nursemae

nursemae

L&D, FPC, MedSurg, Ortho Trauma, ER, Onc

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About nursemae

nursemae has 13 years experience and specializes in L&D, FPC, MedSurg, Ortho Trauma, ER, Onc.


I'm just a nurse, trying to find my way through the world!

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  1. Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    Decadron's not the only crotch-burner! Other steroids like SoluMedrol/SoluCortef can do it too. Dilute and push 'em slow on the high port. :) Ditto on IV Benadryl, it can really make people feel freaky if you push it fast and/or on a low port.Watch I...
  2. Great moments in bad judgement

    Young Soldier (Gods bless Privates...) finds a training UXO (unexplored ordinance). Tries to detonate said UXO, no luck. Takes it back to camp. Tinkers with it some more. Tries again to detonate it, no luck. Dismantles it some, tinkers some more. It ...
  3. Retired, now what?

    I know there are companies that staff sitters for people of differing needs, or people who do this on their own. There are many different varieties of patient care needs - some just need a babysitter, some need help with care, some need medical care....
  4. Happy Emergency Nurses Week!

    Hah, I hear ya. We've had a run of 'real ER' patient lately...strange! Would love to have just a little more of a mix, but hey, still can't complain too much since it means not too many of our constituents are having a Very Bad Day.
  5. Happy Emergency Nurses Week!

    Woo, happy week to us! I'm going to go celebrate it by doing shifts and saving people from Imminent Death via ear infection and strep throat.
  6. Hello Jeager! I figure I'll throw my $0.02 here. I have been in the military healthcare system for 11 of my 13 years of nursing - 7 years active duty AF (3 of those years serving at an Army hospital) and 3 years of civil service at Army hospitals. ...
  7. I have no idea what to do

    You might want to look at getting a license for one of the compact states (search their BoN sites to see which one is cheapest!) and that may help out with some of the licensing issue... From personal experience - when I left Hendrick Medical Center ...
  8. Hello all! I've just recently left military nursing and am experiencing civilian nursing for the first time. I moved here and started on an Oncology floor almost 2 months ago. I've not worked Oncology before, although I did a lot of it during my c...
  9. Day shift vs. Night shift in Oncology

    Hello! I have only been working on the Onc floor for 2 months now, on nights, but so far I've been pretty darn busy! We give a lot of chemo and blood products 24 hours a day, nights are no exception. I give a LOT of medication - antibiotics, antie...
  10. Hello all! I have recently moved and started working on a local Oncology unit. I was pretty shocked to learn that they don't use ANY type of holistic/alternative integration! Of course, part of this probably comes from my past experience in Portlan...
  11. Hello all! I'll chime in my $0.02 here... For me, my military nursing experience was a LOT of things. VERY rewarding, busy, frustrating, busy, diverse, busy...you see the trend. I have NO idea where that quote on the first page came from (the not ...
  12. overseas civil service nurses need your advice!

    I was GS in Germany, but it was pretty different for me since I separated from Active Duty while over there and just stayed at the same hospital! They will only relocate if it is a critical need/shortage job...I know at LRMC the only civ nurses that...