialysis patient as well. So my thinking with not restarting maintanence IVF was "OK makes sense since she is just going to be dialyzed tomm.(Friday) anyways." This patient mak...

5. Survey: New Grad Pay

   ekanderson80 replied to palee's topic in New Nurse

   I currently live in smaller community in northeast Nebraska. I am a new grad (Dec 07) with 4 years of CNA experience. I did not get any increase in my hourly wage for my CNA experience. I currently make 18.75 an hour (and I have my Bachelor's degr...

6. Night Shift Error...Maybe

   ekanderson80 replied to ekanderson80's topic in New Nurse

   Honestly, I did not go back during my chart check to the original cardizem order. I did not think twice about the saline lock, but I guess I should have gone back to the original cardizem order to see if the cardiologist d/c'd the IVF.

7. Night Shift Error...Maybe

   ekanderson80 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am worrying about something one of the day nurses asked me before I left this morning. One of my patients last night was on a Cardizem gtt which was d/c'd yesterday on day shift. The day nurse converted the patient to a saline lock. While I ...