Robinroo62

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1. RN pay in NW Arkansas

   Robinroo62 replied to holly111's topic in Arkansas

   I would stay away from northwest. They pay higher but staffing is horrible! I've heard horror stories from nurses, cnas, and former patients about the dangerous staffing practices and lack of support from leadership. Im thinking the pay will be a lot...

2. What's in your Chemo Cart?

   Robinroo62 replied to Robinroo62's topic in Oncology

   We are in the process of making warning signs (chemo precaution signs) for staff to take extra precautions and educational handouts for pts and familys regaurding safety and chemo admin. Also the standard orders sets in case of reactions is a great i...

3. What's in your Chemo Cart?

   Robinroo62 replied to Robinroo62's topic in Oncology

   These Chemo Carts are out in the hallway in front of the pts room. We are not allowed to keep medications (including saline) or any sharps in them as they public could potentially get into them. Basically PPE, chemo spill kits, and "gator boxes" for ...

4. Funny things our patients say

   Robinroo62 replied to Isitpossible's topic in Geriatric

   I work on a med surg floor and was taking care of a older patient with hallucinations. He was seeing spiders and bugs all along the walls. As I was trying to reorient him and show him nothing was there, RT walked in to give a breathing treatment. or ...

5. What's in your Chemo Cart?

   Robinroo62 posted a topic in Oncology

   I work on a med/surg unit where we ocassionaly administer chemotherapy. We have dedicated chemotherapy carts for outside the chemo patients rooms but they are very unorganized. I am updating these for a project and am having trouble finding any info ...

6. Post-Op concern

   Robinroo62 replied to GoNightingale's topic in Med-Surg

   I am also a 2 year old "toddler nurse". I work med-surge and on my floor we check I&O's about every 4 hrs when we take vitals. A lot of our drs will write orders to notify them if output is less than 120cc over 4hrs. Since it was a post op patien...

7. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

   Robinroo62 replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Med-Surg

   Med-surg Arkansas Where I work we almost always have a 7:1 ratio on night and 6:1 on days. Charge nurse usually dosent take pts unless theres a call in. Our aids usually have about 10-11 pts apiece. It sounds like where youre at is extremely dangerou...

8. UAMS or U of A - Fayetteville?

   Robinroo62 replied to penny2009's topic in Arkansas

   As a senior graduating from ua- fayetteville, all I can tell you about are my experiences, and those have unfortunatly not been good. I can think of 3 outstanding instructors at the ua and many not so good ones. During the length of my schooling here...