emmakirst

emmakirst specializes in ortho/vascular post-op.

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1. Newbie

   emmakirst replied to labrador4122's topic in Orthopaedic

   :yeah:Glad you enjoy ortho. I've been working there for almost 2 years. I agree, nights are nice compared to busy days!

2. Why do people think the hospital is like the Holiday Inn Express?!!! LONG...

   emmakirst replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh that drives me nuts. Patients get so demanding. I could never be like that. I know when I had my last baby *3mos ago* I didn't want to ask for pain meds, I waited until the nurse came in to check on me, then I asked. I hate ringing the buzzer. Onl...

3. Change of Shift?

   emmakirst replied to RNBelle's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work, we tape record report and when there is enough day staff on, I'm out the door. They do talk and whatnot but we all leave usually around 7:05am. Same as for nights.

4. How many patients are you assigned?

   emmakirst replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Orthopaedic

   On our floor we have about 6-7 per nurse.

5. Coumadin vs. Lovenox after joint replacement

   emmakirst replied to natkat2816's topic in Orthopaedic

   Our ortho doc use either the warfarin protocol or fragmin. They never use lovenox or heparin

6. Night Shift Woes

   emmakirst replied to crb613's topic in General Nursing

   You are not alone. Nights are good and bad. Good in the sense that it's not as crazy, no Dr rounds, fewer new admissions and people generally sleep. but the bad part is that I feel hungover after doing a shift. I dont' sleep well in the day, so I'm b...

7. Administering IV meds

   emmakirst replied to maryjane1216's topic in General Nursing

   I work on an Ortho floor and a lot of patients have PCA's, i've only seen it a few times ordered, only if there is an allergy or sensitivity to it. It meaning morphine or some other narcotic.

8. Administering IV meds

   emmakirst replied to maryjane1216's topic in General Nursing

   I work on an Ortho floor and a lot of patients have PCA's, i've only seen it a few times ordered, only if there is an allergy to it. A lot of times the ortho docs order torodol too to help with pain relief. I've only given it IM so I know that they c...

9. New here, need some advice

   emmakirst posted a topic in Career Support

   Hey there, I'm new to this message board, it's great. I'm a RN been working for 3 yrs in ortho/vascular post-op nursing. I've applied to an ccnp and am looking for some help in the interview. The area I'm stumped in is name a mistake you've made at...